St. John’s vs DePaul Prediction 2/19/25 College Basketball Picks

The St. John’s Red Storm and the DePaul Blue Demons meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the Wintrust Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a St. John’s vs. DePaul prediction.

St. John’s Recap

The St. John’s Red Storm come into this game looking to build on a 79-73 win over Creighton last time out to improve to 22-4 on the year. After this game, St. John’s will head back home for a rematch with UConn.

Red Storm Win 9th In Their Last 10

RJ Luis Jr. leads the Red Storm in scoring with 17.6 PPG and 7.2 RPG along with 2.4 APG while Zuby Ejiofor has 13.9 PPG with a team-high 8 RPG. Kadary Richmond has 12.6 PPG with 5.7 RPG and a team-high 5.1 APG to lead St. John’s in assists and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for St. John’s so far this season. Deivon Smith has 9.4 PPG with 5 RPG and 4 APG, and Simeon Wilcher has 8.7 PPG while Aaron Scott has 8.7 PPG with 4.2 RPG. As a team, St. John’s is averaging 78.2 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field, 29.3% from three, and 68.1% from the foul line this season.

Why the St. John’s Red Storm will win

• DePaul has lost each of its last 19 games against AP-ranked opponents.
• St. John’s has won each of its last nine night games following a home win.

DePaul Recap

The DePaul Blue Demons come into this game looking to bounce back from an 85-68 loss at the hands of Xavier in their last game to sit at 11-15 on the year. After this game, DePaul will meet Butler, Creighton, and Providence.

Blue Demons Lose 3rd In A Row

CJ Gunn leads the Blue Demons in scoring with 12.3 PPG along with 3.7 RPG while Jacob Meyer has 10.9 PPG with 3.2 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for DePaul so far this season. Isaiah Rivera has 9.5 PPG with 3.3 RPG while NJ Benson has 8.5 PPG with a team-high 6.1 RPG to lead DePaul on the glass so far this season. Conor Enright also has a team-high 6.2 APG to lead the Blue Demons in the assist department up to this point in the year. As a team, DePaul is averaging 72.8 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field, 34.1% from three, and 70.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the DePaul Blue Demons will win

• The home team has won five of DePaul’s last six games.

Total Points Facts

• Each of DePaul’s last nine home games against St. John’s have produced a total of 145+ points.
• Three of St. John’s’ last four road games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 130 or fewer points.

St. John’s vs. DePaul Prediction

I’m on the over in this game. I think St. John’s can score at will in this game as they did in the first meeting, scoring 89 points on the Blue Demons, but even with DePaul getting crushed, the Blue Demons have been able to score a lot more than I’d have expected with past DePaul teams and even with St. John’s doing the heavy lifting, the first game between these two teams saw 150 points scored this year. I think we could have another high-scoring affair here so give me the over in this one.