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Villanova Game Thread

Postby muskieman » Mon Jan 13, 2025 2:24 pm

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When Tuesday, Jan 14, 6:30 PM


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Villanova played St. John's on Saturday in a tight game for 38 minutes at Madison Square Garden. The Red Storm outscored the Wildcats 14-3 over the final 2:35 to win. Twelve of those points were scored at the free-throw line. X is ranked 2nd in the BE and 13th in the nation in free throw percentage at .790.

Nova is averaging 78.6 PPG while holding opponents to 67.6; they average .412 from the three and overall .484 from the field.
Nova averages 34.8 per game with 13.9 assists, turning it over on average 9.6 times.

25th-year Senior and leading scorer Eric Dixon averages 25.3; Villanova has three other players averaging double digits per game: Wooga Poplar, Jahmir Brickus, and Jordan Lingino
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Re: Villanova Game Thread

Postby muskieman » Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:23 pm

6-10 in first 10 shots made 3 more to go 9-27. Where is our offense.
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Re: Villanova Game Thread

Postby Kevin Reilly » Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:35 pm

Pretty tough to watch. Nova went on a 26-9 run to close out the half. Twenty four points in a half at home will not get it done. Not much effort or heart. Doesn't look like a Xavier team.
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Re: Villanova Game Thread

Postby muskieman » Tue Jan 14, 2025 8:01 pm

Ryan is red hot, but now he has four fouls and has to sit. Hey Ryan, we need you in the game, not on the bench.
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Re: Villanova Game Thread

Postby Kevin Reilly » Tue Jan 14, 2025 8:02 pm

Conwell was on fire, A couple of careless fouls. Got to get Freemantle going. The crowd is way to quite.
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Re: Villanova Game Thread

Postby muskieman » Tue Jan 14, 2025 8:09 pm

X players need to follow their shots...looking at Maddox and Hunter who both shot threes and could have had the rebounds but never followed
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Re: Villanova Game Thread

Postby muskieman » Tue Jan 14, 2025 8:46 pm

Ryan Conwell, with 4 fouls, is a Nova killer, with 34 points, and X held 25.6 average and 25th year senior Dixon to 18, and he didn't score in the last 10 minutes, I believe

The next six games are going to be rugged, but they will tell us if X makes the tourney. Need to win more than lose
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Re: Villanova Game Thread

Postby Kevin Reilly » Tue Jan 14, 2025 8:50 pm

Man did we need that. Conwell got half our points. LOL . Nice to see us finish out a game. I think Conwell had 29 points in the second half while picking up his 4th foul with 10 minutes to go. What a game for Conwell. Go X
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Re: Villanova Game Thread

Postby muskieman » Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:05 pm

X and Ryan Conwell Highlights https://x.com/i/status/1879346090488848658

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Re: Villanova Game Thread

Postby gym from delhi » Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:59 pm

One of the best games that I’ve seen at Cintas in the last ten years, X never quit

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