The St. John's Red Storm battle the North Texas Mean Green in the Charleston Classic at 1:30 p.m. ET on Thursday at TD Arena in Charleston, S.C. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists the Red Storm as the 5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 135.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page). 

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The model knows senior center Joel Soriano leads the Red Storm through the first two games at 18.5 points and 10 rebounds per game. He was the 2022-23 Big East Most Improved Player, and was named to the All-Big East second team. He averaged career highs in scoring (15.2) and rebounding (11.8) in 2022-23, and was second in Division I with 25 double-doubles.

The model also knows the Mean Green return three starters from a year ago, and have been led by junior forward Aaron Scott. In two games, he is averaging 22 points, five rebounds, two blocks and one steal. He played in and started all 38 games for North Texas a year ago, averaging seven points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.1 assists and one steal. He led the team with 210 total rebounds, and had a season field goal % of 58.4.

Now, it has set its sights on St. John's vs. North Texas. We can tell you the model is leaning Over the total, and it also says one side of the spread hits in almost 80% of simulations! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in any college basketball picks.

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