#864 ASA TOP PLAY ON College of Charleston -115 over Colorado State, Friday at 5 PM ET - Alright we’re going back to the well again today. Last night we were on C of C over Davidson and picked up a big 89-66 win. Today the Cougars face off against Colorado State who also is coming off a big win over South Carolina which is giving us some value here on the home team (this is a tournament but played on Charleston’s home court). CSU rolled over South Carolina last night, however while that may look extremely impressive beating an SEC team, we have the Gamecocks picked for last in the SEC this year after losing all 5 starters from a year ago and they have a new coach working on a new system both offensively and defensively. Charleston should do well in a tournament setting playing multiple games in multiple days as they rotate 10 guys throughout the game. They have 9 guys averaging double digit minutes this season. They were +16 on the boards last night as we projected and should control the glass again tonight. The Cougs ranked 10th nationally in offensive rebounding last season and they are currently 28th this season while Colorado State is 328th on the offensive glass. The Rams have played a fairly weak schedule to date (290th) and prior to last night’s big win they struggled to beat Gardner Webb at home (won by 2) and only beat a terrible SE Louisiana team (ranked 321st) by 11 points. As we touched on last night, Charleston’s only loss this season was @ #1 ranked UNC in a game they led in the 2nd half. They have one close win vs a solid Richmond team in a game they led by 21 with 14 minutes remaining but let the Spiders back in it. They learned their lesson last night as they pushed out to a big win vs Davidson and then buried them not letting the Wildcats back in the game. CSU shot the lights out last night hitting nearly 60% of their shots and 72% of their 2 point attempts. We just don’t see that happening again tonight and we’ll side with the host to win this one.