St. John's Red Storm vs West Virginia Mountaineers Prediction, 12/1/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. John's Red Storm vs West Virginia Mountaineers

Date: Friday, December 1, 2023

Location: WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, WV

TV: ESPN

WVU Coliseum is the site where the West Virginia Mountaineers (3-3) will attempt to defeat the St. John's Red Storm (4-2) on Friday.

The St. John's Red Storm stepped onto the hardwood against Holy Cross and notched a win by a score of 91-45 in their last game. When it comes to fouls, the Red Storm left the arena with 13 while Holy Cross totaled 10 fouls. They converted 6 of their 18 shots from 3-point land. Holy Cross walked away from this one shooting 62.5% at the charity stripe by making 5 of their 8 tries. In addition, Holy Cross snagged 21 rebounds (3 offensive, 18 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Holy Cross doled out 8 dimes and had 1 steal for the matchup. In terms of the defense, St. John's allowed 36.2% from the field on 17 of 47 shooting. They also distributed 22 assists in this game while forcing 19 turnovers and earning 14 steals. In terms of hauling in boards, they collected 46 with 19 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Red Storm converted 6 of their 8 attempts for a percentage of 75.0%. St. John's walked away from the contest having earned a 50.6% field goal percentage (39 out of 77) and buried 7 of 22 3-point shots.

Joel Soriano is a player who was a contributor for this game. He went 88.9% from the floor and earned 1 assist. He was on the hardwood for 17 minutes and also totaled 6 boards. He racked up 16 points on 8 out of 9 shooting.

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St. John's heads into this game with a win-loss mark of 4-2 so far this year. They average 79.8 points per game (92nd in the country) while hitting 45.9% from the floor. The Red Storm are shooting 38.4% on shots beyond the perimeter (53 of 138) and 69.8% from the free throw line. As a team, St. John's is grabbing 41.8 boards per game and has tallied 98 dimes for the season, which is 157th in Division 1 in terms of passing the rock. They cough up possession 14.0 times per game and as a team they are committing 17.2 personal fouls per game.

On the defensive end of the court, the Red Storm are able to force 13.7 turnovers per game while drawing 15.2 personal fouls. They are surrendering 37.2% on 3-pointers and they are 195th in college hoops in points per game allowed (71.7). The Red Storm defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 43.9% (155 of 353) and they relinquish 31.8 rebounds per contest as a team. They are ranked 67th in college hoops in allowing assists with 68 conceded for the year.

When they last played, the West Virginia Mountaineers walked away with a victory by a final of 62-58 when they faced Bellarmine. The Mountaineers collected 31 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards for a total of 38 in the matchup. They also coughed up the ball 13 times, while getting 3 steals in this game. Bellarmine was called for 15 personal fouls for this game which took the Mountaineers to the charity stripe for 21 shots. They were able to knock down 17 of them for a rate of 81.0%. When talking about shooting from distance, West Virginia knocked down 3 out of 16 attempts (18.8%). When all was said and done, the Mountaineers ended up going 21 for 51 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 41.2%. The Mountaineers permitted Bellarmine to convert 22 out of their 65 attempts from the field which had them sitting at 33.8% in this contest. They wrapped up this game 30.0% from three-point range by going 9 out of 30 and ended up shooting 5 out of 8 from the free throw line (62.5%). In reference to rebounding, West Virginia permitted Bellarmine to pull down 33 in total (11 offensive).

Jesse Edwards pitched in for the Mountaineers in the game. He tallied 17 points in his 34 minutes on the hardwood and had 2 dimes in the game. He made 5 of 10 for the game giving him a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and earned 14 rebounds.

West Virginia has a mark of 3-3 so far this year. In terms of offensive execution, the Mountaineers are hitting on 38.1% from the floor, which is 352nd in the nation. West Virginia has accumulated 376 pts for the campaign (62.7 per game) and they average 39.5 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 12.2 times per game (253rd in the country) and they are turning it over 12.3 times per contest. The Mountaineers commit 11.8 fouls every game and they go 70.7% from the free throw line.

The Mountaineers on the defensive end are ranked 27th in college hoops in PPG allowed with 62.2. They are forcing 9.0 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 39.4% from the floor (59th in the country). The West Virginia defense gives up 33.6% on shots from 3-point land (50 of 149) and opponents are converting on 63.1% of their free throw attempts. They concede 13.0 dimes and 34.2 rebounds per game, which is ranked 230th and 142nd in college basketball.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. John's

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