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Northwestern Wildcats vs. Purdue Boilermakers
The Northwestern Wildcats and the Purdue Boilermakers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Mackey Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Boilermakers as -7-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game's total opened at 136.
In their last action, Purdue was a 61-60 loser on the road against Terrapins. They covered the +2.5-point spread as underdogs.
Northwestern was a 64-56 loser in its last match at home against Scarlet Knights. They failed to cover the +3.5-point spread as underdogs.
Northwestern:
Team record: 6-9 SU,6-8 ATS
Current Streak: lost 8 straight games.
Northwestern is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Northwestern is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Northwestern's last 6 games on the road
Purdue:
Team record: 12-7 SU,9-9-1 ATS
Purdue is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Purdue's last 5 games at home
Purdue is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Northwestern
Next up:
Northwestern home to Indiana Wednesday, February 10
Purdue at Minnesota Thursday, February 11