Purdue Boilermakers vs North Carolina State Wolfpack Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 12/12/2021

Game Time: 2:00 pm ET, Sunday, December 12, 2021

Venue:  Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY

Where to Watch:  Big Ten Network

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Purdue -14, NC State +14; Over/Under:  142 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Purdue -13.5, NC State +13.5; Over/Under:  142.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Purdue -13.5, NC State +13.5; Over/Under:  142.5 points

 

Purdue Boilermakers:  8-1 (7th place, Big Ten)

North Carolina State Wolfpack:  7-2 (9th place, ACC)

 

Do not miss out on our expert handicapper analysis! Will Rogers is on a 110-89 NCAAB RUN! Make sure you check out his picks and many more from the expert handicappers featured in the Shop Picks section.

 

Purdue Boilermakers:  4-1 last 5

North Carolina State Wolfpack:  4-1 last 5

 

 

 

Purdue is coming into this game with an 8-1 record overall and they are 2-0 in their neutral site games this season where they will be in this game. They have 1 loss all season and that loss came in their last game which snapped an 8 game winning streak that they were on. Their 8 wins came against the Bellarmine Knights, the Indiana State Sycamores, the Wright State Raiders, the North Carolina Tar Heels, the Villanova Wildcats, the Omaha Mavericks, the Florida State Seminoles, and the Iowa Hawkeyes while their loss came against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in their last game. Trevion Williams led the team in points in that game off the bench with 21 while Jaden Ivey was next on the team with 15 points. Zach Edey also scored 13 points in that one as well. Ivey led the team in assists in that game with 3 while Williams led the team in rebounds with 11. They were 41% from the field, 26.9% from 3-point range, and 68.8% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 88 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 65.4 PPG against them. Purdue has an ATS record of 6-3 this season and their O/U record is 5-4.

 

 

NC State is coming into this game with a 7-2 record overall and they are 1-1 in their neutral site games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 4 of their last 5 games and are coming into this one off of a win in their last game. Their last loss was against the Louisville Cardinals while their 4 wins in that span came against the Texas Southern Tigers, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats in their last game. Dereon Seabron led the team in points in that game with 16 while Terquavion Smith was next on the team with 14 points. Jericole Hellems also scored 13 points in that one as well. Hellems led the team in assists in that game with 4 while Seabron led the team in rebounds with 14. They were 39.3% from the field, 30.4% from 3-point range, and 62.5% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 78.2 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 71.3 PPG against them. NC State has an ATS record of 1-8 this season and their O/U record is 6-3.

 

NC State is coming into this game as a 13.5 point underdog with the current betting odds according to Draftkings Sportsbook. Purdue is coming into this game after losing their first game of the season to an unranked Rutgers team. They did not play well in that game and now they have an NC State team that is having a good season and has won 4 of their last 5 games. Purdue is not going to recover that quickly from that loss and they are going to have a tough time against NC State who is playing well right now. NC State will hang around in this game so the best bet to place in this game is on NC State to cover the spread here. 

 

Purdue North Carolina State Prediction:  Our NCAAB Pick for Sunday, December 12, 2021 (2:00 pm ET start time) is Purdue 76 NC State 70.

Don't miss our champion handicappers free picks and expert basketball picks today.  And if you enjoyed this Purdue Boilermakers North Carolina State Wolfpack prediction, be sure to drop by every day for our weekly NCAAB predictions and previews.

 

 

Purdue Boilermakers: 64-38 O/U after failing to cover 3 of their last 4 against the spread. 10-4 O/U off a no-cover where the team won straight up as a favorite. 9-4 O/U off a home no-cover where the team won straight up as a favorite. 6-3 O/U after allowing 60 points or less. 6-3 O/U after a combined score of 125 points or less. 5-1 O/U after playing a game as favorite. 5-1 O/U after 1 or more consecutive wins.

North Carolina State Wolfpack: 8-2 O/U in all neutral court games. 5-2 O/U against ACC opponents. 21-15 O/U after 2 consecutive conference games. 8-2 O/U when playing on a neutral court. 5-2 O/U in non-conference games. 19-12 O/U after 1 or more consecutive unders. 14-7 O/U after failing to cover 2 of their last 3 against the spread. 15-7 O/U after playing a road game.

 

 

Purdue Boilermakers:  B. Waddell (F) out for season - Knee injury.

North Carolina State Wolfpack:  C. Morsell (G) Ques Sun - Ankle injury. G. Gantt (F) Out indefinitely - Abdominal injury. M. Bates (F) out for season - Shoulder injury.

 

 

"When you go on the road, you gotta be 10 points better than somebody, because if you allow it to be close, crazy things can happen. Obviously, that was a once-in-a-lifetime shot, but we allowed it to be close." - Matt Painter on his team’s loss against Rutgers.

 

 

“We got out in transition, we made shots. We drove the basketball, we got to the free throw line.” - Kevin Keatts on his team’s loss against Louisville. 

 

 

 

Z. Edey 

C. Furst 

J. Ivey 

S. Stefanovic 

I. Thompson

 

E. Dowuona 

C. Hayes 

J. Hellems 

C. Morsell 

D. Seabron

 

 

PPG: J. Ivey (15.8)

APG: S. Stefanovic (4.2)

Reb/G: T. Williams (9)

 

PPG: D. Seabron (19.9)

APG: D. Seabron (2.7)

Reb/G: D. Seabron (11)

 

Coaches:

Purdue Boilermakers: Matt Painter (17th season)

North Carolina State Wolfpack: Kevin Keatts (5th season)