St. John's Red Storm vs DePaul Blue Demons Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 02/27/2022

Game Time: 5:00 pm ET, Sunday, February 27, 2022

Venue:  Wintrust Arena, Chicago, IL

Where to Watch:  Fox Sports 1

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  St. John’s -1.5, DePaul +1.5; Over/Under:  150.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  St. John’s -1.5, DePaul +1.5; Over/Under:  151.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  St. John’s -1.5, DePaul +1.5; Over/Under:  151.5 points

 

St. John's Red Storm:  15-12 (8th place, Big East)

DePaul Blue Demons:  13-14 (10th place, Big East)

 

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St. John's Red Storm:  2-3 last 5

DePaul Blue Demons:  1-4 last 5

 

 

 

St. John's is coming into this game with a 15-12 record overall and they are 4-5 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. This will be their 17th conference matchup of the year and they are currently 9-7 in their conference games this season. They have won 2 of their last 3 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 2 game winning streak. Their 2 wins in that span were against the Xavier Musketeers and the Butler Bulldogs while their win came against the Creighton Bluejays in their last game. Montez Mathis led the team in points in that game with 15 while O'Mar Stanley off the bench was next on the team with 14 points. Dylan Addae-Wusu led the team in assists in that game with 4 while Aaron Wheeler led the team in rebounds with 9. They were 41.3% from the field, 36.8% from 3-point range, and 55.6% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 79.2 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 73.5 PPG against them. St. John's has an ATS record of 13-13-1 this season and their O/U record is 16-10-1.

 

 

DePaul is coming into this game with a 13-14 record overall and they are 9-7 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. This will be the 18th conference matchup on their schedule this year and they are currently 4-13 in their conference games this season. They have lost 4 of their last 5 games but are coming into this one off of a win in their last game which snapped a 4 game losing streak that they were on. Their 4 losses in that span were against the Providence Friars, the Butler Bulldogs, the Creighton Bluejays, the Seton Hall Pirates, and the Georgetown Hoyas in their last game. Javon Freeman led the team in points in that game with 25 while Nick Ongenda and Yor Anei were both next on the team with 11 points each. Jalen Terry led the team in assists in that game with 6 while Brandon Johnson led the team in rebounds with 10. They were 45.1% from the field, 25% from 3-point range, and 64.3% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 71.9 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 70.3 PPG against them. DePaul has an ATS record of 17-10 this season and their O/U record is 14-13.

 

St. John's has been playing well in their recent games winning 2 of their last 3 games but they are coming off of a loss in their last game. That loss came at home but was only by 3 points to Creighton, a team that has been on fire recently. St. John's won by double digits in those 2 wins and now they are going up against one of the bottom teams in the Big East. DePaul is coming off of a win in their last game but they had lost 4 straight games prior to that win and their win came against Georgetown, the only team in the Big East with no wins against conference opponents this season. St. John's has been playing much better than DePaul has been recently and they will be looking to bounce back after that loss to Creighton. DePaul has not been playing well recently and their only win in their last 5 games came against a team on a 17 game losing streak. St. John's is the better team here and they will win this game on the road but by single digits.

 

St. John's DePaul Prediction:  Our NCAAB Pick for Sunday, February 27, 2022 (5:00 pm ET start time) is St. John’s 72 DePaul 65.

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St. John's Red Storm: 17-35 ATS after scoring 75 points or more 3 straight games. 14-19 ATS after playing a game as a home favorite. 21-4 UNDER after a game committing 8 or less turnovers.

DePaul Blue Demons: 17-10 ATS in all games. 10-5 ATS as an underdog. 11-3 UNDER when the line is +3 to -3.

 

 

St. John's Red Storm:  J. Soriano (C) Ques Sun - Knee injury.

DePaul Blue Demons:  D. Jones (F) Ques Sun - Ankle injury. J. Johnson (PG) Early March - Hand injury. T. Grant-Foster (G) out for season - Redshirt. A. Bynum (G) out for season - Redshirt.

 

 

“If you look at the last five possessions, I don’t think we executed what we wanted to do. I thought defensively we were good, but you got to be able to make plays. That’s what big-time teams do, big-time players do.” - Mike Anderson on his team’s loss against Creighton.

 

 

“Georgetown is a team that is still fighting extremely hard. Even though the ball hasn’t bounced their way and it hasn’t come up in the win column . . . I thought they did a great job of playing hard tonight and competing for 40 minutes. They stuck with it.” - Tony Stubblefield on his team’s win against Georgetown.

 

 

 

P. Alexander 

J. Champagnie 

M. Mathis 

S. Smith 

J. Soriano

 

J. Freeman-Liberty 

P. Gebrewhit 

B. Johnson 

D. Jones 

N. Ongenda

 

 

PPG: J. Champagnie (18.7)

APG: P. Alexander (5.3)

Reb/G: J. Champagnie (6.6)

 

PPG: J. Freeman-Liberty (20.8)

APG: J. Freeman-Liberty (3.1)

Reb/G: J. Freeman-Liberty (7.4)

 

Coaches:

St. John's Red Storm: Mike Anderson Sr (3rd season)

DePaul Blue Demons: Tony Stubblefield (1st season)