Eastern Illinois Panthers at Northwestern Wildcats

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Eastern Illinois Panthers

1-2, 0-2 Away

Northwestern Wildcats

2-1, 2-0 Home

Eastern Illinois visits Northwestern after Martinelli's 27-point outing

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Eastern Illinois Panthers (1-2) at Northwestern Wildcats (2-1)

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

Wildcats -24.5; over/under is 140.5

BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern faces Eastern Illinois after Nick Martinelli scored 27 points in Northwestern's 83-74 win over the UIC Flames.

Northwestern finished 22-12 overall with a 15-2 record at home during the 2023-24 season. The Wildcats averaged 73.3 points per game while shooting 45.5% from the field and 39.0% from 3-point range last season.

Eastern Illinois finished 8-11 in OVC action and 4-11 on the road last season. The Panthers averaged 68.9 points per game last season, 30.9 in the paint, 16.1 off of turnovers and 11.4 on fast breaks.

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Northwestern: 98.8%

Eastern Illinois: 1.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

EIU		NU
L1	Streak	W1
73.0	Points Per Game	79.7
42.8	Field Goal %	50.0
34.8	Three Point %	38.2
35.3	Rebounds Per Game	36.7
9.7	Assists Per Game	17.0
2.7	Blocks Per Game	2.3
9.0	Steals Per Game	8.7
1.0	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.7
14.0	Total Turnovers Per Game	11.7
87.7	Points Against	63.7

Game Information

Welsh-Ryan Arena

Location: Evanston, IL
Capacity:

2024-25 Ohio Valley Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Tennessee Tech	0-0	-	2-1
UT Martin	0-0	-	2-1
SIU Edwardsville	0-0	-	2-2
Eastern Illinois	0-0	-	1-2
Lindenwood	0-0	-	1-2
Little Rock	0-0	-	1-2
Southeast Missouri State	0-0	-	1-2
Western Illinois	0-0	-	1-2
Morehead State	0-0	-	1-3
Southern Indiana	0-0	-	1-3
Tennessee State	0-0	-	1-3

2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Illinois	0-0	-	3-0
Iowa	0-0	-	3-0
Maryland	0-0	-	3-0
Nebraska	0-0	-	3-0
Oregon	0-0	-	3-0
Penn State	0-0	-	3-0
Purdue	0-0	-	3-0
USC	0-0	-	3-0
Wisconsin	0-0	-	3-0
Indiana	0-0	-	2-0
Ohio State	0-0	-	2-0
Rutgers	0-0	-	2-0
Michigan State	0-0	-	2-1
Minnesota	0-0	-	2-1
Northwestern	0-0	-	2-1
UCLA	0-0	-	2-1
Washington	0-0	-	2-1
Michigan	0-0	-	1-1