The Wisconsin Badgers are looking to follow up a huge win on Monday at Purdue with a big performance at home on Thursday against an Iowa team that enters on a four-game winning streak of its own.
The Badgers and Hawkeyes are making the most of their possessions on offense. The teams are tied for first in the nation in the percentage of possessions that do not result in a turnover at 11.9.
Iowa has the better offense, ranking second in the country in points scored on a per-possession basis, but the Hawkeyes are scoring 19.5 points per 100 possessions fewer on the road than at home.
The Badgers also will look to exploit an Iowa team that rates 230th in defensive rebound rate, allowing opponents to pull in a rebound on 27.9 percent of their missed shots.
The Badgers are 8-5 against the spread this season with two of their non-covers in Johnny Davis’ absences in their games against Providence and Nicholls State. Davis has scored at least 20 points in eight of the last nine games in which he has played, and he will lead the Badgers to another win on Thursday.
The play: Wisconsin, -1.5.
