2020-21 VILLANOVA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 20, 20+ WIN SEASONS... 11 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES... 11 WNIT BERTHS... 17 BIG FIVE TITLES... 3 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT TITLES... 3 BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON TITLES... 81 ALL-BIG EAST HONOREES... 8 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS... 1 WADE TROPHY WINNER GAME March 6, 2021 2020-21 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Mohegan Sun Arena Date Opponent Result Score Record Big East Uncasville, Conn. Nov. 25 Rider W 70-37 1-0 20 Nov. 29 @ Quinnipiac W 63-60 2-0 Big East Quarterfinals - 3 p.m. Dec. 4 @ Temple W 90-72 3-0 Dec. 6 @ St. John’s* W 74-65 4-0 1-0 VILLANOVA WILDCATS Dec. 9 La Salle W 78-52 5-0 (14-5 OVERALL/9-5 BIG EAST) Dec. 13 Drexel W 48-46 6-0 HEAD COACH: DENISE DILLON Dec. 19 Creighton* W 73-68 7-0 2-0 Dec. 22 UConn* L 90-52 7-1 2-1 DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Jan. 4 @ DePaul* L 94-82 7-2 2-2 (14-7 OVERALL/11-5 BIG EAST) Jan. 6 @ Seton Hall* W 78-71 8-2 3-2 Jan. 25 St. John’s W 81-78 ot 9-2 4-2 HEAD COACH: DOUG BRUNO Jan. 27 Marquette * L 95-77 9-3 4-3 Jan. 31 @ Butler* W 90-53 10-3 5-3 VILLANOVA POSSIBLE STARTERS Feb. 3 Providence * W 67-53 11-3 6-3 Feb. 16 Butler* W 98-74 12-3 7-3 Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG 3-PTRS Feb. 19 @ Marquette* L 65-57 12-4 7-4 G 10 Raven James 2.0 0.8 4.0 10 Feb. 21 @ Georgetown* W 64-56 13-4 8-4 G 15 Brooke Mullin 4.2 2.1 1.5 15 Feb. 24 @ Providence * W 63-58 ot 14-4 9-4 F 14 Brianna Herlihy 14.1 7.7 3.4 13 Feb. 27 Seton Hall* L 67-55 14-5 9-5 F 20 Maddy Siegrist 23.3 10.3 1.9 32 Mar. 6 DePaul (BET) F 33 Sarah Mortensen 11.2 6.0 1.9 15 BET= BIG EAST Tournament Home games denoted in bold and played at Finneran Pavilion Games listed in italics are postseason games VILLANOVA OFF THE BENCH (*) Denotes a regular seaso n BIG EAST Conference game Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG 3-PTRS G 4 Kenzie Gardler 1.9 0.9 1.7 8 G 11 Sam Carangi 1.5 1.3 3.0 6 G 22 Taliyah Medina 2.4 1.2 0.6 4 G 32 Bella Runyan 4.1 2.1 2.1 10 F 14 Lior Garzon 9.3 2.8 1.2 34 DEPAUL POSSIBLE STARTERS Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG 3-PTRS MEDIA INFORMATION G 03 Deja Church 13.1 5.5 2.3 20 G 10 Lexi Held 16.9 3.2 4.0 46 G 11 Sonya Morris 18.5 5.0 3.4 42 BROADCAST G 23 Dee Bekelja 13.3 5.0 2.2 28 The Villanova/DePaul game can be seen live on F 42 Kiara Dahlman 0.9 1.2 0.3 0 FS2 Play-by-Play: John Fanta Analyst: Kim Adams DEPAUL OFF THE BENCH INTERVIEW REQUESTS All interview requests should be directed towards: Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG 3-PTRS Dean Kenefick G 21 Darrione Rogers 9.4 5.5 2.0 30 Senior Associate Athletics Director/Communications F 14 Hannah Purcell 1.3 1.7 0.4 4 Phone: (610) 308-4395 F 22 Jorie Allen 9.3 5.4 1.6 2 E-Mail: [email protected] BIG EAST Quarterfinals — No. 5 Villanova vs. No. 4 DePaul 2020-21 VILLANOVA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 20, 20+ WIN SEASONS... 11 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES... 11 WNIT BERTHS... 17 BIG FIVE TITLES... 3 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT TITLES... 3 BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON TITLES... 81 ALL-BIG EAST HONOREES... 8 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS... 1 WADE TROPHY WINNER VILLANOVA-DEPAUL QUICK FACTS SCOUTING VILLANOVA Villanova DePaul Overall: .........................................................................................................14-5 Location Villanova, Pa. Chicago, Ill. Home: ..............................................................................................................7-3 Conference BIG EAST BIG EAST Away: ..............................................................................................................7-2 Nickname Wildcats Blue Demons Neutral: ...........................................................................................................0-0 Head Coach..................................................................................Denise Dillon Colors Blue & White Red & Blue Alma Mater: .................................................................................Villanova ‘96 2020-21 Overall Record 14-5 (.736) 14-7 (.667) Record at Villanova: ..................................................14-5 (.736) (1st Season) Conference Record 9-5 (.642) 11-5 (.687) Career Record: ....................................................343-209 (.621) (18th season) Head Coach Denise Dillon Doug Bruno VILLANOVA’S LAST GAME Record at School 14-5 (.736) 736-353 (.675) VS. SETON HALL 02/27/21 | SETON HALL 67, VILLANOVA 55 Villanova Seton Hall VILLANOVA-DEPAUL SERIES HISTORY Field Goals (Made-Att.) 19-53 21-60 Field Goal Percentage 35.8 35.0 3-Pointers (Made-Att.) 5-22 6-21 All-Time Series: DePaul leads 19-6 3-Point Percentage 22.7% 28.6% First Meeting: Dec. 1, 1996 (66-61, DePaul) Free Throws (Made-Att.) 12-16 19-26 Last Meeting: Jan. 4, 2021 (94-82, DePaul) Free Throw Percentage 75.0% 73.1% First Villanova Win: Feb. 14, 2009 (50-46) Rebounds (Off./Def.) 38 (6/32) 42 (10/32) Assists 14 10 Last Villanova Win: Feb. 23, 2020 (76-58) Turnovers 16 12 First DePaul Win Dec. 1, 1996 (66-61) Blocks 3 2 Last DePaul Win: Jan. 4, 2021 (94-82) Steals 4 3 Fouls 22 17 TALE OF THE TAPE VILLANOVA GAME HIGHS Points ................................................................................. Maddy Siegrist (27) VILLANOVA OPPONENTS Rebounds............................................................................Maddy Siegrist (10) Assists................................................................................. Brianna Herlihy (4) Points Per Game: 71.5 66.0 Blocks ..................................................................................Brianna Herlihy (2) Scoring Margin: +5.6 - Steals ..................................................................................Sarah Mortensen (2) 3-Pointers ........................................................................ Garzon & Siegrist (2) Field Goal Percentage: .434 .404 3-Point Percentage: .308 .289 Free Throw Percentage: .763 .749 SCOUTING DEPAUL Rebounds Per Game: 38.8 35.4 Rebound Margin: +3.4 - Overall: .........................................................................................................14-7 Offensive Rebounds: 224 206 Home: ..............................................................................................................8-5 Away: ..............................................................................................................6-1 Defensive Rebounds: 514 467 Neutral: ...........................................................................................................0-1 Assists Per Game: 19.9 13.5 Head Coach ....................................................................................Doug Bruno Alma Mater: ................................................................................ ....DePaul ‘89 Turnovers Per Game: 14.5 13.9 Record at School: ...............................................736-353 (.675) (35th Season) Blocks Per Game: 4.1 2.3 Career Record: ....................................................776-383 (.669) (37th season) Steals Per Game: 7.1 6.6 DEPAUL’S LAST GAME VS. BUTLER| 03/01/21 | BUTLER 86, NO. 25 DEPAUL 81 DEPAUL OPPONENTS DePaul Butler Points Per Game: 82.0 77.6 Field Goals (Made-Att.) 28-81 33-61 Field Goal Percentage 34.6% 54.1% Scoring Margin: +4.4 3-Pointers (Made-Att.) 10-37 10-22 Field Goal Percentage: .420 .479 3-Point Percentage 27.0% 45.5% Free Throws (Made-Att.) 15-18 10-11 3-Point Percentage: .321 .327 Free Throw Percentage 83.3% 90.9% Free Throw Percentage: .761 .681 Rebounds (Off./Def.) 42 (20/22) 37 (5/32) Assists 17 17 Rebounds Per Game: 36.5 41.7 Turnovers 10 18 Rebound Margin: -5.1 - Blocks 0 4 Steals 16 8 Offensive Rebounds: 285 257 Fouls 13 15 Defensive Rebounds: 482 618 DEPAUL GAME HIGHS Assists Per Game: 17.4 17.1 Turnovers Per Game: 14.5 22.0 Points ..................................................................................Church & Held (20) Blocks Per Game: 2.2 4.5 Rebounds ............................................................................... Deja Church (12) Assists..........................................................................................Dee Bekelja (6) Steals Per Game: 11.7 8.2 Blocks............................................................................................................N/A Steals ..........................................................................................Deja Church (2) 3-Pointers ...........................................................................Darrione Rogers (4) BIG EAST Quarterfinals — No. 5 Villanova vs. No. 4 DePaul 2020-21 VILLANOVA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 20, 20+ WIN SEASONS... 11 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES... 11 WNIT BERTHS... 17 BIG FIVE TITLES... 3 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT TITLES... 3 BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON TITLES... 81 ALL-BIG EAST HONOREES... 8 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS... 1 WADE TROPHY WINNER NOTES LAST TIME OUT: Villanova ended the 2020-21 regular season on Saturday, Feb. 27, with a 67-55 home loss to the Seton Hall Pi- VILLANOVA WILDCAT BASKETBALL rates. With the score tied at 31-31 with 7:45 remaining in the third quarter, Seton Hall went on a 9-0 run to open-up a 40-31 advan- 2020-21 QUICK FACTS tage with 5:40 on the clock. Following a conventional three-point play by Siegrist that ended the Wildcat scoreless stretch and Head Coach . .Denise Dillon (Villanova ‘96) sliced the Pirate lead to 40-34, Seton Hall answered on its next Record at Villanova . 14-4 (.778) - 1st Season possession when Lauren Park-Lane drained a triple from the Career Record . .343-209 (.621) - 18th season right wing and the Pirates went back-up nine at 43-34. Following Associate Head Coach . .Joe Mullaney (Providence ‘78) the Park-Laine triple, Seton Hall would control play the rest of Assistant Coach . .Michelle Sword