Valparaiso Beacons (6-4) at Northwestern Wildcats (6-4, 0-2 Big Ten)

Evanston, Illinois; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern hosts Valparaiso after Nick Martinelli scored 22 points in Northwestern’s 93-53 victory against the Jackson State Tigers.

The Wildcats have gone 4-1 in home games. Northwestern scores 82.3 points while outscoring opponents by 11.2 points per game.

The Beacons are 1-2 on the road. Valparaiso is second in the MVC with 11.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Shon Tupuola averaging 3.1.

Northwestern makes 50.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 10.2 percentage points higher than Valparaiso has allowed to its opponents (39.8%). Valparaiso averages 7.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.6 more makes per game than Northwestern gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Martinelli is scoring 21.2 points per game with 6.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists for the Wildcats. Arrinten Page is averaging 15.1 points and 7.1 rebounds while shooting 60.4%.

Rakim Chaney is averaging 11.9 points, 3.2 assists and 1.7 steals for the Beacons. JT Pettigrew is averaging 10.3 points and 5.6 rebounds.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.