Western Kentucky at Sam Houston

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (Interstat) — Western Kentucky will visit Sam Houston on Wednesday in an NCAA Football Bowl Division game at Elliot T. Bowers Stadium. The Hilltoppers enter at 2-4, while the Bearkats are 1-4.

Western Kentucky is coming off a 34-13 home win over Missouri State. Brock Glenn completed 20 of 35 passes for 231 yards and a touchdown and ran 15 times for 95 yards and a score. Ajay Allen added 13 carries for 105 yards and two touchdowns, and Zion Taylor contributed an 11-yard run and a 21-yard reception.

Glenn, a player to watch for the Hilltoppers, also ran for 23 yards and a touchdown in a loss at New Mexico State, passed for 101 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 50 yards and a touchdown in a win over Mercyhurst, and passed for 120 yards and recorded a tackle in a loss at Indiana. Western Kentucky’s other results include a 34-13 loss at New Mexico State on Oct. 1, a 52-7 win over Mercyhurst on Sept. 26, a 38-0 loss at Indiana on Sept. 19, a 70-20 loss at Georgia on Sept. 12, and a 49-14 loss at Nevada on Sept. 5.

Sam Houston most recently fell 35-3 at Liberty. Landyn Locke completed 20 of 30 passes for 138 yards. MJ Dowdy ran 11 times for 42 yards, and Alton McCaskill had seven carries for 36 yards and two receptions for 11 yards.

Locke, a player to watch for the Bearkats, passed for 195 yards and ran for 25 yards with two touchdowns in a loss to Texas Tech, and passed for 322 yards and ran for 24 yards with four touchdowns in a win over Nicholls State. Sam Houston’s other results include a 49-14 loss at Texas Tech on Sept. 26, a 59-0 win over Nicholls State on Sept. 19, a 23-17 loss to Tulsa on Sept. 12, and a 24-21 loss at Troy on Sept. 5.

After this game, Western Kentucky will host Delaware on Oct. 27 before visiting Middle Tennessee on Nov. 7, hosting Jacksonville State on Nov. 14, visiting Liberty on Nov. 21, and hosting Kennesaw State on Nov. 28. Sam Houston will host New Mexico State on Oct. 21, visit Missouri State on Oct. 27, visit Jacksonville State on Nov. 7, host Kennesaw State on Nov. 14, host Middle Tennessee on Nov. 21, and visit Florida International on Nov. 28.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Western Kentucky 38, Sam Houston 34. Sam Houston has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under is 53.5.