#832 ASA PLAY ON Towson -6 over Delaware, Monday at 6 PM ET - Towson won the CAA by 2 full games and topped this Delaware team twice. One of those wins was by 10 points and the other by 5 in a game they led by 10 with 3:00 minutes remaining. The Tigers led both games by double digits while Delaware’s largest lead in either game was just 6 points. Situationally Towson gets a huge edge here. They are playing their 2nd game in 2 days and had 8 guys play double digit minutes yesterday while the Blue Hens are playing their 4th game in 4 days in this CAA tourney with a short bench (336th in bench minutes). They had lost 11 of their previous 12 games entering the conference tourney and they’ve simply gotten red hot from beyond the arc. In yesterday’s easy win over W&M, the Hens scored 100 points and shot a ridiculous 63% from deep on 29 attempts. In their 3 tourney games they are hitting just over 49% of their 3’s. While they are a solid 3 point shooting team on the season, we expect the Hens to come back to earth here with tired legs vs a Towson defense that ranks 4th in the CAA defending the arc and held Delaware to under 32% from deep in their 2 meetings. Towson should get plenty of extra opportunities as we expect them to dominate the glass vs a poor rebounding team that should have weary legs. The Tigers rank in the top 35 nationally in offensive rebounding while the Blue Hens are outside the top 300 in both offensive and defensive rebounding. In their 2 meetings Towson was +24 on the boards including +16 on the offensive glass. They also turned the ball over at a lower rate (21st nationally in offensive turnover percentage) so the shot volume in this game should be heavily in favor of Towson. The only downside to this game is the Tigers are not a great FT shooting team but that may not matter if this one isn’t really close late as we don’t expect it to be. Lay it in this one.