After a tough begin to the season, Villanova (5-4) lastly had one thing to be ok with on Tuesday evening.
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 evening’s victory offers Villanova back-to-back wins and three wins in a four-game span.
With a mixed file of 39-37 at Villanova coming into the evening, 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 recreation, profitable by a minimum of 16 factors in every one.
Coming into the evening, Cincinnati had been taking pictures 53.6 % from the ground, which led the nation, in keeping with NCAA.com. After being held to 23-of-60 (38.3 %) from the ground, it’s secure to say Villanova slowed the Bearcats down in a giant manner.
Villanova’s win kicked off the Huge 12-Huge East Battle, which pits the 2 conferences towards each other. The video games proceed by Sunday.
