St. John's Red Storm vs Georgetown Hoyas Prediction, 1/28/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. John's Red Storm vs Georgetown Hoyas

Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Location: Capital One Arena in Washington, DC

TV: ESPN+

The Georgetown Hoyas (13-7) will play the St. John's Red Storm (17-3) at Capital One Arena on Tuesday.

The St. John's Red Storm faced off with Xavier and earned the victory with a final of 79-71 in their last contest. In reference to personal fouls, the Red Storm walked away with 19 and Xavier recorded 19 personal fouls. They converted 8 out of their 20 attempts from long range. Xavier finished the game shooting 83.3% from the free throw line by burying 15 of their 18 attempts. Moreover, Xavier grabbed 24 rebounds (6 offensive, 18 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Xavier doled out 20 assists and had 10 steals for the contest. With regard to the defense, St. John's allowed the other team to go 40.0% from the floor on 24 of 60 shooting. They also dished out 13 assists for the matchup while forcing the opposition into 13 turnovers and earning 7 steals. In regard to grabbing boards, they compiled 32 with 9 of them being on the offensive end. From the charity stripe, the Red Storm converted 22 of their 27 tries for a percentage of 81.5%. St. John's ended the contest with a 46.7% FG percentage (28 of 60) and converted 1 of their 12 three-point shots.

Kadary Richmond is someone who was a major factor for the matchup. He walked away with 19 points on 9 out of 17 shooting. He saw the court for 44 minutes and totaled 7 rebounds. He walked away from this one shooting 52.9% from the field and dished out 5 assists.

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St. John's enters this contest with a record of 17-3 on the season. They currently have an average of 80.6 points per game (46th in D-1) while hitting 45.6% from the floor. The Red Storm are hitting 29.9% from downtown (119 of 398) and 70.4% from the free throw line. As a team, St. John's is collecting 41.7 boards per game and has 310 dimes on the campaign, which ranks 98th in the country in terms of passing the rock. They lose possession via turnover 11.4 times per contest and as a unit they are committing 16.5 fouls every game.

On the defensive end of the court, the Red Storm are forcing 15.8 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 17.8 fouls. They are surrendering 33.8% from beyond the arc and they rank 51st in D-1 in points per game allowed (66.4). The Red Storm defense is allowing an opponent FG percentage of 39.9% (469 of 1,174) and they relinquish 34.7 rebounds per game as a unit. They currently rank 150th in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 255 surrendered for the season.

When they last played, the Georgetown Hoyas walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 78-68 against Providence. The Hoyas earned 17 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive boards totaling 30 in the matchup. They coughed it up 11 times, while getting 4 steals in this contest. Providence was called for 14 personal fouls in the game which got the Hoyas to the free throw line for a total of 12 attempts. They were able to bury 8 of the free throws for a clip of 66.7%. With regard to shots from beyond the arc, Georgetown converted 4 of their 13 attempts (30.8%). In all, the Hoyas went 28 out of 60 from the field which gave them a rate of 46.7%. The Hoyas allowed Providence to convert 28 out of 62 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 45.2% for this game. They finished 31.8% from distance by connecting on 7 of 22 and walked away from this one shooting 15 of 19 at the free throw line (78.9%). Regarding how they rebounded, Georgetown permitted Providence to grab 33 in total (14 on the offensive glass).

Micah Peavy ended up being a factor for the Hoyas in this game. He totaled 27 points in his 40 mins on the court and had 2 assists for this contest. He buried 12 out of 19 in this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 63.2%, and accumulated 2 rebounds.

Georgetown has a win-loss record of 13-7 this season. The Hoyas commit 15.6 fouls per contest and they go 72.7% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 14.9 times per game (111th in college hoops) and they are turning it over 13.1 times per contest. Georgetown has earned 1,443 pts so far this season (72.2 per game) and they snag 37.0 boards per game. When it comes to offensive execution, the Hoyas are shooting 45.8% from the floor, which ranks them 133rd in D-1.

The Georgetown defense gives up 33.6% on shots from 3-point land (150 of 446) and opponents are knocking down 76.2% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 12.0 dimes and 33.2 total boards per game, which is ranked 89th and 116th in college. The Hoyas are ranked 32nd in the country in points allowed per game with 65.1. They are forcing 13.9 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 39.1% from the floor (18th in college).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Georgetown

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