2020-21 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL Contents WWW.VILLANOVA.COM n 3 FROM PRESS ROW VILLANOVA VS. MARQUETTE SCHEDULE ¡ RESULTS AROUND THE BIG EAST ¡ AROUND THE COUNTRY VILLANOVA STATISTICS MARQUETTE STATISTICS VILLANOVA ROSTER MARQUETTE ROSTER COLLIN GILLESPIE DHAMIR COSBY-ROUNDTREE JERMAINE SAMUELS JR. BRANDON SLATER COLE SWIDER CALEB DANIELS JUSTIN MOORE JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL BRYAN ANTOINE CHRIS ARCIDIACONO ERIC DIXON KEVIN HOEHN KEVIN VOIGT HEAD COACH JAY WRIGHT COACHING STAFF SUPPORT STAFF MARQUETTE GAME FEBRUARY 10 ¡ FINNERAN PAVILLION ¡ VILLANOVA, PA. ¡ 9:00 P.M. 306 328 3310 3412 3714 3916 3918 4020 5026 4222 28 4624 CONTENTS PAGE CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 2020-21 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL Contents WWW.VILLANOVA.COM n 5 ON THE COVER Senior Forward Jermaine Samuels Jr. CREDITS VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY STAFF EDITOR Mike Sheridan ASSISTANT EDITOR Michelle Ruel CONTRIBUTORS Dean Kenefick David Berman VILLANOVA SPORTS PROPERTIES GENERAL MANAGER Drew Young SENIOR DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Kevin Levy MANAGER, PARTNER SERVICES Danielle Durocher DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085 (610) 519-6613 ADVERTISING INFORMATION Drew Young drew.young@foxsports.net (610) 519-6613 DESIGN & DIGITAL PUBLICATION PROVATIONS GROUP Jai Giffin, Jamie Barker, Bob Slater 711 Millpond Road Lexington, KY 40514 (859) 514-0533 MARQUETTE GAME FEBRUARY 10 ¡ FINNERAN PAVILLION ¡ VILLANOVA, PA. ¡ 9:00 P.M. GLIMPSE OF VILLANOVA 52 UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT REV. PETER M. DONOHUE, OSA, PHD 54 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS MARK JACKSON 56 TO OUR FANS 58 VILLANOVA ON THE AIR 60 ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS 62 VILLANOVA INTERNATIONAL 64 FAMILY 66 DIPLOMAS & ACADEMICS 68 SCORING LEADERS 72 2018 NCAA CHAMPIONS 85 81 2009 NCAA FINAL FOUR 83 2016 NCAA CHAMPIONS 79 1985 NCAA CHAMPIONS 74 YEARLY LEADERS2020-21 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL From Press Row 6 n WWW.VILLANOVA.COM Villanova (12-2, 7-1 BIG EAST) vs. Marquette (9-10, 5-8 BIG EAST) TALE OF THE TAPE VU STATISTIC MU 77.9 Points Per Game 71.5 67.9 Opponent Points Per Game 69.8 34.4 Rebounds Per Game 37.0 15.6 Assists Per Game 13.5 1.5 Blocks Per Game 4.1 4.7 Steals Per Game 5.4 .456 Field Goal Percentage .452 .375 3-Pt Field Goal Percentage .345 .765 Free Throw Percentage .719 .455 Opponent Field Goal Percentage .405 .369 Opponent 3-Pt Field Goal Percentage .356 TODAY’S STATISTICS LEADERS POINTS PER GAME VU JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL 15.3 MU D.J. CARTON 12.7 REBOUNDS PER GAME VU JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL 7.3 MU DAWSON GARCIA 6.7 ASSISTS PER GAME VU COLLIN GILLESPIE 4.7 MU D.J. CARTON 3.4 STEALS PER GAME VU COLLIN GILLESPIE 1.0 MU D.J. CARTON 1.2 3-POINT PERCENTAGE (MIN. 60 ATTEMPTS) VU CALEB DANIELS .439 MU JAMAL CAIN .420 FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE (MIN. 100 ATTEMPTS) VU JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL .494 MU DAWSON GARCIA .477 FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE (MIN. 50 ATTEMPTS) VU COLLIN GILLESPIE .887 MU KOBY McKWEN .764 IT’S WORTH NOTING... » The Wildcats edged the Golden Eagles 72-71 when these two squads last battled at Finneran Pavilion (Feb. 12, 2020). In the first meeting this season, five Wildcats scored in double figures to help Nova pull away in the second half. Collin Gillespie paced Villanova with 22 points. Villanova has taken all seven meetings on home courts vs. Marquette since the league realigned in 2013. » Villanova produced a nine game winning streak that began on Dec. 1 and ended on Feb. 3. Since the start of the 2013-14 season, the Wildcats have had a winning streak of at least nine games (seven of the past eight campaigns). The only exception was 2019-20, where the longest run » Villanova has been a constant in the Top 10 of both major polls this season. The Wildcats are ranked third in this week’s Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. Since the start of the 2013-14 regular season, Villanova has been ranked in the AP Top 25 for 132 of the last 140 weeks, including the last 29 in a row. » The list of midseason honors for senior Collin Gillespie and sophomore Jeremiah Robinson-Earl grew this week. The duo was named to the John R. Wooden Award Top 20 Midseason Watch List. Last week, Gillespie was named to the Bob Cousy Award Top 10 Midseason Watch List while Robinson-Earl was included on the Karl Malone Award Midseason Top 10 List. » Like most Division I teams, the Wildcats have seen plenty of upheaval in their schedule due to COVID-19. Villanova has been through three pauses since practice formally began. The first got started on Sept. 23, the second on Dec. 27 and the third on Jan. 4 after only one day of practice following the second pause. Villanova went 27 days between games from Dec. 23-Jan. 19. It played only three games in the month of January. » Villanova announced the signing of four accomplished student- athletes to national letters of intent as part of its Class of 2025. Three of the four are set to enroll in the fall of 2021. Trey Patterson elected to enroll in January after graduating early from Rutgers Prep. The list includes guard Angelo Brizzi, guard Jordan Longino, forward Nnanna Njoku, and forward Patterson. The class is ranked fourth in the nation by 247 Sports.2020-21 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL 2020-21 Schedule And Results 8 n WWW.VILLANOVA.COM NOV76 BOSTON COLLEGE Uncasville,Conn. 2567 JAN XAVIER*Cincinnati, Ohio Postponed 13 FEB BUTLER* Indianapolis, Ind. Sun. / TBA 28 NOV83 ARIZONA STATE Uncasville,Conn. 2674 MAR CREIGHTON* Villanova, Pa. Wed / TBA 3 NOV73 VIRGINIA TECH Uncasville,Conn. (1 OT) 2881 JAN MARQUETTE* Villanova, Pa. Postponed 8 MAR PROVIDENCE* Providence, R.I. Sat. / TBA 6 DEC66 TEXAS Austin, Texas 664 JAN76 SETON HALL* Villanova, Pa. 1974 DEC87 HARTFORD Uncasville,Conn. . 153 JAN CONNECTICUT* Storrs, Conn. Postponed 28 DEC76 GEORGETOWN* Washington, D.C. 1163 JAN71 PROVIDENCE* Villanova, Pa. 2356 DEC85 BUTLER* Villanova, Pa. 1666 FEB59 ST. JOHN’S* Queens, N.Y. 370 DEC DEPAUL* Villanova, Pa. Postponed 14 JAN80 SETON HALL* South Orange, N.J. 3072 DEC88 SAINT JOSEPH’S Villanova, Pa. 1968 FEB84 GEORGETOWN* Villanova, Pa. 774 DEC85 MARQUETTE* Milwaukee, Wis. 2368 FEB CREIGHTON* Omaha, Neb. Sat. / 5 p.m. 13 FEB MARQUETTE* Villanova, Pa. Wed. / 9 p.m. 10 SCHEDULE KEY Home Event Away Event * Conference Event All Times are Eastern Games are subject to change JAN DEPAUL* Chicago, Ill. Postponed 5 FEB CONNECTICUT* Villanova, Pa. Sat. / 1 p.m. 20 FEB ST. JOHN’S* Villanova, Pa. Tue. / 9TBA 23 Overall 13-2 | Conf. 8-1 | Home 6-0 | Away 4-1 | Neutral 3-1 Next >