Villanova Gets the Win Over Seton Hall, 84-76

Filed under Game Recap on January 19th, 2012

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The Wildcats got a boost in Villanova by beating the Pirates, 84-76, in Big East action.

Maalik Wayns was the leading scorer for the Wildcats, shooting 38% for 25 points in 35 minutes. JayVaughn Pinkston led both teams with 11 rebounds.

The Wildcats were expected to win this game, but not by such a big margin. Seton Hall had a much better RPI than Villanova (#4 to #106). The Wildcats play very well at home, but the Pirates have been playing well lately, winning 4 of 5. A year ago, Villanova beat Seton Hall 60-57. Over the last four years, the Wildcats are now 5-0 against the Pirates including 3-0 at The Pavilion. Villanova has a winning record over Seton Hall going back to 1980, 35-18.

Villanova dominated Seton Hall in free throw shooting and also came out on top in defensive rebounding.

Villanova was able to rule the glass, 30 defensive rebounds to 20, allowing for more possession changes. The Wildcats made more free throws, with 34 points to a total of 12 for the Pirates.

SHU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Fuquan Edwin 29 14 9 3 4 0 4 A Herb Pope 31 10 8 1 3 3 1 A Jordan Theodore 38 13 2 8 1 0 2 B Patrik Auda 12 6 2 0 1 0 0 B A. Geramipoor 10 4 2 0 0 2 0 B Brandon Mobley 26 12 3 0 1 0 0 C Haralds Karlis 23 6 2 0 0 0 0 C Aaron Cosby 28 6 0 3 0 0 1

Nova Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Maalik Wayns 35 25 5 7 1 0 2 A+ J. Pinkston 34 23 11 1 1 1 5 A James Bell 35 18 6 0 1 0 1 B+ Darrun Hilliard 16 8 2 2 1 0 1 C+ Mouphtaou Yarou 28 2 5 0 1 1 0 C Markus Kennedy 12 0 5 0 0 1 2 C Dominic Cheek 31 8 3 0 0 0 3 - Ty Johnson 9 0 0 1 0 0 2

The Wildcats are 9-10. Their Big East record improves to 2-5, good enough to bump them up to 12th place. This improves their record against RPI Top 50 teams (Seton Hall #4) to 1-5.

Next up is St. John's on January 21st.

• JayVaughn Pinkston recorded a double-double. It was the 1st of his career.
• The last time Villanova started the season 9-10 was 1997.
• The Wildcats set a season high for free throws made.
• Maalik Wayns recorded a team season high in free throws made with 15 and free throws attempted with 16.
• The top two scorers (Maalik Wayns and JayVaughn Pinkston) accounted for 57.1% of the points.

• This was the 3rd foul out of the season for Fuquan Edwin.
• Herb Pope has 6 straight double-digit point games.
• Fuquan Edwin has led the team in scoring 5 times in 19 games this season.
• The top two rebounders (Fuquan Edwin and Herb Pope) accounted for 47.2% of the rebounds.
• Jordan Theodore has 12 straight double-digit point games.

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