Minnesota visits No. 6 Purdue on 3-game road skid

Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-4, 1-0 Big Ten) at Purdue Boilermakers (8-1, 1-0 Big Ten)

West Lafayette, Indiana; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Boilermakers -20.5; over/under is 142.5

BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota travels to No. 6 Purdue looking to break its three-game road losing streak.

The Boilermakers are 4-1 in home games. Purdue averages 85.2 points while outscoring opponents by 16.1 points per game.

The Golden Gophers are 1-0 in Big Ten play. Minnesota is ninth in the Big Ten with 16.4 assists per game led by Isaac Asuma averaging 4.3.

Purdue averages 9.8 made 3-pointers per game, 1.7 more made shots than the 8.1 per game Minnesota gives up. Minnesota averages 6.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.3 fewer made shots on average than the 9.0 per game Purdue allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Fletcher Loyer is scoring 14.4 points per game and averaging 2.1 rebounds for the Boilermakers. Braden Smith is averaging 13.1 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 40.0%.

Cade Tyson is averaging 21.8 points for the Golden Gophers. Jaylen Crocker-Johnson is averaging 12.2 points.

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