Saint Joseph's Hawks vs Seton Hall Pirates Prediction, 3/20/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Saint Joseph's Hawks vs Seton Hall Pirates

Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Location: Prudential Center in Newark, NJ

TV: ESPN2

Prudential Center is the location where the Seton Hall Pirates (20-12) will play the Saint Joseph's Hawks (21-13) on Wednesday in the NIT.

The Saint Joseph's Hawks played VCU and ended up losing by a score of 66-60 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the Hawks finished with 13 and VCU had 12 fouls. They made 4 of 20 tries from distance. VCU finished the game at 50.0% at the charity stripe by knocking down 4 of 8 attempts. In addition, VCU totaled 28 rebounds (5 offensive, 23 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. VCU earned 8 dimes and had 10 steals in the matchup. When talking about the defense, Saint Joseph's let their opponent shoot 50.9% from the floor on 29 of 57 shooting. They also dished out 19 dimes for the matchup as well as creating 8 turnovers and earning 7 steals. When discussing getting rebounds, they collected a total of 31 with 8 of them being of the offensive variety. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Hawks buried 4 of 7 attempts for a rate of 57.1%. Saint Joseph's finished the contest with a 43.6% FG percentage (24 out of 55) and made 8 out of their 27 shots from distance.

Erik Reynolds II is a player who came through in the matchup. He walked away from this one shooting 53.8% from the floor and also earned 4 assists. He played for 38 mins played and also totaled 2 boards. He racked up 18 points on 7 out of 13 shooting.

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Saint Joseph's enters this matchup with a mark of 21-13 for the campaign. They cough up possession 11.3 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 15.4 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Saint Joseph's is collecting 35.8 rebounds per contest and has earned 495 assists for the campaign, which has them ranked 64th in the country in terms of passing. The Hawks are connecting on 35.6% on 3-pointers (341 of 958) and 72.6% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 75.6 pts per contest (118th in the country) while hitting 44.6% from the field.

Defensively, the Hawks are able to force 12.1 turnovers every game and they draw 16.0 fouls. They are 303rd in D-1 in giving up assists with 466 relinquished this year. The Hawks defense is allowing an opponent FG percentage of 42.0% (846 of 2,015) and they relinquish 34.9 boards per game as a unit. They are giving up 33.1% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they rank 128th in Division 1 in opponents points per game (70.4).

In their last game, the Seton Hall Pirates walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 91-72 when they played St. John's. In relation to team rebounding, Seton Hall allowed St. John's to grab 37 in total (12 offensive). They finished the game shooting 34.8% from distance by hitting 8 out of 23 and ended up shooting 19 of 20 from the free throw line (95.0%). The Pirates permitted St. John's to convert 32 out of their 62 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 51.6% in this game. When this game wrapped up, the Pirates ended up shooting 25 for 58 from the floor which gave them a rate of 43.1%. In regard to shots from downtown, Seton Hall knocked down 8 out of 22 attempts (36.4%). They were able to bury 14 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 66.7%. St. John's was called for 17 fouls for this contest which got the Pirates to the charity stripe for a total of 21 attempts. They coughed up the ball 13 times, while earning 7 steals in the matchup. The Pirates recorded 15 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds for a total of 25 for this game.

Al-Amir Dawes was important for the Pirates in this contest. He made 9 of 15 for the matchup for a field goal percentage of 60.0%, and had 3 rebounds. He scored 22 points in his 39 mins on the court and tallied 2 assists for the matchup.

Seton Hall has a win-loss record of 20-12 so far this season. The Pirates commit 15.5 personal fouls per contest while shooting 77.3% from the charity stripe. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 12.6 times per game (230th in D-1) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 12.8 times per contest. Seton Hall has totaled 2,329 pts on the season (72.8 per contest) and they grab 37.3 rebounds per game. When it comes to offense, the Pirates are shooting 44.8% from the field, which has them ranked 170th in the country.

The Seton Hall defense gives up 33.8% on shots from behind the 3-point line (267 of 789) and their opposition makes 76.3% of their shots from the free throw line. They give up 14.0 dimes and 32.3 rebounds every game, which has them ranked 279th and 49th in college hoops. The Pirates defensively are ranked 121st in college basketball in PPG given up with 70.2. They are able to force 12.1 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 42.3% from the floor (98th in the nation).

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