Austin Peay at Kennesaw State

Austin Peay beat Lane 109-65 on Monday, and Kennesaw State beat Midway 116-57 in its opener, so both clubs arrive with scores that read like a track meet. Lane finished with 65 points and Midway with 57, and neither plays in the UAC or Conference USA. I put little weight on those games as a read on how either rotation holds up against a Division I opponent. Seven freshmen played for the Governors in that opener and combined for 54 points. The two returners, Zyree Collins and Rashaud Marshall, accounted for 29.3% of last season's minutes. Corey Gipson is still the coach. In the first four regular-season road games of last season, at Air Force, Wyoming, UNC Greensboro and Ole Miss, his club played to combined totals of 128, 144, 132 and 137. Friday is this group's first road game. Kennesaw State has rebuilt through transfers, among them CJ Beaumont from Sam Houston, Avery Thomas II from Louisiana Tech, and Anthony Enoh from Georgia State. Two rotations that have only faced outmatched opponents are meeting for the first time, and the Governors' freshmen are making their first road start, so my handicap lands on the UNDER.