Marquette Golden Eagles vs St. John's Red Storm Prediction, 1/3/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Marquette Golden Eagles vs St. John's Red Storm

Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Location: Carnesecca Arena in Jamaica, NY

TV: Youtube TV

The St. John's Red Storm (11-4) will take on the Marquette Golden Eagles (11-4) at Carnesecca Arena on Tuesday.

The Marquette Golden Eagles faced Villanova and took home the win by a score of 68-66 in their last game. When it comes to fouls, the Golden Eagles ended up walking away with 11 and Villanova finished the game with 11 fouls. They also converted 12 of 33 tries from beyond the perimeter. Villanova ended up going 85.7% at the charity stripe by converting 6 of 7 tries. Furthermore, Villanova pulled down 33 rebounds (7 offensive, 26 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Villanova distributed 16 dimes and had 3 steals in the matchup. With respect to defending, Marquette allowed 42.1% from the field on 24 of 57 shooting. They also recorded 16 assists in this contest in addition to creating 11 turnovers and getting 7 steals. Pertaining to grabbing boards, they collected 24 with 3 of them being offensive. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Golden Eagles converted 4 of their 7 attempts for a percentage of 57.1%. Marquette finished the contest having earned a 47.4% field goal percentage (27 out of 57) and converted 10 of 26 shots from beyond the arc.

Stevie Mitchell is someone who was a major factor in the matchup. He ended up shooting 61.5% from the field and also earned 2 dimes. He was on the court for 30 mins and also collected 2 boards. He notched 19 points on 8 of 13 shooting.

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Marquette steps onto the court with a mark of 11-4 on the campaign. They average 81.5 points per outing (25th in Division 1) while going 49.6% from the field. The Golden Eagles are connecting on 34.3% from downtown (131 of 382) and 68.9% from the free throw line. As a team, Marquette is collecting 33.1 rebounds per game and is sitting with 268 dimes for the year, which ranks 9th in the nation in terms of passing. They are giving up possession 11.3 times per contest and as a basketball team they are committing 16.5 personal fouls per contest.

When they are on defense, the Golden Eagles are forcing 15.9 turnovers per contest and they draw 15.6 personal fouls. They are 318th in college basketball in giving up assists with 215 surrendered for the year. The Golden Eagles are allowing a FG percentage of 43.0% (377 of 876) and they surrender 35.9 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They concede 33.6% on 3-point shots while they are 218th in Division 1 in PPG allowed (69.9).

The last time they took the court, the St. John's Red Storm went home defeated by a final of 88-66 when they played Seton Hall. The Red Storm recorded 19 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive boards totaling 31 for the game. They turned the ball over 10 times, while earning 6 steals for this contest. Seton Hall earned 13 fouls for the game which got the Red Storm to the free throw line for 11 attempts. They were able to bury 6 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 54.5%. In reference to shooting from 3-point land, St. John's converted 4 of 18 tries (22.2%). When this game wrapped up, the Red Storm ended up going 28 out of 68 from the field which had them shooting 41.2%. The Red Storm allowed Seton Hall to bury 33 of their 61 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 54.1% for the matchup. They shot 36.8% from behind the 3-point line by going 7 of 19 and walked away from this one shooting 15 of 20 from the charity stripe (75.0%). In relation to team rebounding, St. John's allowed Seton Hall to pull down 37 in total (8 offensive).

Joel Soriano was important for the Red Storm for this contest. He accumulated 23 points in his 34 mins of playing time and had 1 assist in the game. He knocked down 10 out of 14 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 71.4%, and accounted for 11 rebounds.

St. John's has a mark of 11-4 so far this year. On the offensive side of the court, the Red Storm are shooting 45.5% from the floor, which is 139th in college basketball. St. John's has tallied 1,179 pts on the season (78.6 per contest) and they pull down 41.5 boards per contest. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 16.1 times per game (41st in the country) and they lose possession via turnover 13.4 times per game. The Red Storm have committed 15.7 personal fouls every game and they hit 69.0% from the free throw line.

The St. John's defense concedes 32.2% on 3-pointers (111 of 345) and opponents are knocking down 68.9% of their free throw shots. They concede 14.0 assists and 35.5 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 276th and 249th in the nation. The Red Storm defensively are ranked 235th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 70.7. They are forcing 14.9 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 42.5% from the floor (172nd in college basketball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. John's

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