GAME OF THE WEEKEND: No. 15 Ohio State at No. 10 Wisconsin, Saturday. Wisconsin (12-3, 6-2) is out to its best eight-game Big Ten start since 2017 and has won 18 of its last 19 at home. D’Mitrik Trice is averaging 19.1 points over the last seven games.
LOOKING AHEAD: No. 4 Iowa (12-2, 6-1) loses a game against Nebraska on Sunday because of the Cornhuskers' COVID-19 issues and will go seven days between games. The Hawkeyes, who entered their home game against Indiana on Thursday night a half-game behind conference-leading Michigan (12-1, 7-1), would have liked to have had that home date with the last-place Huskers before back-to-back games against ranked opponents Illinois and Ohio State.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Purdue freshman Jaden Ivey scored a season-high 15 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with five seconds left, in a 67-65 win at Ohio State on Tuesday. The son of Notre Dame women's basketball coach Niele Ivey scored eight points in the final 3 ½ minutes of the Boilermakers' fourth straight win. Ivey was rated a four-star prospect coming out of La Lumiere Prep in South Bend, Indiana, and picked Purdue over Indiana, Notre Dame, Butler and Ohio State.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: There have been 21 games involving Big Ten teams canceled or postponed because of COVID-19 issues through Wednesday, and two of the six scheduled this weekend have been called off. ... The Big Ten has six teams in
ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE: No. 11 Michigan's starts of 10-0 overall and 5-0 in Big Ten play are best in program history. The Wolverines went into their game against Ohio State on Thursday looking to set a school record with an 11th straight win. Co-preseason player of the year Naz Hillmon is averaging 23.7 points and 11.9 rebounds per game and the Wolverines are outscoring opponents by 24 points. Hillmon and second-leading scorer Leigha Brown are combining for 43.4 points per game and shooting 64%.
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