Boxscore
Providence 55, Villanova 52
Sunday, February 3, 2013 12:00 PM
Location -
The Pavilion, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Officials -
Roger Ayers, Les Jones, Gene Steratore
Attendance -
6500
Final Scoring Summary
Recap
Providence 55, Villanova 52: Bryce Cotton scored 18 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds remaining, and the visiting Friars held off the Wildcats.
Villanova (13-9, 4-5 Big East) scored nine straight points to forge a 52-52 tie on two free throws by James Bell with 42.6 seconds left. After Vincent Council missed a running jumper with 12 seconds left, Josh Fortune grabbed the offensive rebound and found Cotton, who knocked down the shot from the top of the key over the out-stretched arms of Bell.
Cotton was 4-of-8 from 3-point range. Fortune added 15 points on a career-best five 3-pointers as the Friars (11-11, 3-7) made 10-of-15 from behind the arc.
Darrun Hilliard led the Wildcats with 17 points but shot just 3-of-13 from the field. Mouphtaou Yarou added 10 points and 14 rebounds for Villanova, which shot 27.5 percent from the field and 2-of-15 from behind the arc.
Providence started slowly by missing seven of its first eight shots and faced an early 16-6 deficit. Fortune knocked down two 3-pointers in a 12-0 run and hit two more in a span of 78 seconds as the Friars took a 29-23 lead at halftime.
GAME NOTEBOOK: According to a report by CBS Sports, Providence C Sidikii Johnson left the team to deal with personal issues. Johnson scored a career-high 14 points on Jan. 26 but did not play in the loss to Connecticut last week. ... Cotton became the 45th Friar to reach 1,000 points when he hit a 3-pointer with 7:40 remaining. ... Hilliard knocked down a career-high 10 free throws.for the Wildcats, who have recorded 43 turnovers in their two losses to Providence.
Providence Friars
| |
REBOUNDS |
|
| PLAYER |
MIN |
FGM-A |
3GM-A |
FTM-A |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
A |
PF |
STL |
TO |
BLK |
PTS |
|
Kris Dunn
|
27:00 |
2-7 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
Kadeem Batts
|
17:00 |
1-5 |
0-0 |
0-3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Vincent Council
|
35:00 |
2-11 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
|
Bryce Cotton
|
33:00 |
5-12 |
4-8 |
4-5 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
18 |
|
LaDontae Henton
|
19:00 |
1-3 |
0-1 |
2-2 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
|
Brice Kofane
|
10:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
1-2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Lee Goldsbrough
|
28:00 |
2-2 |
0-0 |
2-3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
Josh Fortune
|
29:00 |
5-6 |
5-5 |
0-0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
|
Ted Bancroft
|
2:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
200 |
18-46 |
10-15 |
9-15 |
9 |
24 |
33 |
15 |
22 |
6 |
21 |
3 |
55 |
| |
39.1%
|
66.7%
|
60.0%
|
Team Rebs: 0 |
|
Total TO: 21 |
Villanova Wildcats