#607 ASA PLAY ON Clemson -2.5 over South Carolina, Tuesday at 7 PM ET - Clemson has the better record in this one despite playing the much tougher schedule. The Tigers are 9-2 on the season and they’ve faced the 75th most difficult schedule to date. Their losses have come @ Boise State and in OT on Saturday vs Memphis. The Tigers have wins over Kentucky, Penn State, and Miami FL (all top 100 teams). The Gamecocks are 7-3 but they’ve faced the 261st most difficult slate thus far. They don’t have a win vs anyone in the top 140 and in their 2 games vs top 100 teams, they lost both by 16 vs Indiana and by 9 vs Xavier, both rated lower than this Clemson team. South Carolina also already has a home loss vs North Florida who was the highest rated team they’ve faced at home thus far. The Tigers have better efficiency numbers on both ends of the court and they are the much better rebounding team. If this one is tight late, FT’s could be key in who wins this one and Clemson shoots 74% from the stripe compared to 66% for South Carolina. Clemson has won 5 of the last 7 in this in-state rivalry including 2 of the last 3 @ South Carolina. The Tigers should play with a little extra edge here coming off their OT loss vs a very good Memphis team who had wins over UConn, Michigan State, and Missouri prior to squeaking one out on Saturday @ Clemson. We like the Tigers laying the small number.