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Northwestern Wildcats vs. Ohio State Buckeyes

The Northwestern Wildcats and the Ohio State Buckeyes will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Value City Arena.

Oddsmakers opened the Buckeyes as -8.5-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game's total opened at 138.5.

Ohio State lost its last outing, a 67-51 result against Hoosiers on January 06. They failed to cover in that game as a +3.5-point underdog.

In their last action, Northwestern was a 74-70 loser at home against Nittany Lions. They failed to cover the -8-point spread as favorites.

Northwestern:
Team record: 8-4 SU,5-6 ATS
Northwestern is 4-21 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Northwestern's last 6 games on the road
Northwestern is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Ohio State

Ohio State:
Team record: 9-3 SU,5-7 ATS
Ohio State is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games at home
Ohio State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Ohio State is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Northwestern

Next up:
Northwestern home to Maryland Wednesday, January 12
Ohio State at Wisconsin Thursday, January 13