DHAMIR COSBY-ROUNDTREECOSBY-ROUNDTREE F ¡ JUNIOR DDEEPAUL GAMEPAUL GAME JANUARY 14, 2020 VILLANOVA, PA. ¡ 8:30 P.M. WWW.VI LLA N OVA .CO M VILLANOVA GAMEDAYVILLANOVA GAMEDAY CONTENTSCONTENTS GAMEDAY PREVIEW DePAUL VS. VILLANOVA SCHEDULE ¡ RESULTS AROUND THE BIG EAST ¡ AROUND THE COUNTRY VILLANOVA STATISTICS DePAUL STATISTICS VILLANOVA ROSTER DePAUL ROSTER COLLIN GILLESPIE DHAMIR COSBY-ROUNDTREE JERMAINE SAMUELS JR. TIM SAUNDERS SADDIQ BEY BRANDON SLATER COLE SWIDER CALEB DANIELS BRYAN ANTOINE CHRIS ARCIDIACONO ERIC DIXON JUSTIN MOORE JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL KEVIN HOEHN HEAD COACH JAY WRIGHT COACHING STAFF 33 2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL DDeePAULPAUL GAME JANUARY 14 ¡ FINNERAN PAVILION ¡ VILLANOVA, PA. ¡ 8:30 P.M. 306 328 3310 3412 3714 3916 3918 4020 4626 4022 28 4224 CONTENTS PAGE CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL VILLANOVA GAMEDAYVILLANOVA GAMEDAY CC VILLANOVA GAMEDAYVILLANOVA GAMEDAY 55 2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL CONTENTSCONTENTS ON THE COVER Junior Forward Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree DHAMIR COSBY-ROUNDTREECOSBY-ROUNDTREE F ¡ JUNIOR DDEEPAUL GAMEPAUL GAME JANUARY 14, 2020 VILLANOVA, PA. ¡ 8:30 P.M. CREDITS VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY STAFF EDITOR Mike Sheridan ASSISTANT EDITOR Michelle Ruel CONTRIBUTORS Dean Kenefick David Berman VILLANOVA SPORTS PROPERTIES GENERAL MANAGER Drew Young SENIOR DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Kevin Levy MANAGER, PARTNER SERVICES Danielle Durocher DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085 (610) 519-6613 ADVERTISING INFORMATION Drew Young drew.young@foxsports.net (610) 519-6613 COVER DESIGN & LAYOUT PROVATIONS GROUP Jai Giffin, Bob Slater 851 Corporate Drive, #100 Lexington, KY 40503 (859) 514-0533 GLIMPSE OF VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT REV. PETER M. DONOHUE, OSA, PHD DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS MARK JACKSON TO OUR FANS VILLANOVA ON THE AIR ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS VILLANOVA INTERNATIONAL CENTENNIAL SEASON HONORING A CENTURY OF SUCCESS SCORING LEADERS 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 72 74 79 83 85 81 2009 NCAA FINAL FOUR 2016 NCAA CHAMPIONS 1985 NCAA CHAMPIONS YEARLY LEADERS DDeePAUL PAUL GAME JANUARY 14 ¡ FINNERAN PAVILION ¡ VILLANOVA, PA. ¡ 8:30 P.M. 2018 NCAA CHAMPIONSWWW.VI LLA N OVA .CO M 66 2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL VILLANOVA GAMEDAYVILLANOVA GAMEDAY GAMEDAY PREVIEWGAMEDAY PREVIEW IT’S WORTH NOTING... » The Wildcats have swept the season series from DePaul in each of the past six seasons and have won the last 18 meetings between the teams ... Last season, the ‘Cats rallied in the final five minutes to earn a 73-68 win on Jan. 2 in the BIG EAST opener for both teams. » ~ Head Coach Jay Wright was named by the Associated Press as its College Basketball Coach of the Decade last week. Villanova won 269 games from Jan. 2, 2010-Dec. 30, 2019, including the 2016 NCAA title game over North Carolina (77-74) and the 2018 NCAA championship over Michigan (79-62). Wright received 16 of 24 votes in the balloting conducted by the AP. » Jeremiah Earl-Robinson., has led the Wildcats in rebounding in 13 of their 15 games this season - in eight of those he collected double digit boards. He averages 9.5 rebounds per game, fourth in the BIG EAST. What’s more, his contributions aren’t limited to the glass. Robinson- Earl scored 14 points vs. Georgetown Saturday and averages 10.6 points per game. » This season marked the eighth consecutive year in which Villanova has produced a winning streak of six or more consecutive victories (Dec. 1-30). » Tonight is the second game in a stretch of four consecutive contests on home courts. Villanova defeated Georgetown , 80-66, on Saturday at Wells Fargo Center. The Wildcats return to the Center this Saturday to meet past and future BIG EAST rival Connecticut (Noon/FS1) and then meets Butler at Finneran Pavilion on Jan. 21 (7 p.m./CBS SN). VILLANOVA WILDCATSVILLANOVA WILDCATS (12-3 OVERALL, 3-1 BIG EAST) TELEVISION: FS1 » RADIO: 610 Sports » Ryan Fannon & Whitey Rigsby vs.vs. D DeePAUL BLUE DEMONSPAUL BLUE DEMONS (12-4 OVERALL, 0-3 BIG EAST) TALE OF THE TAPE VU STATISTIC DePAUL 75.5 Points Per Game 75.1 67.1 Opponent Points Per Game 66.6 37.2 Rebounds Per Game 39.2 15.7 Assists Per Game 14.6 3.3 Blocks Per Game 6.0 6.1 Steals Per Game 9.2 .452 Field Goal Percentage .463 .342 3-Pt Field Goal Percentage .327 .774 Free Throw Percentage .639 .439 Opponent Field Goal Percentage .388 .318 Opponent 3-Pt Field Goal Percentage .310 TODAY’S STATISTICS LEADERS POINTS PER GAME VU SADDIQ BEY 15.3 DePAUL CHARLIE MOORE 15.8 REBOUNDS PER GAME VU JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL 9.5 DePAUL PAUL REED 11.1 ASSISTS PER GAME VU COLLIN GILLESPIE 4.6 DePAUL CHARLIE MOORE 6.7 STEALS PER GAME VU COLLIN GILLESPIE, JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL 1.3 GTOWN CHARLIE MOORE 1.9 3-POINT PERCENTAGE VU SADDIQ BEY .446 DePAUL J. COLEMAN-LANDS .333 FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE VU COLE SWIDER .511 DePAUL PAUL REED .528 FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE (MIN. 25 ATTEMPTS) VU JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL .850 DePAUL PAUL REED .805WWW.VI LLA N OVA .CO M 88 2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL VILLANOVA GAMEDAYVILLANOVA GAMEDAY 2019-20 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS2019-20 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DEC KU ® 56 KANSAS Philadelphia, Pa. 2155 NOV97 ARMY Villanova, Pa. 554 FEB CREIGHTON* Philadelphia, Pa. Sat. / Noon 01 NOV TM 51 OHIO STATE Columbus, Ohio 1376 DEC68 XAVIER* Villanova, Pa. 3062 FEB BUTLER* Indianapolis, Ind. Wed. / 6:30 p.m. 05 NOV78 OHIO UNIVERSITY Philadelphia, Pa. 1654 JAN60 MARQUETTE* Milwaukee, Wis. 0471 FEB SETON HALL* Philadelphia, Pa. Sat. / 2:30 p.m. 08 NOV98 MIDDLE TENNESSEE Conway, S.C. 2169 JAN64 CREIGHTON* Omaha, Neb. 0759 FEB MARQUETTE* Villanova, Pa. Wed. / 8:30 p.m. 12 NOV83 MISSISSIPPI STATE Conway, S.C. . 2276 JAN80 GEORGETOWN* Villanova, Pa. 1166 FEB TEMPLE Philadelphia, Pa. Sun. / 1:00 p.m. 16 NOV78 BAYLOR Conway, S.C. 2487 JAN DePAUL* Villanova, Pa. Tue. / 8:30 p.m. 14 FEB DePAUL* Chicago, Ill. Wed. / 9:00 p.m. 19 DEC83 La SALLE Villanova, Pa. 0172 JAN CONNECTICUT Philadelphia, Pa. Sat. / Noon 18 FEB XAVIER* Cincinnati, Ohio Sat. / 2:30 p.m. 22 DEC80 PENN Villanova, Pa. 0469 JAN BUTLER* Villanova, Pa. Tue. / 7:00 p.m. 21 FEB ST. JOHN’S* Villanova, Pa. Wed. / 6:30 p.m. 26 DEC78 SAINT JOSEPH’S Philadelphia, Pa. 0766 JAN PROVIDENCE* Providence, R.I. Sat. / 1:00 p.m. 25 FEB PROVIDENCE* Philadelphia, Pa. Sat. / Noon 29 DEC78 DELAWARE Newark, N.J. 1470 JAN ST. JOHN’S* New York, N.Y. Tue. / 6:30 p.m. 28 MAR SETON HALL* Newark, N.J. Wed. / 8:30 p.m. 04 MAR GEORGETOWN* Washington, D.C. Sat. / Noon 07 MAR BIG EAST TOURNAMENT New York, N.Y. 11 SCHEDULE KEY Home Event Away Event * Conference Event All Times are Eastern Games are subject to change Overall 12-3 | Conf. 3-1 | Home 7-0 | Away 2-2 | Neutral 3-1Next >