Illinois-Purdue: Big Ten Conference Tournament Quarterfinals

The Illinois Fighting Illini and the Purdue Boilermakers will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Conseco Fieldhouse.

Odds aren't yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.

Illinois scraped out a hard-fought 64-63 win over Penn State in the first round of the Big Ten Tourney on Thursday. Illinois could not cover the 8-point spread, but the 127 points made it OVER the posted total of 118.

Brian Randle shot 5-for-10 from the field with 17 points and Trent Meacham scored 14 points in the win.

The Boilermakers defeated Michigan 72-58 as a 5.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over/under total (133).

Keaton Grant and E'Twaun Moore each scored 17 points for Purdue, while Robbie Hummel added 11 points in the win.

Team records:
Illinois: 14-18 SU, 12-20 ATS
Purdue: 24-7 SU, 17-10-1 ATS

Illinois most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
After playing Penn State are 5-5
After a win are 2-8

Purdue most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
After playing Michigan are 1-9
After a win are 8-2

A few trends to consider:
Illinois is 8-15 SU in its last 23 games when playing Purdue
Illinois is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games
Illinois is 1-7-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Purdue
Purdue is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games
Purdue is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Illinois
Purdue is 14-2-1 ATS in its last 17 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Purdue's last 7 games

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