After a tough begin to the season, Villanova (5-4) lastly had one thing to be ok with on Tuesday night time.
The Wildcats took down No. 14 Cincinnati, 68-60, handing the Bearcats (6-1) their first lack of the season.
Villanova was led by senior ahead and the nation’s second-leading scorer Eric Dixon, who posted 31 factors and 7 rebounds. Tuesday marked the third time this season Dixon has surpassed 30 factors. He scored 33 factors in a 90-80 loss to Columbia (8-0) on Nov. 6 and put up 38 factors in Villanova’s fourth lack of the season to Maryland (7-1), 76-75, on Nov. 24.
Along with these defeats, the Wildcats additionally fell to Saint Joseph’s, 83-76, and Virginia, 70-60. Tuesday night time’s victory provides Villanova back-to-back wins and three wins in a four-game span.
With a combined record of 39-37 at Villanova coming into the night time, per Sports activities-Reference, this was a giant win for head coach Kyle Neptune.
For Cincinnati, the loss was its first setback of the season. Whereas the Bearcats had not performed a noteworthy opponent, they’d taken care of enterprise in each sport, successful by at the very least 16 factors in every one.
Coming into the night time, Cincinnati had been taking pictures 53.6 % from the ground, which led the nation, according to NCAA.com. After being held to 23-of-60 (38.3 %) from the ground, it’s protected to say Villanova slowed the Bearcats down in a giant approach.
Villanova’s win kicked off the Large 12-Large East Battle, which pits the 2 conferences in opposition to each other. The video games proceed via Sunday.
