Kansas State vs St. John’s Prediction College Basketball Picks 12/7/24

In this article, we will formulate a Kansas State vs St John’s Prediction for this college basketball game on Saturday, December 7th, at the Georgia State Convocation Center.  To formulate this prediction, we will examine:

-The Wildcats’ recent form and recent player performance 

-The Red Storm’s recent form and recent player performance

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Kansas State

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving St John’s

-Recent betting trends in games played between Kansas State and St John’s. 

-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Wildcats and Red Storm. 

Another Strong Offensive Game for Kansas State?

Kansas State in the last game faced off against Arkansas Pine Bluff and they scored 120 points on the way to the victory. As a team, the Wildcats shot 61.5 percent and 52.5 percent from behind the three-point line. Achor Achor was the top player putting up 21 points, three rebounds, and one assist. Kansas State has been averaging 81.6 points per game so far this season. This puts them in the 71st position when ranked amongst other offenses. Their defense has allowed for an average of 67 points to be scored against them, ranking them 87th defensively. In this game, Kansas State needs to get the offense out to a fast start to put the pressure on. Kansas State will meet Drake and Wichita State after this game.

Key Game for St John’s 

This is a key spot for St John’s as they try to let the rest of the college basketball world that they are for real. In the last game against Harvard, the defense gave up 64 points while the offense scored 77 points on the way to the win. Even though they won, St. John’s shot 22.2 percent from deep and they are going to need to have more success from deep here. St. John’s has averaged 82.1 points per game, ranking them 64th in college basketball so far this year. Defensively, they are ranked 82nd, with an average of 66.6 points scored against them per game. St. John’s will face Bryant, DePaul, and Providence following this one.

Kansas State vs St. John’s Prediction

I am not sold on this Kansas State team being that good, but they are still good enough to keep this game without a couple of bucks. Kansas State is averaging 81.6 points per game, and they are going to have no issue running up the score here. St John’s defense is giving up 66.6 points per game but they will give up more than that here, and it’s going to be Kansas State that keeps it close. Back Kansas State against the spread.