The best offense in the nation has another terrific game, shooting .597 from the field and hitting 10 of 19 3 pointers. A terrific Nova team stays in it by playing very tough inside, with C Reid Hills coming up with 28 pts and 10 rebounds. However, Hartford's backcourt dominated, led by Waldon's 32 pts and 9 assists, and Nova missed 11 of 14 3-pt attempts.
Code:
Hartford 106, Villanova 96
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Hartford (35-1, 17-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Cletus Son C 20 4-4 0-2 3 4 4 3 8
Chris Disney PF 25 3-7 0-0 2 5 3 2 6
Larry Higgins SF 18 3-5 0-0 0 1 1 5 6
Wallace Nelson SG 34 8-15 2-2 0 3 6 3 21
Emery Waldon PG 29 14-19 0-1 1 3 9 4 32
Robert Jackson PG 14 4-6 0-0 0 0 5 2 10
Kevin Zorn PG 14 4-11 0-0 2 2 4 1 9
Gregory McCaffrey C 16 1-1 2-2 1 6 4 1 4
Lawerence Dicarlo SG 3 3-5 0-0 1 1 0 0 6
George Brisson PF 23 1-2 0-0 1 6 2 1 2
George Huebner SF 2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Joseph Taylor C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Turnovers: 14 (L.Higgins 2, W.Nelson 3, E.Waldon 5,
R.Jackson 2, L.Dicarlo 1, G.Brisson 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (C.Son 1, C.Disney 2, G.Brisson 3)
Steals: 14 (C.Son 1, C.Disney 3, W.Nelson 2, E.Waldon
3, R.Jackson 1, K.Zorn 2, L.Dicarlo 2)
3P FGs: 10-19 (L.Higgins 0-1, W.Nelson 3-5, E.Waldon
4-5, R.Jackson 2-2, K.Zorn 1-4, L.Dicarlo 0-1,
G.Huebner 0-1)
Villanova (34-2, 17-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Reid Hills C 30 13-18 2-2 7 10 1 3 28
Tyrone Stumpf PF 25 4-8 2-3 5 9 0 5 10
Albert Israel SF 35 9-15 6-9 4 12 1 0 25
Paul Arthur SG 35 5-13 2-2 3 4 3 2 14
John Oliva PG 35 2-5 2-3 0 0 9 1 6
Ross June PF 14 0-8 5-6 0 1 2 0 5
Robert Stroh C 13 0-2 2-2 0 3 0 2 2
Dan Schoonover PG 5 1-2 2-2 0 0 2 1 4
John Green SG 5 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2
Larry Owen C 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
David Basso SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 19 (R.Hills 3, T.Stumpf 2, A.Israel 1,
P.Arthur 2, J.Oliva 5, R.Stroh 3, D.Schoonover 1,
J.Green 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (R.Hills 1, J.Oliva 1, L.Owen 1,
D.Basso 1)
Steals: 8 (R.Hills 1, A.Israel 1, P.Arthur 2, J.Oliva
1, R.June 1, D.Schoonover 1, J.Green 1)
3P FGs: 3-14 (A.Israel 1-4, P.Arthur 2-7, J.Oliva 0-3)
Player of Game: PG Emery Waldon (HART)