ASA FREE PLAY ON Maryland +5 over Indiana, Monday at 8 PM ET - Maryland is coming off a home loss to Michigan which is nothing to be ashamed of as the Wolverines are now a perfect 9-0 with all but one of their wins coming by double digits. Prior to that the Terps upset Wisconsin on the road and nearly took out Purdue away from home losing by 3. Thus in their 2 Big 10 road games outperformed the spread by 19 points. They’ve already faced 3 of the top 5 teams in the conference which rates as one of the toughest schedules in the league thus far. Indiana has been underwhelming this season. They are 1-2 in conference play with their only win coming in OT at home vs Penn State. The Hoosiers struggle shooting the ball ranking 88th in eFG%, 134th in 3-point shooting percentage, and 232nd in FT percentage. They have failed to top 68 points in 4 of their last 6 games. We think they’ll have problems here vs an underrated Terp defense that will be ready to play after their worst effort of the season allowing Michigan to shoot 59%. Prior to that they held 2 very good offenses, Purdue & Wisconsin, to 46% and 44% shooting respectively. HC Turgeon we know has really focused on their defense since that loss to Michigan last week. Offensively the Terps rank 11th in efficiency and while IU’s defense has been very good, Maryland will do enough on that end of the court to take this one to the wire. The Terps were just a 3-point home dog vs Michigan, one of the top few teams in the Big 10, and now they are getting 5 from Indiana, a middle of the pack team. With very little home court advantage this year, the value is on Maryland. Take the points.