No. 1 Purdue visits Northwestern after Buie's 23-point showing

Purdue Boilermakers (7-0) at Northwestern Wildcats (5-1)

Evanston, Illinois; Friday, 9 p.m. EST

LINE: Boilermakers -7; over/under is 137

BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern faces the No. 1 Purdue Boilermakers after Boo Buie scored 23 points in Northwestern's 89-67 victory over the Northern Illinois Huskies.

The Wildcats are 4-0 on their home court. Northwestern averages 70.7 points while outscoring opponents by 7.4 points per game.

The Boilermakers play their first true road game after going 7-0 to begin the season. Purdue is 6-0 against opponents with a winning record.

Northwestern scores 70.7 points, 7.1 more per game than the 63.6 Purdue allows. Purdue averages 8.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.6 more makes per game than Northwestern allows.

The Wildcats and Boilermakers meet Friday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Buie is scoring 18.5 points per game and averaging 3.0 rebounds for the Wildcats. Ty Berry is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers for Northwestern.

Lance Jones is shooting 38.2% from beyond the arc with 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Boilermakers, while averaging 10.3 points and 1.7 steals. Zach Edey is averaging 21.9 points, 10.7 rebounds and 2.9 blocks for Purdue.

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