November 23, 2039
@#1 Villanova 82, Valparaiso 71
This is one of the wackiest games Coach Sims has ever seen, and he's coached over a thousand of them.
We break our school record for field goal attempts, firing 87 shots. That's one every 28 seconds. Forty-one of those shots are three-pointers; one more, and we'd have tied that record, too. Only 31 of our shots go in, however, and only 9 of the three-pointers.
John Cannon, one of the few Wildcats to shoot decently, goes 9-for-19 and scores 26 points.
Nick Spencer scores 13, but he needs 23 shots to do so. Nick misfires on 13 of the 14 threes he attempts. He does, however, steal the ball 8 times, and he hands out 6 assists.
DeAndre Brown finishes with 17 points,
Chris Wilson with 13 and 9 rebounds.
Zak Marshall pulls down 11 rebounds.
Record: 5-0.
November 26, 2039
#1 Villanova 91, @Emory 46
We journey to Atlanta and send the Eagles down to their sixth defeat in as many games. The teams of the UAA can hardly wait for conference play.
Zayden Calhoun scores 27 points and snares 8 rebounds. Freshman reserves
Forrest Curl and
John Cannon add 14 and 12, respectively.
Chris Wilson scores 10 points; Nick Spencer scores 9 with 7 assists.
We still shoot poorly, making only 4 of 19 threes. We'll have to fix that before January.
Record: 7-0.
November 30, 2039
Code:
#8 Duke 88, #1 Villanova 77
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Duke (7-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Colin Menchaca C 25 1-3 0-0 0 2 1 5 2
David Aucoin PF 32 6-18 3-5 3 6 1 0 15
M. Vanlandingham SF 28 6-8 0-0 2 4 2 0 14
Helmfrid Vorbach SG 24 5-11 5-6 2 7 2 4 18
Jake Joyce PG 35 4-10 0-0 5 9 10 1 10
James Baillargeon SF 24 4-7 6-6 0 1 1 1 15
Justin Noonan SG 11 4-4 2-2 1 2 0 0 13
Rob Edmonds SF 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
David Escalera PF 13 0-2 1-2 1 3 0 1 1
Brian Stein C 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Turnovers: 15 (C.Menchaca 1, D.Aucoin 3,
M.Vanlandingham 2, H.Vorbach 2, J.Joyce 2,
J.Baillargeon 2, J.Noonan 1, D.Escalera 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (D.Aucoin 1, M.Vanlandingham 1,
D.Escalera 1)
Steals: 4 (D.Aucoin 2, M.Vanlandingham 1, J.Joyce 1)
3P FGs: 11-20 (M.Vanlandingham 2-2, H.Vorbach 3-7,
J.Joyce 2-6, J.Baillargeon 1-2, J.Noonan 3-3)
Villanova (6-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Chris Wilson C 29 6-8 4-4 1 6 4 5 16
Zak Marshall PF 31 6-12 4-4 5 10 1 2 16
Zayden Calhoun SF 31 4-14 0-0 2 5 4 3 10
DeAndre Brown SG 25 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 5 3
Nick Spencer PG 32 2-9 4-5 1 3 2 1 8
Kai Smith PG 8 2-2 4-4 0 0 2 0 9
John Cannon SG 20 1-6 3-3 0 2 3 3 6
Forrest Curl C 10 2-2 0-0 2 3 0 2 4
David Lovett SG 4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3
Jordi Ballester PF 9 1-1 0-0 0 3 1 0 2
John Locklear C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Turnovers: 16 (C.Wilson 1, Z.Marshall 3, Z.Calhoun 7,
D.Brown 1, N.Spencer 1, K.Smith 1, J.Cannon 2)
Blocked Shots: 6 (C.Wilson 2, Z.Marshall 1, Z.Calhoun
1, J.Ballester 1, J.Locklear 1)
Steals: 7 (C.Wilson 1, Z.Calhoun 1, K.Smith 2, J.Cannon
2, J.Ballester 1)
3P FGs: 6-25 (Z.Calhoun 2-10, D.Brown 1-2, N.Spencer
0-5, K.Smith 1-1, J.Cannon 1-5, D.Lovett 1-2)
Player of Game: PG Jake Joyce (DUKE)
The Blue Devils deliver a large dose of reality, routing us in front of our home fans.
We can beat Emory, and even Valpo, when we shoot badly and turn the ball over. When we do that against Duke, we get hammered.
Duke's senior guard
Jake Joyce comes within an assist of a triple-double, getting the better of our
Nick Spencer at both ends of the floor.
Zak Marshall and
Chris Wilson play well for us, but it's not enough.
Record: 6-1.