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2012-13 VILLANOVA WILDCATS GAmE NOTES Villanova Wildcats (16-10 Overall, 7-6 Big East) vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (13-11 Overall, 4-9 Big East) Site: The Pavilion IT’S WORTH NOTING... Villanova, Pa. Television: ESPNU • Villanova has out-rebounded its opponent in 10 of 13 BIG EAST games this (Adam Amin & LaPhonso Ellis) season and that glass work has seldom been more essential to a victory than Radio: 610 WIP it was in the 70-61 triumph at Connecticut Saturday. VU owned a 41-25 edge (Ryan Fannon & Whitey Rigsby) on the glass and collected a season-high 20 offensive caroms. That helped VU attempt 62 field goals as opposed to 46 for the Huskies. 2012-13 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS • With his 16 rebounds in the win at Connecticut, Mouphtaou Yarou passed Hubie White and moved into 15th place on Villanova’s all-time rebounding Date Opponent Result Score Record BE list (757). It marked the sixth time in 13 conference games this season that Nov. 9 UDC - 1 W 78-58 1-0 0-0 the senior from Benin has reached double figures in rebounds. He averages Nov. 11 MARSHALL- 1 W 80-68 2-0 0-0 9.2 rpg in BIG EAST games this season, third best among all conference Nov. 15 vs. Purdue - 1 W 89-81 OT 3-0 0-0 players. Nov. 16 vs. Alabama - 1 L 55-77 3-1 0-0 Nov. 20 COLUMBIA L 57-75 3-2 0-0 • When Villanova hosts Marquette in its next game Saturday (6:00 Nov. 25 at LaSalle B5 L 74-77 OT 3-3 0-0 p.m./ESPN2), the Wildcats will host their annual “Senior Night” ceremonies. VU’s final home game, March 6 against Georgetown, falls during spring Dec. 1 at Vanderbilit - 2 W 62-52 4-3 0-0 break. Mouphtaou Yarou and Maurice Sutton will be honored. Dec. 5 TEMPLE B5 L 61-76 4-4 0-0 Dec. 8 at Penn B5 W 68-55 5-4 0-0 • Thanks largely to the long-range accuracy of Ryan Arcidiacono (5-of-8 Dec. 11 SAINT JOSEPH’S B5 W 65-61 6-4 0-0 from distance) and James Bell (3-of-6), the Cats were 9-of-21 from 3-point Dec. 16 DELAWARE W 75-65 7-4 0-0 territory at UConn. Villanova is 13-0 this season when it sinks six or more Dec. 22 at Monmouth W 83-56 8-4 0-0 triples in a game but only 3-10 (.300) when it fails to do so. Dec. 28 NJIT W 70-60 9-4 0-0 Jan. 2 ST. JOHN’S* W 98-86 10-4 1-0 VILLANOVA PROJECTED STARTERS Jan. 9 at USF* W 61-53 11-4 2-0 Pos. No. Name Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Jan. 12 at Syracuse* L 61-72 11-5 2-1 F 13 Mouphtaou Yarou 6-10/250 9.1 7.1 Jan. 16 PITTSBURGH* L 43-58 11-6 2-2 F 22 JayVaughn Pinkston 6-6/240 12.6 5.0 Jan. 19 at Providence L 66-69 11-7 2-3 G/F 32 James Bell 6-6/225 9.3 4.7 Jan. 22 LOUISVILLE* WF W 73-64 12-7 3-3 G 15 Ryan Arcidiacono 6-3/195 11.6 2.0 Jan. 26 SYRACUSE* WF W 75-71 OT 13-7 4-3 G4 Darrun Hilliard 6-6/205 11.2 2.8 Jan. 30 at Notre Dame* L 60-65 13-8 4-4 Feb. 3 PROVIDENCE* L 52-55 13-9 4-5 OFF THE BENCH Feb. 5 at DePaul* W 94-71 14-9 5-5 Pos. No. Name Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Feb. 9 USF* W 68-40 15-9 6-5 F 23 Daniel Ochefu 6-11/245 4.0 4.7 Feb. 12 at Cincinnati* L 50-68 15-10 6-6 G5 Tony Chennault 6-2/195 3.6 1.7 Feb. 16 at Connecticut* W 70-61 16-10 7-6 G 24 Achraf Yacoubou 6-4/210 3.5 3.1 Feb. 18 RUTGERS* 9:00 p.m./ESPNU F 25 Maurice Sutton 6-11/225 4.1 3.4 Feb. 23 MARQUETTE* 6:00 p.m./ESPN2 G 10 Mislav Brzoja 6-4/205 0.2 0.5 Feb. 25 at Seton Hall* 9:00 p.m./ESPNU G 12 Nick McMahon 6-0/165 0.0 0.0 Mar. 3 at Pittsburgh* Noon/PHL 17 F 20 Patrick Farrell 6-5/200 0.3 0.0 Mar. 6 GEORGETOWN* 7:00 p.m./ESPN2 G2 Henry Lowe 5-11/185 0.0 0.0 Mar. 12-16 BIG EAST Tournamnet TBD Head Coach: Jay Wright (375-225 lifetime, 253-139 at Villanova) Home games, unless noted, denoted in bold and played at The Pavilion WF: denotes games played at the Wells Fargo Center Media Information * : denotes BIG EAST regular season game B5: denotes a Philadelphia Big Five contest Media Contacts: Mike Sheridan ([email protected]) 1 - 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Wounded Warrior Project Krissy Woods ([email protected]) Game Notes and Updates: www.villanova.com Villanova Media Relations Phone: 610-519-4145/Fax: 610-519-7323 2012-13 VILLANOVA WILDCATS GAmE NOTES Last Time Out points. DeAndre Daniels tallied four of stats and saw that (Napier and Boatright) The Villanova Wildcats clamped those. But Villanova kept the Huskies had not scored and we were still down down on the potent Connecticut backcourt scoreless for the better part of five min- three, we were like, ‘whoa’, this might and rode a second half scoring burst to a utes midway through the period and got a not be a good situation,” noted Wright. 70-61 victory over the Huskies here on pair of 3-pointers from Arcidiacono to “We defended a lot of different options Saturday at the XL Center. build an 11-6 lead with 11:59 remaining well today and that’s something we have Freshman Ryan Arcidiacono scored in the first half. to build off of moving forward.” 25 points for the Wildcats while senior The Huskies came out of the drought, VU owned an 18-12 advantage on the Mouphtaou Yarou matched a career-high though, to pull even with Villanova at 13 backboards in the first period, with 10 of with 16 rebounds. Junior James Bell con- after Calhoun drained a pair of free those collected by Mouphtaou Yarou. tributed 11 second half points, including throws as the game approached the eight “Mouph and our forwards were out- three 3-point field goals. minute mark of the first period. standing,” said Wright. “Both he and Omar Calhoun topped the Huskies Connecticut then pulled out to a 16-14 JayVaughn did a great job of keeping pos- with 16 points. UConn standout guards lead one minute later as Napier, who had sessions alive for us by getting the Ryan Boatright and Shabazz Napier, how- been forced to the sidelines with a pair of rebound and kicking out to a guard.” ever, were limited to a combined six early fouls, returned to the floor and made Connecticut built a 43-36 lead mid- points (3-of-15 from the field). an impact with three assists. way through the period before Villanova “This was a very good win for us Leon Tolksdorf came off the ran off a 14-2 spurt that was highlighted because it came against a very good bas- Connecticut bench to drain 3-pointers on by an Arcidiacono lob that led to a Bell ketball team on the road,” stated back-to-back possessions to give the dunk. The Wildcats were in front 50-45 at Villanova head coach Jay Wright. “Their Huskies a 22-16 advantage at the 6:25 the 9:50 mark of the second half. two guards, Napier and Boatright are a mark. The Huskies held the lead the rest The Wildcats had an answer each key to making them go, and I thought we of the way in the period and took a 33-30 time the Huskies got close. Then VU used did a really good job on them. margin into the locker room at the half. a 10-0 run over the final minutes to put “Those two guards are two of the Arcidiacono’s 17 points led the Wildcats away what became a 70-61 triumph. In best in the country. Doing a good job on while Daniels’ nine topped the Huskies. all, the Wildcats outscored UConn 34-18 them was a key for us.” But neither Napier or Boatright had after falling behind by seven in the sec- Connecticut gained the early edge, scored for UConn, which gave the ond half. scoring six of the game’s first eight Wildcat coaching staff pause. The 70-61 win was Wright’s 375th as “As a staff we looked at the first half a college head coach. Villanova 2012-13 Roster No. Name Pos. Ht./Wt. Year Hometown/High School/Previous School 2 Henry Lowe G 5-11/185 Fr.-HS New York, N.Y. (The Dalton School) 4 Darrun Hilliard G 6-6/205 So.-1L Bethlehem, Pa. (Liberty) 5 Tony Chennault G 6-2/195 Jr.-Tr. Philadelphia, Pa. (Neumann-Goretti) 10 Mislav Brzoja G 6-4/205 Fr.-HS Zagreb, Croatia (Traders Point Christian) 12 Nick McMahon G 6-0/165 Jr.-1L Colts Neck, N.J./Christian Bros.) 13 Mouphtaou Yarou F 6-10/255 Sr.-3L Natitingou, Benin (Montrose Christian) 15 Ryan Arcidiacono G 6-3/195 Fr.-HS Langhorne, Pa.

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