Overview
- Tipoff is set for Sunday at 5 p.m. ET at Jersey Mike’s Arena in Piscataway, with streaming on Peacock.
- BETMGM lists Northwestern as a 4.5-point favorite with an over/under of 144.5.
- Rutgers enters at 8-8 overall and 1-4 in the Big Ten, while Northwestern is 8-7 and 0-4 in conference play in their first league meeting this season.
- Northwestern’s Nick Martinelli leads the Big Ten at 23.4 points per game and had 28 in the loss to No. 12 Michigan State, as the Wildcats carry a two-game skid and a recent 25% stretch from three.
- Rutgers is coming off an 81-55 loss to Illinois that exposed shooting and rebounding issues, though the Scarlet Knights are 7-3 at home and rank seventh in the league in offensive boards led by Emmanuel Ogbole.