Purdue Vs Illinois NCAA Basketball Betting Odds Picks & Tips

Zach Edey and Terrence Shannon Jr. will battle when the Purdue Boilermakers (25-5, 14-5 Big Ten) meet the Illinois Fighting Illini (20-10, 11-8 Big Ten) at Mackey Arena on Sunday, March 5 at 12:30 PM ET. Purdue is a strong 8-point favorite against Illinois when the Boilermakers take on the Fighting Illini on Sunday. A 139-point over/under has been set for the game.

Purdue Vs Illinois Betting Lines

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Purdue Vs Illinois Stat Rankings

Purdue Vs Illinois Betting Trends

• The Boilermakers are 12-17-1 against the spread this season.
• Purdue’s ATS record as 8-point favorites or more is 6-10.
• Out of 30 Boilermakers games so far this year, 12 have hit the over.
• Purdue’s games have had more than 139 points scored on 13 occasions this season.
• Boilermakers games this season have posted an average total of 135.3, which is 3.7 points fewer than the total for this matchup.
• Illinois has beaten the spread 17 times in 30 games.
• Purdue has seen 12 of its 30 games go over the point total.
• Fighting Illini games have gone over 139 points on 14 occasions this season.
• The average total for Illinois’ games is 141 points, which is two more than this game’s over/under.

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Purdue Impact Players

• Edey averages 22.1 points and 13.1 rebounds per game — both team highs. He is also posting 1.5 assists, shooting 61.6% from the field.
• Braden Smith leads his squad in assists per contest (4.2), and also posts 9.8 points and 4.4 rebounds. At the other end, he puts up 1.2 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.
• Fletcher Loyer averages 11.9 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists per contest, shooting 38.3% from the field and 33.5% from beyond the arc with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game.
• Caleb Furst is posting 6 points, 0.8 assists and 5 rebounds per contest.
• Ethan Morton is posting 4.1 points, 2.7 assists and 3.1 rebounds per contest.

Illinois Impact Players

• Matthew Mayer is posting 12.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, making 42.2% of his shots from the floor and 36.1% from beyond the arc, with 2.2 triples per game.
• Coleman Hawkins paces the Fighting Illini in rebounding (6.5 per game) and assists (2.9), and averages 9.8 points. He also posts 1 steal and 1.1 blocked shots.
• The Fighting Illini receive 9.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game from Dain Dainja.
• The Fighting Illini get 10 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game from Jayden Epps.

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