VILLANOVA BASKETBALL NovaBasketball @NovaMBB #GoNova @NovaMBB Nova_Nation 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME 27 | WASHINGTON, D.C. | CAPITAL ONE ARENA DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULTS VILLANOVA WILDCATS GEORGETOWN HOYAS Nov. 6 Morgan State FS1 W 100-77 (20-6, 11-2 BIG EAST) (15-10, 5-7 BIG EAST) Nov. 10 Quinnipiac (WFC) FS2 W 86-53 Head Coach: Jay Wright vs Head Coach: Patrick Ewing Nov. 14 Michigan FS1 L 73-46 Record at VU: 442-171 Record at Georgetown: 30-25 Nov. 17 Furman FS2 L 76-68 OT FEBRUARY 20, 2019 | 6:30 P.M. | TV: FS1 ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL Announcers: Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery Nov. 22 vs. Canisius ESPN2 W 82-56 Radio: 610 ESPN - Play-By-Play: Ryan Fannon Analyst: Whitey Rigsby Nov. 23 vs. Oklahoma State ESPN W 77-58 IT’S WORTH NOTING... Nov. 25 vs. Florida State ESPN W 66-60 ~ On Sunday, St. John’s limited Villa- 3-Point Field Goal Defense (.338). Dec. 1 at La Salle + ESPN2 W 85-78 nova to 18-of-54 shooting from the field (.333). That represented VU’s low field ~ Graduate transfer Joe Cremo (Scotia, Dec. 5 Temple + FS1 W 69-59 goal percentage in a BIG EAST game N.Y./University of Albany) enjoyed his Dec. 8 Saint Joseph’s + FS1 W 70-58 this season and its second lowest field most productive offensive day of the Dec. 11 at Penn + ESPN2 L 78-75 goal percentage in a 2017-18 contest campaign Sunday at Madison Square (.318 on Nov. 14 vs. Michigan). Its 16 Garden. Cremo notched a season-high Dec. 15 at Kansas ESPN L 74-71 turnovers tied a 65-59 win at Providence 14 points, including 4-of-7 from beyond Dec. 22 vs. UConn (MSG) CBS W 81-58 for the most in a BIG EAST game this the arc, to pace the Wildcats in scoring. season. Jan. 2 DePaul* FS1 W 73-68 ~ The Hoyas and Wildcats met back Jan. 5 at Providence* FOX W 65-59 ~ Freshman forward Saddiq Bey returns on Feb. 3 at the Wells Fargo Center, Jan. 8 St. John’s* FS1 W 76-71 to the DMV as a key member of the Vil- with Villanova pulling away over the lanova rotation. On Monday the Largo, final five minutes to record a 77-65 Jan. 13 at Creighton* FOX W 90-78 Md., natve was tabbed as the BIG EAST win. Sophomore guard Collin Gillespie Jan. 18 Xavier* (WFC) FS1 W 85-75 Freshman of the Week for the first time delivered a season high 30 points to this season. Last week the 6-8 forward help lead the Wildcats in Philadelphia. Jan. 22 at Butler* FS1 W 80-72 was on the BIG EAST Honor Roll. The The product of Archbishop Wood High Jan. 27 Seton Hall* (WFC) FOX W 80-52 product of Sidwell Friends School - also School added five rebounds that day as Jan. 30 at DePaul* CBS SN W 86-74 the alma mater of former VU All-Ameri- well. can Josh Hart - has started 19 games this Feb. 3 Georgetown*(WFC) FS1 W 77-65 season and averages 8.3 points and 5.1 ~ Villanova dropped from No. 13 to Feb. 6 Creighton* CBS SN W 66-59 OT rebounds per outing. No. 17 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 after its loss Sunday to the Red Feb. 9 at Marquette* FOX L 66-65 ~ While the 2017-18 Villanova edition Storm. It moved down three spots in the Feb. 13 Providence* FS1 W 86-67 was marked by a high-powered attack, USA Today Coaches poll to No. 16. Feb. 17 at St. John’s* (MSG) FS1 L 71-65 the 2018-19 model leans more on a stin- gy defense than did its predecessor. VU ~ The Wildcats will conclude a stretch Feb. 20 at Georgetown* FS1 6:30 P.M. leads the BIG EAST in overall scoring of three straight on the road when they Feb. 24 at Xavier* CBS 1:30 P.M. defense (66.7 points per game), is fourth visit Xavier on Sunday afternoon (1:30 in defensive field goal percentage (.433) p.m.). The contest is set to air on CBS Feb. 27 Marquette* FS1 9:00 P.M. and ranks third in the conference in nationally and 610 ESPN Radio. Mar. 2 Butler* (WFC) FOX 2:00 P.M. LAST GAME’S STARTERS Mar. 9 at Seton Hall* FOX/FS1/FSN TBD Mar. 13-16 BIG EAST Tournament New York, N.Y All home game played at the Finneran Pavilion (WFC) home games at Wells Fargo Center (MSG) games played at Madison Square Garden + Big Five games #2 Collin Gillespie #4 Eric Paschall #5 Phil Booth #15 Saddiq Bey #23 Jermaine Samuels So. | G R-Sr. | F R-Sr. | G Fr. | F So. | F * BIG EAST Conference games MEDIA INFORMATION Listen Live to every Villanova radio broadcast Media Contact: Mike Sheridan ([email protected]) via: villanova.com/TuneIn Michelle Ruel ([email protected]) Download the free TuneIn Radio app Phone: 610-519-4145/Fax: 610-519-7323 GAME 27: VILLANOVA (20-6, 11-2 BIG EAST) AT GEORGETOWN (15-10, 5-7 BIG EAST) NATIONAL RANKINGS NEWS AND NOTES ASSOCIATED PRESS Seniors Set the Pace new challenge – playing without one of their 1. Duke (58) 23-2 1594 pillars for an extended stretch. St. John’s 2. Gonzaga (6) 25-2 1502 A sizzling second half from beyond the generated some offense off of steals and at the 3. Virginia 22-2 1476 3-point arc and air-tight defense helped St. free throw line to narrow its deficit to 37-23 4. Kentucky 21-4 1383 before Booth returned with 35 seconds to play 5. Tennessee 23-2 1376 John’s rally past Villanova 71-65 Sunday. 6. Nevada 24-1 1240 before intermission for a final possession. 7. Michigan 23-3 1150 The Wildcats (20-6 overall, 11-2 BIG EAST) 8. North Carolina 20-5 1129 were 13-of-30 from the field in the first half After a Wildcats’ miss, a Justin Simon heave 9. Houston 25-1 1085 (.439) but just 5-of-24 in the second half (.208). from the Red Storm end of the court went in 10. Michigan State 21-5 1046 They were unable to solve the Red Storm’s just before the horn. That was St. John’s first 11. Marquette 21-4 987 made 3-pointer of the period and capped a 12. Kansas 20-6 801 defense after building a 29-10 lead over the 13. LSU 21-4 773 game’s first 11:10. Villanova scored just 36 16-7 run that carved the Villanova lead to 37- 14. Texas Tech 21-5 733 points over the final 28:10 as St. John’s (19-7 26 at intermission. 15. Purdue 18-7 699 overall, 7-6 BIG EAST) bottled up the Wild- 16. Florida State 20-5 525 cats seniors, Phil Booth and Eric Paschall. “It probably did get them going,” noted Pas- 17. Villanova 20-6 519 chall. “But we tried not to worry about that.” 18. Louisville 18-8 507 19. Iowa State 19-6 426 Graduate transfer Joe Cremo led Villanova 20. Virginia Tech 20-5 408 with 14 points, sinking four 3-pointers on the “We kept trying to be solid and doing what 21. Iowa 20-5 389 day. Booth added 13 points while Paschall we do,” added Cremo. 22.Wisconsin 17-8 250 posted a double-double with 11 points and 14 23. Kansas State 19-6 249 Marvin Clark II scored the first points of the 24. Maryland 19-7 211 rebounds. St. John’s enjoyed a 26-5 advantage 25. Buffalo 22-3 164 on fast break points. second half, this time on a more conventional 3-point field goal to cut the deficit to 37-29. Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 99, After missing its first nine attempts from And then the game settled into a rugged Wofford 32, Auburn 21, Washington beyond the arc, St. John’s then made 8-of-14 defensive battle with both teams finding the 20, Mississippi State 2, St. John’s 2, Yale from deep. sledding rough on offense. Villanova pushed 1, Ole Miss 1 the lead to 48-34 before an 11-0 Red Storm run “There was great energy in the Garden and it shaved the margin to 48-45 and brought the USA TODAY COACHES POLL. was great Big East basketball,” stated Villano- packed house alive. 1. Duke ( 28) 23-2 796 va head coach Jay Wright of a contest played 2. Gonzaga (4) 25-2 761 before a sellout crowd of 19,812 at Madison “We try to stick to 94 by feet,” Paschall said. 3. Virginia 22-2 712 Square Garden. “I thought in the first half we 4. Kentucky 21-4 699 were good. In the second half, they just took The Wildcats were in the midst of a field goal 5. Tennessee 23-2 692 drought of more than four minutes. An LJ 6. Nevada 24-1 621 us out of it. They took us out of everything. 7. Michigan 23-3 570 We couldn’t execute any offense. Figueroa 3-pointer with just over nine min- 8. Houston 25-1 563 utes on the clock narrowed the gap to 49-48 9. North Carolina 20-5 550 “A lot of our turnovers and missed shots with just over nine minutes on the clock.