Iowa vs. Purdue Prediction
Big Ten foes will clash in West Lafayette, IN on Friday night when the Purdue Boilermakers will host the Iowa Hawkeyes at 9:00 p.m. ET. Is 11.5 too many points to lay with the host Boilermakers?
Game Snapshot
867 Iowa Hawkeyes (+11.5) at 868 Purdue Boilermakers (-11.5); o/u 161
9:00 p.m. ET, Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, IN
TV: Big Ten Network
Iowa Hawkeyes DFS Snapshot
Joe Toussaint hit a clutch jumper to give Iowa the lead with eight seconds left in the game, Virginia missed two close-range shots and Patrick McCaffery blocked a third at the buzzer to preserve Iowa’s 75-74 win over the Cavaliers in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge Monday night. Taine Murray’s 3 gave Virginia its first lead of the game, 71-70 with 1:40 left. Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon answered with a 3 for the lead and Kihei Clark answered with another 3 to give the Cavaliers a 74-73 advantage with :47 left.
Purdue Boilermakers DFS Snapshot
Jaden Ivey scored 18 points and matched his career high with four 3-pointers, Brandon Newman added 13 points, and Purdue overwhelmed Florida State 93-65 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Tuesday night. “I give coach (Matt) Painter a lot of credit for assembling the most complete team I’ve played against in a long time,” Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton said. “Sometimes, you’ve got to call it like it is — this team has Final Four written all over it.” Perhaps this will be the squad that ends Purdue’s 41-year Final Four drought. It’s certainly been a different kind of start.
College Basketball Betting Prediction
The home team has covered in 16 of the last 21 meetings between these two teams while the favorite has cashed in four of the previous five meetings. The Hawkeyes, meanwhile, are just 1-4-1 against the spread in their last six games versus an opponent with a winning record, while the Boilermakers are a perfect 5-0 against the spread in their last five games overall. Purdue is also 4-0 against the spread in its last four home games and is 4-1 ATS in its last five games coming off a win of more than 20 points.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL BETTING PREDICTION: PURDUE BOILERMAKERS -11.5
