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Two Slater free throws after one by Soriano got the Wildcats to within 33-32 at the 16 minute mark in the second half.

Joel Soriano scored the first four points of the second half to put the Red Storm up 32-28 before a Brandon Slater jumper closed the gap to 32-30. 346 of their first half attempts while the Red Storm was 9-of-29 (.310). Five points from Daniels in the final two minutes gave VU a 28-26 lead before a pair of Red Storm free throws with 0.8 seconds to play in the period tied the contest at 28 at halftime.ĭaniels paced Villanova with 11 first half points while Dylan Addae-Wusu led St. Two more Arcidiacono triples and one from Daniels helped Villanova push its way to a 23-22 lead with 3:45 to play in the first half. The game was tied at 12 with eight minutes left in the period. John's connected on 5-of-15 from the field in that span (.333) while Nova was 3-of-16 (.186) in that same stretch. Villanova forced seven Red Storm turnovers in the first 12 minutes while the Wildcats also committed seven of their own. A corner 3-pointer by Daniels snapped the spell and tied the game at six with just more than 13 minutes to play in the first half.Ĭam Whitmore followed with another triple and the 'Cats were up 9-6.īoth teams leaned on stingy defense through the middle part of the period. John's held the 'Cats without a field goal over the next 6:08, building a 6-3 edge in the process. Win, lose, or draw, if we play like that defensively, we'll be proud of our guys.'Ĭhris Arcidiacono opened the scoring with a 3-pointer, but St. That's really what we ask our guys to do, to lock in defensively and just bring it. 'In this game, from start to finish, we were really good defensively. 'I thought last game we found a way when we didn't necessarily play our best. 'We're a young team,' stated Villanova head coach Kyle Neptune, who posted a win not far from his hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y. John's turnovers and limited the Red Storm to. Graduate student Brandon Slater – plagued by first half foul trouble – scored all 14 of his points after intermission to carry Nova (10-10 overall, 4-5 BIG EAST) to its second league win this week, having edged Georgetown 77-73 on Monday.Ĭaleb Daniels led Villanova with 16 points. John's 57-49 in a BIG EAST basketball game played Friday night at Madison Square Garden. – A 19-5 surge over the final minutes helped Villanova rally past St.

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