Josh Pascarelli scored 28 points to lead Colorado State to an 83-68 victory over South Florida in the fifth-place game at the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament Friday in The Bahamas.

Pascarelli’s big night featured 10-for-11 shooting from the floor, including 8-for-8 from behind the 3-point line. CSU pulled away in the second half, scoring 50 points on 78.3% shooting.

Rams finished the tournament with a 2-1 record and are now 6-2 on the season ahead of next Saturday’s showdown with CU at Moby Arena.

CSU got off to a hot start against the Bulls, scoring its first 12 points on 3-pointers while building a 12-9 lead. The Rams’ largest lead of the first half was nine points, at 25-16, after a Pascarelli 3 with 4:28 remaining before halftime.

The Rams led 33-29 at the break.

South Florida got wi

See Full Page