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Northwestern Wildcats vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers
The Northwestern Wildcats and the Minnesota Golden Gophers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Williams Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Golden Gophers as -5-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game's total opened at 143.5.
Minnesota lost its last outing, a 94-63 result against Fighting Illini on February 20. They failed to cover in that game as a +4-point underdog.
Northwestern was a 68-51 loser in their most recent outing at home against Badgers. They failed to cover the +6-point spread as underdogs.
Northwestern:
Team record: 6-14 SU,8-10-1 ATS
Current Streak: lost 13 straight games.
Northwestern is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Northwestern is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Northwestern is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota:
Team record: 13-10 SU,9-12-2 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Northwestern
Minnesota is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Northwestern
Minnesota is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against Northwestern
Next up:
Northwestern home to Maryland Wednesday, March 3
Minnesota at Nebraska Saturday, February 27