Creighton at St. John's 1/16/19 - NCAA Basketball Picks & Predictions

The Creighton Bluejays visit Carnesecca Arena in Queens, New York on Wednesday to play the St. John’s Red Storm in a Big East showdown. The Bluejays lost their third straight game falling to the Villanova Wildcats on Sunday 90-78. Ty-Shon Alexander led the Bluejays in the loss with 22 points.

St. John’s fell to 14-3 on the season following its 79-71 loss at home to DePaul. The Red Storm played without top scorer Shamorie Ponds due to a lower back strain. Ponds is listed as day-to-day and is questionable for Wednesday against the visiting Bluejays. LJ Figueroa led St. John’s in the loss with 23 points, while Justin Simon scored 20 and handed out seven assists. Ty-Shon Alexander leads the Bluejays in scoring and is second in assists with averages of 17.4 points and 2.9 assists per game. Martin Krampelj leads the team in rebounding with an average of 6.0 per game, while Mitch Ballock is the assists leader with an average of 3.6 per game. Creighton is shooting 51.1% from the field and 43.9% from 3-point territory.

Shamorie Ponds leads St. John’s in scoring and assists with averages of 20.6 points and 6.0 assists per game. Four other players for the Red Storm are averaging double figures in scoring. LJ Figueroa leads the team in rebounding with an average of 6.6 per game. St. John’s is shooting 48.4% from the field and 39.3% from 3-point territory.