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Nova Downs UCLA

It was a balanced scoring attack that led Villanova to a 82-70 win over UCLA. The win moved the Wildcats to 5-0 on the young season and into Friday's Pre-Season NIT Final against Tennessee.

Corey Fisher led the way for 'Nova with 26 points and Maalik Wayns had a career-high 19 points as the double-headed point guard attack used their speed and driving ability to put the Bruins away.

Corey Stokes added 16 with outside shooting and Mouphtaou Yarou recorded a double-double with 13 points and 15 rebounds.

For the game, the 'Cats shot 40.3% from the floor (25-62) but less than 31% from distance (4-13), but VU used a 40-33 rebound margin to take an early lead and maintain through the 40 minutes of the game.

Villanova will move forward to the Pre-Season NIT Final on Friday against Tennessee. Tipoff is slated for 5p from Madison Square Garden. [Tickets]

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Villanova Box Score

PLAYER MIN FGM-A 3PM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Corey Fisher, G 36 6-19 0-2 3 4 2 0 2 3 26
Maalik Wayns, G 28 7-16 1-4 6 3 2 0 3 2 19
Corey Stokes, G 37 5-10 2-5 1 1 2 0 1 3 16
Mouphtaou Yarou, F-C 27 5-9 0-0 16 0 2 3 0 4 13
Dominic Cheek, G 19 1-3 1-3 2 0 0 0 1 1 3
Maurice Sutton, F-C 17 1-2 0-0 3 1 1 1 0 5 3
Antonio Pena, F 22 0-3 0-0 7 1 0 2 0 2 2
Isaiah Armwood, F 14 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0
TOTALS 200 25-62 4-14 40 11 10 7 7 22 82
40.30% 28.60%