St. John's Red Storm vs Seton Hall Pirates Prediction, 1/18/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. John's Red Storm vs Seton Hall Pirates

Date: Saturday, January 18, 2025

Location: Prudential Center in Newark, NJ

TV: ESPN+

Prudential Center is where the Seton Hall Pirates (6-11) will try to defeat the St. John's Red Storm (15-3) on Saturday.

The St. John's Red Storm stepped onto the hardwood against Georgetown and notched a win by a score of 63-58 in their last game. When discussing personal fouls, the Red Storm ended up finishing with 10 while Georgetown finished the game with 17 personal fouls. They buried 3 of 14 shots from 3-point range. Georgetown walked away from this one shooting 70.0% at the free throw line by converting 7 of 10 shots. Moreover, Georgetown grabbed 39 boards (9 offensive, 30 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Georgetown doled out 9 dimes and had 9 steals for this game. In the matter of the defense, St. John's let their opponent shoot 41.4% from the floor on 24 of 58 shooting. They also distributed 13 assists in this game as well as creating 17 turnovers and earning 10 steals. In the matter of hauling in rebounds, they collected 30 with 11 of them being of the offensive variety. When they shot from the free throw line, the Red Storm converted 9 of 14 shots for a percentage of 64.3%. St. John's ended the contest having earned a 34.8% field goal percentage (23 out of 66) and converted 8 out of their 24 shots from downtown.

RJ Luis is one guy who was a contributor in this game. He went 36.8% from the field and totaled 1 assist. He played 38 mins played and pulled down 3 boards. He scored 19 points on 7 out of 19 shooting.

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St. John's will play this contest with a mark of 15-3 so far this year. They are giving up possession 11.0 times per game and as a team are committing 16.1 fouls every game. As a unit, St. John's is pulling down 41.8 boards per game and has 281 dimes on the season, which is 59th in the nation in terms of passing the ball. The Red Storm are connecting on 30.2% on shots beyond the perimeter (111 of 368) and 69.0% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 80.7 points per game (60th in Division 1) while going 45.5% from the floor.

On defense, the Red Storm are able to force 15.8 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 17.7 personal fouls. They are 204th in the country in giving up assists to their opponents with 228 surrendered so far this year. The Red Storm are giving up a shooting percentage of 40.7% (430 of 1,057) and they relinquish 34.8 boards per game as a team. They relinquish 33.8% on shots from beyond the arc while they are 60th in college in PPG allowed (66.9).

For their last game, the Seton Hall Pirates took a defeat with a final score of 82-77 against Butler. Concerning rebounds, Seton Hall permitted Butler to grab 31 in total (8 on the offensive side). They went 31.8% from 3-point land by connecting on 7 of 22 and finished the contest at 23 out of 28 at the charity stripe (82.1%). The Pirates allowed Butler to bury 26 of their 51 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 51.0% in this matchup. When the game finished, the Pirates shot 26 for 52 from the field which gave them a percentage of 50.0%. In the matter of three-point attempts, Seton Hall made 9 of 16 tries (56.3%). They were able to knock down 16 of them for a rate of 72.7%. Butler had 17 personal fouls for this contest which got the Pirates to the free throw line for a total of 22 tries. They also gave up possession of the ball 7 times, while recording 3 steals for the contest. The Pirates snagged 19 defensive boards and 5 offensive rebounds totaling 24 for this contest.

Chaunce Jenkins ended up being a major contributor for the Pirates for the game. He made 7 out of 12 in this game for a field goal rate of 58.3%, and earned 2 rebounds. He earned 21 points in his 35 minutes of playing time and totaled 4 dimes for the game.

Seton Hall has a win-loss mark of 6-11 on the season. As an offense, the Pirates are shooting 41.3% from the floor, which has them ranked 332nd in the nation. Seton Hall has earned 1,110 pts for the campaign (65.3 per game) and they grab 33.7 boards per contest. They are getting an assist 11.7 times per contest (323rd in the country) and they are giving up possession 12.0 times per game. The Pirates are committing 18.7 personal fouls every game while shooting 65.9% from the free throw line.

The Seton Hall defense gives up 34.9% on 3-point attempts (137 of 393) and opponents are knocking down 71.4% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have allowed 12.8 dimes and 31.4 rebounds every game, which ranks them 164th and 39th in the nation. The Pirates are ranked 71st in D-1 in points per game surrendered with 67.5. They are able to force 13.6 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.9% from the field (273rd in Division 1).

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

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

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