St. John’s Red Storm (15-3, 6-1 Big East) at Seton Hall Pirates (6-11, 1-5 Big East)
Newark, New Jersey; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Seton Hall hosts St. John’s after Chaunce Jenkins scored 21 points in Seton Hall’s 82-77 loss to the Butler Bulldogs.
The Pirates have gone 4-4 at home. Seton Hall is ninth in the Big East with 28.7 points per game in the paint led by Isaiah Coleman averaging 6.5.
The Red Storm are 6-1 in Big East play. St. John’s ranks fifth in the Big East with 24.7 defensive rebounds per game led by Deivon Smith averaging 4.8.
Seton Hall’s average of 6.5 made 3-pointers per game is 1.1 fewer made shots on average than the 7.6 per game St. John’s gives up. St. John’s has shot at a 45.5% clip from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points greater than the 44.9% shooting opponents of Seton Hall have averaged.
The Pirates and Red Storm face off Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Coleman is shooting 43.2% and averaging 15.4 points for the Pirates.
Smith is shooting 40.8% from beyond the arc with 1.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Red Storm, while averaging 10.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.9 steals.
LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 2-8, averaging 70.3 points, 28.5 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 7.3 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 42.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.7 points per game.
Red Storm: 9-1, averaging 79.6 points, 36.5 rebounds, 14.8 assists, 10.0 steals and 6.1 blocks per game while shooting 43.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.2 points.
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