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Although 14 of his players have been suspended, Charleston Southern football coach Jamey Chadwell said Friday that his team will be fine and will have a full travel squad available for Saturdays game against No. 3 Florida State.The players were suspended for spending scholarship money allocated for books on other items, the school announced Friday. Charleston Southern self-reported the financial aid violations to the NCAA.Obviously, were missing some people that are some good players for us, Chadwell told local television station WCIV before boarding a bus headed to Tallahassee, Florida. The guys that were taking down there played and have helped us win before. Theres going to be some new guys. Obviously its not the situation you want to go in with a No. 3 or 4 team in the country. ... Well go in there and play. I think well be fine.In total, 32 football players must serve a one-game suspension. The suspensions will be staggered over the first two weeks of the season and two additional players will serve their suspensions at a later date, the school announced.Under NCAA rules, student-athletes may purchase books and school supplies with the financial aid provided to them to purchase books. Other items cannot be covered by that financial aid.CSU is continuing an internal review of possible NCAA rules violations within the athletics program, a statement from the school read. The university is working with the NCAA, the Big South Conference and an outside consultant during the process.WCIV reported that Charleston Southern will be missing 14 to 15 players on Saturday. The players were suspended for spending scholarship money allocated for books on other items, a source told ESPNs Brett McMurphy.Florida State paid Charleston Southern $475,000 for the game.Charleston Southern senior running back Ben Robinson posted Thursday on Facebook: So basically about 30+ players on my team including me have been suspended for using book money to buy other things in the book store like pencils, binders, and electronics, out of our school bookstore. We would have leftover book money and the workers in the bookstore advised us to spend the money because we would not get it back, so we did.Chadwell told WCIV that he was unaware until Friday morning about the attention Robinsons Facebook post, and social media posts from other players, had received.Its obviously taken the country by storm, it seems, he said. Its unfortunate because I think it puts the focus on some other things instead of the good things that our team is doing and that our university is doing for us. But well get through it. And, hopefully, well represent ourself well on Saturday and try to regroup and get over this.When asked what he would tell his team about speaking out via social media, Chadwell said: We need to keep everything were dealing with in-house and protect our team. Thats what I tell our guys. No matter what you do, always protect your team. You can have a voice but just make sure youre reasonable with what youre saying.I always try to shed us in a positive light and not a negative. I think there were some good positive stuff that came out last night, but there were some negative things that didnt need to. Well work through that.Charleston Southern athletic director Hank Small announced last week that Chadwell and an unnamed assistant would serve a one-game suspension and several players would be held out against Kentucky State due to potential NCAA violations.Chadwells suspension was not related to the misuse of scholarship money, but because of the use of social media for recruiting.ESPNs Brett McMurphy contributed to this report. ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Creighton jumped on Washington State early and the Cougars could never recover.But the Bluejays confidence is still showing, especially after their 103-77 victory over Washington State on Friday in the opening round of the Paradise Jam tournament.Huff scored 19 points, Marcus Foster added 16 points and Justin Patton 10 for Creighton (3-0), which took command early in leading by as many as 34 points against the overmatched Cougars (2-1).Our confidence is sky high, but what weve done in these first three games, weve got to put that behind us now, Huff said. Were just going to have to focus on our game plan, and see if we can get another win (Sunday).Conor Clifford scored 29 points, Ike Iroegbu and Charles Callison had 11 each, and Josh Hawkinson added 10 for Washington State (2-1).Creighton led from the outset, going up by double figures less than seven minutes into the first half en route to a 60-34 halftime lead.I liked the way our starters set the tone, Bluejays coach Greg McDermott said. Our pace was good early, which is always good to see, and then the guys coming off the bench gave us a lift. Theres a lot of positives from tonight.Creighton took its biggest lead midway through the second half, going up 80-46 on Tyler Clements layup with 13:30 remaining.The Bluejays would then break the 100-point mark for the first time this season with 1:50 left on Ronnie Harrell Jr.s jumper.They were just relentless in their pursuit, Washington State coach Ernie Kent said. Theyre good. That is a very good basketball team. Their ability to run, their ability to shoot, their ability of their biigs to get up and down, thats a good team.ddddddddddddBIG PICTUREWashington State: Turnovers were a problem for the Cougars. After giving up 16 total in their first two games, they had 16 Friday, leading to 23 points for Creighton.Creighton: Its a good start for the Bluejays, who are trying to win their fourth regular-season tournament title under McDermott. They also won tournaments in 2011, 2012 and 2015.STAT SHEETWashington State: Not a bad night, shooting 46.9 percent from the field (30 of 64). But the Cougars made just 3 of 9 3-pointers, and were outrebounded 39-33.Creighton: Easily had its best shooting game this season -- 56.3 percent from the field (40 of 71), and hit a season-best 15 of 27 3-pointers.RUN AND GUNThanks to the turnovers, Creighton was able to get its fast break going against Washington State, outscoring the Cougars 19-6.STAT OF THE NIGHTIt comes from Creighton point guard Maurice Watson Jr. While Watson was held to seven points (10 points below his season average), he added a season-best 13 assists. To put that in perspective, Watson had more assists than Washington State had as a team (12).POLL IMPLICATIONSCreightons first triple-digit game of the season, coming right after knocking off No. 9 Wisconsin by 12 points three days ago, cant do anything but help the Bluejays move up the Top 25.UP NEXTWashington State: Plays Montana at 7 p.m. Saturday in a consolation round game.Creighton: Gets Saturday off, then faces N.C. State in a semifinal game at 9:30 p.m. Sunday. ' ' '