{"id":20668,"date":"2011-12-30T12:41:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T17:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20668"},"modified":"2011-12-30T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T17:42:00","slug":"college-basketball-odds-george-mason-patriots-vs-charleston-cougars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-odds-george-mason-patriots-vs-charleston-cougars-20668\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Odds: George Mason Patriots vs. Charleston Cougars"},"content":{"rendered":"

George Mason Patriots at Charleston Cougars
\nFriday, 12\/30\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Charleston -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Charleston -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 137
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 138
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The College of Charleston Cougars have won 15 consecutive home games entering Friday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

George Mason faces its final non-conference road test of the season and has alternated wins and losses over its last five games.\u00a0 The Patriots are coming off an 81-61 victory over the Manhattan Jaspers as 7.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 Defense is the key to victory for this program, allowing just 56.3 points on average in eight wins this season.\u00a0 The program ranks first in the Colonial Athletic Association in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to just 38.2 percent shooting from the floor.\u00a0 George Mason is 0-2 ATS as an underdog this season.<\/p>\n

The Patriots are 3-6 all-time against current members of the Southern Conference, with al three wins coming against UNC Greensboro.\u00a0 George Mason is 0-3 against Charleston, including an 85-83 loss as five-point home favorites on Feb. 20, 2010.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has three players averaging double figures in scoring, with senior forward Ryan Pearson leading the way in scoring 18.3 points and grabbing 7.9 rebounds per game.\u00a0 On the defensive side of the ball, the Patriots are tied for 34th nationally in averaging 5.2 blocks per game.<\/p>\n

Charleston returns to action after the holiday break and will play its final non-conference contest, coming off a 77-70 road win over Coastal Carolina.\u00a0 The Cougars nearly pulled off a massive upset in dropping a 69-62 decision to the Louisville Cardinals as 18-point road underdogs on Dec. 20.\u00a0 The team will put its 15-game home-court win streak on the line, using a seven-player rotation that\u2019s led by leading scorer Antwaine Wiggins averaging 18.1 points per game.\u00a0 Charleston is 17-8 ATS at home over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Cougars should anticipate a close contest Friday night, as the last two meetings between these two schools have been decided by four points or less.\u00a0 Wiggins will definitely look to score from beyond the arc, ranking ninth in school history with 141 career three-pointers.\u00a0 Since the TD Arena opened its doors in 2008, Charlest<\/p>\n

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The College of Charleston Cougars have won 15 consecutive home games entering Friday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

on has registered an impressive 43-6 all-time mark on John Kreese Court.\u00a0 The Cougars are 4-1 this season against 2011 NCAA Tournament opponents.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Cougars due to their 6-0 ATS mark versus CAA opponents, while the Patriots are 0-5 ATS in their last five road games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

George Mason Patriots at Charleston Cougars Friday, 12\/30\/11, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Charleston -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Charleston -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 137 Current Total:\u00a0 138 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker George Mason faces its final non-conference road test of the season and has alternated wins and losses over its last five games.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[6179,6178,4606,4520,6268,6269],"class_list":["post-20668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-antwaine-wiggins","tag-charleston-cougars","tag-colonial-athletic-association","tag-george-mason-patriots","tag-ryan-pearson","tag-td-arena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20670,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20668\/revisions\/20670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}