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2015-16 No. 6/7 Villanova Wildcats (15-2 overall, 5-0 BIG EAST) vs. Georgetown Hoyas (11-6 overall, 4-1 BIG EAST) Saturday, January 16, 2016 Verizon Center/1 p.m. Television: CBS Kevin Harlan & Bill Raftery Radio: 610 Sports Ryan Fannon & Whitey Rigsby IT’S WORTH NOTING... 2015-16 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS • The Wildcats bring a 20-game BIG EAST winning streak with them into Date Opponent Result Score Record BE the Verizon Center - the site of their last loss in conference play. Georgetown Nov. 13 F. DICKINSON W 91-54 1-0 0-0 defeated Villanova 78-58 here nearly one year ago on Jan. 19, 2015. The Nov. 17 NEBRASKA W 87-63 2-0 0-0 Wildcats reeled off 12 straight regular season conference wins to close 2014- Nov. 20 E. TENN. ST. 1 W 86-51 3-0 0-0 Nov. 22 AKRON 1 W 75-56 4-0 0-0 15, added three more in the BIG EAST Tournament and have taken their first Nov. 26 vs. Stanford 2 W 59-45 5-0 0-0 five league games in 2015-16. Nov. 27 Georgia Tech 2 W 69-52 6-0 0-0 Dec. 1 at Saint Joseph’s B5 W 86-72 7-0 0-0 • Junior forward Kris Jenkins enjoyed his most productive offensive game of Dec. 7 vs. Oklahoma 3 L 55-78 7-1 0-0 the BIG EAST season thus far with an efficient 20-point effort in the 83-68 Dec. 13 LA SALLE B5 W 76-47 8-1 0-0 victory over Marquette on Wednesday night. Jenkins was 6-of-12 from the Dec. 19 at Virginia L 75-86 8-2 0-0 field and 3-of-6 from beyond the arc. He averages 10.2 ppg for the season. Dec. 22 DELAWARE W 78-48 9-2 0-0 Dec. 28 PENN B5 W 77-57 10-2 0-0 Dec. 31 XAVIER* W 95-64 11-2 1-0 • With their win over Marquette, Villanova now owns a 36-game winning Jan. 2 at Creighton* W 85-71 12-2 2-0 streak on campus at the Pavilion. It is also 17-3 (.850) in BIG EAST road Jan. 6 SETON HALL* W 72-63 13-2 3-0 games since the start of the 2013-14 season. 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 1 p.m. CBS 610 Sports VILLANOVA PRIOR GAME STARTERS Jan. 20 at Seton Hall* 9 p.m. CBS SN 610 Sports Pos. No. Name Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Jan. 23 PROVIDENCE* WF Noon FOX 610 Sports F2 Kris Jenkins 6-6/240 10.2 3.2 Jan. 31 at St. John’s* Noon FOX 610 Sports Feb. 3 CREIGHTON* 8 p.m. CBS SN 610 Sports F 23 Daniel Ochefu 6-11/245 10.3 8.6 Feb. 6 at Providence* 2:30 p.m. FOX 610 Sports G 3 Josh Hart 6-5/202 15.5 6.8 Feb. 9 at DePaul* 8:30 p.m. FS1 610 Sports G 15 Ryan Arcidiacono 6-3/195 12.6 2.5 Feb. 13 ST. JOHN’S* WF 8 p.m. CBS SN 610 Sports G1 Jalen Brunson 6-2.5/199 10.7 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 7.4 2.5 Feb. 27 at Marquette* 2 p.m. FOX 610 Sports G/F 25 Mikal Bridges 6-7/191 7.0 3.5 Mar. 1 DEPAUL* 7 p.m. FS1 610 Sports Mar. 5 GEORGETOWN* WF Noon FOX 610 Sports F 14 Darryl Reynolds 6-8/225 2.1 3.5 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. *Unavailable due to injury 3- Pearl Harbor Invitational, New York, N.Y. Head Coach: Jay Wright (456-239 lifetime, 332-154 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 Second Half Surge began to get into an offensive flow and The Cats, meanwhile, struggled to The Villanova Wildcats used a 46 the tenor of the contest changed. locate the offensive rhythm that had car - point second half to pull away from Marquette sank seven consecutive ried allowed them to build the early lead. Marquette (12-5 overall, 2-3 BIG EAST) field goals at one point to spark an 18-2 In the second half, however, the Wildcats and post its 20th straight BIG EAST run that helped pull the Golden Eagles slowly pulled away. Jenkins and Brunson Conference victory, 83-68, Wednesday even. A Traci Carter 3-pointer tied the helped sparked the offense and the night at the Pavilion. game at 29 with 3:37 left in the first half. defense put the clamps down, holding The No. 6/7 Wildcats trailed by a The game went back and forth over Marquette scoreless for more than five point at halftime before outscoring the the final stages with the Golden Eagles minutes as they built a lead. young Golden Eagles 46-30 after inter - grabbing a 38-37 halftime edge when a The Golden Eagles had one more mission. Henry Ellenson shot rolled in just before surge left after falling behind 70-51 but in “That was a good, hard-fought win the horn sounded. the end Villanova methodically pulled tonight,” stated Wildcats head coach Jay Over the last 11 plus minutes of the away. Wright as the Villanova posted its 36th first half, Marquette outscored the Following the game Wright spoke consecutive win inside the Pavilion. Wildcats 31-14. about the challenge of finishing off games “The Big East is the Big East. The “What is happening is teams are get - against quality opponents. first game against Xavier when their kid ting really fired up to play against us,” “It’s hard,” Wright stated, “especially got hurt, blew people’s minds. Every noted Wright. “Marquette brought it. They for our young guys like Jalen and Kris as game since then has been a physical, were not going to go away. We jumped a first time starter. They’re getting good at grind it out battle. I’m proud of our guys out on them early, and they kept coming it. It’s hard. Good teams are not going to for fighting through it. We’re not playing and coming. Teams have been coming quit. They have beaten a lot of good great, but we’re playing tough and play - here and giving us their best. I think our teams. It’s very difficult. ing together. I’m proud of them.” guys realize that. They are responding but “I think they are a really well-round - Villanova sank four 3-pointers in the I still think we have a lot to learn.” ed team. They got an inside and outside game’s opening minutes – two each from In the first 20 minutes Marquette game. They drive it. They have Ellenson Kris Jenkins and Jalen Brunson – to craft converted 16-of-26 field goal attempts and an isolation guy. We’re kind of the a 23-7 lead with 11:18 to play in the first (.615), including 4-of-8 from beyond the same. I thought we put together a couple half over the Golden Eagles. But for the arc. The 38 points were the most surren - of good possessions where we went inside rest of the first half the Golden Eagles dered by Villanova in a first half this sea - to Kris Jenkins and he got us going.” son. 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.