#763/764 ASA PLAY ON Over 142.5 Points – Northwestern vs Florida Atlantic, Friday at 12:15 PM ET - Both offenses are superior to the opposing defenses in this game. Both offenses rank inside the top 25 nationally in efficiency per Bart Torvik analytics, while both defenses rank outside the top 60 in efficiency (61st for NW and 133rd for FAU). NW is coming off a game last Friday in which they only scored 61 points on Wisconsin making only 38% of their shots on 0.95 PPP which is way below their season averages. They looked a little worn down to us but now playing just their 2nd game in 13 days we expect a better effort from an offense that averaged 74 PPG this season and ranks 8th in the nation hitting 39% of their triples. Wildcat head coach Chris Collins mentioned last week that he has been very impressed with his offense this season. head coach Chris Collins mentioned he’s been extremely happy with his offense this year. “This year, we’ve been a terrific offense,” Collins said. “We’ve been really efficient and (have) shot the ball incredibly well.” They should have success vs an FAU defense that hasn’t been very good this year allowing 74 PPG. On the other end of the court, the Owls play fast and are very good offensively averaging 83 PPG and they rank 17th in adjusted offensive efficiency. The weakness of Northwestern’s team is absolutely their defense ranking 248th in eFG% allowed and outside the top 300 defending the arc. We expect both teams to have success from 3 point land and in a game that is supposed to be close, FT’s could play a big role down the stretch with fouling late a solid possibility. We like both teams to reach the 70’s in this game and we’ll grab the Over.