St. John’s vs DePaul College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/20/21

The DePaul Blue Demons and the St. John’s Red Storm meet in college basketball action from Carnesecca Arena on Saturday night.

The DePaul Blue Demons will look to rebound from a 60-52 loss to Seton Hall in their last matchup. Charlie Moore leads the Blue Demons in scoring and assists with 13.7 PPG and 4.1 APG while Javon Freeman-Liberty has 13.4 PPG with 5.3 RPG and 2.9 APG on the year. Oscar Lopez Jr. has 10 PPG with 4 RPG and 3.5 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for DePaul up to this point in the season. Romeo Weems has 7.8 PPG with 5.1 RPG and Pauly Paulicap has 7.1 PPG with a team-high 5.8 RPG as well this season. As a team, DePaul is averaging 65.2 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field, 31.4% from 3-point range and 65.6% from the foul line while allowing 69.7 PPG on 41.7% shooting from the field and 30.1% from 3-point land this season.

The St. John’s Red Storm will look to build off of a 93-84 win over Xavier last time out. Julian Champagnie leads the Red Storm in scoring and rebounding with 19.8 PPG and 7.3 RPG while Posh Alexander has 11.7 PPG with a team-high 4.5 APG to make up the duo of double-digit scorers for St. John’s up to this point in the season. Greg Williams Jr. has 9.6 PPG with 2.3 APG while Isaih Moore has 9.2 PPG with 4.8 RPG and Vince Cole has 9 PPG this season. Rasheem Dunn also has 8.9 PPG with 3.9 APG as well on the year. As a team, St. John’s is averaging 80 PPG on 45.8% shooting from the field, 35.8% from 3-point range and 74.2% from the foul line while allowing 76.7 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field and 34.4% from 3-point range this season.

DePaul is 3-7 ATS in their last 10 road games and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 road games against a team with a home winning percentage greater than .600 while the under is 11-0 in their last 11 games overall. St. John’s is 9-1 ATS in their last 10 games overall and 18-7-1 ATS in their last 26 home games while the over is 12-3 in their last 15 home games.

I wish that I could say this was a shock from DePaul, but this happens year after year with the Blue Demons as DePaul falters in conference play, they just don’t have the luxury of a non-conference record to build up the overall numbers up to this point. St. John’s has been on an absolute tear against the number lately and I just don’t think DePaul has the horses to keep up in this spot. I’ll lay the points with St. John’s in this one.