BRYAN ANTOINE ANTOINE G ¡ FRESHMAN UCONN GAMEUCONN GAME JANUARY 18, 2020 PHILADELPHIA, PA. ¡ NOON PRESENTED BY WWW.VI LLA N OVA .CO M VILLANOVA GAMEDAYVILLANOVA GAMEDAY CONTENTSCONTENTS GAMEDAY PREVIEW UCONN VS. VILLANOVA SCHEDULE ¡ RESULTS AROUND THE BIG EAST ¡ AROUND THE COUNTRY VILLANOVA STATISTICS UCONN STATISTICS VILLANOVA ROSTER UCONN 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 UCONNUCONN GAME JANUARY 18 ¡ WELLS FARGO CENTER ¡ PHILADELPHIA, PA. ¡ NOON 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 Freshman Guard Bryan Antoine BRYAN ANTOINE ANTOINE G ¡ FRESHMAN UCONN GAMEUCONN GAME JANUARY 18, 2020 PHILADELPHIA, PA. ¡ NOON PRESENTED BY 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 UCONN UCONN GAME JANUARY 18 ¡ WELLS FARGO CENTER ¡ PHILADELPHIA, PA. ¡ NOON 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... » Today’s non-conference clash is both prologue and prelude. Villanova hosts its once and future BIG EAST rival at the Wells Fargo Center for the first time since Feb., 13, 2016 (a 70-61 Wildcats win). » Tuesday’s 79-75 overtime victory over DePaul was the 208th BIG EAST regular season win for Head Coach Jay Wright in a Villanova tenure that began in 2001-02. Combined with 24 wins in the BIG EAST Tournament, that moved him into third place all-time ahead of legendary Georgetown coach John Thompson (231). Jim Boeheim’s 416 BIG EAST victories are the most in league history. Jim Calhoun (309) stands in second place in all-time BIG EAST victories. » On Monday, freshman forward Jeremiah Robinson- Earl was tabbed BIG EAST Freshman of the Week for the second time in 2019-20. The native of Overland Park, Kan., averaged 10.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game during the week of Jan. 6. This is the sixth time a Wildcat has been named by the conference as its Freshman of the Week in ‘19-20. Guard Justin Moore has been recognized four times with this honor. » Villanova checks in at No. 14 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25, up two spots from last week’s No. 16 position. The Wildcats moved up one place, from No. 16 to No. 15, in this week’s USA Today Coaches poll. » Today is the third game in a stretch of four consecutive contests on home courts. Villanova defeated Georgetown , 80-66, last Saturday at Wells Fargo Center and defeated DePaul (79-75 OT) on Tuesday. The Wildcats return to Finneran Pavilion on Jan. 21 to play Butler (7 p.m./CBS SN). VILLANOVA WILDCATSVILLANOVA WILDCATS (13-3 OVERALL, 4-1 BIG EAST) TELEVISION: FS1 » RADIO: 610 Sports » Ryan Fannon & Whitey Rigsby vs.vs. UCONN HUSKIES UCONN HUSKIES (10-6 OVERALL, 1-3 AMERICAN ATHLETIC) TALE OF THE TAPE VU STATISTIC UCONN 75.7 Points Per Game 72.3 67.6 Opponent Points Per Game 64.8 36.9 Rebounds Per Game 39.1 15.7 Assists Per Game 13.1 3.3 Blocks Per Game 7.1 6.1 Steals Per Game 6.8 .450 Field Goal Percentage .419 .345 3-Pt Field Goal Percentage .340 .781 Free Throw Percentage .707 .441 Opponent Field Goal Percentage .398 .322 Opponent 3-Pt Field Goal Percentage .306 TODAY’S STATISTICS LEADERS POINTS PER GAME VU SADDIQ BEY 15.4 UCONN CHRISTIAN VITAL 14.3 REBOUNDS PER GAME VU JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL 9.7 UCONN JOSH CARLTON 6.9 ASSISTS PER GAME VU COLLIN GILLESPIE 4.6 UCONN ALTERIQUE GILBERT 4.8 STEALS PER GAME VU COLLIN GILLESPIE, JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL 1.3 UCONN CHRISTIAN VITAL 2.6 3-POINT PERCENTAGE VU SADDIQ BEY .452 UCONN TYLER POLLEY .405 FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE VU DHAMIR COSBY-ROUNDTREE .529 UCONN JAMES BOUKNIGHT .495 FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE (MIN. 25 ATTEMPTS) VU COLE SWIDER .857 UCONN CHRISTIAN VITAL .884WWW.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 JAN79 DePAUL* Villanova, Pa. (1 Overtime) 1475 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 13-3 | Conf. 4-1 | Home 8-0 | Away 2-2 | Neutral 3-1Next >