Central Connecticut Blue Devils vs St. John's Red Storm Prediction, 11/15/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Central Connecticut Blue Devils vs St. John's Red Storm

Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Location: Carnesecca Arena in Jamaica, NY

TV: FS2

The Central Connecticut Blue Devils (0-2) are headed to Carnesecca Arena on Tuesday where they will take on the St. John's Red Storm (2-0).

The Central Connecticut Blue Devils faced Quinnipiac and went home with a loss by a final score of 72-70 in their last game. When talking about fouls, the Blue Devils ended up finishing with 17 while Quinnipiac accounted for 21 fouls. They also made 9 of their 25 attempts from long range. Quinnipiac went 42.3% at the free throw line by converting 11 of their 26 attempts. Moreover, Quinnipiac grabbed 36 rebounds (9 offensive, 27 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Quinnipiac recorded 17 assists and had 7 steals in this contest. Regarding the defense, Central Connecticut allowed the other team to go 45.6% from the field on 26 of 57 shooting. They also recorded 11 assists in the matchup as well as creating 12 turnovers and getting 9 steals. Pertaining to rebounding, they compiled 35 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Blue Devils converted 16 of 21 shots for a rate of 76.2%. Central Connecticut walked away from the game having earned a 36.5% FG percentage (23 of 63) and made 8 of 27 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Andre Snoddy is someone who was a contributor for the contest. He walked away from this one shooting 60.0% from the field and dished out 1 assist. He played 37 minutes played and grabbed 11 rebounds. He racked up 17 points on 6 out of 10 shooting.

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Central Connecticut will play this contest with a mark of 0-2 so far this season. They have an average of 68.5 pts per contest (263rd in Division 1) while shooting 38.8% from the field. The Blue Devils are shooting 30.4% from downtown (17 of 56) and 74.1% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Central Connecticut is pulling in 34.0 rebounds per game and has accumulated 26 assists this season, which has them ranked 229th in D-1 in terms of passing. They lose possession by turning the ball over 10.5 times per contest and as a basketball team they commit 13.5 personal fouls per game.

When they are on defense, the Blue Devils are forcing 12.5 turnovers per contest and they draw 14.5 fouls. They give up 40.9% on 3-point attempts and they rank 336th in D-1 in opponents points per game (83.0). The Blue Devils defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 50.0% (64 of 128) and they concede 43.5 rebounds per game as a group. They currently rank 322nd in D-1 in giving up assists with 41 relinquished for the campaign.

In their last game, the St. John's Red Storm got the victory with a final of 83-68 when they played Lafayette. The Red Storm were able to collect 27 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive boards totaling 33 in this game. They also coughed up the ball 10 times, while recording 5 steals in the matchup. Lafayette was called for 18 fouls in the matchup which got the Red Storm to the free throw line for a total of 20 attempts. They were able to make 17 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 85.0%. When talking about three-point attempts, St. John's made 10 out of 20 tries (50.0%). In all, the Red Storm finished shooting 28 out of 54 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 51.9%. The Red Storm permitted Lafayette to make 25 out of their 59 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 42.4% for this game. They finished 40.0% from 3-point land by hitting 14 out of 35 and walked away from this one shooting 4 out of 9 from the charity stripe (44.4%). When discussing how they rebounded, St. John's permitted Lafayette to snag 28 in total (9 on the offensive glass).

David Jones was important for the Red Storm for this contest. He knocked down 7 of 14 in this game for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and accounted for 5 rebounds. He totaled 20 points in his 28 mins on the hardwood and had 2 dimes in this contest.

St. John's has a win-loss record of 2-0 this season. When it comes to offense, the Red Storm are shooting 54.6% from the field, which is 21st in college basketball. St. John's has scored 180 points this year (90.0 per game) and they pull down 40.5 rebounds per contest. Their rate of earning assists is at 20.5 times per contest (23rd in the country) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 19.5 times per contest. The Red Storm are responsible for committing 17.0 fouls per contest and they shoot 85.7% from the charity stripe.

The Red Storm on the defensive side of the court are 224th in D-1 in PPG surrendered with 70.0. They are forcing 16.5 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 40.3% from the field (156th in college hoops). The St. John's defense surrenders 31.3% on shots from 3-point land (20 of 64) and opponents are converting on 64.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They have conceded 15.0 dimes and 28.5 total rebounds per game, which ranks them 296th and 34th in those defensive categories.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Central Connecticut

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