St. John's Red Storm vs Providence Friars Prediction, 2/13/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

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

Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Location: Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, RI

TV: ESPN+

The St. John's Red Storm (14-10) are hitting the road to Amica Mutual Pavilion on Tuesday where they will play the Providence Friars (15-9).

The St. John's Red Storm played Marquette and went home with a loss by a final score of 86-75 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the Red Storm ended up finishing with 11 while Marquette recorded 9 fouls. They also converted 14 of 27 attempts from 3-point range. Marquette went 60.0% from the charity stripe by knocking down 6 of 10 attempts. Moreover, Marquette collected 27 rebounds (8 offensive, 19 defensive), but didn't have a block. Marquette dished out 23 assists and had 6 steals for the game. Pertaining to the defense, St. John's allowed their opponent to shoot 55.9% from the floor on 33 of 59 shooting. They also recorded 17 assists in this matchup while forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and having 8 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they collected 35 with 17 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Red Storm converted 3 of their 5 attempts for a rate of 60.0%. St. John's finished the contest having earned a 42.3% field goal percentage (30 of 71) and buried 12 of 32 3-pointers.

Daniss Jenkins is someone who came through for the game. He left the arena with 22 points on 9 out of 19 shooting. He played 37 mins played and also snagged 6 rebounds. He ended up going 47.4% from the floor and also totaled 6 assists.

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St. John's will play this contest with a mark of 14-10 so far this season. They lose possession by turning the ball over 11.4 times per game and as a team they commit 17.8 personal fouls per game. As a team, St. John's is grabbing 39.2 boards per game and is sitting with 373 assists on the campaign, which ranks 64th in Division 1 in terms of passing the rock. The Red Storm are shooting 33.3% on shots from downtown (172 of 517) and 70.5% from the free throw line. They average 76.9 points per contest (96th in D-1) while connecting on 44.2% from the field.

On defense, the Red Storm have forced 13.1 turnovers per contest and they draw 15.9 fouls. They are 189th in college hoops in giving up assists to the opposition with 311 surrendered so far this year. The Red Storm defensively are giving up a FG percentage of 42.6% (593 of 1,393) and they relinquish 34.4 rebounds per game as a unit. They are giving up 33.1% on 3-pointers and they are ranked 148th in college basketball in opponents points per game (70.8).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Providence Friars walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 75-72 against Butler. Regarding rebounding, Providence permitted Butler to collect 37 in total (5 on the offensive side). They went 36.8% from distance by hitting 7 of 19 and finished the game at 12 of 16 at the free throw line (75.0%). The Friars permitted Butler to bury 28 of 54 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 51.9% in this matchup. When the final whistle blew, the Friars went 26 out of 62 from the field which gave them a percentage of 41.9%. When discussing 3-pointers, Providence converted 10 of 26 tries (38.5%). They were able to knock down 10 of them for a clip of 62.5%. Butler was called for 13 fouls for this contest which took the Friars to the charity stripe for a total of 16 attempts. They gave up possession 7 times, while recording 10 steals for the game. The Friars collected 20 defensive rebounds and 5 offensive boards totaling 25 in the matchup.

Corey Floyd ended up having an impact for the Friars for the game. He made 6 of 15 in this contest for a field goal percentage of 40.0%, and tallied 4 rebounds. He earned 20 points in his 30 minutes of playing time and tallied 2 assists in the matchup.

Providence has a record of 15-9 on the season. The Friars have committed 15.5 fouls per contest and they go 70.0% from the free throw line. They are earning an assist 13.6 times per game (149th in the nation) and they are turning it over 12.5 times per contest. Providence has totaled 1,762 points on the year (73.4 per contest) and they collect 36.2 rebounds per contest. As an offense, the Friars are hitting on 45.3% from the floor, which ranks 149th in the nation.

The Providence defense allows 32.8% from downtown (158 of 482) and opponents are knocking down 73.5% of their free throw attempts. They concede 10.0 assists and 35.2 rebounds per game, which is 10th and 197th in D-1. The Friars defensively are ranked 75th in D-1 in points per game surrendered with 67.8. They have forced 12.6 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 40.9% from the floor (45th in D-1).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Providence

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