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The St. John’s Red Storm host the 24th ranked Xavier Musketeers in a Big East game that will take place at the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York at 6 PM ET. Xavier has won 14 of their 20 games on the season and they have covered the spread in 10 of the 19 games that have had a posted line. St. John’s has lost 10 of t heir 22 games this season and they have failed to cover the spread in 11 of the 21 games that have had a posted line.
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Xavier is coming off an 86-78 loss to a ranked Cincinnati team in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 3.5-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 164, which was well over the closing line of 134.5. The Musketeers have failed to cover the spread in four of their last five games and in three of their last four games, including their last two, the total has gone over. Xavier has lost four of their last five games with all of the losses coming against ranked teams.
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St. John’s is coming off a 91-86 win over Providence in their last game where they covered the spread as a 7-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 177, which was well over the closing line of 142.5. The Red Storm have covered the spread in two of their last three games and in their last two games the total has gone over while in the previous three games the total went under. Overall, St. John’s has won two of their last three games.
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Offensively, Xavier is putting up 76.7 points per game on a 45% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Musketeers are allowing 69.6 points per game on a 43.9% FG average.
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St. John’s is putting up 76.7 points per game on a 43.6% FG average. On defense the Red Storm are allowing 75 points per game on a 44.4% FG average.
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These teams met earlier this month at Xavier where the Musketeers beat the Red Storm 97-82.
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Xavier Musketeers vs. St. Johns Red Storm Betting Trends<br />
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Xavier is 1-4 against the spread in their last 5 games.
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The Musketeers are 1-5 straight up in their last 6 road games.
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The game total has gone over in 7 of Xavier’s last 10 road games.
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St. Johns is 1-6 against the spread in their last 7 games.
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The Red Storm are 2-5 straight up in their last 7 games against Xavier.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB matchup between Xavier and St. Johns have the public are leaning slightly to Xavier to cover the 6.5 point spread with over 65%. The over/under bettors believe this game will go over the 157 point line with over 60% confidence.
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