Saint John's (NY) Red Storm vs Xavier Musketeers: Don Best Odds & Insights for 2/16/2021

Big East foes square off when the Saint John's (NY) Red Storm (13-8) host the Xavier Musketeers (11-3) at Carnesecca Arena, starting at 8:30 PM ET on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. The Musketeers are 1.5-point underdogs in the game, the second matchup between the teams this season. The matchup has an over/under set at 154.5 points.

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ATS Records for Saint John's (NY) and Xavier

Saint John's (NY) Leaders

• Julian Champagnie leads the Red Storm in points and rebounds. He puts up 19.7 points per game while also adding 7.4 rebounds.
• The team is led in assists by Posh Alexander's 4.2 per game.
• Champagnie averages 2.5 threes per game to lead the Red Storm.
• Saint John's (NY)'s steals leader is Alexander, who grabs 2.6 per game. Champagnie leads the team averaging 1.3 blocks an outing.

Xavier Leaders

• Zach Freemantle is at the top of the Musketeers scoring and rebounding leaderboards with 16.1 points per game and 8.6 rebounds per game this season.
• Paul Scruggs puts in work handing out assists and is Xavier's assist leader with 6.4 per game.
• Nate Johnson makes more threes per game than any other member of the Musketeers, cashing in 2.9 treys per game.
• Scruggs leads the Red Storm with 2.6 steals per game and Dieonte Miles is their top shot blocker with 1.0 blocks per game.

Saint John's (NY) vs Xavier: Last 5 Meetings

Xavier earned victory in all five of its games with Saint John's (NY). The Musketeers have covered the spread more often than not against the Red Storm, holding a 2-0-1 record ATS in those head-to-head meetings.

Points Insights

• The Red Storm average 79.4 points per game, 10.1 more points than the 69.3 the Musketeers allow.
• Saint John's (NY) is 12-5 overall and 10-0 against the spread when scoring more than 69.3 points.
• When Xavier allows more than 79.4 points, it is 1-3 against the spread and 2-2 overall.
• The Musketeers average just 1.1 more points per game (77.5) than the Red Storm allow (76.4).
• Xavier has compiled a 6-0 overall record and a 5-0 ATS record in games it scores more than 76.4 points.
• Saint John's (NY)'s record is 4-3 against the spread and 5-3 overall when it gives up more than 77.5 points.
• The Red Storm have out-scored their opponents by a total of 63 points this season (three points per game on average), and the Musketeers have put up 115 more points than their opponents on the year (8.2 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Red Storm and the Musketeers are similar rebounding teams, with the squads averaging and 33.6 and 37.7 rebounds per game, respectively.
• The Musketeers are 5-3 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Red Storm are 5-6 when they lose the battle on the glass
• The Red Storm average 10.1 offensive boards per game, outgaining the Musketeers by one rebound per contest.
• The Red Storm are 4-4 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Musketeers are 4-2 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• Saint John's (NY) records an average rebounding margin of -2.3 rebounds per game, and Xavier averages a margin of +2.3 rebounds.