Backup SF Wallace Nelson comes up huge with 23 pts on 13 shots, leading the Hawks to a 5 pt halftime lead. However, Nova takes advantage of a weak Hawks defense and slowly pulls ahead midway through the 2nd half. Hartford falls behind and is unable to pull off a comeback as their defense can't get stops in the 2nd half like they did against UGA.
Code:
Villanova 97, Hartford 88
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Villanova (35-2, 18-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Reid Hills C 30 10-19 13-16 4 7 1 1 33
Tyrone Stumpf PF 31 3-3 1-2 3 11 1 2 7
Albert Israel SF 32 3-9 1-1 3 6 3 3 7
Huey Boyd SG 35 11-18 3-3 2 9 3 1 29
William Bunting PG 35 4-9 0-2 5 7 7 2 8
Ross June PF 18 2-2 1-2 1 5 0 0 5
Kurt Davis SF 15 1-4 4-5 1 2 4 0 6
Lester Champlin PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
John Oliva PG 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Turnovers: 23 (R.Hills 2, A.Israel 3, H.Boyd 6,
W.Bunting 9, R.June 1, K.Davis 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (A.Israel 1, W.Bunting 2)
Steals: 4 (H.Boyd 1, W.Bunting 1, R.June 1, K.Davis 1)
3P FGs: 4-16 (A.Israel 0-3, H.Boyd 4-10, W.Bunting 0-1,
K.Davis 0-2)
Hartford (31-5, 15-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
George Brisson C 22 2-4 0-0 0 3 1 4 4
Chris Disney PF 22 3-8 0-0 3 4 3 1 6
Russell Herbst SF 23 6-17 1-1 3 7 4 3 14
Alexis Henriquez SG 29 8-12 2-2 0 2 4 3 20
Cody Braxton PG 27 2-4 2-2 0 0 6 2 7
Emery Waldon PG 13 3-6 0-0 0 2 3 0 6
Wallace Nelson SF 20 10-13 0-0 1 1 3 2 23
Shawn Washer SF 6 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Robert Jackson SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Gregory McCaffrey C 15 2-5 0-1 2 4 2 5 4
Andrew Westlund C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeremy Yen PF 20 2-4 0-0 0 2 3 2 4
Turnovers: 15 (G.Brisson 1, C.Disney 1, R.Herbst 2,
A.Henriquez 2, C.Braxton 2, E.Waldon 1, W.Nelson 2,
S.Washer 1, G.McCaffrey 2, J.Yen 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (G.Brisson 1, G.McCaffrey 1)
Steals: 16 (G.Brisson 2, R.Herbst 2, A.Henriquez 3,
C.Braxton 5, E.Waldon 3, W.Nelson 1)
3P FGs: 7-30 (G.Brisson 0-1, C.Disney 0-1, R.Herbst
1-8, A.Henriquez 2-6, C.Braxton 1-2, E.Waldon 0-2,
W.Nelson 3-6, S.Washer 0-2, G.McCaffrey 0-1, J.Yen 0-1)
Player of Game: C Reid Hills (NOVA)