#633/634 ASA PLAY ON 8* Over 155 Points – Xavier @ St Johns, Tuesday at 8:30 PM ET - These two met earlier this year and with the total set at 155 the two combined for only 129 points. However, taking a look at how that game played out we see that the two offenses performed way below their averages. They combined to take 131 shots (which is a LOT of shot attempts) and they made just 48 for a shooting percentage of 36%. Even worse, they attempted 30 three pointers and made 5 which is just 16%. On top of that the two combined to make only 29 of their 49 FT attempts (59%). It was just a terrible outing from both offenses and they STIILL got to 129 points. We expect a high number of shot attempts from each team again as these are the 2 fastest paced teams in the Big East. The Johnnies average 65 shot attempts per game (6th nationally) and Xavier puts up 61 attempts per game (57th nationally). In their last 3 games Xavier faced UConn, Butler, and Providence (3 of the 4 slowest paced teams in the Big East) and in 2 of those games they combined to scored 149 & 152 points. Last weekend’s game was very telling when they faced UConn who is the slowest paced team in the league and the #1 defense team in the Big East and the final was 80-72 in favor of the Huskies. St Johns has had a number of high scoring games vs faster paced teams. If we throw out their first meeting with Xavier which we discussed above, the Johnnies games vs the other top 3 fastest paced team in the conference (DePaul, Georgetown, and Creighton) have resulted in combined totals of 149, 176, 170, 177, and 191. These two teams have combined to play 35 games this season and 23 of them have gone OVER the total. We’ll call for another OVER on Tuesday.