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2012-13 VILLANOVA WILDCATS GAME NOTES Villanova Wildcats (9-4 Overall, 0-0 Big East) vs. St. John’s Red Storm (8-4 Overall, 0-0 Big East) Site: The Pavilion IT’S WORTH NOTING... Villanova, Pa. Television: ESPNU • Freshman point guard Ryan Arcidiacono was named BIG EAST Rookie of (Mike Crispino & Tim Welsh) the Week for his efforts in helping Villanova outlast NJIT on Friday night by Radio: 610 WIP the score of 70-60. The native of Langhorne, Pa., helped lift the Wildcats on (Ryan Fannon & Whitey Rigsby) a night when VU connected on just 20-of-65 from the field (.308). Arcidiacono scored 17 points and added three assists without a turnover. 2012-13 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS After committing 31 turnovers in his first nine games in 2012-13, Arcidiacono has just three in his last four outings. Date Opponent Result Score Record BE • The bench was a key story in Villanova’s 6-1 December. Wildcat reserves Nov. 9 UDC - 1 W 78-58 1-0 0-0 outscored NJIT’s 22-18 in the victory over NJIT. Over its last seven games Nov. 11 MARSHALL- 1 W 80-68 2-0 0-0 VU has outscored its opponents reserves 185-98. Nov. 15 vs. Purdue - 1 W 89-81 OT 3-0 0-0 Nov. 16 vs. Alabama - 1 L 55-77 3-1 0-0 • One reason Villanova has prospered of late can be found in the points off of Nov. 20 COLUMBIA L 57-75 3-2 0-0 turnovers statistic. The Wildcats have outscored each of their last four oppo - Nov. 25 at LaSalle B5 L 74-77 OT 3-3 0-0 nents in that area by a total margin of 96-42. Dec. 1 at Vanderbilit - 2 W 62-52 4-3 0-0 • Senior forward Maurice Sutton moved into the starting lineup on Nov. 25 Dec. 5 TEMPLE B5 L 61-76 4-4 0-0 against La Salle and has given the Wildcats a major boost. In the win over Dec. 8 at Penn B5 W 68-55 5-4 0-0 NJIT, the fifth-year senior contributed 10 points, seven rebounds, three Dec. 11 SAINT JOSEPH’S B5 W 65-61 6-4 0-0 blocked shots and a pair of steals in just 17 minutes of activity. The native of Dec. 16 DELAWARE W 75-65 7-4 0-0 Largo, Md. ranks sixth in the BIG EAST with 1.77 blocked shots per game. Dec. 22 at Monmouth W 83-56 8-4 0-0 Dec. 28 NJIT W 70-60 9-4 0-0 Jan. 2 ST. JOHN’S* 8:00 p.m./ESPNU VILLANOVA PROJECTED STARTERS Jan. 9 at USF* 8:00 p.m./PHL 17 Pos. No. Name Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Jan. 12 at Syracuse* Noon/6 ABC F 13 Mouphtaou Yarou 6-10/250 7.9 5.0 Jan. 16 PITTSBURGH* 7:00 p.m./ESPNU F 25 Maurice Sutton 6-11/225 6.2 4.9 Jan. 19 at Providence 4:00 p.m./PHL 17 G/F 32 James Bell 6-5/225 10.7 4.3 Jan. 22 LOUISVILLE* WF 8:00 p.m./PHL 17 G 15 Ryan Arcidiacono 6-3/195 11.5 2. Jan. 26 SYRACUSE* WF 11:00 a.m./ESPNU G4 Darrun Hilliard 6-6/205 9.5 2.8 Jan. 30 at Notre Dame* 7:00 p.m./ESPN2 Feb. 3 PROVIDENCE* Noon/6 ABC OFF THE BENCH Feb. 5 at DePaul* 7:00 p.m./ESPN2 Pos. No. Name Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Feb. 9 USF* 3:00 p.m./ESPNU F 22 JayVaughn Pinkston 6-6/240 12.2 4.9 Feb. 12 at Cincinnati* 8:00 p.m./PHL 17 G5 Tony Chennault 6-2/195 4.4 1.7 Feb. 16 at Connecticut* Noon/ESPN or ESPN2 F 23 Daniel Ochefu 6-11/245 3.2 4.3 Feb. 18 RUTGERS* 9:00 p.m./ESPNU G 24 Achraf Yacoubou 6-4/210 4.5 3.5 Feb. 23 MARQUETTE* 6:00 p.m./ESPN2 G 10 Mislav Brzoja 6-4/205 0.3 0.4 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 0.0 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 (368-219 lifetime, 246-134 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 Cats Outlasted NJIT 70-60 with 17 points, including four of the five it over three times and were getting good Villanova endured a rough night at 3-pointers Villanova drained on the night. looks. We just didn't make them.” the offensive end but relied on gritty Sophomore JayVaughn Pinkston added A pair of Mouphtaou Yarou free defense and timely free throw shooting to several key baskets in the second half throws opened the second half scoring defeat the New Jersey Institute of when the game was close and finished before NJIT responded with a deep 3- Technology (6-6 overall, 0-0 Great West) with 10 points and six caroms. pointer from Ryan Woods to cut the gap by the final count of 70-60 last Friday The Wildcats sank three of their first to 34-30 with under 19 minutes left. But night at the Pavilion. four field goal attempts before a cold Arcidiacono helped key a Villanova The `Cats converted just 20-of-65 spell where they missed eight straight cut surge, as the `Cats produced an 8-2 run to field goal attempts (.308) and were 5-of- into what had been a 7-3 lead built over take a 42-32 lead with 15:59 left. 27 (.185) from beyond the 3-point arc. the first four minutes of the contest. A NJIT bounced right back to find However, VU had its lowest turnover out - Chris Flores triple gave NJIT its first lead Flores in the corner for a 3-pointer to put of the campaign (eight) and dropped at 10-9 with just over 13 minutes left on close the margin to 42-35 with 14:46 to in 25-of-33 from the charity stripe to the first half clock. play in the period. Arcidiacono helped emerge victorious. The tenor of the contest didn't change push the advantage back to 50-42 but the “For us to pull out a W without much through the half as Villanova strug - Highlanders scored nine of the game's shooting the ball well is good,” stated gled to find the kind of offensive flow it next 10 points to knot the contest at 51 Villanova head coach Jay Wright. “I give had enjoyed in its last action on Dec. 22, with 7:28 to play in the period. (NJIT) a lot of credit - they have played a an 83-56 win at Monmouth. After sinking Five consecutive points from lot of teams tough. I thought their guards 15-of-22 from 3-point territory in West Pinkston gave VU a 59-54 lead before an were great and really controlled the Long Branch, the Wildcats missed 10 Odera Nweke follow on a possession tempo. straight from long-range after Arcidiacono where the Highlanders created three “Sometimes you can't buy a shot and sank the team's first attempt of the offensive rebounds, made it 59-56 at the we couldn't tonight. We found a way, evening in the first minute. final official timeout with 3:39 to go on though, to win a game when we couldn't In the final minutes of the period, the the clock. make a shot. We took care of the ball bet - Wildcats were able to build a 32-25 lead Villanova, though, got a series of ter. NJIT played us tough. We did enough before a late Ky Howard bucket shaved defensive stops and made its free throws to win.” the deficit to 32-27 at intermission. count in the homestretch to put away a Ryan Arcidiacono paced the Wildcats “I thought we ran good offense in the 70-60 victory, its fifth in a row. first half,” stated Wright. “We only turned 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. (Neshaminy) 20 Patrick Farrell F 6-5/200 Fr.-HS Rockville Centre, N.Y.