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Ohio State visits Page and Northwestern
Ohio State Buckeyes (6-1) at Northwestern Wildcats (5-3, 0-1 Big Ten)
Evanston, Illinois; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern takes on Ohio State after Arrinten Page scored 21 points in Northwestern’s 85-73 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers.
The Wildcats have gone 3-0 in home games. Northwestern has a 2-0 record in one-possession games.
The Buckeyes are 0-1 on the road. Ohio State is 1-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
Northwestern averages 81.0 points, 13.7 more per game than the 67.3 Ohio State gives up. Ohio State has shot at a 52.3% clip from the field this season, 12.8 percentage points greater than the 39.5% shooting opponents of Northwestern have averaged.
The Wildcats and Buckeyes match up Saturday for the first time in Big Ten play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nick Martinelli is scoring 19.8 points per game with 6.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists for the Wildcats. Page is averaging 15.8 points and 6.9 rebounds while shooting 60.8%.
Bruce Thornton averages 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Buckeyes, scoring 20.6 points while shooting 54.3% from beyond the arc. Christoph Tilly is averaging 15.6 points and 5.3 rebounds.
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