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2016-17 Villanova Wildcats (15-1 overall, 3-1 BIG EAST) Television: FS1 vs. Xavier Musketeers Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery, Shannon Spake (13-2 overall, 3-0 BIG EAST) Radio: 610 Sports Radio WTEL Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017/7:01 p.m. Ryan Fannon & Whitey Rigsby The Pavilion/Villanova, Pa. IT’S WORTH NOTING... 2016-17 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS • Senior forward Kris Jenkins played a key role in Saturday night’s 93-81 Date Opponent Result Score Record BE victory over Marquette at the Wells Fargo Center. The product of Gonzaga Nov. 11 LAFAYETTE W 88-48 1-0 0-0 College High School scored a game-high 23 points to go with four rebounds, Nov. 14 at Purdue 1 W 79-76 2-0 0-0 three assists, and three steals. In four BIG EAST games, Jenkins is averag - Nov. 17 vs. Western Michigan W 76-65 3-0 0-0 ing 16.8 ppg and has converted .410 of his 3-point attempts. Nov. 18 vs. Wake Forest 2 W 96-77 4-0 0-0 Nov. 20 vs. UCF W 67-57 5-0 0-0 • Villanova entered Saturday night’s game as the BIG EAST’s top team in 3- Nov. 23 C. of Charleston W 63-47 6-0 0-0 Nov. 29 at Penn+ W 82-57 7-0 0-0 point field goal percentage defense (.277). But that figure took a hit against Dec. 3 SAINT JOSEPH’S+ W 88-57 8-0 0-0 the Golden Eagles as Marquette dropped in 14-of-31 attempts from beyond Dec. 6 at La Salle+ (Palestra) W 89-79 9-0 0-0 the arc (.452). On the season opponents convert .292 of their 3-point attempts Dec. 10 vs. Notre Dame 4 W 74-66 10-0 0-0 against the Wildcats. Dec. 13 TEMPLE+ W 78-57 11-0 0-0 Dec. 21 AMERICAN W 90-48 12-0 0-0 • This contest continues a busy stretch of basketball for Villanova. Following Dec. 28 DEPAUL* W 68-65 13-0 1-0 this game, Villanova gets set for a clash Saturday at New York’s Madison Dec. 31 at Creighton* W 80-70 14-0 2-0 Square Garden against St. John’s (Noon/FS1 and 610 Sports Radio). Then Jan. 4 at Butler* L 66-58 14-1 2-1 Jan. 7 MARQUETTE* (C) W 93-81 15-1 3-1 the Wildcats return to campus, where they will play host to Seton Hall on Jan. 10 XAVIER* 7 p.m. FS1 Monday as part of the BIG EAST’s Martin Luther King Day event. Jan. 14 at St. John’s* Noon FS1 Jan. 16 SETON HALL* 6:30 p.m. FS1 Jan. 21 PROVIDENCE* (C) Noon Fox VILLANOVA PROJECTED STARTERS Jan. 24 at Marquette* 8 p.m. FS1 Jan. 29 VIRGINIA (C) 1 p.m. Fox Pos. No. Name Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Feb. 1 at Providence* 7 p.m. FS1 G3 Josh Hart 6-5/215 19.8 6.8 Feb. 4 ST. JOHN’S* (C) 8 p.m. CBS SN F 2 Kris Jenkins 6-6/235 13.8 3.9 Feb. 7 GEORGETOWN* 7 p.m. FS1 F 45 Darryl Reynolds 6-9/240 5.6 5.2 Feb. 11 at Xavier* 2:30 p.m. Fox G1 Jalen Brunson 6-2/199 14.6 2.4 Feb. 13 at DePaul* 9 p.m. CBS SN Feb. 18 at Seton Hall* 12:30 p.m. Fox G/F 25 Mikal Bridges 6-7/210 9.7 4.9 Feb. 22 BUTLER* 9 p.m. FS1 Feb. 25 CREIGHTON* 3 p.m. Fox OFF THE BENCH Mar. 4 at Georgetown* Noon TBD Mar. 8-11 Big East Tournament TBD FS1/Fox Pos. No. Name Ht./Wt. PPG RPG G/F 4 Eric Paschall 6-7/250 7.4 3.9 Home games listed in CAPS G 10 Donte DiVincenzo 6-5/205 6.9 3.3 Home games played at Pavilion and Wells Fargo Center (C) G5 Phil Booth* 6-3/195 5.7 1.7 * BIG EAST game B5: Philadelphia Big Five F 42 Dylan Painter 6-10/240 0.6 1.2 1- Gavitt Games F 34 Tim Delaney 6-8/235 0.8 0.5 2- Gildan Charleston Classic, Charleston, S.C. 3- Gildan Charleston Classic, Villanova, Pa. G 40 Denny Grace 5-11/175 0.0 0.4 4 - Never Forget Tribute Classic, Newark, N.J. G 35 Matt Kennedy 6-2/175 0.0 0.3 F 24 Tom Leibig 6-4/195 0.0 0.3 F 14 Omari Spellman 6-8/260 Redshirt *Injured Media Information Head Coach: Jay Wright (491-243 lifetime, 369-158 at Villanova) Media Contacts: Mike Sheridan ([email protected]) Michelle Ruel ([email protected]) Listen Live to every Villanova radio broadcast via: Game Notes and Updates: www.villanova.com villanova.com TuneIn Twitter: @NovaMBB Instagram: @NovaMBB #NovaMBB Download the free TuneIn Radio app Villanova Media Relations Phone: 610-519-4145/Fax: 610-519-7323 2016-17 VILLANOVA WILDCATS GAME NOTES A Bounce Back at Home best 24 assists on 32 made field goals. back-to-back defensive stops and parlayed After absorbing its first loss of 2016- “When you have a night like this,” that into a 6-0 run to push their advantage 17, Villanova bounced back with an Wright stated, “you’re going to win to 50-33, forcing Marquette to call for a impressive 93-81 victory Saturday night games. What we’ve got to work on is timeout. A Jenkins 3-pointer from the left over Marquette (10-5 overall, 1-2 BIG when we’re not making shots. You play at side was one of the key blows. EAST). home and you make shots like that, The lead would continue to grow and The Wildcats trailed only once all you’re going to win most games.” was 85-55 with 7:07 left to play. night in the opening minute and led by as Markus Howard led the Golden Wright still saw areas where his team many as 30 points in the second half Eagles with 21 points. can be better. before a closing 12-0 Golden Eagles run “That was a good win – we’re getting “Our 3-point defense has been good narrowed the final margin. better,” stated Wright. “Marquette is good. this year but it wasn’t great tonight,” stat - The top ranked Wildcats rebounded They can really shoot 3’s. It’s never over. ed Wright after watching Marquette drop from a 66-58 loss to No. 18 Butler on That’s why I didn’t want to take (the sen - in 14-of-31 from beyond the arc. Wednesday night in Indianapolis. iors) out.” “We’re a work in progress,” Wright “After you lose a game at any time, Villanova began the night generating explained. “We know that. We’ve just got you’re always a little curious.” Stated points with crisp offensive execution that to keep getting better every day. We look Villanova head coach Jay Wright. “I said resulted in the Wildcats draining their first back at each game as – how can we it last year – what made us so good was six field goal attempts of the evening. improve? We’re much happier when we the character of our (seniors). They can That allowed VU to grab a 14-5 lead 5:05 win, but we still know we’ve got to get look at a loss and say, ‘hey, we’ve got to into the contest and largely became the better.” get a lot better.’ I kind of expected that overarching theme of the night. One big plus was the ball movement. but I was a little bit curious.” The Wildcats were able to expand “It was very good,” Wright noted. It was a potent display of firepower their lead during the first half but the long “Part of it was the way Butler played. by the ‘Cats, who connected on a season distance accuracy of the Golden Eagles They played a style defensively that kind high .653 of their field goal attempts. kept Marquette within striking distance. of forced us into that. It just reminded us Senior Kris Jenkins set the scoring Villanova led 44-33 at halftime while that we can’t be forced into that 1-on-1 pace with 23 points while classmate Josh connecting on .652 of its field goal play.” Hart added 19 points to go with seven attempts. The Wildcats improved to 14-2 at the assists. VU was credited with a season- A pivotal sequence came in the first Center since the start of the 2012-13 sea - 1:30 of the second half. Villanova got son. Villanova 2016-17 Roster No. Name Pos. Ht./Wt. Year Hometown/High School/Previous School 1 Jalen Brunson G 6-2 1/2/190 So../1L Lincolnshire, Ill. (Adlai Stevenson) 2 Kris Jenkins F 6-6/235 Sr./3L Upper Marlboro, Md.(Gonzaga) 3 Josh Hart G 6-5 ½ /215 Sr./3L Silver Spring, Md. (Sidwell Fr.) 4 Eric Paschall F/G 6-7/250 So.-Tr./1L Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. (St. Th. More) 5 Phil Booth G 6-3/195 Jr./2L Baltimore, Md./Mt. St. Joseph 10 Donte DiVincenzo G 6-5/205 R-Fr./1L Wilmington, Del. (Salesianum) 14 Omari Spellman F 6-8/260 Fr./HS North Royalton, Oh. (St. Th. More) 24 Tom Leibig G 6-4/195 Jr./HS Havertown,, Pa (Haverford) 25 Mikal Bridges F/G 6-7/210 R-So./2L Malvern, Pa./Great Valley 34 Tim Delaney F 6-8 1/2/235 R-Fr./1L Mullica Hill, N.J.

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