Northern Iowa Panthers (23-12, 15-9 MVC) vs. St. John’s Red Storm (28-6, 21-2 Big East)
San Diego; Friday, 7:10 p.m. ET
BETMGM Sportsbook Lines: Red Storm -9.5; Over/Under 131.5
Bottom line: No. 10 St. John’s will face Northern Iowa in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
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The Red Storm have a 21-2 record against Big East teams and a 7-4 non-conference record. St. John’s is 23-6 against teams above .500.
The Panthers have a 15-9 record against the MVC. Northern Iowa is 1-3 in games decided by four points or fewer.
St. John’s University averages 81.6 points per game, which is 20.3 points more than the University of Northern Iowa’s 61.3 points per game. Northern Iowa is averaging 7.8 three-pointers per game this season, 1.5 more than St. John’s average of 6.3 three-pointers per game.
Top performer: Oziyah Sellers of the Red Storm averaged 1.4 three-pointers per game, shot 35.0% from three-point range, and averaged 10.7 points per game. Zubie Ejiofor has averaged 16.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.6 blocks in the past 10 games.
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Trey Campbell averaged 13.7 points, 3.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game for the Panthers. Will Hornseth is averaging 13.4 points over the past 10 games.
Last 10 games: Red Storm: 9 wins and 1 loss, averaging 74.4 points, 34.4 rebounds, 16.8 assists, 7.6 steals and 5.0 blocks per game, shooting 43.1% from the field. Their opponents average 64.6 points per game.
Panthers: 7 wins and 3 losses, averaging 75.3 points, 26.0 rebounds, 16.3 assists, 6.3 steals and 3.0 blocks per game, shooting 51.9% from the field. Their opponents average 64.5 points per game.
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The Associated Press produced this report using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
