Tennessee Volunteers vs Villanova Wildcats

Cheez-It Hall of Fame Tip-Off

3-1

Final

	1	2	T
Villanova VILL	35	36	71
Tennessee TENN	15	38	53

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2-1

Villanova Wildcats

starters
Eric DixonE. Dixon#43
Brandon SlaterB. Slater#3
Jermaine Samuels Jr.J. Samuels#23
Justin MooreJ. Moore#5
Collin GillespieC. Gillespie#2
bench
Trey PattersonT. Patterson#13
Nnanna NjokuN. Njoku#22
Jordan LonginoJ. Longino#15
Chris ArcidiaconoC. Arcidiacono#4
Caleb DanielsC. Daniels#14
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
25	6	3-9	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	2	1	2	3	4
22	14	5-8	1-3	3-4	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	4
32	14	6-10	2-4	0-0	11	0	2	0	1	4	7	2
34	13	5-18	1-5	2-2	7	6	3	2	0	2	5	3
32	14	3-10	2-7	6-8	3	4	1	2	0	1	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
10	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0
23	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	7	2-6	1-2	2-2	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	3
	71	25-67	8-24	13-16	41	14	7	8	3	14	27	19
		37%	33%	81%

Tennessee Volunteers

starters
Olivier NkamhouaO. Nkamhoua#13
John FulkersonJ. Fulkerson#10
Santiago VescoviS. Vescovi#25
Kennedy ChandlerK. Chandler#1
Josiah-Jordan JamesJ. James#30
bench
Jonas AidooJ. Aidoo#0
Brandon Huntley-HatfieldB. Huntley-Hatfield#2
Uros PlavsicU. Plavsic#33
Zakai ZeiglerZ. Zeigler#5
Jahmai MashackJ. Mashack#15
Justin PowellJ. Powell#24
Victor Bailey Jr.V. Bailey Jr.#12
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
27	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	6	1	2	0	0	2	4	3
22	4	2-2	0-0	0-1	4	0	3	0	1	2	2	1
27	23	7-17	4-12	5-5	6	1	3	3	0	2	4	4
25	6	1-9	0-2	4-4	3	2	3	0	1	0	3	3
27	2	1-8	0-6	0-0	5	1	2	1	0	1	4	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
2	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	2	1-1	0-0	0-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	3
7	7	3-4	1-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
5	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	1
18	5	2-6	0-3	1-2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
23	2	1-5	0-4	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	53	19-57	5-28	10-13	39	9	18	4	3	12	27	19
		33%	18%	77%

Caleb Daniels steals pass, drops in layup for Villanova

0:20

Santiago Vescovi makes a great defensive play for the steal

0:26

Kennedy Chandler makes a nice move for the layup

0:22

Game Information

Uncasville, CT

Referee:Terry Wymer

Referee:Earl Walton

Referee:Robert Riley

NCAA Division I

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	18-2	-	30-7
UConn	17-3	1	34-6
Villanova	15-5	3	24-9
Seton Hall	10-10	8	21-12
Creighton	9-11	9	16-18
DePaul	8-12	10	16-16
Butler	7-13	11	16-16
Providence	7-13	11	15-18
Marquette	7-13	11	12-20
Georgetown	6-14	12	16-18
Xavier	6-14	12	15-18

Southeastern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Florida	16-2	-	27-8
Arkansas	13-5	3	28-9
Alabama	13-5	3	25-10
Vanderbilt	11-7	5	27-9
Tennessee	11-7	5	25-12
Texas A&M	11-7	5	22-12
Georgia	10-8	6	22-11
Kentucky	10-8	6	22-14
Missouri	10-8	6	20-13
Texas	9-9	7	21-15
Auburn	7-11	9	22-16
Oklahoma	7-11	9	21-16
Mississippi State	5-13	11	13-19
Ole Miss	4-14	12	15-20
South Carolina	4-14	12	13-19
LSU	3-15	13	15-17

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