The Iowa Hawkeyes and the Northwestern Wildcats meet in college basketball action from the Welsh-Ryan Arena on Sunday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Iowa is listed as a 1.5-point road favorite with a ML price of -125. The total for this game is set at 145.5 points.
Injuries
Iowa comes into this game with a clean injury list while Northwestern has Julian Roper II listed as out indefinitely with an ankle injury.
Matchup History
Iowa’s 86-70 win over Northwestern back on January 31st, 2023, made it nine straight wins for the Hawkeyes in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
Iowa is 2-8 ATS in their last 10 road games and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games following an ATS win while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall. Northwestern is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following an ATS win while the under is 17-6 in their last 23 home games.
Pick
I’m leaning towards Iowa here. I really like this Northwestern team, but they’re coming off of back-to-back big-time wins and it just sometimes gets to be a lot having to keep up that same level of intensity game in and game out. Iowa’s just one of those teams that’s always an offensive threat home or away and I think they do enough to snag a big road win here.