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Northwestern Wildcats vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers
The Northwestern Wildcats and the Nebraska Cornhuskers will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Wildcats as -5-point favorites versus the Cornhuskers, while the game's total opened at 150.5.
Nebraska lost its last outing, a 85-79 result against Wolverines on February 01. They covered in that game as a +14.5-point underdog.
Northwestern was a 79-78 winner in their most recent outing at home against Scarlet Knights. They failed to cover the -5-point spread as favorites.
Northwestern:
Team record: 10-10 SU,8-11 ATS
Northwestern is 3-13 SU in its last 16 games on the road
Northwestern is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Nebraska
Northwestern is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Nebraska
Nebraska:
Team record: 6-16 SU,12-10 ATS
Current Streak: lost 9 straight games.
Nebraska is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Nebraska is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Nebraska's last 10 games at home
Next up:
Northwestern home to Indiana Tuesday, February 8
Nebraska home to Minnesota Wednesday, February 9