St. John's Red Storm vs DePaul Blue Demons Prediction, 2/19/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. John's Red Storm vs DePaul Blue Demons

Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Location: Wintrust Arena in Chapel Hill, NC

TV: ESPN+

The DePaul Blue Demons (11-14) are welcoming the St. John's Red Storm (21-4) at Wintrust Arena on Wednesday.

The St. John's Red Storm took the court against Villanova and took a loss by a score of 73-71 in their last game. St. John's ended the game having earned a 44.3% field goal percentage (27 out of 61) and converted 11 of their 37 shots from distance. From the charity stripe, the Red Storm buried 6 of 10 attempts for a percentage of 60.0%. When discussing pulling down rebounds, they earned 26 with 9 of them being of the offensive variety. They also recorded 19 assists in this matchup in addition to forcing 11 turnovers and having 8 steals. Pertaining to defending, St. John's allowed their opponent to shoot 53.1% from the field on 26 out of 49 shooting. Villanova earned 16 assists and had 10 steals for the game. Additionally, Villanova grabbed 23 rebounds (6 offensive, 17 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Villanova finished shooting 76.9% when shooting free throws by knocking down 10 of 13 tries. They also made 11 of 24 shots from downtown. Regarding personal fouls, the Red Storm finished with 14 while Villanova finished the game with 12 personal fouls.

Aaron Scott is someone who came through for this game. He left the arena with 22 points on 8 out of 16 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 32 minutes and also pulled down 2 boards. He finished the game shooting 50.0% from the floor and distributed 2 assists.

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St. John's will take the court with a win-loss record of 21-4 this year. They average 78.2 pts per contest (83rd in Division 1) while going 44.9% from the field. The Red Storm are hitting 29.2% on three-point shots (150 of 514) and 68.7% from the free throw line. As a unit, St. John's is snagging 40.8 boards per game and has accumulated 387 assists on the year, which is 72nd in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. They lose possession by turning the ball over 11.4 times per contest and as a team they are committing 16.3 fouls every game.

On defense, the Red Storm have forced 15.8 turnovers per game and they draw 17.4 personal fouls. They surrender 33.9% on shots from distance and they are 30th in D-1 in PPG allowed (65.3). The Red Storm defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 39.9% (575 of 1,441) and they relinquish 34.7 boards per game as a team. They currently rank 137th in the country in allowing assists with 313 surrendered so far this season.

When they last stepped on the court, the DePaul Blue Demons took a defeat with a final score of 68-58 against Marquette. When it comes to team rebounding, DePaul allowed Marquette to pull down 43 in all (16 offensive). They shot 16.0% from beyond the perimeter via 4 of 25 and finished the contest at 14 of 20 from the free throw line (70.0%). The Blue Demons permitted Marquette to bury 25 of 67 tries from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 37.3% for the matchup. When this game wrapped up, the Blue Demons went 25 for 60 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 41.7%. Pertaining to shots from 3-point land, DePaul made 4 out of their 24 attempts (16.7%). They were able to knock down 4 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 44.4%. Marquette had 12 personal fouls for the game which got the Blue Demons to the free throw line for a total of 9 attempts. They also turned it over 13 times, while recording 8 steals in the game. The Blue Demons were able to corral 28 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards totaling 35 in the game.

CJ Gunn ended up having an impact for the Blue Demons in the matchup. He scored 14 points in his 37 mins on the court and totaled 2 dimes for this game. He made 6 out of 14 for this game for a rate of 42.9%, and had 5 rebounds.

DePaul has a mark of 11-14 so far this season. As an offense, the Blue Demons are shooting 44.2% from the field, which is ranked 215th in the country. DePaul has earned 1,824 points this season (73.0 per contest) and they collect 35.9 rebounds per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 15.9 times per game (48th in college) and they are losing possession via turnover 12.8 times per contest. The Blue Demons are committing 16.4 fouls every game while shooting 70.2% from the charity stripe.

The DePaul defense gives up 34.7% on three-point shots (181 of 521) and opponents are knocking down 69.4% of their shots from the charity stripe. They allow 14.6 assists and 34.4 boards on a nightly basis, which is ranked 300th and 187th in D-1. The Blue Demons defensively are ranked 214th in college hoops in PPG surrendered with 72.7. They are able to force 11.1 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 44.5% from the floor (240th in college).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. John's

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