2020-21 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL Contents WWW.VILLANOVA.COM n 3 FROM PRESS ROW VILLANOVA VS. ST. JOHN’S SCHEDULE ¡ RESULTS AROUND THE BIG EAST ¡ AROUND THE COUNTRY VILLANOVA STATISTICS ST. JOHN’S STATISTICS VILLANOVA ROSTER ST. JOHN’S 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 ST. JOHN’S GAME FEBRUARY 23 ¡ FINNERAN PAVILLION ¡ VILLANOVA, PA. ¡ 8:00 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 Sophomore Forward Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 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 ST. JOHN’S GAME FEBRUARY 23 ¡ FINNERAN PAVILLION ¡ VILLANOVA, PA. ¡ 8:00 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 (14-3, 9-2 BIG EAST) vs. St. John’s (14-9, 8-8 BIG EAST) TALE OF THE TAPE VU STATISTIC SJU 77.9 Points Per Game 80.1 68.2 Opponent Points Per Game 77.2 33.8 Rebounds Per Game 35.7 15.8 Assists Per Game 17.0 1.5 Blocks Per Game 4.2 5.2 Steals Per Game 9.4 .458 Field Goal Percentage .453 .374 3-Pt Field Goal Percentage .359 .789 Free Throw Percentage .712 .458 Opponent Field Goal Percentage .468 .370 Opponent 3-Pt Field Goal Percentage .347 TODAY’S STATISTICS LEADERS POINTS PER GAME VU JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL 15.6 SJU JULIAN CHAMPAGNIE 20.2 REBOUNDS PER GAME VU JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL 7.5 SJU JULIAN CHAMPAGNIE 7.2 ASSISTS PER GAME VU COLLIN GILLESPIE 4.9 SJU POSH ALEXANDER 4.5 STEALS PER GAME VU COLLIN GILLESPIE, JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL 1.1 SJU POSH ALEXANDER 2.6 3-POINT PERCENTAGE (MIN. 60 ATTEMPTS) VU CALEB DANIELS .425 SJU JULIAN CHAMPAGNIE .420 FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE (MIN. 100 ATTEMPTS) VU JEREMIAH ROBINSON-EARL .502 SJU ISAIH MOORE .571 FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE (MIN. 50 ATTEMPTS) VU COLLIN GILLESPIE .855 SJU JULIAN CHAMPAGNIE .883 IT’S WORTH NOTING... » The Red Storm limited Villanova to a season-low 59 points and forced a season-high 17 Wildcats’ turnover in its victory earlier this month at Carnesecca Arena ... Since the end of a 13-game Nova win streak in 2018, the teams have split six games (3-3). » Franklin, Mass., native Jermaine Samuels has enhanced his offensive game in the last few weeks. The senior forward has averaged 18.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in his last four outings. For the season Samuels averages 11.4 points and 6.2 rebounds per outing. Entering Tuesday’s game, he has 767 career points in 107 games (7.1 ppg) and 489 rebounds (4.6 rpg). Since the start of 2018-19, Villanova is 30-5 when Samuels scores in double figures (.853). » The Wildcats bring an 9-2 BIG EAST record with them into this contest. Since the conference reconfigured ahead of the 2013- 14 season, Villanova owns a 112-25 (.816) record in conference regular season play. It has earned six league regular season titles in that span, including a share of the 2019-20 crown with Creighton and Seton Hall. » 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 135 of the last 143 weeks, including the last 32 in a row. » Villanova’s floor general is also its leader in minutes played. Collin Gillespie is the rock on which the Wildcats lean. In 115 games he has played as a Wildcat, Gillespie has been on the winning side 92 times. That does not include eight games missed due to a wrist injuury during his freshman season of 2017-18 or the game he missed vs. Connecticut at Madison Square Garden in December 2018 with a concussion. With 352 career assists, the native of Huntingdon Valley, Pa., stands 20th on the Wildcats’ all-time. Ahead of him in 19th place are his former teammate, Phil Booth (374) and Wildcats radio analyst Whitey Rigsby (393).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. / Noon 28 NOV83 ARIZONA STATE Uncasville,Conn. 2674 MAR CREIGHTON* Villanova, Pa. Wed / 8:30 PM 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 FEB70 CREIGHTON* Omaha, Neb. 1386 FEB96 MARQUETTE* Villanova, Pa. 1064 SCHEDULE KEY Home Event Away Event * Conference Event All Times are Eastern Games are subject to change JAN DEPAUL* Chicago, Ill. Postponed 5 FEB68 CONNECTICUT* Villanova, Pa. 2060 FEB ST. JOHN’S* Villanova, Pa. Tue. / 8 PM 23 Overall 14-3 | Conf. 9-2 | Home 7-0 | Away 4-2 | Neutral 3-1 Next >