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 2020-21 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS GAME February 21, 2021 Date Opponent Result Score Record Big East McDonough Arena Nov. 25 Rider W 70-37 1-0 17 Washington, D.C. Nov. 29 @ Quinnipiac W 63-60 2-0 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 (12-4 OVERALL/7-4 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 GEORGETOWN HOYAS Jan. 4 @ DePaul* L 94-82 7-2 2-2 (1-12 OVERALL/1-12 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: JAMES HOWARD 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 2.4 0.9 4.4 10 Feb. 21 @ Georgetown* G 15 Brooke Mullin 4.0 2.2 1.6 13 Feb. 24 @ Providence * F 14 Brianna Herlihy 14.8 7.6 3.5 12 Feb. 27 Seton Hall* F 20 Maddy Siegrist 22.5 10.1 2.1 28 Mar. 6-9 BIG EAST Tournament F 32 Sarah Mortensen 12.5 6.0 2.1 14 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 2.3 0.7 1.5 8 G 11 Sam Carangi 1.8 1.6 3.5 6 G 22 Taliyah Medina 2.8 1.5 0.6 4 G 32 Bella Runyan 4.0 2.1 2.3 9 F 14 Lior Garzon 9.4 2.5 1.1 27 GEORGETOWN POSSIBLE STARTERS Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG 3-PTRS MEDIA INFORMATION G 01 Kelsey Ransom 10.9 4.9 3.6 7 G 23 Milan Bolden-Morris 10.8 3.0 0.2 20 F 14 Jillian Archer 6.5 7.6 0.5 2 BROADCAST F 32 Taylor Baur 3.2 6.5 0.8 0 The Villanova/Georgetown game can be seen live on F 33 Graceann Bennett 7.5 6.9 1.0 2 the Big East Digital Network INTERVIEW REQUESTS All interview requests should be directed towards: GEORGETOWN OFF THE BENCH Dean Kenefick Senior Associate Athletics Director/Communications Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG 3-PTRS Phone: (610) 308-4395 G 00 Yasmin Ott 5.8 1.6 1.5 12 E-Mail: [email protected] F 22 Shanniah Wright 2.4 3.0 0.1 0 Villanova (12-4, 7-4 BIG EAST) at Georgetown (1-12, 1-12 BIG EAST) 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-GEORGETOWN QUICK FACTS SCOUTING VILLANOVA Villanova Georgetown Overall: .........................................................................................................12-4 Location Villanova, Pa. Washington, DC Home: ..............................................................................................................7-2 Conference BIG EAST BIG EAST Away: ..............................................................................................................5-2 Nickname Wildcats Hoyas Neutral: ...........................................................................................................0-0 Head Coach..................................................................................Denise Dillon Colors Blue & White Blue & White Alma Mater: .................................................................................Villanova ‘96 2020-21 Overall Record 12-4 (.750) 1-12 (.076) Record at Villanova: ..................................................12-4 (.750) (1st Season) Conference Record 7-4 (.636) 1-12 (.076) Career Record: ....................................................341-208 (.620) (18th season) Head Coach Denise Dillon James Howard VILLANOVA’S LAST GAME Record at School 12-4 (.750) 41-69 (.372) AT MARQUETTE | 02/19/21 | MARQUETTE 65, VILLANOVA 57 Villanova Marquette VILLANOVA-GEORGETOWN SERIES HISTORY Field Goals (Made-Att.) 23-66 28-62 Field Goal Percentage 34.8 45.2 3-Pointers (Made-Att.) 4-24 0-3 All-Time Series: Villanova leads 44-24 3-Point Percentage 16.7% 00.0% First Meeting: Feb. 21, 1981 (94-81,Villanova) Free Throws (Made-Att.) 7-9 9-13 Last Meeting: Feb. 16, 2020 (48-40, Villanova) Free Throw Percentage 77.8% 69.2% First Villanova Win: Feb. 21, 1981 (94-81) Rebounds (Off./Def.) 35 (13/22) 42(11/31) Assists 15 17 Last Villanova Win: Feb. 16, 2020 (48-40) Turnovers 11 8 First Georgetown Win Jan. 21, 1989 (53-48) Blocks 1 4 Last Georgetown Win: March 10, 2019 (76-67) Steals 4 8 Fouls 17 11 TALE OF THE TAPE VILLANOVA GAME HIGHS Points................................................................................ Brianna Herlihy (19) VILLANOVA OPPONENTS Rebounds............................................................................Maddy Siegrist (11) Assists ............................................................................ Carangi & Herlihy (5) Points Per Game: 73.6 67.0 Blocks....................................................................................Maddy Siegrist (1) Scoring Margin: +6.5 - Steals ...................................................................................Four players with 1 3-Pointers............................................................................Four players with 1 Field Goal Percentage: .441 .409 3-Point Percentage: .320 .295 Free Throw Percentage: .762 .774 SCOUTING GEORGETOWN Rebounds Per Game: 38.9 34.9 Rebound Margin: +4.0 - Overall: .........................................................................................................1-12 Offensive Rebounds: 202 178 Home: ..............................................................................................................1-6 Away: ..............................................................................................................0-6 Defensive Rebounds: 420 381 Neutral: ...........................................................................................................0-0 Assists Per Game: 20.9 13.9 Head Coach................................................................................James Howard Alma Mater: .......................................................................... ....Grensboro ‘91 Turnovers Per Game: 13.9 13.5 Record at School: .....................................................41-69 (.372) (4th Season) Blocks Per Game: 3.9 2.1 Career Record: ....................................................116-138 (.713) (10th season) Steals Per Game: 7.3 6.6 GEORGETOWN’S LAST GAME AT SETON HALL| 02/18/21 | SETON HALL 79, GEORGETOWN 72 (OT) GEORGETOWN OPPONENTS Georgetown Seton Hall Points Per Game: 49.8 64.0 Field Goals (Made-Att.) 30-60 23-62 Field Goal Percentage 50.0% 37.1% Scoring Margin: -14.2 3-Pointers (Made-Att.) 3-14 10-27 Field Goal Percentage: .349 .387 3-Point Percentage 21.4% 37.0% Free Throws (Made-Att.) 9-10 23-27 3-Point Percentage: .208 .325 Free Throw Percentage 90.0% 85.2% Free Throw Percentage: .604 .734 Rebounds (Off./Def.) 43 (11/32) 30 (10/20) Assists 12 13 Rebounds Per Game: 37.9 36.5 Turnovers 24 15 Rebound Margin: +1.4 - Blocks 3 2 Steals 7 7 Offensive Rebounds: 164 149 Fouls 25 14 Defensive Rebounds: 329 326 GEORGETOWN GAME HIGHS Assists Per Game: 9.2 15.3 Turnovers Per Game: 19.2 14.0 Points..............................................................................Graceann Bennett (17) Blocks Per Game: 4.2 2.9 Rebounds................................................................................. Taylor Baur (10) Assists.................................................................................Kelsey Ransom (10) Steals Per Game: 7.1 9.2 Blocks ...............................................................................Graceann Bennett (2) Steals ..................................................................................Bolden-Morris & (2) 3-Pointers..........................................................................Three players with 1 Villanova (12-4, 7-4 BIG EAST) at Georgetown (1-12, 1-12 BIG EAST) 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 is coming off a 65-57 road loss at Marquette on Friday, Feb. 19. With the score tied at 20-20 midway VILLANOVA WILDCAT BASKETBALL through the second quarter, Marquette forced three Wildcat turnovers and ran off nine straight points to open-up a 29-20 lead. 2020-21 QUICK FACTS Villanova scored the final basket of the opening half, as senior forward Brianna Herlihy connected on a driving lay-up just be- Head Coach . .Denise Dillon (Villanova ‘96) fore the halftime buzzer. The Herlihy bucket sent the Golden Ea- Record at Villanova . 12-4 (.750) - 1st Season gles to intermission with a 29-22 lead. After a Lauren Van Career Record . .341-208 (.620) - 18th season Kleunen conventional three-point play gave Marquette a 42-34 Associate Head Coach . .Joe Mullaney (Providence ‘78) lead with 5:04 to play in the third quarter, the Wildcats used a 9-2 Assistant Coach . .Michelle Sword (Saint Joseph’s ‘ 12) run to make it a 44-43 game at the 3:25 mark. Senior forward Assistant