St. John's vs. Kentucky Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Dec. 20

The No. 22 St. John's Red Storm (7-3) visit the Kentucky Wildcats (7-4) at State Farm Arena, tipping off at 12:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, December 20, 2025. The Red Storm are 2.5-point favorites in the game. The over/under is 156.5 in the matchup.

St. John's is coming off of a 79-66 victory over DePaul in its last game on Tuesday. Dylan Darling's team-leading 17 points paced St. John's in the win. Kentucky's last contest on Saturday ended in a 72-60 win against Indiana. Mouhamed Dioubate scored a team-best 14 points for Kentucky in the win.

St. John's vs. Kentucky Odds and Game Time

• When: Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:30 p.m. ET
• Where: State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia
• Spread favorite: St. John's -2.5
• Moneyline favorite: St. John's -157
• Moneyline underdog: Kentucky +131
• Over/Under: 156.5 points

How to watch St. John's vs. Kentucky

• TV Channel: CBS (KBAK-Bakersfield, CA)
• Live Stream: Fubo
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Betting the Over/Under: St. John's vs. Kentucky

• This season, St. John's games have seen a combined score higher than this matchup's 156.5-point total five times.
• In Kentucky's 11 games this season, four finished with more combined points than Saturday's over/under of 156.5.
• The point total for the game of 156.5 is 15.7 points fewer than the combined points per game averages for the Red Storm (87.9 points per game) and the Wildcats (84.3 points per game).
• These two teams give up a combined 138.7 points per game, 17.8 points less than this contest's over/under.
• St. John's has a 160.2 average over/under in its games this season, 3.7 more points than the over/under in this matchup.
• A difference of 5.9 points separates this contest's over/under (156.5 points) and the average over/under in Kentucky's games (150.6) this season.

Betting the Spread: St. John's vs. Kentucky

• St. John's is 5-5-0 against the spread this season.
• So far this season, the Red Storm have been installed as favorites by a 2.5-point margin or more nine times and are 4-5 ATS in those matchups.
• Kentucky is 5-6-0 against the spread this year.
• The Wildcats have been underdogs by 2.5 points or more two times this season and have not covered the spread once.
• Kentucky is 7-1 overall, and 5-3 against the spread, at home.
• At home, Kentucky is 5-3 ATS as a 2.5-point underdog or more.

Betting the Moneyline: St. John's vs. Kentucky

• This season, St. John's has won seven out of the nine games in which it has been the moneyline favorite.
• The Red Storm have a record of 7-2 in games where oddsmakers favor them by at least -157 on the moneyline.
• St. John's has a 61.1% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Kentucky was defeated in both of the match ups it has played as moneyline underdogs this season.
• The Wildcats have been listed as an underdog of +131 or more on two occasions this season and lost both games.
• Kentucky has an implied victory probability of 43.3% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.