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Happy Friday Nova Nation! The Villanova Wildcats return to the Wells Fargo Center tomorrow as they take on the UConn Huskies. The Wildcats are undefeated this season when playing in South Philly, and are favored to continue that streak. And a big part of that success has been Saddiq Bey.
Bey is coming off the greatest shooting performance in school history last weekend, where he tied a school record of 8 threes on 80% shooting from beyond the arc. Despite scoring just 7 points against Kansas, Bey is still averaging over 19 points a game at Villanova’s other home arena. That’s by far the best average of any Nova player this season.
Villanova Basketball 2020 Avg Stats at the Wells Fargo Center
| Row Labels | Games Played | Min | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P FG | 3P FGA | 3P FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row Labels | Games Played | Min | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P FG | 3P FGA | 3P FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Saddiq Bey | 3 | 33 | 6.7 | 11.0 | 60.6% | 4.3 | 6.7 | 65.0% | 2.0 | 2.7 | 75.0% | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 19.7 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | 3 | 31 | 3.7 | 9.7 | 37.9% | 1.0 | 3.7 | 27.3% | 3.0 | 3.3 | 90.0% | 1.7 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 11.3 |
| Collin Gillespie | 3 | 34 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 33.3% | 1.7 | 6.7 | 25.0% | 2.0 | 2.3 | 85.7% | 0.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 11.0 |
| Jermaine Samuels | 3 | 30 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 41.7% | 2.0 | 4.7 | 42.9% | 2.3 | 3.0 | 77.8% | 2.0 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 11.0 |
| Justin Moore | 3 | 31 | 3.3 | 10.7 | 31.3% | 2.0 | 6.0 | 33.3% | 1.0 | 1.3 | 75.0% | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 9.7 |
| Cole Swider | 3 | 22 | 2.0 | 7.3 | 27.3% | 1.7 | 5.0 | 33.3% | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 5.7 |
| Brandon Slater | 3 | 12 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 75.0% | 0.3 | 0.7 | 50.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree | 3 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 100.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Chris Arcidiacono | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0% | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Grand Total | 25 | 202 | 24 | 60 | 39.8% | 13 | 34 | 37.9% | 10 | 13 | 81.6% | 7 | 24 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 71 |
So for today’s Game Day poll (for tomorrow), I leave it to you Nova Nation. Will Saddiq Bey again lead the way for the Wildcats, or will someone else step up as the team’s leading scorer?
Poll
Who will lead Villanova in scoring on Saturday against UConn?
In other “news”, NBA execs want Jay Wright, previewing the UConn game, and Eric Paschall could be headed to All-Star weekend. Enjoy!
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