The St. John’s Red Storm and Florida State Seminoles meet Saturday in college basketball action at the FLA Live Arena. The St. John’s Red Storm look for their 11th win. The Florida State Seminoles look for their fourth win.
The St. John’s Red Storm are averaging 79.8 points on 46.6 percent shooting and allowing 66.5 points on 40.2 percent shooting. David Jones is averaging 15 points and 7.5 rebounds, while Joel Soriano is averaging 14.5 points and 0.7 assists. Andre Curbelo is the third double-digit scorer and Montez Mathis is dishing 0.8 assists. The St. John’s Red Storm are shooting 30.2 percent from beyond the arc and 69.8 percent from the free throw line. The St. John’s Red Storm are allowing 29.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 39.8 rebounds per game.
The Florida State Seminoles are averaging 67.5 points on 41.6 percent shooting and allowing 71.7 points on 41.9 percent shooting. Darin Green Jr. is averaging 12.8 points and 3.2 rebounds, while Matthew Cleveland is averaging 12.5 points and 5.8 rebounds. Caleb Mills is the third double-digit scorer and Cam’Ron Fletcher is grabbing 7.5 rebounds. The Florida State Seminoles are shooting 32.7 percent from beyond the arc and 72.2 percent from the free throw line. The Florida State Seminoles are allowing 32.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 29.8 rebounds per game.
The Red Storm are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 neutral site games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Seminoles are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 neutral site games and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall. The under is 5-2-1 in Red Storm last 8 overall. The under is 5-1 in Seminoles last 6 overall.
I’m not sure how many Florida State fans will make the trip to Sunrise, given the form of their team. The St. John’s Red Storm are simply the better club at both ends of the floor, and they’re winning by an average of 15.7 points in the favorite role. The Florida State Seminoles just don’t do much of anything right, and the confidence in them is in the negative. Give me the Red Storm.