Friday, May 25th, 2012
The Purdue Boilermakers will travel in Big Ten conference action when they battle with the Indiana Hoosiers in a college basketball game on Thursday night. Tip off time in Indiana is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The college basketball odds makers from LVSC opened up the line in this game and the road team Purdue Boilermakers were opened as a 9-point betting favorite with the over under coming in at 136.
The early money from the bettors has been all Purdue Boilermakers money, as the road team is currently lined as a 13-point favorite. The total has been bet upward in the early wagering as the over under is currently lined at 137 for the bettors to play into.
Money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Purdue Boilermakers at –950 with the home underdog Indiana Hoosiers bringing back +675 to pull off the upset victory without the need for taking the points.
This will be the first and only regular season meeting between these Big 10 conference teams. Last year it was Purdue earning an 81-67 home victory as a 22-point favorite. Purdue shot the ball very well in victory hitting on 57% of their shots and they allowed Indiana to shoot for 50%. Purdue on that night could not cover that huge point spread because they only made 18 of 33 shots from the free throw line.
The Boilermakers enters this game 6-3 in Big Ten conference play and 7-2 this season on the road. The team has responded well off their three game Big Ten losing streak by posting four straight wins in conference. The team is coming off a 66-46 home win against Penn St on Sunday. Their defense was outstanding in victory limiting the Nittany Lions to just 31% shooting from the field. Purdue is 2-2 this season in road games in conference. They dropped a 73-66 decision on the highway to Wisconsin and a 72-64 beating at Northwestern. Junior Robbie Hummel is coming off a nice game against Penn St with 23 points on 9 of 17 shooting from the field.
Indiana is 9-11 straight up on the season and 3-5 against the Big Ten. They have had problems shooting in conference play as the team has hit on just 39% of their shots. Indiana has dropped their past 2 games. They are coming off a good effort in their 72-70 loss at Illinois this past Saturday. In their last home game it was the Indiana Hoosiers suffering an embarrassing 58-43 loss against Iowa on January 24th. Indiana has shot just a bit over 35% from the field in their past 2 games. Sophomore guard Verdell Jones III hopes to rebound off a 5 of 20 shooting performance last time out in their loss at Illinois.
Trend: Purdue Boilermakers are 2-5 ATS in their past 7 games
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