Connecticut Huskies vs St. John's Red Storm Prediction, 2/13/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Connecticut Huskies vs St. John's Red Storm

Date: Sunday, February 13, 2022

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: FOX

The St. John's Red Storm (13-10) welcome the Connecticut Huskies (16-6) at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

The Connecticut Huskies faced Marquette and notched a win by a score of 80-72 in their last game. In regard to fouls, the Huskies walked away with 18 while Marquette finished the game with 19 fouls. They converted 9 of their 23 tries from beyond the perimeter. Marquette finished the game at 65.0% at the charity stripe by burying 13 of 20 shots. Furthermore, Marquette grabbed 22 rebounds (7 offensive, 15 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Marquette dished out 13 dimes and had 11 steals in the game. When discussing the defense, Connecticut allowed the other team to go 41.0% from the field on 25 out of 61 shooting. They also recorded 12 assists in this matchup as well as forcing 6 turnovers and getting 5 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they earned 43 with 13 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Huskies knocked down 20 of their 23 attempts for a rate of 87.0%. Connecticut finished the contest with a 49.1% field goal percentage (27 out of 55) and made 6 of their 12 three-point attempts.

Tyrese Martin is a guy who was a major factor for this game. He accounted for 18 points on 7 of 11 shooting. He saw the court for 34 mins played and also pulled down 15 rebounds. He finished 63.6% from the field and also distributed 3 assists.

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Connecticut heads into this game with a record of 16-6 for the year. They turn it over 12.5 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 17.6 personal fouls every game. As a team, Connecticut is collecting 41.5 rebounds per contest and has racked up 321 dimes on the campaign, which is 145th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. The Huskies are connecting on 35.3% from downtown (167 of 473) and 75.6% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 78.0 pts per contest (34th in the country) while hitting 43.9% from the floor.

Defensively, the Huskies have forced 13.8 turnovers per game while drawing 17.7 personal fouls. They are surrendering 34.7% on three-point shots and they rank 71st in D-1 in points per game from their opponents (65.1). The Huskies defensively are allowing a FG percentage of 39.4% (500 of 1,269) and they surrender 33.7 rebounds per game as a squad. They rank 24th in college hoops in allowing assists to the opposition with 220 surrendered for the season.

When they last stepped on the court, the St. John's Red Storm took a defeat with a final score of 75-69 when they played Villanova. The Red Storm were able to pull down 26 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive rebounds for a total of 39 in the game. They coughed up the ball 9 times, while earning 9 steals for this game. Villanova was called for 16 fouls in the matchup which took the Red Storm to the free throw line for a total of 16 shots. They were able to knock down 12 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 75.0%. When it comes to shots from beyond the perimeter, St. John's converted 9 of 33 tries (27.3%). At the conclusion of this game, the Red Storm ended up going 24 for 75 from the floor which had them shooting 32.0%. The Red Storm allowed Villanova to make 25 of 54 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 46.3% in this game. They wrapped up this game 23.8% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 5 out of 21 and ended up shooting 20 of 28 from the free throw line (71.4%). Concerning rebounding, St. John's permitted Villanova to pull down 43 in all (7 on the offensive glass).

Aaron Wheeler ended up having an impact for the Red Storm in this game. He converted 11 out of 17 for this game for a field goal rate of 64.7%, and tallied 7 rebounds. He scored 31 points in his 34 minutes on the hardwood and tallied 1 assist for the game.

St. John's has a record of 13-10 on the season. In terms of offensive execution, the Red Storm are shooting 44.9% from the floor, which is ranked 134th in college basketball. St. John's has tallied 1,823 pts on the campaign (79.3 per contest) and they pull down 38.3 boards per game. They are dishing out assists 18.4 times per game (4th in college basketball) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 12.6 times per game. The Red Storm have committed 17.6 fouls per game and they go 66.4% from the free throw line.

The Red Storm on defense are ranked 306th in college hoops in points given up per game with 74.3. They are forcing their opponents into 16.7 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 42.1% from the field (130th in college hoops). The St. John's defense allows 36.5% on shots from beyond the perimeter (196 of 537) and their opponents are knocking down 72.2% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have given up 12.8 dimes and 39.2 boards on a nightly basis, which ranks them 195th and 347th in college hoops.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Connecticut

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