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- Villanova beat the spread by 3.0 points. That makes the 12th time this season the Wildcats have beaten the spread.
- 'Nova has lost 3 games decided by 5 points or fewer.
- Jay Wright's team is 0-4 this season when failing to break the 60-point barrier.
- 9 turnovers was a season low for the Wildcats. So was 3 made 3-pointers. However, they only forced the Irish to turn the ball over 6 times; the 8th consecutive game where the 'Cats have lost the battle of the turnovers.
- This is the 6th loss of the season where the Wildcats opponent came back to win after being down at halftime.
- Mouphtaou Yarou's 20 point game was the 5th of his career and accounted for one-third of the team's points. He has led the team in scoring 4 times and in rebounding 5 times in 21 games this season.
- Darrun Hilliard's 14 point output was his 5th staright double-digit game.
Stats c/o StatSheet
Videos
Darrun Hilliard Crossover
Hilliard Drive, Dunk, & 1
Game Stats
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouphtaou Yarou | 31 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Daniel Ochefu | 21 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| James Bell | 31 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Darrun Hilliard | 34 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Ryan Arcidiacono | 37 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Tony Chennault | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| JayVaughn Pinkston | 27 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Achraf Yacoubou | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 21-50 | 3-11 | 15-17 | 6 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 60 |