The set-up: Jacksonville state (5-5) visits a 10-1 Maryland team tonight in College Park. The Gamecocks come in on a two-game losing skid, losing a four-point contest to Samford and a five-point overtime contest to Louisiana Monroe in their last two outings. The Terps have lost just once, 73-59 to Pitt in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Jacksonville State: The Gamecocks have a trio of senior guards in Dunbar (12.4 & 4.3), Drumwright (11.3 & 4.2) and Tucker (9.9) plus a 6-10 JUCO player in Giga, who averages 12.2 & 9.0. The big Lithuanian has 21 rebounds in the last two games and has matched a season high with 18 points in two of the last three contests.

Maryland: The Terrapins lost four starters from last year's team, with only PG Melo Trimble returning. He's coming off a season-low five-point effort in Saturday's win against Saint Peter's but leads the team in scoring at 17.2 PPG. Three freshman have made significant impacts so far, guard Cowan (10.0-4.7-3.5) and a pair of 6-7 swingman, Jackson (11.2 & 6.1) and Huerter (7.6 & 5.3).

The pick: Big Ten play opens Dec. 27 and this marks Maryland's second-to-last game before that. The Terps won't play again until Dec 20, so expect a good effort here. Maryland may be 7-1 SU at home so far but the Terps are 0-5-1 ATS. That changes here, Make Maryland a 10* play.