Jan 14, 2017 - Villanova at St. John's - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

1/14/2017 St. John's v. Villanova Game Preview

	Villanova Wildcats	(17-1, 7-1 away)
	St. John's Red Storm	(8-11, 5-5 home)

January 14, 2017 at 12:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Madison Square Garden
New York, New York

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2016-2017 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Villanova	36	40.0	77.2	26.8	54.1	.495	8.6	23.4	.369	14.9	18.9	.790	8.4	24.1	32.5	14.0	7.2	3.0	11.1	14.3
St. John's	33	40.0	76.8	26.2	60.6	.433	8.4	23.1	.364	15.9	21.9	.724	9.5	23.5	33.0	13.5	6.8	6.0	13.1	20.8
VILL Opponents	36	40.0	62.7	23.5	56.1	.419	7.0	22.4	.311	8.7	12.4	.703	8.7	19.7	28.4	13.4	5.1	2.0	13.3	18.2
STJ Opponents	33	40.0	78.7	27.4	59.5	.461	7.5	20.2	.374	16.4	23.4	.702	11.2	26.5	37.7	15.0	6.3	3.2	15.0	20.5

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Feb 13, 2016	St. John's	Villanova	63 - 73	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Finneran Pavilion
Jan 31, 2016	Villanova	St. John's	68 - 53	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Madison Square Garden
Mar 7, 2015	St. John's	Villanova	68 - 105	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Wells Fargo Center
Jan 6, 2015	Villanova	St. John's	90 - 72	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Madison Square Garden
Feb 22, 2014	St. John's	Villanova	54 - 57	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Wells Fargo Center
Jan 11, 2014	Villanova	St. John's	74 - 67	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Madison Square Garden
Mar 13, 2013	St. John's	Villanova	53 - 66	Villanova	Conference Tournament	Madison Square Garden
Jan 2, 2013	St. John's	Villanova	86 - 98	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Finneran Pavilion
Jan 21, 2012	Villanova	St. John's	79 - 76	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Madison Square Garden
Feb 26, 2011	St. John's	Villanova	81 - 68	St. John's	Conference Regular Season	Wells Fargo Center
Jan 23, 2010	Villanova	St. John's	81 - 71	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Madison Square Garden
Jan 18, 2009	St. John's	Villanova	57 - 76	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Finneran Pavilion
Feb 16, 2008	Villanova	St. John's	60 - 42	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Madison Square Garden
Mar 1, 2006	St. John's	Villanova	52 - 65	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Finneran Pavilion
Mar 5, 2005	Villanova	St. John's	70 - 68	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Madison Square Garden
Jan 18, 2004	St. John's	Villanova	74 - 85	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Finneran Pavilion
Feb 11, 2003	St. John's	Villanova	52 - 50	St. John's	Conference Regular Season	Wells Fargo Center
Jan 15, 2003	Villanova	St. John's	82 - 73	Villanova	Conference Regular Season	Madison Square Garden

2016-2017 Villanova Wildcats Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	J. Brunson	J. Hart	K. Jenkins	M. Bridges	D. Reynolds
Rotation		D. DiVincenzo	E. Paschall
Rotation		P. Booth
Lim PT	M. Kennedy	T. Leibig		D. Painter
Lim PT	D. Grace			T. Delaney
Lim PT				O. Spellman

2016-2017 St. John's Red Storm Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	M. LoVett, Jr.	S. Ponds	M. Ellison	B. Ahmed	K. Yakwe
Rotation	F. Mussini			T. Owens	Y. Sima
Rotation				D. Williams
Rotation				A. Alibegovic
Lim PT		E. Holifield		R. Freudenberg	J. Cole
Lim PT		B. Lawrence

Villanova Wildcats Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
5	Phil Booth	G	3	24.0	5.7	1.7	6.3	.263	1.0	3.3	.300	1.3	1.3	1.000	0.3	1.3	1.7	2.0	0.3	0.0	2.0	1.0
25	Mikal Bridges	SG	36	29.8	9.8	3.6	6.5	.549	1.2	3.1	.393	1.4	1.6	.911	1.1	3.4	4.6	2.0	1.7	0.9	1.3	2.3
1	Jalen Brunson	PG	36	31.1	14.7	5.1	9.4	.541	1.2	3.1	.378	3.3	3.8	.876	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.1	0.9	0.0	2.1	1.6
34	Tim Delaney	PF	7	3.7	0.4	0.1	0.3	.500	0.1	0.3	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.6
10	Donte DiVincenzo	SG	36	25.5	8.8	3.0	6.5	.466	1.2	3.2	.365	1.6	2.3	.699	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.7	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.6
40	Denny Grace	G	7	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3
3	Josh Hart	SG	36	33.1	18.7	6.6	12.9	.510	2.1	5.1	.404	3.5	4.7	.747	1.4	5.0	6.4	2.9	1.6	0.3	2.0	2.2
2	Kris Jenkins	F	36	31.1	13.1	3.9	10.3	.384	2.4	6.6	.360	2.8	3.2	.862	0.4	3.8	4.1	2.0	1.1	0.3	1.4	1.9
35	Matt Kennedy	G	7	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
24	Tom Leibig	GF	7	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	Dylan Painter	FC	22	5.8	0.9	0.3	0.6	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.667	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6
4	Eric Paschall	F	36	21.7	7.2	2.8	5.4	.513	0.5	1.9	.279	1.1	1.6	.695	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.6	0.5	0.5	1.2	2.5
45	Darryl Reynolds	F	31	23.8	4.5	1.8	2.6	.688	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.674	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.6	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.7
14	Omari Spellman	PF	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

St. John's Red Storm Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
1	Bashir Ahmed	SF	33	26.7	13.4	4.3	10.9	.394	1.6	4.5	.354	3.2	4.7	.679	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.2	0.5	0.6	2.3	2.5
10	Amar Alibegovic	F	26	10.3	2.1	0.7	1.8	.413	0.3	1.0	.280	0.4	0.7	.588	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.8
23	Justin Cole	G	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0	Malik Ellison	SF	33	24.8	7.4	2.5	6.0	.419	0.9	2.7	.341	1.4	2.4	.595	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.9
20	Richard Freudenberg	F	26	9.3	1.3	0.5	1.8	.250	0.3	1.3	.200	0.1	0.2	.750	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.7	1.2
12	Elijah Holifield	G	7	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.9	.667	0.1	0.4	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.6
24	Brandon Lawrence	SG	2	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
20	Marcus LoVett, Jr.	PG	30	31.6	15.9	5.5	11.9	.464	1.7	4.4	.382	3.1	3.9	.803	0.6	2.3	2.9	3.8	1.3	0.0	2.6	2.0
4	Federico Mussini	PG	30	19.2	8.2	2.6	6.3	.410	1.9	4.4	.427	1.2	1.4	.854	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.9	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.2
11	Tariq Owens	PF	32	18.8	5.2	2.0	4.0	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.5	.750	1.8	3.3	5.1	0.5	0.6	2.2	0.9	3.2
2	Shamorie Ponds	SG	33	33.6	17.4	5.8	13.2	.439	2.3	6.1	.375	3.5	4.3	.823	1.2	3.3	4.4	3.1	2.1	0.2	1.9	1.8
35	Yankuba Sima	C	10	17.8	6.0	2.1	4.7	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.5	.720	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.4
45	Darien Williams	PF	24	11.9	3.8	1.4	2.6	.540	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.727	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.6	2.2
14	Kassoum Yakwe	PF	33	20.5	4.2	1.5	3.6	.425	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.8	.593	1.1	2.2	3.2	0.8	0.2	1.9	0.9	2.8

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