GAME: #723 St John’s vs #724 Creighton
TIME: 2/8/2020 – 6:00p EST
SPREAD: Creighton -9
TOTAL: 148.5
SPORTSBOOK: 5Dimes Sportsbook
The St. John’s Red Storm (13-10, 2-8) has a BIG East conference road game against the #21 Creighton Bluejays (17-6, 6-4) at CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday at 6 p.m. EST. In their previous game, Creighton lost 73-56 on the road to Providence on Wednesday while St. Johns lost at home to Georgetown by a score of 72-73. These teams twice last season with St. Johns winning both games easily by scores of 81-66 and 83-67.
ST. JOHN’S RED STORM
The St John’s Red Storm is averaging 74 points per game on 41% field goal shooting adding 6.2 three-pointers and 10.2 offensive rebounds. St John’s is allowing 69 points per game on 39% field-goal shooting while forcing 17.3 turnovers and adding 5.4 steals and 4.3 blocks on the defensive end. St John’s is led by LJ Figueroa who’s averaging 14.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 2.1 steals per game.
CREIGHTON BLUEJAYS
The Creighton Bluejays are averaging 76 points per game on 46% field goal shooting at a 9.1 3-pointers her game on offense. The Bluejays are allowing 68 points per game on 41% field-goal shooting while forcing 12.3 turnovers and adding 4.7 steals and 3.3 blocks per game on defense. Creighton is led by Marcus Zegarowski who’s averaging 15.6 points 3.4 rebounds in 5.1 assists along with Ty-shon Alexander who’s adding 16.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game.
ST. JOHNS vs CREIGHTON PREDICTION
Creighton has been playing really good basketball winning 4 of the last five games when their shooting went cold at Providence on Wednesday losing by 17. St John’s handled Creighton last year with ease but St Johns was also a much better team last year. Creighton is averaging over 80 points per game on their home court where they are making an average of 9.9 threes per game. Creighton will be seeking revenge for last season’s beat downs. Look for Creighton to get back to their usual offense and pull off a big double-digit win over St Johns.
TRENDS(from covers.com)
ST. JOHNS
- Red Storm are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 Saturday games.
- Under is 7-1-1 in Red Storm’s last 9 Saturday games.
CREIGHTON
- Under is 4-1 in Bluejays last 5 Saturday games.
- Bluejays are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 Saturday games.
- Over is 3-1-1 in Bluejays last 5 games as a favorite.
HEAD TO HEAD
- Favorite is 7-2 ATS in the last 9 meetings.
SPORTS BETTING ANGLES:
Bookie Picks: Creighton -9 / Over 148.5
Fade the Public: Creighton -9 / no data
Sharp Action: Creighton -9 / no data
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