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St. John’s Red Storm (4-2) vs. Auburn Tigers (5-2)
Las Vegas; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 21 Auburn takes on No. 14 St. John’s at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Tigers are 5-2 in non-conference play. Auburn ranks fifth in the SEC with 12.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Keyshawn Hall averaging 3.2.
The Red Storm are 4-2 in non-conference play. St. John’s has a 4-0 record in games decided by 10 points or more.
Auburn makes 47.8% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.8 percentage points higher than St. John’s has allowed to its opponents (40.0%). St. John’s averages 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.9 fewer makes per game than Auburn allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: Hall is scoring 21.0 points per game and averaging 8.7 rebounds for the Tigers. Tahaad Pettiford is averaging 13.4 points and 2.6 rebounds while shooting 34.0%.
Bryce Hopkins is scoring 17.3 points per game and averaging 4.5 rebounds for the Red Storm. Zuby Ejiofor is averaging 14.2 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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