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Northwestern Wildcats vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
The Northwestern Wildcats and the Ohio State Buckeyes will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Value City Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Buckeyes as -7-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game's total opened at 143.
Last time out for Ohio State, they were a 79-68 winner as they battled Scarlet Knights on the road. They covered in the match as a +3.5-point underdog.
Northwestern was a 81-56 loser in their most recent outing at home against Fighting Illini. They failed to cover the +6.5-point spread as underdogs.
Northwestern:
Team record: 6-4 SU,5-4 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
Northwestern is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Northwestern is 3-20 SU in its last 23 games on the road
Northwestern is 4-21 SU in its last 25 games when playing Ohio State
Ohio State:
Team record: 9-3 SU,6-5-1 ATS
Ohio State is 11-2 ATS in its last 13 games at home
Ohio State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Ohio State's last 6 games at home
Next up:
Northwestern home to Iowa Monday, January 18
Ohio State at Illinois Saturday, January 16