Who's Playing
St. Thomas Tommies @ Kansas City Roos
Current Records: St. Thomas 15-6, Kansas City 10-11
How To Watch
- When: Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET
- Where: Swinney Recreation Center -- Kansas City, Missouri
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What to Know
St. Thomas and Kansas City are an even 3-3 against one another since February of 2022, but not for long. Both will face off in a Summit battle at 8:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at Swinney Recreation Center. The Roos have the home-court advantage, but the Tommies are expected to win by three points.
St. Thomas is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Neb.-Omaha just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 89-78 to the Mavericks. The Tommies didn't live up to their potential and found themselves falling short of the advantage oddsmakers thought they had coming into the game.
Meanwhile, Kansas City's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Thursday after their fourth straight defeat. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 65-64 to S. Dak. State.
St. Thomas' loss dropped their record down to 15-6. As for Kansas City, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Keep an eye on the arc in Saturday's contest: St. Thomas has made nailing deep shots look easy this year this season, having averaged 10.9 threes per game. However, it's not like Kansas City struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
St. Thomas strolled past Kansas City in their previous matchup back in February of 2024 by a score of 71-56. Will St. Thomas repeat their success, or does Kansas City have a better game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Odds
St. Thomas is a 3-point favorite against Kansas City, according to the latest college basketball odds.
The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 3-point spread, and stayed right there.
The over/under is 144 points.
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Series History
Kansas City and St. Thomas both have 3 wins in their last 6 games.
- Feb 03, 2024 - St. Thomas 71 vs. Kansas City 56
- Dec 31, 2023 - St. Thomas 77 vs. Kansas City 56
- Feb 11, 2023 - St. Thomas 73 vs. Kansas City 43
- Jan 12, 2023 - Kansas City 81 vs. St. Thomas 60
- Feb 08, 2022 - Kansas City 76 vs. St. Thomas 67
- Feb 03, 2022 - Kansas City 81 vs. St. Thomas 72