Nova Gets Back to Winning Ways With Win Over West Virginia
Villanova dropped to #5 in the recent ESPN/USA Today rankings behind West Virginia but traveled to Morgantown to “upset” the #4 team 82-75.
Scottie Reynolds led the way for Villanova (21-2, 10-1) with 21 points and moved into 4th place on Villanova’s all-time Scoring List. Villanova used an early streak in the first half to gain an eleven point edge at the intermission. The Wildcats used excellent outside shooting from the outside, hitting at a 57% clip (29-51) including 5-11 from behind the three-point arc (46%).
The disparity in the game came at the charity stripe. ‘Nova nailed 19 of 22 free throws, while West Virginia only hit 18 in 32 opportunities as the Wildcats rebounded from their first conference loss over the weekend against Georgetown. Villanova also out-rebounded the Mountaineer, 37-27. Read more
Villanova vs. West Virginia Game Discussion
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‘Nova to 4th/5th
In the newest Polls today, Villanova slipped from their #2 ranking. Read more
Mauling the Mountaineers…
After a disappointing loss in the first stop of this roadtrip, the Wildcats are off to Morgantown to try and get back on track against the West Virginia Mountaineers. West Virginia has been in the news recently, as much for the atrocious behavior of the fans as they have for the performance of their basketball team (they will take extra security precautions at this game).
Both teams have had difficulty traveling this weekend with the snowpocalypse that fell on the northeast. West Virginia is coming off a 19-point win over St. Johns on Saturday, but were forced to spend an extra night in New York because of the weather. Read more
Moving On…
There’s no doubt in my mind that as soon as the Wildcats hit the locker room, Jay Wright had them focused on Monday’s game. Not to dwell on the Georgetown loss. Well, on the interwebs, we had about 20 hours to digest, vent, recap, and analyze the loss to #7 Georgetown on their home court.
Now it’s time for us, the fans, to move on as well. Read more
Closest to the Pin Round 19 – West Virginia
Update: Game Results: With the Cat’s impressive 82-75 win in Morgantown, we congratulate seven VUH readers who took medals in this round. Gold Medals: bella-nova (81-75), NovaCat94 (82-76) and Steph ‘76 (83-75), earning 5 points each; Silver Medal: Barney Rubble ‘87 (80-75), earning 3 points; Bronze Medals: Joe (80-76), SpecialK73 (80-74), and Squeaky 99 (82-78), earning 1 point each. Pending remediation of a virus on my home computer, I will not be able to post the updated leader board until later in the week. Read more
Hoyas Give ‘Nova 1st Big East Loss
Villanova was cold entering the game as well as on the court.
#2 Villanova found themselves down 19 at the half and could never claw back to overcome Georgetown.
The Wildcats (20-2, 9-1) got back to within 10 points with 5 minutes to go, but could never shrink the Hoyas’ lead to single digits before losing 103-90.
Corey Fisher and Scottie Reynolds had 24 points each for ‘Nova to lead the Wildcats. Corey Stokes added 10. with today’s efforts, Fisher crossed the 1,000 point mark, and Reynolds passed John Pinone, Allan Ray, and Howard Porter to move into 5th place on Villanova’s All-Time Scoring List. Read more
Villanova vs. Georgetown Discussion
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A Hoya Preview
With the imminent “Snowpacalypse” bearing down on our Nation’s capital, a matchup between two Top 7 teams is being overshadowed, and even under threat of cancellation (but, as of now, the game is on).
Villanova carries its 20-1 (9-0) record and its #2 ranking into Washington DC to take on the #7 Hoyas. Read more
Closest to the Pin Round 18 – Georgetown
UPDATE — Game Results: With the Georgetown handing Nova its first Big East loss 90-103, we congratulate three VUH readers who were the least wrong with their predictions. Gold Medal: Jim89 (93-88), earning 5 points; Silver Medal: NJ Super’Nova (87-86), earning 3 points; Bronze Medal: TK87 (88-81), earning 1 point. Select “read more” to see the names of the 59 readers now on our Leader Board after 18 rounds. Read more
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