St. John's Red Storm vs Butler Bulldogs Prediction, 2/7/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. John's Red Storm vs Butler Bulldogs

Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Location: Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN

TV: ESPN+

The St. John's Red Storm (14-10) are en route to Hinkle Fieldhouse on Tuesday where they will play the Butler Bulldogs (11-13).

The St. John's Red Storm stepped onto the hardwood against Xavier and ended up losing by a score of 96-71 in their last game. In the matter of personal fouls, the Red Storm finished with 17 while Xavier finished the game with 16 personal fouls. They buried 15 of 28 shots from long range. Xavier finished the contest at 73.9% at the charity stripe by knocking down 17 of 23 tries. In addition, Xavier grabbed 32 rebounds (4 offensive, 28 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Xavier recorded 26 dimes and had 7 steals in this matchup. When talking about defense, St. John's allowed their opponent to shoot 54.2% from the field on 32 of 59 shooting. They also doled out 16 assists for the matchup in addition to forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and earning 8 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they earned 36 with 13 of them being of the offensive sort. From the free throw line, the Red Storm converted 9 of 16 tries for a percentage of 56.3%. St. John's wrapped up the game with a 39.1% field goal percentage (27 of 69) and knocked down 8 out of their 17 3-pointers.

AJ Storr is one player who was a major contributor for the contest. He finished the game shooting 41.7% from the floor but wasn't able to get a dime. He played 27 mins played and also totaled 4 rebounds. He accumulated 14 points on 5 out of 12 shooting.

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St. John's will play this game with a record of 14-10 on the season. They are turning it over 13.5 times per game and as a group they are committing 16.3 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, St. John's is grabbing 39.5 boards per game and has racked up 365 assists on the season, which has them ranked 61st in Division 1 in terms of passing. The Red Storm are hitting 33.4% on 3-pointers (144 of 431) and 66.9% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 77.0 pts per contest (60th in college basketball) while going 45.3% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Red Storm have forced 15.0 turnovers per contest and they draw 15.9 personal fouls. They are ranked 301st in college hoops in giving up assists with 345 surrendered so far this season. The Red Storm are giving up a shooting percentage of 44.5% (644 of 1,448) and they concede 35.4 rebounds per game as a team. They surrender 34.6% on shots from downtown and they are ranked 310th in college basketball in PPG allowed (74.5).

When they last played, the Butler Bulldogs went home defeated by a final of 60-52 against Marquette. In reference to cleaning up the glass, Butler allowed Marquette to snag 25 in all (1 on the offensive glass). They finished the game shooting 33.3% from beyond the perimeter via 7 of 21 and finished the contest at 9 of 15 at the charity stripe (60.0%). The Bulldogs permitted Marquette to make 22 of 48 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 45.8% in this matchup. When this game wrapped up, the Bulldogs went 19 for 50 from the floor which gave them a rate of 38.0%. Concerning shooting from 3-point land, Butler made 8 of 25 attempts (32.0%). They were able to bury 6 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 85.7%. Marquette was called for 11 fouls for this game which got the Bulldogs to the free throw line for a total of 7 shots. They gave up possession of the ball 17 times, while earning 7 steals for the matchup. The Bulldogs were able to pull down 24 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive rebounds for a total of 30 for this contest.

Jayden Taylor ended up having an impact for the Bulldogs for this game. He buried 6 out of 15 for the contest for a field goal rate of 40.0%, and had 7 rebounds. He earned 19 points in his 40 minutes on the court and added 1 assist in the game.

Butler has a record of 11-13 for the year. The Bulldogs commit 13.0 fouls per contest and they shoot 73.4% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 12.5 times per contest (240th in Division 1) and they are turning it over 12.0 times per contest. Butler has 1,595 pts so far this year (66.5 per game) and they pull down 30.4 boards per game. As an offensive team, the Bulldogs are shooting 44.2% from the floor, which is 205th in the country.

The Bulldogs on the defensive side of the court are 131st in college basketball in PPG given up with 67.8. They are able to force 12.7 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 44.6% from the field (263rd in D-1). The Butler defense gives up 31.9% on 3-point attempts (150 of 470) and their opposition makes 71.0% of their free throw attempts. They have given up 13.7 assists and 35.5 boards per contest, which is ranked 249th and 276th in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Butler

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