St. John’s vs St. Francis-Brooklyn 11/23/2021 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets and Odds
St. Francis-Brooklyn Terriers (0-3) vs. St. John's Red Storm (3-1)
November 23, 2021 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: St. John's Red Storm -25.5 / St. Francis-Brooklyn Terriers +25.5; Over/Under: +154
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The St. Francis BKN Terriers and the St. John’s Red Storm meet in college basketball action from Carnesecca Arena on Tuesday night.
The St. Francis BKN Terriers will look to bounce back from a 74-59 loss at the hands of Penn State last time out. Patrick Emilien leads the Terriers in scoring with 13 PPG and 5.7 RPG while Michael Cubbage has 10 PPG with a team-high 6 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for the Terriers so far this season. Rob Higgins also has 9.3 PPG and 3 APG as well this season. As a team, St. Francis (BKN) is averaging 63.3 PPG on 40.7% shooting from the field, 26.7% from three and 61.8% from the foul line while allowing 82 PPG on 50.6% shooting from the field and 42.6% from three this season.
The St. John’s Red Storm will be looking to build on their 87-74 win over Fairleigh Dickinson last time out. Julian Champagnie leads the Red Storm with 22.8 PPG along with 6.3 RPG while Posh Alexander has 14.3 PPG and a team-high 6.5 APG. Stef Smith and Tareq Coburn each hve 10+ PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for St. John’s so far this season. As a team, St. John’s is averaging 92.8 PPG on 52.6% shooting from the field, 38.8% from three and 78.9% rom the foul line while allowing 70.3 PPG on 41.5% shooting rom the field and 35.4% from three this season.
St. Francis is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a loss while the over is 7-1 in their last 8 games overall. St. John’s is 10-3 ATS in their last 13 home games and 9-3 ATS in their last 12 games following a win while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400.
I get the case that could be made for the Johnnies as big favorites here, but we’ve seen St. John’s fail to get the job done as sizeable favorites in the last game against Fairleigh Dickinson and I just think that as much as the Terriers have struggled, they’ve given runs to Penn State and Wisconsin and could be in for another one here. Give me the Terriers and the points.
