The Colorado State Rams (4-0) and Charleston Cougars (3-1) tangle in a semifinal game of the 8-team Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic Friday in Charleston. The opening tip at TD Arena will be at 5 p.m. ET (ESPN2). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Colorado State vs. Charleston odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Colorado State advanced to this semifinal with an 85-53 rout of the South Carolina Gamecocks Thursday. The favored-by-1 Rams outshot USC by a wide margin, out-rebounded their opponents handily and won the turnover battle. CSU shot 58.3% from the floor and has shot 50%-or-better in each game this season.
Charleston leveraged a dozen 3-pointers and a hefty advantage on the boards in taking down Davidson 89-66 Thursday. The up-tempo Cougars have tallied 85 points or more in each of their 4 games this season. Charleston has thus far played a solid schedule; its lone loss was to No. 1 North Carolina (102-86) Nov. 11.
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Colorado State vs. Charleston odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 4:59 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Colorado State -125 (bet $125 to win $100) | Charleston -110 (bet $110 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Colorado State -1.5 (-105) | Charleston +1.5 (-120)
- Over/Under (O/U): 155.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
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Colorado State vs. Charleston picks and predictions
Prediction
Charleston 79, Colorado State 77
Moneyline
Charleston is an actionable lean; consider a partial-and-partial, going with 50% on CHARLESTON (-125) and 50% on the below ATS play.
Against the spread
Figure some regression in CSU’s shooting (61.8% effective field-goal mark). Against an outlier pace in that of the hometown Cougars, who also hit the offensive boards hard, the Rams figure to be in a dogfight after some cruise-control games.
Charleston went 12 of 32 from distance Thursday (7 of 16 in the 2nd half), and CSU can be prone to allowing a lot of looks from distance.
BACK THE COUGARS +1.5 (-120).
Over/Under
Figure the Rams getting pulled into a higher-scoring game, but this total offers up a realistic version of some quick game-play with a solid number of CSU throws and C-of-C put-backs.
PASS.
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