St. John's Red Storm and Arkansas Razorbacks meet in NCAA Tournament second round
Arkansas Razorbacks (21-13, 9-11 SEC) vs. St. John's Red Storm (31-4, 21-2 Big East)
Providence, Rhode Island; Saturday, 2:40 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Storm -7.5; over/under is 144.5
BOTTOM LINE: No. 5 St. John's and Arkansas meet in the NCAA Tournament second round.
The Red Storm have gone 21-2 against Big East teams, with a 10-2 record in non-conference play. St. John's ranks fourth in the Big East with 16.0 assists per game led by Kadary Richmond averaging 5.4.
The Razorbacks are 9-11 against SEC teams. Arkansas is 4-2 in games decided by less than 4 points.
St. John's makes 45.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.1 percentage points higher than Arkansas has allowed to its opponents (42.0%). Arkansas has shot at a 46.5% rate from the field this season, 6.9 percentage points higher than the 39.6% shooting opponents of St. John's have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: RJ Luis averages 1.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Red Storm, scoring 18.5 points...
