Bettors will hope to hit paydirt on Thursday when the Indiana Hoosiers try to run the Retrievers off the court at Branch McCracken Court at Assembly Hall in college hoops action.

Indiana battles the Retrievers, currently sitting with a 1-9 mark (0-0 ATS). The OVER/UNDER records, always important for totals bettors, are 4-3 for the Hoosiers and 0-0 for the Retrievers.



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Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 66 (Hoosiers) and the No. 316 (Retrievers) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 94-58 result in favor of the Hoosiers has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
Rating these schools in several key categories is important for handicappers and Indiana has the nation's No. 7-rated offensive output, at 84.5 PPG. The visiting Retrievers defense ranks No. 303 allowing on average 74.2 PPG. The Hoosiers FG% has averaged 51.7% so far, more than the Retrievers marksmen have achieved on the year, 37.4% per game.

Defensively, UMBC features the nation's No. 277-rated defense on the road, allowing 77.3 points per game. Indiana, meanwhile, comes in at No. 43 nationally in scoring at home.

In their last action, UMBC was a 73-66 loser at home against Rider. Chase Plummer scored 22 points and chipped in with 11 rebounds for a double-double, but his team still lost 73-66 against Rider in college basketball action at RAC Arena.

Indiana won its last outing, a 107-50 result against Howard on December 19. They covered in that game as a 28.5-point favorite. The battle between the Hoosiers and Bison didn’t turn out to be much of a battle at all as Howard was handed a 107-50 defeat on Monday at Branch McCracken Court at Assembly Hall.


Indiana Hoosiers Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Michigan State are 6-4
After playing Howard are 1-0
After a win are 10-0

A few Retrievers at Hoosiers trends to consider:
Indiana is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Indiana is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home


Next up:
UMBC at Niagara, Wednesday, December 28
Indiana at Michigan State, Wednesday, December 28