Northwestern at Rutgers

Rutgers is unbeaten at home and a big favorite, but this team prefers to slow things down and focus on defense. Northwestern is in town playing a similar style. Northwestern comes off a 61-58 loss to Purdue as a +5.5 dog. The Wildcats were underdogs of +12 and +13 to Illinois and Nebraska and lost in close games, 75-71 and 66-62. Northwestern ranks third in the Big Ten with just 11.2 turnovers per game (#26 nationally) and is first in the conference in free-throw percentage (75.7). Northwestern is 25-12 ATS after two straight games making 78%+ of their free throws. Rutgers is off a pair of losses scoring 63 and 51 points. They were a last a double-digit favorite over Nebraska and squeezed out a 75-72 victory. Rutgers is also 4-19 ATS after two straight games where they attempted 12 or fewer free throws. Play Northwestern as a Max Play.