USC at Purdue 03/13/25 - NCAAB Picks & Predictions

The USC Trojans stay in Indianapolis Thursday night for a second round matchup in the BIG 10 tournament against Purdue. USC comes into Thursday with sixteen wins and 16 losses on the year following an 8 point double overtime victory against Rutgers on Wednesday. Offensively USC is averaging 76.4 points on 48.2% shooting from the floor this season. Defensively USC has been bad allowing 75 points per game overall this year. For other college basketball action see our College Basketball Picks.

Defensively USC did just enough against Rutgers on Wednesday giving up 89 points but only 16 and overtime on 42.9% shot from the floor. USC won the rebounding battle by 1 and forced 12 turnovers in the win. Offensively USC found their groove making 51.7% of their shots knocked down 10 triples to scored 97 points after a 24 point overtime. Desmond Claude led the way for the USC offense with 28 points on 13 shots.

The Purdue Boilermakers come into the conference tournament Thursday night with 21 wins and 10 losses overall ranked #20 in the nation after losing 3 of the last five following an 8 point road loss to Illinois. Offensively Purdue is averaging 70.3 points on 49.6% from the floor. Defensively Purdue is giving up 70.6 points per game overall but have allowed 78.6 points per game over their last three losses.

Defensively Purdue was terrible in their last outing giving up 88 points on 49.1% shooting from  the floor and Illinois made11 long balls. The Boilermakers also lost the rebounding battle and turned the ball over 8 times in the game. Offensively Purdue did score the ball well scoring 80 points on 50.8% shooting but made just 27.8% from beyond the arc. Trey Kaufman-Renn led the way for the Purdue offense with 29 points on 23 shots.

Purdue is the better team in this game and will do the work Thursday. USC will have some fatigue after a multiple overtime game Wednesday. Take the Boilermakers to do the job on both sides of the ball leading to the win and cover. Final Score Prediction, Purdue Boilermakers win and cover 76-64.