Purdue Boilermakers vs Northwestern Wildcats: Don Best Odds & Insights for 2/6/2021

The Northwestern Wildcats (6-9) are 7.5-point underdogs as they look to stop an eight-game losing streak when they visit the No. 24 Purdue Boilermakers (12-7) on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at Mackey Arena. The game airs at 4:30 PM ET on BTN. The matchup's point total is 137.5.

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ATS Records for Purdue and Northwestern

Purdue Leaders

• The Boilermakers points and rebounds leader is Trevion Williams. He scores 15.8 points per game and pulls down 9.9 rebounds.
• Eric Hunter Jr. paces the squad with 3.4 assists per game.
• The Boilermakers are paced by Sasha Stefanovic from beyond the arc -- he hits 2.6 shots from downtown per game.
• The Boilermakers steals leader is Hunter, who averages 1.1 per game. Zach Edey leads the team averaging 0.9 blocks an outing.

Northwestern Leaders

• Miller Kopp owns the Wildcats top spot in scoring with 13.7 points per game and also tacks on 2.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contest.
• Pete Nance's 6.7 rebounds per game and Boo Buie's 4.5 assists per game put them in the top spots on the Wildcats rebounds and assists leaderboards.
• The Wildcats are paced by Buie from long distance -- he connects on 1.8 shots from deep per game.
• The Wildcats leaders in steals and blocks are Chase Audige (1.3 steals per game) and Nance (0.6 blocks per game).

Purdue vs Northwestern: Last 3 Meetings

Purdue has a 3-0 record in the last three matchups against Northwestern. In those games against the Wildcats, the Boilermakers have a 1-0 record against the spread.

Points Insights

• The 70.3 points per game the Boilermakers put up are only 1.6 fewer points than the Wildcats allow (71.9).
• Purdue has an 8-1 record overall and an 8-0 record against the spread when putting up more than 71.9 points.
• Northwestern is 0-7 overall and 0-7 against the spread in games when it gives up more than 70.3 points.
• The Wildcats put up 8.4 more points per game (74.7) than the Boilermakers give up (66.3).
• In games when it scores more than 66.3 points, Northwestern is 5-0 against the spread and 6-5 overall.
• Purdue has an ATS record of 1-2 and a 1-2 record overall when its opponents score more than 74.7 points.
• The Boilermakers have out-scored their opponents by a total of 76 points this season (four points per game on average), and the Wildcats have put up 42 more points than their opponents on the year (2.8 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Boilermakers and the Wildcats rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 36.4 and 33.1 boards per game, respectively.
• When Purdue earns the rebounding advantage they are 10-5 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, Northwestern is 3-8.
• The Boilermakers average 10.6 offensive boards per game, outgaining the Wildcats by 3.5 rebounds per contest.
• The Boilermakers are 7-6 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Wildcats are 3-7 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• Purdue records an average rebounding margin of +6.5 rebounds per game, and Northwestern averages a margin of -1.3 rebounds.