The St. John’s Red Storm (4-0) are in Brooklyn to take on the Temple Owls (2-2) Monday. Tip-off from Barclays Center is at 9:30 (ESPNU). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the St. John’s vs. Temple odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
In 4 home games to start the season, St. John’s has been an offensive powerhouse averaging 85.3 points per game (33rd). This should be another game in which the Red Storm will put up points as Temple currently ranks 285th in the country with 73.8 points allowed per game.
While the Red Storm are scoring, the Owls are struggling to score with an average of 75 points points per game (158th) and are shooting just 41.6% from the field (277th). Temple has not been good this season and a win over a depleted Villanova squad is propping up a mediocre team.
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