January 16, 2040
#1 Villanova 79, @Seton Hall 62
We defeat the Pirates and put up 79 points without making a single three-point basket. Our accuracy from the free throw line (11-for-13, almost 85 percent) and on two-point field goal attempts (34-for-59, almost 58 percent) make up for our 0-for-13 performance from long range.
Tony Flaherty leads us with 23 points;
Nick Spencer and
Zayden Calhoun score 10 each. Playing 28 minutes in relief of a foul-plagued
Chris Wilson, Jordi Ballester scores 8 points with 11 boards.
Record: 18-1 (5-0).
January 23, 2040
Code:
#1 Villanova 96, #8 Pittsburgh 88
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Pittsburgh (17-4, 4-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Amir Kirk C 28 3-14 3-4 4 10 2 1 9
Tad Dupuis PF 36 4-9 0-1 3 7 0 4 8
Broderick Boone SF 23 5-7 1-1 1 5 0 1 13
Tanner McLaughlin SG 36 6-8 0-0 1 4 3 4 14
Roland Goodnight PG 34 7-8 4-5 1 2 5 1 23
Carl Bias PF 15 3-5 6-7 2 3 1 1 12
Steven Mertens PG 7 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Kenneth McGee SF 12 2-3 2-4 2 5 1 1 7
Chris Brundage PF 5 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Raphael Ramos SF 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Luigi Woods C 1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2
Turnovers: 25 (A.Kirk 4, T.Dupuis 2, B.Boone 5,
T.McLaughlin 3, R.Goodnight 5, C.Bias 1, S.Mertens 3,
K.McGee 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (A.Kirk 2, T.Dupuis 1)
Steals: 2 (T.McLaughlin 1, C.Brundage 1)
3P FGs: 10-18 (A.Kirk 0-1, T.Dupuis 0-1, B.Boone 2-4,
T.McLaughlin 2-4, R.Goodnight 5-5, K.McGee 1-2,
R.Ramos 0-1)
Villanova (19-1, 6-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Zak Marshall C 21 2-5 0-0 0 3 1 4 4
Chris Wilson PF 28 3-8 3-4 1 4 0 4 9
Tony Flaherty SF 34 14-18 2-2 2 7 5 2 33
Zayden Calhoun SG 31 9-18 2-5 1 3 7 3 23
Nick Spencer PG 32 5-8 2-2 1 3 8 2 13
Kai Smith PG 8 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 0 0
John Cannon SG 13 4-7 0-0 0 0 2 3 10
DeAndre Brown SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Jordi Ballester PF 21 1-3 0-0 2 4 2 3 2
Forrest Curl C 10 1-1 0-0 1 2 1 0 2
Derek Lamb PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Turnovers: 12 (Z.Marshall 3, C.Wilson 1, T.Flaherty 4,
Z.Calhoun 3, N.Spencer 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (Z.Marshall 3, C.Wilson 3, N.Spencer 1)
Steals: 15 (T.Flaherty 6, Z.Calhoun 2, N.Spencer 3,
K.Smith 1, J.Cannon 1, D.Brown 1, F.Curl 1)
3P FGs: 9-14 (T.Flaherty 3-3, Z.Calhoun 3-7, N.Spencer
1-1, J.Cannon 2-3)
Player of Game: SF Tony Flaherty (VLNV)
Tony Flaherty plays the best game of his career to date, and we knock off the Panthers in a high-scoring, exciting contest.
Tony does more than a bit of everything tonight; he scores 33 points, grabs 7 rebounds, hands out 5 assists, and makes 6 steals. No wonder he's expected to hear his name called early on Draft Night this April. (Yes, I'm resigned to the fact Tony will be leaving us this spring.)
Unselfish play (28 assists), active defense (25 forced turnovers) and surprising accuracy from three-point land are important keys to an important victory.
Record: 19-1 (6-0).
January 25, 2040
Code:
#1 Villanova 104, Providence 94
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Villanova (20-1, 7-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Zak Marshall C 32 3-5 1-1 1 8 4 3 7
Chris Wilson PF 32 9-15 9-10 3 8 1 1 27
Tony Flaherty SF 34 6-16 4-6 1 7 6 2 16
Zayden Calhoun SG 31 9-15 5-5 3 9 6 3 27
Nick Spencer PG 32 6-10 4-5 1 4 4 4 19
Kai Smith PG 8 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 1 0
John Cannon SG 14 1-3 0-0 0 1 2 2 2
Jordi Ballester PF 14 3-4 0-0 1 3 0 1 6
Forrest Curl C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 15 (C.Wilson 3, T.Flaherty 3, Z.Calhoun 5,
J.Cannon 4)
Blocked Shots: 6 (Z.Marshall 2, C.Wilson 2, T.Flaherty
1, Z.Calhoun 1)
Steals: 8 (C.Wilson 1, T.Flaherty 1, Z.Calhoun 4,
N.Spencer 1, J.Cannon 1)
3P FGs: 7-19 (Z.Marshall 0-2, T.Flaherty 0-5, Z.Calhoun
4-7, N.Spencer 3-4, J.Cannon 0-1)
Providence (13-7, 2-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Johann Grillmaier C 29 5-10 4-5 1 5 0 3 14
Jimmmy Sewell PF 21 3-5 0-0 2 5 1 5 6
Keenan Ober SF 26 11-17 4-4 0 5 2 2 31
Charles Carmona SG 30 6-8 0-0 0 5 3 2 15
Joseph Roney PG 30 2-8 3-4 0 2 6 3 9
Jonas Trainor PG 19 1-3 4-6 0 0 4 0 6
Kevin Wilmot SF 14 1-8 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Roger Turnbull SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Saul Gerber PF 24 4-6 1-1 2 8 2 2 9
Jaime Gonsalez PF 6 1-1 0-0 1 1 1 2 2
Turnovers: 15 (J.Grillmaier 1, J.Sewell 1, K.Ober 1,
C.Carmona 2, J.Roney 8, J.Trainor 1, K.Wilmot 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (S.Gerber 2)
Steals: 6 (J.Sewell 1, K.Ober 2, C.Carmona 1, J.Trainor
1, J.Gonsalez 1)
3P FGs: 10-18 (K.Ober 5-8, C.Carmona 3-5, J.Roney 2-5)
Player of Game: SF Zayden Calhoun (VLNV)
Now it's time for
Chris Wilson and
Zayden Calhoun to play the heroes, scoring 27 points each and impacting the game in other ways, too.
We're 23-for-27 from the charity stripe and 30-for-50 on our two-point shots. Toss in a decent number of threes, and we manage to outscore Providence on a night when the Friars' offense is hitting on all cylinders.
We're finding a lot of different ways to win this season.
Record: 20-1 (7-0).