Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The St Johns Red Storm will hit the highway in Big East conference play with an NCAA college basketball game against the Villanova Wildcats on Saturday afternoon.
Tip off time from Villanova is scheduled for 2PM Eastern time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The point spread opened up in this NCAA college basketball game with the home team Villanova Wildcats favored by -4 ½ point favorite with an over under of 133 ½ points.
Early money in this NCAA game has come on the side of the Wildcats as Villanova has been bet up to a -6 ½ point favorite. The total has moved up to 134 ½ points.
Villanova Wildcats money line gamblers will lay -270 odds with the road underdog St Johns Red Storm returning +230 odds to post the straight up win without the benefit of points on their side.
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These two Big East clubs meet for the first time this season. In their contest last year it was the Villanova Wildcats with the 81-71 road victory at St John’s as a -7 point favorite. The game landed over the closing total of 149 points.
The Wildcats enjoyed a good shooting night in victory hitting on 50% of their shots but only 4 of 14 from three. The club survived 20 turnovers despite their win.
Corey Fisher posted 18 points on 5 of 8 from the floor. Their senior last year Scottie Reynolds had 19 points.
St John’s was held to just 39.3% shooting in their defeat and 6 of 16 from three. The club missed 7 of 24 from the free throw line.
Dwight Hardy led the Red Storm with 19 points on 7 of 15 shooting. Sean Evans had 12 points and 9 boards. St John’s had four players in double digits.
St Johns travels to Villanova with a record of 18-9 on the year. The team is 4-6 on the road this season.
The Red Storm sits 10-5 in conference play and in a tie with Louisville for the third seed. They hold a 1 game lead over Georgetown and Syracuse for a double bye in the Big East tournament.
St Johns has been on a solid run as the club has won five straight games and all wins coming against Big East conference opponents. Two of the wins came on the road to Marquette and Cincinnati.
The Red Storm is coming off a 76-51 home victory against hapless DePaul on Wednesday night as a -13 ½ point favorite.
St John’s made 54.4% of their shots but just 3 of 12 from the three point line. The club out rebounded the Blue Demons by a 39-28 margin. St Johns held DePaul to only 30.9% shooting.
Dwight Hardy led the Red Storm with 21 points on 8 of 13 shooting plus five boards. Paris Horne chipped in with 14 points on 6 of 7 from the floor.
Villanova hosts this Big East battle with a record of 21-7. The club is 13-3 at home on the year.
The Wildcats are 9-6 in the Big East conference sitting tied with four other clubs in the loss column for seeds 5 through 8.
The team has dropped five of their past nine games. They had their two game win streak snapped in a 69-64 home defeat to Syracuse this past Monday night as a -3 ½ point favorite.
Villanova had a poor shooting night making only 32.3% of their shots and 5 of 26 from the three point line. The Wildcats shot themselves in the foot missing 10 of 27 free throws.
Defensively the Wildcats allowed the Orange 47.3% shooting but forced 16 turnovers.
Corey Stokes led Villanova with 24 points on 7 of 13 shooting and 5 of 10 from three. Isaiah Armwood contributed with 12 points and 10 boards in the loss.
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