Villanova Basketball’s Eric Paschall scores his 1,000th point as a Wildcat

Happy Monday Nova Nation! The work week is always a little more manageable on the heels of a Villanova victory, but this one was extra sweet. Fifth year senior Eric Paschall now has 1,000 points as a Wildcat, an impressive feat for any player. The fact that he’s done it in under three seasons is even more impressive.

With his current points per game average on the season at 16.9 (a career high), Paschall is on pace to finish his Villanova career among the school’s Top 50 scorers of All-Time. His collegiate point total is on pace to at least hit 1,650 points for his career. Had all of those been scored in a Wildcat jersey, it would rank him in the Top 20 all-time.

Paschall is the first player to score 1,000 points after transferring to Villanova from another program. He’s the 25th player to score 1,000 points in the Jay Wright Era, following his teammate Phil Booth who also hit that milestone earlier this season. Overall, he’s the 67th Wildcat to reach this scoring achievement.

2018-19 will mark the 11th consecutive season that Wright has had a player leave the program with 1,000 career points at Villanova. It’s also the 5th consecutive season that he’ll have two 1,000 point scorers leave the program with Booth and Paschall both playing their final seasons.

But the season is far from over, and Paschall will have to be a big reason why Villanova is still playing deep into March. In addition to hitting the 1,000 point milestone, he’s on pace for over 500 rebounds and 50 blocks as a Wildcat (he’s already passed both of those totals for his collegiate career.) But I’m sure he cares much more about picking up his 85th win as a Wildcat this week at DePaul.

Congratulations again to Eric Paschall, arguably the most successful transfer in the history of Villanova Basketball.

In other “news”, Villanova’s mens and womens basketball teams beat Seton Hall, Penn officially swept the Big 5, and you can bet on Tom Brady vs the Big East this Sunday. Enjoy!

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