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Northwestern Wildcats vs. Penn State Nittany Lions
The fans at Bryce Jordan Center will be treated to a game between the Northwestern Wildcats and the Penn State Nittany Lions when they take their seats on Saturday.
Oddsmakers opened the Nittany Lions as -6-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game's total opened at 146.
Penn State was a 75-67 winner in its last match at home against Scarlet Knights. They covered the +2.5-point spread as underdogs.
Northwestern lost its last outing, a 68-52 result against Badgers on January 20. They failed to cover in that game as a +11.5-point underdog.
Northwestern:
Team record: 6-7 SU,5-7 ATS
Current Streak: lost 6 straight games.
Northwestern is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Northwestern is 2-15 SU in its last 17 games on the road
Northwestern is 7-17-1 ATS in its last 25 games when playing Penn State
Penn State:
Team record: 4-6 SU,5-5 ATS
Penn State is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games at home
Penn State is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Penn State's last 9 games at home
Next up:
Northwestern home to Rutgers Sunday, January 31
Penn State home to Michigan Wednesday, January 27