St. John's Red Storm vs Xavier Musketeers Prediction, 1/8/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. John's Red Storm vs Xavier Musketeers

Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Location: Cintas Center in Cincinnati, OH

TV: ESPN+

Cintas Center is the site where the Xavier Musketeers (9-6) will take on the St. John's Red Storm (12-3) on Wednesday.

The St. John's Red Storm faced Butler and walked away with a win by a score of 70-62 in their last game. When talking about personal fouls, the Red Storm ended up finishing with 17 and Butler accounted for 20 personal fouls. They also buried 7 of their 20 tries from long range. Butler went 45.0% at the charity stripe by knocking down 9 of 20 shots. Moreover, Butler pulled down 41 boards (9 offensive, 32 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Butler doled out 16 assists and had 8 steals in this game. Regarding defending, St. John's allowed the other team to shoot 39.0% from the floor on 23 of 59 shooting. They also doled out 12 assists for the matchup in addition to forcing 20 turnovers and getting 14 steals. Concerning pulling down rebounds, they collected 38 with 7 of them being on the offensive end. From the charity stripe, the Red Storm buried 17 of their 23 attempts for a rate of 73.9%. St. John's walked away from the game with a 36.6% FG percentage (26 of 71) and converted 1 out of their 21 shots from beyond the arc.

RJ Luis is someone who was important for the contest. He shot 47.4% from the floor but wasn't able to get a dime. He was on the hardwood for 34 minutes played and also totaled 11 rebounds. He accumulated 20 points on 9 out of 19 shooting.

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St. John's will enter this contest with a win-loss mark of 12-3 for the season. They are averaging 81.9 pts per contest (50th in the nation) while shooting 46.7% from the field. The Red Storm are hitting 30.9% on shots beyond the perimeter (94 of 304) and 67.6% from the free throw line. As a unit, St. John's is snagging 41.3 rebounds per game and has accounted for 241 assists for the year, which has them ranked 72nd in the nation in terms of passing the rock. They are losing possession via turnover 11.4 times per contest and as a unit are committing 16.1 personal fouls per contest.

When they are on defense, the Red Storm are forcing 16.3 turnovers per game while drawing 17.2 personal fouls. They rank 169th in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 190 surrendered for the season. The Red Storm defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 41.0% (362 of 883) and they surrender 34.9 boards per game as a team. They relinquish 34.6% on 3-pointers while they are 82nd in the nation in opponents points per game (67.1).

For their last game, the Xavier Musketeers took a defeat with a final score of 69-63 against Georgetown. The Musketeers corralled 26 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds totaling 33 for the game. They gave up possession 11 times, while earning 8 steals for the contest. Georgetown had 22 fouls for this contest which took the Musketeers to the free throw line for 25 shots. They were able to make 18 of them for a rate of 72.0%. In reference to 3-point shots, Xavier made 5 of their 19 attempts (26.3%). When this game wrapped up, the Musketeers ended up going 20 out of 57 from the field which gave them a rate of 35.1%. The Musketeers allowed Georgetown to make 25 of their 56 tries from the field which had them at 44.6% for this contest. They shot 22.2% from 3-point land by connecting on 4 of 18 and ended up going 15 of 25 from the charity stripe (60.0%). When discussing how they rebounded, Xavier allowed Georgetown to pull down 39 overall (11 on the offensive glass).

Zach Freemantle was important for the Musketeers in this game. He scored 16 points in his 31 minutes on the hardwood and accumulated 1 assist in this matchup. He buried 5 of 12 in this game for a field goal rate of 41.7%, and earned 7 rebounds.

Xavier has a win-loss record of 9-6 so far this year. The Musketeers commit 16.9 personal fouls every game while shooting 77.7% from the charity stripe. Their rate of earning assists is at 17.0 times per game (42nd in college) and they are giving up possession 11.5 times per contest. Xavier has totaled 1,192 points for the campaign (79.5 per game) and they average 35.5 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Musketeers are shooting 46.7% from the field, which has them ranked 109th in college.

The Musketeers on the defensive end are ranked 132nd in college hoops in PPG given up with 69.5. They are able to force 12.1 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 42.5% from the field (157th in college). The Xavier defense allows 35.0% on 3-pointers (100 of 286) and their opponents are knocking down 70.7% of their shots from the charity stripe. They relinquish 13.7 dimes and 32.1 boards on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 234th and 64th in those categories on the defensive end.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. John's

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