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Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Purdue Boilermakers

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Purdue Boilermakers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Mackey Arena.

Oddsmakers opened the Boilermakers as -12.5-point favorites versus the Scarlet Knights, while the game's total opened at 138.5.

Purdue won its last outing, a 70-64 result against Wildcats on February 16. They earned a push in that game as a -6-point favorite.

Rutgers was a 70-59 winner in its last match at home against Fighting Illini. They covered the +4-point spread as underdogs.

Rutgers:
Team record: 16-9 SU,12-13 ATS
Current Streak: won 4 straight games.
Rutgers is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Purdue
Rutgers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Purdue
Rutgers is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games when playing Purdue

Purdue:
Team record: 23-4 SU,13-13-1 ATS
Purdue is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Rutgers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Purdue's last 6 games when playing at home against Rutgers
Purdue is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games at home

Next up:
Rutgers at Michigan Wednesday, February 23
Purdue at Michigan State Saturday, February 26