The No. 1 Purdue Boilermakers (14-1, 3-1 Big Ten) and Penn State Nittany Lions (11-4, 2-2) meet for a PSU home-away-from-home game at the famed Palestra in Philadelphia. Tip time is slated for 6 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Purdue vs. Penn State odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Purdue rebounded from Monday’s 65-64 loss at Rutgers to earn a hard-fought 71-69 win at No. 23 Ohio State Thursday and cover the 1.5-point spread. The Boilermakers, who snapped an 8-game winless streak (0-7-1) against the spread (ATS), knocked down a season-high 13 triples in the contest. Slow-tempo Purdue does not usually rely on 3s to that extent; it ranks 271st in NCAA-I with a 31.5% mark from beyond the arc.
The Nittany Lions last played on Wednesday when they were a +4 underdog and lost 79-69 at Michigan. Penn State was a -6 on the boards and sent the Wolverines to the free-throw line 25 times. Against the number, PSU has won back-to-back games against Purdue.