Villanova Wildcats vs St. John's Red Storm Prediction, 1/11/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Villanova Wildcats vs St. John's Red Storm

Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: ESPN+

The St. John's Red Storm (13-3) will play the Villanova Wildcats (11-5) at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

The Villanova Wildcats faced Connecticut and earned the victory with a final of 68-66 in their last game. In reference to personal fouls, the Wildcats ended up finishing with 9 and Connecticut racked up 16 personal fouls. They also knocked down 10 out of their 27 tries from beyond the arc. Connecticut ended up shooting 50.0% from the charity stripe by converting 2 of their 4 tries. In addition, Connecticut had 25 rebounds (5 offensive, 20 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Connecticut earned 23 assists and had 3 steals in this matchup. In terms of the defense, Villanova allowed their opponent to shoot 54.0% from the field on 27 of 50 shooting. They also recorded 11 assists in the game in addition to forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and having 5 steals. In relation to rebounding, they compiled 23 with 7 of them being of the offensive variety. From the charity stripe, the Wildcats converted 12 of 13 attempts for a percentage of 92.3%. Villanova wrapped up the contest having earned a 43.6% field goal percentage (24 out of 55) and made 8 of their 20 3-point shots.

Eric Dixon is one player who was a major factor in the matchup. He accounted for 23 points on 6 out of 20 shooting. He was on the court for 40 minutes and also snagged 1 rebound. He finished the contest at 30.0% from the floor and also dished out 2 assists.

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Villanova heads into this contest with a win-loss mark of 11-5 this year. They turn it over 9.7 times per game and as a group they commit 15.9 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, Villanova is snagging 35.2 boards per contest and has 227 assists this year, which ranks 149th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. The Wildcats are hitting 41.4% on shots from distance (169 of 408) and 79.4% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 79.3 pts per game (88th in the nation) while shooting 49.0% from the field.

On the defensive end of the court, the Wildcats are forcing 10.4 turnovers per contest while drawing 15.7 fouls. They are 292nd in college in giving up assists to their opponents with 227 surrendered this season. The Wildcats defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 43.2% (377 of 872) and they concede 29.1 rebounds per contest as a squad. They are relinquishing 35.8% on three-point shots while they are 72nd in the nation in PPG allowed (66.9).

The last time they took the court, the St. John's Red Storm got the win with a final of 82-72 when they played Xavier. In regard to rebounding, St. John's permitted Xavier to get 27 in all (6 on the offensive glass). They wrapped up this game 22.2% from downtown by connecting on 4 of 18 and walked away from this one shooting 24 out of 25 at the free throw line (96.0%). The Red Storm permitted Xavier to bury 22 of 60 tries from the field which had them at 36.7% in this game. Overall, the Red Storm ended up shooting 34 out of 81 from the field which had them sitting at 42.0%. Regarding shooting from downtown, St. John's converted 2 out of 16 tries (12.5%). They were able to bury 12 of those for a clip of 92.3%. Xavier was called for 14 personal fouls in this matchup which took the Red Storm to the free throw line for a total of 13 tries. They turned it over 7 times, while getting 8 steals in this contest. The Red Storm earned 28 defensive boards and 18 offensive boards totaling 46 in this matchup.

RJ Luis was important for the Red Storm for the matchup. He earned 18 points in his 28 minutes on the hardwood and accounted for 1 assist in this game. He buried 6 out of 14 in the matchup for a field goal rate of 42.9%, and had 10 rebounds.

St. John's has a win-loss record of 13-3 for the season. As an offense, the Red Storm are shooting 46.4% from the field, which ranks 110th in D-1. St. John's has scored 1,310 pts so far this year (81.9 per game) and they pull down 41.9 boards per contest. They are assisting teammates 16.1 times per game (76th in college) and they lose possession via turnover 11.2 times per game. The Red Storm commit 16.4 personal fouls per contest and they hit 68.6% from the charity stripe.

The Red Storm are ranked 85th in college in points given up per game with 67.4. They are forcing their opponents into 16.0 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 40.7% from the floor (71st in the nation). The St. John's defense surrenders 34.0% on shots from 3-point land (123 of 362) and their opponents are making 66.9% of their free throw shots. They give up 13.1 assists and 34.6 rebounds per contest, which ranks them 185th and 194th in college hoops.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Villanova

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