Brown vs Northwestern Odds & Picks (Dec. 29)

• Northwestern is a 14.5-point home favorite over Brown on Thursday
• Northwestern is on a four-game winning streak
• A look at the Brown vs Northwestern odds and picks can be found below 

Northwestern will try to keep its four-game winning streak alive when it returns from a holiday break to host Brown at 1 p.m. ET Thursday at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill.

Northwestern (9-2, 6-1 home) routed Illinois-Chicago 92-54 on Dec. 20 in its last game. Brown (7-5, 4-3 road) won for the seventh time in its last eight games when it beat New Hampshire 67-51 on Dec. 21.

The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.

Brown vs Northwestern Odds

Odds as of December 28th at Caesars Sportsbook.

Northwestern is a 14.5-point favorite in the college basketball odds. The Wildcats are +10000 longshots in the Big Ten championship odds.

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Brown Betting Outlook

Sophomore guard Kino Lilly Jr. leads Brown with 14.8 points and 1.5 steals a game. He is fifth in the Ivy League in both categories.

Lilly scored 15 points and had three steals in the win over New Hampshire. However, he made just 1 of 7 shots from three-point range.

Brown shot just 39.7% (26 of 63) from the field. The Bears, though, held New Hampshire to 30.8% (16 of 52) and had a 45-34 advantage in rebounds.

Ivy League Rookie of the Year goes to Kino Lilly Jr. ’21! Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/xqNUFfV8tK

— Landon School (@landonschool) March 8, 2022

Sophomore forward Nana Owusu-Anane scored a team-high 16 points for Brown on 6-of-8 shooting. He also pulled down five rebounds.

Owusa-Anane is averaging 9.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.6 steals. He is fourth in the Ivy League in steals and fifth in rebounding.

Senior guard Paxson Wojcik is also having a fine season. He is third in the Ivy League in rebounding with a 7.3 average to go with 12.2 points and 2.9 assists a game.

Wojcik’s father, Doug, is an assistant coach at Michigan State and was formerly the head coach at Tulsa and College of Charleston.

Brown is scoring just 64.3 points a game, which is 332^nd nationally. The Bears are 362^nd in free throw shooting with a dismal 57.1 percentage.

Northwestern Betting Outlook

Off to its best start since also going 9-2 in 2016-17, Northwestern is led by senior guard Chase Audige.

Audige paced the Wildcats with 19 points in the win over Illinois-Chicago and is averaging 14.5 points, 3.5 assists and 2.6 steals a game. He ranks second in the Big Ten in steals.

Senior guard Boo Buie is scoring 14.1 points and dishing 4.4 assists a game. Senior forward Robbie Beran has averages of 10.4 points and 6.5 rebounds.

Boo Buie dagger 🗡

Northwestern upsets No. 23 Ohio State, 71-70

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— Bleacher Report CBB (@br_CBB) December 26, 2020

Northwestern is 300^th in the nation in scoring with a 66.5 average.

Sophomore guard Brooks Barnhizer had a big game off the bench against Illinois-Chicago with 18 points, eight rebounds, and five assists. Barnhizer was 6 of 8 from the field in his first double-digit scoring game of the season.

Buie finished with 16 points and five assists, sophomore guard Julian Roper II added 12 points and Beran chipped in with 10 points.

Northwestern shot 51.4% (36 of 70) while holding Illinois-Chicago to 38.6% (17 of 44). The Wildcats held a commanding 44-23 advantage on the boards and forced 21 turnovers.

Brown vs Northwestern Prediction

Northwestern has beaten Brown five times in a row, including 95-73 at home in 2017-18 in the last meetings. Even though the Wildcats have problems scoring, they should cover the spread against an opponent stepping up in class.

Pick: Northwestern -14.5 (-110)

Season Record: 16-11 (+3.9 units) ATS, 0-3 (-3.0 units) ML