Northwestern Wildcats vs Indiana Hoosiers Prediction, 1/8/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Northwestern Wildcats vs Indiana Hoosiers

Date: Sunday, January 8, 2023

Location: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN

TV: Youtube TV

The Indiana Hoosiers (10-4) will go up against the Northwestern Wildcats (11-3) at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Sunday.

The Northwestern Wildcats faced off with Illinois and went home with a win by a final score of 73-60 in their last game. Northwestern wrapped up the contest with a 32.1% field goal percentage (17 out of 53) and knocked down 7 of their 18 three-point attempts. When they shot from the free throw line, the Wildcats converted 32 of their 40 tries for a percentage of 80.0%. In terms of grabbing rebounds, they collected a total of 31 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. They also dished out 11 assists for the game in addition to forcing the other team into 15 turnovers and getting 11 steals. When discussing defense, Northwestern allowed the other team to shoot 39.7% from the field on 23 of 58 shooting. Illinois earned 13 assists and had 2 steals for this game. Moreover, Illinois had 34 rebounds (7 offensive, 27 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Illinois walked away from this one shooting 60.0% from the charity stripe by knocking down 6 of 10 tries. They made 8 out of their 28 tries from three-point range. Regarding fouls, the Wildcats finished with 17 while Illinois finished the game with 29 fouls.

Chase Audige is one player who came through for this game. He finished the contest at 35.7% from the floor but finished the game without an assist. He played for 32 minutes and also snagged 2 rebounds. He scored 21 points on 5 of 14 shooting.

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Northwestern will enter this contest with a record of 11-3 for the year. They turn it over 11.2 times per contest and as a unit they commit 15.8 fouls per contest. As a team, Northwestern is snagging 38.9 rebounds per contest and has tallied 190 assists for the year, which ranks 249th in college basketball in terms of passing. The Wildcats are connecting on 31.3% from downtown (112 of 358) and 75.7% from the free throw line. They average 67.7 points per outing (292nd in Division 1) while hitting 38.0% from the floor.

Defensively, the Wildcats are able to force 15.6 turnovers per game while drawing 18.4 personal fouls. They are ranked 96th in Division 1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 171 relinquished this season. The Wildcats are allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 36.3% (273 of 752) and they relinquish 35.9 boards per game as a squad. They surrender 32.0% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 7th in college basketball in PPG allowed (57.2).

When they last played, the Indiana Hoosiers took home the win by a final score of 69-55 against Kennesaw State. With respect to cleaning up the glass, Indiana permitted Kennesaw State to collect 26 in all (4 on the offensive glass). They finished 40.0% from 3-point land by going 10 out of 25 and ended up shooting 9 of 15 at the free throw line (60.0%). The Hoosiers permitted Kennesaw State to knock down 18 out of 55 tries from the floor which left them shooting 32.7% for this game. When all was said and done, the Hoosiers finished shooting 23 for 46 from the field which had them shooting 50.0%. When discussing shots from beyond the perimeter, Indiana buried 7 of their 18 attempts (38.9%). They were able to make 16 of those for a clip of 61.5%. Kennesaw State had 22 personal fouls in this matchup which took the Hoosiers to the free throw line for a total of 26 attempts. They also gave up possession 11 times, while getting 2 steals for the contest. The Hoosiers earned 33 defensive rebounds and 3 offensive boards totaling 36 for the matchup.

Tamar Bates pitched in for the Hoosiers for this contest. He accumulated 19 points in his 31 minutes on the hardwood and accumulated 2 dimes for the contest. He made 7 of 12 in the game for a field goal rate of 58.3%, and added 2 rebounds.

Indiana has a win-loss mark of 10-4 on the campaign. As an offensive team, the Hoosiers are shooting 51.0% from the field, which is 4th in college basketball. Indiana has tallied 1,130 pts this season (80.7 per game) and they snag 36.8 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 17.6 times per game (18th in the country) and they turn it over 12.6 times per contest. The Hoosiers commit 17.1 fouls every game while shooting 69.2% from the charity stripe.

The Hoosiers are ranked 130th in D-1 in PPG given up with 67.1. They are forcing 14.2 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 40.4% from the floor (65th in D-1). The Indiana defense surrenders 32.8% on three-point shots (103 of 314) and opponents are knocking down 70.6% of their foul shots. They concede 11.9 dimes and 32.7 rebounds per game, which has them ranked 135th and 103rd in those defensive categories.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Northwestern

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