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Purdue FW at W Illinois

Women's · Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 12:00 PM ET at Western Hall. Purdue FW our rank 216 · 1-2; W Illinois our rank 205 · 3-1.

Who will win Purdue FW vs W Illinois?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Western Illinois a 67% chance to beat Purdue Fort Wayne, with a projected score of W Illinois 70, Purdue FW 65.

To winW Illinois 67%Purdue FW 33%
Projected score65–70Purdue FW, then W Illinois
Margin5.4W Illinois · no line posted
Total134.8no line posted
First half30–34W Illinois ahead 61%
Purdue FW by 20by 10Evenby 10by 20by 30W Illinois by 40Model: W Illinois by 5.4Purdue FW by 20Evenby 20W Illinois by 40Model: W Illinois by 5.4

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 60–70% have been right 64.3% of the time in 7,507 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 9.5 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
W Illinois
NicastroF · 32 min18.27.02.020+ 39%
DavisG · 27 min9.65.60.910+ 45%
MesslingF · 24 min7.64.91.35+ 70%
ReedG · 32 min6.23.53.85+ 59%
Purdue FW
GregwerF · 32 min14.16.21.515+ 44%
LokicaG · 30 min7.83.81.710+ 32%
FahyG · 24 min6.72.01.55+ 63%
ThomasG · 23 min6.22.81.55+ 58%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit her

Without Mia Nicastro: Purdue FW 44%W Illinois 56%

The white mark is the call with her: W Illinois 67%.

PlayerPoints a game she addsW Illinois without herChangeProjected score
W Illinois
Mia Nicastro3.456%−1166–68
Madison Davis0.964%−365–70
Purdue FW
Avery Wagner0.769%+264–70

Change is in W Illinois's win chance, in points. Scores read Purdue FW, then W Illinois. A player's value is what the team is better by with her than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Purdue FW 1-2LLW

    1. Nov 10W 61-56at W Michigan
    2. Nov 6L 62-87at DePaul
    3. Nov 2L 63-75vs Xavier
    Last 3
    1–2, scoring 62.0 and allowing 72.7

    W Illinois 3-1WLWW

    1. Nov 11W 74-41vs Cornell (IA)
    2. Nov 9W 57-54at Omaha
    3. Nov 7L 35-98at Nebraska
    4. Nov 3W 85-55vs Clarke
    Last 4
    3–1, scoring 62.8 and allowing 62.0

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 363
    Purdue FWW Illinois
    Points scored per 100 possessions88.6 207th88.0 217th
    Points allowed per 10097.8 250th95.8 215th
    Possessions a game73.2 84th71.8 200th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)45.6% 165th44.5% 249th
    Opponents' shooting43.7% 72nd45.5% 176th
    Turnovers, share of possessions23.2% 158th24.8% 271st
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses28.8% 347th30.5% 300th
    Free throws per shot0.21 163rd0.20 252nd

    The widest gap: W Illinois's offense (217th) against Purdue FW's defense (250th), of 363 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Purdue FW 30, W Illinois 34
    First-half margin
    W Illinois by 3.1
    First-half points, both teams
    63.9
    Projected second half
    Purdue FW 34, W Illinois 37
    Second-half points, both teams
    70.9
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Purdue FW, first halves so far
    Led 0 of 3 · 31.0 scored, 40.0 allowed
    W Illinois, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 4 · 26.2 scored, 29.5 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 10,911 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 73.0% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.0 points on average. This season: 404 of 492 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Purdue FW

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Claire GregwerF3214.16.21.51.6
    15+ pts 44% · 6+ reb 55% · 2+ ast 43%
    Nika LokicaG307.83.81.70.6
    10+ pts 32% · 4+ reb 49% · 2+ ast 48%
    Avery WagnerF246.04.91.20.5
    5+ pts 56% · 5+ reb 51% · 1+ threes 39%
    Maddie LepleyG245.63.31.61.1
    5+ pts 53% · 3+ reb 59% · 2+ ast 45%
    Meegan FahyG246.72.01.50.5
    5+ pts 63% · 2+ reb 55% · 2+ ast 41%
    Karis ThomasG236.22.81.50.6
    5+ pts 58% · 3+ reb 50% · 2+ ast 41%
    Amaris TimmonsF133.92.90.50.1
    5+ pts 34% · 3+ reb 52%
    Alyssa BerryG122.82.00.90.3
    5+ pts 23% · 2+ reb 54% · 1+ threes 27%

    W Illinois

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Kaylen ReedG326.23.53.80.5
    5+ pts 59% · 4+ reb 43% · 4+ ast 51%
    Mia NicastroF3218.27.02.00.7
    20+ pts 39% · 7+ reb 52% · 1+ threes 48%
    Madison DavisG279.65.60.90.4
    10+ pts 45% · 6+ reb 47% · 1+ threes 31%
    Maria MesslingF247.64.91.30.4
    5+ pts 70% · 5+ reb 50% · 2+ ast 36%
    Shelby BowmanG204.71.60.80.9
    5+ pts 43% · 2+ reb 44% · 1+ threes 55%
    Sidney SkrobotF193.54.20.50.3
    5+ pts 30% · 4+ reb 55% · 1+ threes 25%
    Mylee StiefelG164.32.11.10.6
    5+ pts 39% · 2+ reb 55% · 1+ threes 44%
    Kennedy HerrigG153.42.10.40.3
    5+ pts 29% · 2+ reb 56% · 1+ threes 25%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

    The game in numbers

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