St. John's Red Storm vs Providence Friars Prediction, 1/7/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. John's Red Storm vs Providence Friars

Date: Saturday, January 7, 2023

Location: Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, RI

TV: Youtube TV

The St. John's Red Storm (11-5) are en route to Amica Mutual Pavilion on Saturday where they will try to defeat the Providence Friars (12-3).

The St. John's Red Storm stepped onto the hardwood against Marquette and ended up losing by a score of 96-85 in their last contest. In relation to fouls, the Red Storm ended up with 20 and Marquette finished the game with 15 fouls. They also knocked down 10 of 23 tries from 3-point range. Marquette ended up shooting 76.9% at the free throw line by making 20 of 26 attempts. In addition, Marquette grabbed 28 rebounds (9 offensive, 19 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Marquette dished out 18 dimes and had 12 steals for this contest. When talking about defending, St. John's allowed 53.2% from the floor on 33 of 62 shooting. They also doled out 18 assists in this game as well as forcing 13 turnovers and having 9 steals. Concerning hauling in boards, they earned 31 with 12 of them being offensive. From the charity stripe, the Red Storm knocked down 9 of 14 tries for a rate of 64.3%. St. John's finished the game with a 51.5% FG percentage (34 out of 66) and converted 8 out of their 17 shots from 3-point land.

Joel Soriano is one player who was a contributor in this contest. He notched 22 points on 10 out of 17 shooting. He played 32 mins and totaled 13 rebounds. He walked away from this one shooting 58.8% from the floor and earned 2 dimes.

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St. John's enters this matchup with a win-loss record of 11-5 for the year. They are turning it over 13.6 times per contest and as a squad are committing 15.9 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, St. John's is pulling in 41.1 rebounds per game and has accounted for 260 dimes so far this season, which has them ranked 15th in D-1 in terms of passing. The Red Storm are connecting on 31.8% on 3-pointers (99 of 311) and 68.8% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 79.0 points per contest (47th in the country) while shooting 45.9% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Red Storm are able to force 14.9 turnovers per game and they draw 15.1 personal fouls. They concede 32.9% on 3-pointers and they are ranked 260th in the country in points per game from their opponents (72.3). The Red Storm defensively are allowing a FG percentage of 43.1% (425 of 985) and they surrender 35.4 rebounds per game as a unit. They are 333rd in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 228 relinquished so far this year.

The last time they took the hardwood, the Providence Friars got the victory with a final of 73-61 against Connecticut. When talking about cleaning the glass, Providence allowed Connecticut to snag 37 in total (17 on the offensive glass). They finished 22.7% from behind the 3-point line by going 5 out of 22 and ended up going 10 out of 19 at the free throw line (52.6%). The Friars permitted Connecticut to convert 23 of 63 tries from the floor which had them shooting 36.5% for this game. Overall, the Friars finished shooting 18 out of 49 from the field which gave them a rate of 36.7%. Pertaining to shooting from downtown, Providence knocked down 8 out of 18 tries (44.4%). They were able to knock down 29 of the free throw tries for a clip of 82.9%. Connecticut had 27 fouls for this game which got the Friars to the charity stripe for 35 shots. They gave up possession of the ball 8 times, while getting 5 steals for this contest. The Friars were able to pull down 26 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive boards for a total of 37 in this game.

Bryce Hopkins was important for the Friars for the contest. He recorded 27 points in his 35 mins on the court, but went home with no dimes. He buried 6 out of 12 for the contest for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and had 5 rebounds.

Providence has a win-loss record of 12-3 this season. On the offensive side of the ball, the Friars are hitting on 47.5% from the field, which is ranked 57th in D-1. Providence has earned 1,203 pts on the campaign (80.2 per game) and they pull down 40.2 boards per game. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 15.1 times per contest (84th in the country) and they turn it over 13.3 times per contest. The Friars are committing 14.8 fouls every game and they shoot 72.8% from the charity stripe.

The Friars defensively are ranked 149th in college basketball in points allowed per game with 67.7. They are able to force 13.5 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 41.8% from the floor (130th in the nation). The Providence defense gives up 33.0% on 3-pointers (95 of 288) and their opponents are knocking down 76.2% of their free throw shots. They have relinquished 10.9 assists and 30.1 rebounds per game, which is 61st and 14th in Division 1.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. John's

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