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Live Blogging the Villanova - St. Joe's Game

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Dave O'Brien and Steve Lavin doing the game on ESPN2 (not in HD).

Starters: Scottie Reynolds, Corey Stokes, Dwayne Anderson, Antonio Pena, and Dante Cunningham

  • Pena scores first 2
  • 'Nova up 4-2 with 17:55 left
  • 6-2... Pena has 4, Dante w/ 2
  • ESPN has unveiled the "Wave Cam"... a "Pavilion Exclusive"
  • 8-7 at the 15:00 mark
  • 'Nova turnover. Cats down 9-8 14:00
  • Stokes hits 3. 'Nova up 13-9. Fisher is doing a great job of pushing the ball up court in transition.
  • Kerry Kittles, Alvin Williams, and Tim Thomas are in the house.
  • Hawks up 14-13 at the under-12 timeout.
  • 'Nova has 114 career Big 5 Wins- Temple & SJU have 113
  • Hawks get 3 and turnover lay-up. On a 10-0 run. 'Nova down 13-19.
  • Dante gets 2 baskets... Cats down 17-19
  • Hawks are 4-7 from 3. SJU up 26-20
  • Now they're 5-8... 29-20
  • Scottie hits deep 3. 29-23 St Joes 4:16 to go
  • Reynolds hits another deep 3... 31-26
  • SJU keeps getting easy baskets on backdoor screens
  • Hawks up 9 w/ 0:03
  • Dante shows amazing hussle to keep it 'Nova ball w/ 2:05 remaining.
  • Steve Lavin noting that we are not a fast and speedy team
Half time... St Joe's 35: :26 Villanova
Scottie Reynolds only Wildcat to score in the last 9 minutes.
Scottie Reynolds: 9pts, 2 assists
Dante Cunningham: 8pts, 3rebs
Second Half
  • Dante scores and gets us within 7
  • DC with an 18 footer. Scottie w/ 2 asssists.
  • SJU 39-32 at the Under-16 timeout
  • Wildcats look tired and fatigued
  • SJU up 9. 41-32
  • Back to back baskets by Scottie & Dwayne. 41-36
  • 13:39 to go in the game... 4 total free-throws
  • Turnovers: SJU-8, 'Nova-6
  • Fisher: 0 pts, 2 fouls
  • Shane misses both from the line
  • Still 41-36. Under-12 TV timeout
  • SJU hasn't scored in 4+ minutes
  • 41-38 SJU
  • Scottie to the line to shoot 3.
  • 41-41 with 10:56 remaining
  • SJU last scored at 15:13
  • I shouldn't have typed that. Matching 3s for SJu and 'Nova
  • SJU up 47-44 at the Under 8 timeout.
  • 50-44 SU 5:30 to go
  • Anderson gets 3-point play. 50-47 SJU.
  • SJU's Nivins misses 2 FTs
  • Redding hits a 18 footer. 50-49 4:05 to go.
  • Cats down 3.. crowd getting louder. Scottie hits 20 footer. 52-51
  • Reggie hits again! 'Nova up 53-52. First lead since 13-11 (11:00 to go in the 1st)
  • Trmendous Hussle play by Dante keeps the ball for 'Nova
  • 1:25 Wildcats up 53-52
  • Nivins at the line... hits the 1st
  • SJU up 54-53
  • Redding draws a foul. Goin to the line for 2 w/ 0:59
  • Hits them both. 'Nova up 55-54. SJU out of timeouts.
  • Nivins back to the line with :44.6
  • Hits both FTs
  • SJU up 56-55
  • Redding misses
  • SJU to the line for 1 & 1
  • 6 ties. 7 lead changes
  • Govens misses front end. Jay Wright calls timeout.
  • 10.9 seconds remain
  • Scottie drives. Draws foul. to the line
  • 4.8 seconds.
  • Shooting 2.
  • 'Nova up 1.
Cunningham steals the inbounds! Dante at the line.
'Nova up 3. 2.5 seconds.

VILLANOVA WINS 59-56!