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Hofstra to visit St. John’s Saturday

Hofstra Pride (2-6) at St. John’s Red Storm (9-2, 1-1 Big East)

New York; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Hofstra visits St. John’s for a Division 1 Division matchup Saturday.

The Red Storm are 5-1 on their home court. St. John’s is 3-0 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 16.0 turnovers per game.

The Pride are 1-1 in road games. Hofstra ranks ninth in the CAA shooting 27.4% from 3-point range.

St. John’s makes 48.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.3 percentage points higher than Hofstra has allowed to its opponents (41.4%). Hofstra averages 56.0 points per game, 2.5 fewer than the 58.5 St. John’s allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brooke Moore is averaging 14.7 points and 5.9 rebounds for the Red Storm. Janeya Grant is averaging 1.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Sandra Magolico is averaging 10.5 points for the Pride. Alarice Gooden is averaging 10.3 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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