St. John's (NY) hosts DePaul following Johnson's 27-point outing

DePaul Blue Demons (5-3) at St. John's (NY) Red Storm (8-1)

New York; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: DePaul visits the St. John's (NY) Red Storm after Javan Johnson scored 27 points in DePaul's 78-72 overtime win against the Loyola Chicago Ramblers.

The Red Storm are 6-0 in home games. St. John's (NY) averages 14.2 turnovers per game and is 6- when it wins the turnover battle.

The Blue Demons are 2-0 on the road. DePaul averages 13.4 turnovers per game and is 2-2 when winning the turnover battle.

The Red Storm and Blue Demons match up Wednesday for the first time in Big East play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: David Jones is shooting 40.8% and averaging 14.9 points for the Red Storm. Montez Mathis is averaging 1.0 made 3-pointers for St. John's (NY).

Johnson is shooting 47.6% and averaging 18.4 points for the Blue Demons. Umoja Gibson is averaging 17.4 points for DePaul.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.