Villanova Beats DePaul, 87-71

Filed under Game Recap on January 8th, 2012

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On January 8th in Villanova the Wildcats beat the Blue Demons, 87-71, in conference play.

Villanova dominated DePaul in shooting and rebounding. The Wildcats shot 56%, while the Blue Demons struggled against a good defense to get to 38%. Villanova was critical under the basket and pulled down 45 big rebounds compared to only 23 for DePaul. A big plus for Villanova was the 56% shooting, which went above and beyond its 43% average for the season.

A few notes about the game: Last year, Villanova beat DePaul 77-75. Going back the last four seasons, the Wildcats come out 5-1, with a record of 3-0 at The Pavilion.

Maalik Wayns led all scoring for the Wildcats with 21 points on 61% shooting in 35 minutes.

DEP Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Brandon Young 35 22 3 6 3 0 3 B C. Melvin 30 19 4 0 0 0 1 B Worrel Clahar 19 7 0 5 3 0 3 B- Krys Faber 21 3 2 2 1 0 0 C+ Jeremiah Kelly 30 6 2 2 2 0 1 C+ Moses Morgan 32 9 2 1 0 0 0 C C. McKinney 13 3 2 1 1 0 2 C D. Robertson Jr. 10 0 3 0 1 1 1 - Jamee Crockett 7 2 2 0 0 0 2 - Edwind McGhee 3 0 0 0 0 0 1

Nova Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Maalik Wayns 35 21 8 3 0 0 6 A Dominic Cheek 25 20 6 0 0 0 1 B+ Mouphtaou Yarou 28 14 7 1 2 0 3 B J. Pinkston 18 13 2 0 0 0 2 B- James Bell 14 5 1 1 0 0 0 C+ Darrun Hilliard 13 4 3 0 0 0 1 C+ Markus Kennedy 34 3 7 4 2 1 7 C+ Ty Johnson 33 7 4 5 2 0 8

The Wildcats now sit at 8-8. Their Big East record improves to 1-3, good enough for 14th place.

The next game on the schedule is Syracuse on January 11th.

• JayVaughn Pinkston has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• Villanova has won 88% of the time this season (8-1) when opponents record 71 or fewer total points.
• Maalik Wayns has led the team in scoring 11 times and in rebounding 3 times in 16 games this season.
• Villanova has won 100% of the time this season (4-0) when its had a three point percentage of 40.0% or better.
• This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 1:55 left to go.

• Cleveland Melvin has 7 straight double-digit point games.
• This was the 2nd foul out of the season for Derrell Robertson Jr..
• Brandon Young has led the team in scoring 6 times in 15 games this season.
• Cleveland Melvin has led the team in rebounding 7 times in 15 games this season.
• This marks the 11th 20-point game of Brandon Young's career.

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