For many teams, having no fans or a limited amount in the stands has led to their home and road splits being less stark. But this has not been the case for Minnesota as it plays host to Purdue on Thursday.

Minnesota has gone 8-4-1 against the spread at home this season compared to 1-5 ATS on the road, and has a scoring differential of 30.1 points home to road. The Golden Gophers are outscoring their competition by an average of 13.1 points per game at Williams Arena, but are getting outscored by an average of 17 points away.

After missing three games, the Boilermakers got back their top scoring guard, Sasha Stefanovic, in their victory over Northwestern, but the 10.6 points-per-game scorer who is making 44.1 percent of his 3-point shots was not himself, scoring four points in 14 minutes while shooting 0 for 3 from 3-point range.

Both teams rate outside the top 125 in points allowed on a per-possession basis, but Minnesota has been significantly better at home, allowing 89 points per 100 possessions compared to 115.7 points per 100 possessions on the road, the biggest home-vs.-road differential in the country.

Minnesota’s 18.1 made free throws per game rank No. 2 among Division I schools, paced by Marcus Carr’s 97 at 78.2 percent. With Purdue ranking 271st in fouls committed per defensive play, Minnesota’s home-court dominance will continue on Thursday.

The play: Minnesota, -2.