The Saint Joseph’s Hawks and the Temple Owls meet in college basketball action from the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday night. It’s another matchup featuring Big 5 schools, can Saint Joseph’s build on the Villanova win? Or will Temple build on their win over La Salle? Let’s preview this game and give out a Saint Joseph’s vs. Temple prediction.

Saint Joseph’s Team Preview

The Saint Joseph’s Hawks come into this game looking to build on back-to-back wins after a 78-65 win over Villanova last time out. Erik Reynolds II leads the Hawks in scoring with 17.3 PPG along with 2.9 APG while Rasheer Fleming has 10.3 PPG with a team-high 6.7 RPG to lead the Hawks on the glass this season. Xzayvier Brown has 10.6 PPG with 3.7 RPG and 2.9 APG and Lynn Greer III has 10.6 PPG with a team-high 4.9 APG to lead Saint Joseph’s in the assist department this season. Cameron Brown also has 10.1 PPG with 5.1 RPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Saint Joseph’s on the year. As a team, Saint Joseph’s is averaging 76.3 PPG on 44.8% shooting from the field, 36% from three, and 66.7% from the foul line this season.

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Temple Team Preview

The Temple Owls come into this game looking to build on their 106-99 triple overtime win over La Salle in their last game. Hysier Miller leads the Owls in scoring and assists with 20.7 PPG and 4 APG while Matteo Picarelli has 13.3 PPG with 2.7 RPG and Jahlil White has 13.3 PPG 8 RPG. Zion Stanford has 10 PPG with 4 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Temple so far this season while Steve Settle has 8.6 PPG and 7.6 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Temple is averaging 80.2 PPG on 38.1% shooting from the field, 30.8% from three-point range, and 79.2% from the foul line this season.

Saint Joseph’s vs. Temple Prediction

I’m sticking with Saint Joseph’s here. The Hawks are just too good from behind the arc and I just can’t get there with Temple to assume the Owls keep pace in this game. Temple’s just been so poor from a shooting perspective and the Hawks found the blueprint to take down Villanova and I think they do the same to Temple here.