This Friday the college basketball fans will assist to one of the Big 10 Conference Quarterfinals when the Illinois Fighting Illini will clash on the Purdue Boilermakers, and both will be gunning for a victory when they meet at Conseco Fieldhouse.

Game: Illinois Fighting Illini (14-18) vs Purdue Boilermakers (24-7)
Date/Time: Friday, March 14 - 6:30 PM EST
Spread: Purdue -4.5 Total: 120.5
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Illinois had its first sub-.500 conference record since it finished 3-13 in Big Ten play in 1998-99.

Illinois scraped out a hard-fought 64-63 win over Penn State in the first round of the Big Ten Tourney on Thursday. Illinois could not cover the 8-point spread, but the 127 points made it OVER the posted total of 118. They won thanks to Chester Frazier's reverse layup with 3.8 seconds left.

Pruitt, a senior, is the team's leading scorer (12.5) and rebounder (7.1). Guard Trent Meachem, who averages 10.7 points, has scored 35 points his last two games.

Brian Randle shot 5-for-10 from the field with 17 points and Trent Meacham scored 14 points in the win.

Purdue hasn't had much success the first 10 years of the Big Ten tournament. It's hoping that having its highest seed in the tournament's history can help change that.

Purdue (24-7) reached the finals of the inaugural Big Ten tournament in 1998 as the No. 3 seed, losing to Michigan. Since that defeat, the Boilermakers are just 2-9 in the tournament and have lost five times to a lower seed.

The Boilermakers have made steady progress in coach Matt Painter's two seasons. They finished last in the 11-team conference in 2005-06 prior to his arrival.

The Boilermakers should be familiar with the 10th-seeded Fighting Illini (14-18), whom they already beat twice.

Sophomore Keaton Grant had 22 points and junior Nemanja Calasan added 17 in the first meeting, a 74-67 win in West Lafayette on Jan. 19.

Two weeks later in Champaign, freshman E'Twaun Moore led the way with 24 points, while reserve guard Marcus Green had 15 off the bench in an 83-75 victory.

Eight different players have led Purdue in scoring in a game, with Moore leading the way nine times.

Moore, who averaged a team-high 12.4 points, was named second-team All-Big Ten earlier this week by the conference coaches and media. The Boilermakers also had a first-team selection, fellow freshman Robbie Hummel.

The 6-foot-8 Hummel, who averages 11.7 points and a team-high 5.9 rebounds, is the first Purdue player to make the first team as a freshman.

The Boilermakers defeated Michigan 72-58 as a 5.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over/under total (133).

Keaton Grant and E'Twaun Moore each scored 17 points for Purdue, while Robbie Hummel added 11 points in the win.

NCAA Basketball Oddsmakers currently have the Boilermakers listed as 5-point favorites versus the Fighting Illini, while the game's total is sitting at 120.

Team records:
Illinois: 14-18 SU, 12-20 ATS
Purdue: 24-7 SU, 17-10-1 ATS

Illinois most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
After playing Penn State are 5-5
After a win are 2-8

Purdue most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
After playing Michigan are 1-9
After a win are 8-2

A few trends to consider:
Illinois is 8-15 SU in its last 23 games when playing Purdue
Illinois is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games
Illinois is 1-7-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Purdue
Purdue is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games
Purdue is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Illinois
Purdue is 14-2-1 ATS in its last 17 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Purdue's last 7 games

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