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2015-16 No. 1/1 Villanova Wildcats (20-3 overall, 10-1 BIG EAST) vs. DePaul Blue Demons (8-15 overall, 2-9 BIG EAST) Tuesday, February 9, 2016 AllState Arena/8:31 p.m. Television: FS1 Jeff Levering & Stephen Bardo Radio: 610 Sports Ryan Fannon & Whitey Rigsby IT’S WORTH NOTING... 2015-16 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS • Villanova is ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll this week for the first Date Opponent Result Score Record BE time in program history. It also occupies the No. 1 spot in the USA Today Nov. 13 F. DICKINSON W 91-54 1-0 0-0 Coaches poll for just the second time ever - and first since 1985. Nov. 17 NEBRASKA W 87-63 2-0 0-0 Nov. 20 E. TENN. ST. 1 W 86-51 3-0 0-0 Nov. 22 AKRON 1 W 75-56 4-0 0-0 • When it defeated Providence 72-60 on Saturday, Villanova earned its 20th Nov. 26 vs. Stanford 2 W 59-45 5-0 0-0 victory of 2015-16. This marks the 11th time in the last 12 seasons that the Nov. 27 Georgia Tech 2 W 69-52 6-0 0-0 Wildcats have won 20 or more games. Dec. 1 at Saint Joseph’s B5 W 86-72 7-0 0-0 Dec. 7 vs. Oklahoma 3 L 55-78 7-1 0-0 • With its win at Providence, Villanova improved to 6-0 in BIG EAST Dec. 13 LA SALLE B5 W 76-47 8-1 0-0 Conference road games this season. Dec. 19 at Virginia L 75-86 8-2 0-0 Dec. 22 DELAWARE W 78-48 9-2 0-0 • With 14 points on Saturday, Josh Hart took another big step toward the Dec. 28 PENN B5 W 77-57 10-2 0-0 Dec. 31 XAVIER* W 95-64 11-2 1-0 1,000 point plateau. He enters the action in Rosemont, Ill, with 985 points Jan. 2 at Creighton* W 85-71 12-2 2-0 accunnulated over his three seasons in the Blue and White. He also has 488 Jan. 6 SETON HALL* W 72-63 13-2 3-0 career rebounds. Jan. 10 at Butler* W 60-55 14-2 4-0 Jan. 13 MARQUETTE* W 83-68 15-2 5-0 Jan. 16 at Georgetown W 55-50 16-2 6-0 VILLANOVA PROHJECTED GAME STARTERS Jan. 20 at Seton Hall* W 72-71 17-2 7-0 Pos. No. Name Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Jan. 23 PROVIDENCE* WF L 76-82 (OT)17-3 7-1 F2 Kris Jenkins 6-6/240 11.0 3.8 Jan. 31 at St. John’s* W 68-53 18-3 8-1 Feb. 3 CREIGHTON* W 83-58 19-3 9-1 F 45 Darryl Reynolds 6-8/225 3.0 4.7 Feb. 6 at Providence* W 72-60 20-3 10-1 G 3 Josh Hart 6-5/202 15.4 7.7 Feb. 9 at DePaul* 8:30 p.m. FS1 610 Sports G 15 Ryan Arcidiacono 6-3/195 12.5 2.7 Feb. 13 ST. JOHN’S* WF 8 p.m. CBS SN 610 Sports G1 Jalen Brunson 6-2.5/199 10.2 1.9 Feb. 17 at Temple* B5 7 p.m. ESPN2 610 Sports Feb. 20 BUTLER* 2:30 p.m. FOX 610 Sports OFF THE BENCH Feb. 24 at Xavier* 7 p.m. FS1 610 Sports G5 Phil Booth 6-3/185 6.7 2.3 Feb. 27 at Marquette* 2 p.m. FOX 610 Sports G/F 25 Mikal Bridges 6-7/191 7.2 3.2 Mar. 1 DEPAUL* 7 p.m. FS1 610 Sports Mar. 5 GEORGETOWN* WF Noon FOX 610 Sports F 23 Daniel Ochefu 6-11/245 9.7 8.3* Mar. 9-12 BE Tournament TBD G 10 Donte DiVincenzo 6-5/200 1.9 2.0 F 20 Patrick Farrell 6-5/200 0.4 0.4 Home games listed in CAPS G0 Henry Lowe 5-11/185 0.0 0.0 Home games played at Pavilion and Wells Fargo Center (WF) F 52 Kevin Rafferty 6-8/230 0.6 0.3 * BIG EAST game B5: Philadelphia Big Five F 34 Tim Delaney 6-8/230 Injured 1- NIT Season Tipoff, Villanova, Pa. F 4 Eric Paschall 6-7/260 Transfer 2- NIT Seasnon Tipoff, Brooklyn, N.Y. *Under University Concussion Protocol 3- Pearl Harbor Invitational, New York, N.Y. Head Coach: Jay Wright (467-240 lifetime, 339-155 at Villanova) Media Information Media Contacts: Mike Sheridan ([email protected]) Listen Live to every Villanova radio broadcast via: Krissy Woods ([email protected]) villanova.com TuneIn Game Notes and Updates: www.villanova.com Download the free TuneIn Radio app Twitter: @NovaMBB Instagram: @NovaMBB #NovaMBB Villanova Media Relations Phone: 610-519-4145/Fax: 610-519-7323 2015-16 VILLANOVA WILDCATS GAME NOTES A Road Win at Providence an 82-76 overtime triumph on Jan. 24 at nine points in the first five minutes of the Just as it had in a Jan. 31 win at St. the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. period to help the Wildcats craft a 40-25 John’s, Villanova’s class of 2017 came up Villanova created momentum quick - lead at the first official timeout of the big Saturday as the No. 3 Wildcats defeat - ly, grabbing a 5-0 lead over the Friars period. ed No. 11 Providence 72-60 before a thanks to a 3-pointer by senior Ryan “I just thought Darryl was a force packed house of 12,883 at the Dunkin Arcidiacono (16 points) and a steal and inside,” noted Wright. “They put Kris Donuts Center. slam by Hart in the opening minute. The Dunn on Josh. We decided to use Josh as Leading the way was junior forward advantage grew to 10-0 after freshman a decoy to take the best defender away Darryl Reynolds, who in his third straight Jalen Brunson (nine points on the day) from the ball. And it opened it up for start for senior Daniel Ochefu (sidelined dropped in a 3-pointer. everybody else. Josh kept getting offen - again today with a concussion) stepped The Friars (18-6 overall, 6-5 BIG sive rebounds, did all the dirty work.” forward with a career-high 19 points and EAST) were able to make a dent in the Fueled by Bentil and Dunn, the Friars 10 rebounds. The points total was 13 lead before an 11-0 spurt capped by a found their offensive flow midway more than his previous best of six points, Jenkins triple extended the Wildcats’ lead through the second half. Their work accomplished twice. to 29-10 with 6:33 to play in the first helped get the Friars back to within 44-35 Classmate Josh Hart added 14 points period. with just over 13 minutes to play in the and 13 rebounds while Kris Jenkins con - However, Providence was able to second half. tributed 10 points and 10 rebounds, clamp down defensively and the Wildcats Villanova was able to extend the mar - including a dagger 3-pointer that halted a scored their last field goal of the first half gin back to 56-41 with 7:41 to play before Providence surge with just over five min - with 4:40 left. That allowed the Friars to a 9-0 run on 3-pointers from Rodney utes to play that had brought the Friars to shave the gap to 31-19 at intermission. Bullock, Bentil, and Ryan Fazekas within 58-53. The main reason VU took the lead to the brought the Friars back to within 56-50 The Wildcats never trailed. locker room at halftime centered on the with 5:55 on the clock in the second half. “That’s a great road victory for us defensive end. Providence connected on Another Fazekas triple with 5:16 on the against an outstanding team in an electric 7-of-30 field goal attempts in the stanza clock got the Friars to within 58-53. But college basketball environment,” stated (.233). then Jenkins dropped in a 3-pointer and Villanova head coach Jay Wright. Villanova got its scoring from an that helped VU withstand the Friars push Providence had halted Villanova’s unexpected source in the early minutes of down the stretch, ultimately rolling to a 22-game BIG EAST winning streak with the second half as Reynolds heated up in 72-60 win. a hurry. The Philadelphia native tallied Villanova 2015-16 Roster No. Name Pos. Ht./Wt. Year Hometown/High School/Previous School 0 Henry Lowe G 5-11/185 Sr.-3L New York, N.Y. (The Dalton School) 1 Jalen Brunson G 6-2.5/199 Fr.-HS Lincolnshire, Ill. (Adlai Stevenson) 2 Kris Jenkins F 6-6/240 Jr./2L Upper Marlboro, Md. (Gonzaga) 3 Josh Hart G 6-5/202 Jr./3L Silver Spring, Md. (Sidwell Friends) 4 Eric Paschall F 6-7/260 RS/Tr. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. (St. Thomas More/Fordham) 5 Phil Booth G 6-3/195 So./1L Baltimore, Md. (Mt. St. Joseph) 10 Donte DiVincenzo G 6-5/200 Fr./HS Wilmington, Del. (Salesianum) 15 Ryan Arcidiacono G 6-3/195 Sr./3L Langhorne, Pa. (Neshaminy) 20 Patrick Farrell F 6-5/200 Sr./3L Rockville Centre, N.Y. (Chaminade) 23 Daniel Ochefu F 6-11/245 Sr./3L Baltimore, Md. (Downingtown East) 25 Mikal Bridges G 6-7/191 RFr./1L Malvern, Pa.