The No. 1 Villanova Wildcats will travel to Cincinnati to take on the No. 5 Xavier Musketeers Wednesday night in what might be the Big East game of the year. “It’s just breathtaking right now”.
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They assisted on 24 of their 30 made buckets, with XU players continually finding separation from defenders and teammates showing both willingness and ability to get them the ball. “Just the little things that add up during the game and end up costing you”. He scored seven consecutive points to start the run that put Xavier ahead in the first half. With his counterpart James Farr also raking in four offensive boards, Reynolds led Xavier’s interior domination of a Villanova team that just couldn’t match up physically. G (12.0 ppg., 4.3 apg., 2.8 rpg.), Kris Jenkins 6-6 Jr. Senior forward Daniel Ochefu also dealt with foul issues, and scored only eight points in limited play.
It was one of those measuring-up games for Xavier, which aspired to be one of the Big East’s best when it left the Atlantic 10.
There was no court-storming on Wednesday night at Cintas Center following fifth-ranked Xavier’s win over No. 1-ranked Villanova.
“I think we have bigger fish to fry”, coach Chris Mack said. Only Georgetown has won over Xavier on the Musketeers’ floor this season, they have a very strong home-court advantage and will look to that tonight.
Sumner fell hard in the opening minutes of Villanova’s 95-64 win at Philadelphia on December 31 and was taken to a hospital with a concussion.
PITTSBURGH – Quentin Snider scored 14 points, Damion Lee added 13 and Louisville (22-6, 11-4 ACC) pulled away from Pittsburgh (19-8, 8-7) in the final minutes.
He made a driving bank shot to open the game on Wednesday, showing he was ready to make a difference.
In order to avoid another early defeat, Jay Wright needs to make sure his team know who to go to down the stretch in big games. “I wanted to do as much as I could”.
It’s a big matchup in the Big East tonight when No. 5 Xavier plays host to No. 1 Villanova. Macura’s back-to-back three-pointers pushed it to 36-27. Both teams come into Wednesday’s game with records of 24-3 with Villanova holding the edge in conference play with one loss compared to Xavier’s three.
Trailing 40-37 at halftime, the Wildcats tied it on the initial second-half possession on a conventional three-point play by Jenkins.
NO. 23 N. DAME 69, WAKE 58: Zach Auguste had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the visiting Fighting Irish (19-8, 10-5 ACC), who avoided their first two-game losing streak in almost two years.
Villanova’s troubles were compounded when Ochefu picked up his fourth foul as well.
WISCONSIN 67, No. 8 IOWA 59 (at Iowa City, Iowa) – Bronson Koenig scored 15 points and the Badgers handed Iowa its third loss in four games.
As far as the most weeks spent at No. 2 without reaching No. 1 is this week’s No. 2, Maryland. Beating Maryland or Iowa in the Big Ten championship could potentially get them to the top line.
Buddy Hield scored 17 points for the Sooners (22-5, 10-5 Big 12).
Hart bounced back Saturday with 22 points and 12 rebounds in a win over Butler, Villanova’s seventh win in a row. The Big East, which has a contract with Fox Sports, doesn’t get the viewership as some of the other power conferences.
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Northern Illinois 80, (at) Western Michigan 70: Ally Lehman had 41 points and 12 rebounds, and Courtney Woods had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Northern Illinois (11-15, 4-11 MAC).
