No. 9 Villanova makes it through panic, escapes Providence in 2OT
Ryan Arcidiacono felt he had a great chance to succeed it at the end of the initial overtime. He understood just what he was doing when he got an additional opportunity.
Arcidiacono had a three-point play with 3.6 seconds left in the second overtime to raise No. 9 Villanova to an 82-79 sway Providence on Tuesday night.
"We had the round and called timeout with 16 secs left," he stated. "Coach wanted me to run a play with about 8 (seconds). I missed out on the initial two and got to the street in the very first OT, and assumed I can once again.".
Arcidiacono led the Wildcats (23-3, 11-2 Big East) with 21 points. JayVaughn Pinkston had 20 and James Alarm 17. Villanova moved into a tie for initial atop the Big East with Creighton.
"Great university basketball game, fantastic atmosphere, great fans, and Providence played terrific, so did we," Wildcats train Jay Wright shared. "I was just happy to be a part of it-- proud of our people.".
Wright still wasn't over a 101-80 loss at Creighton on Sunday but was pleased exactly how his team reacted.
"I'm not excellent at resiliency, this things eats at me, however these guys are," he stated. "Talking to our team, I asked, 'Just how are they?' They shared, 'They're great, man. They're ready to go.' ".
Bryce Cotton led the Friars (17-10, 7-7) with 22 points in spite of firing just 6-of-20. Kadeem Batts doned with 21 factors and 11 rebounds yet fouled out on Arcidiacono's game-winning container. Josh Ton of money included 16 factors and Tyler Harris 15.
"It was a game that whoever had the round last was most likely going to gain," Divine superintendence train Ed Cooley stated.
After missing chance ats completion of rule and OT, Arcidiacono drove to the container, banking in a go as he was fouled.
It's something the guard stated they practice, visiting the container hard and not obtaining fouls called.
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"If any person exists, we do not obtain any phone calls and we can acquire hacked," he said. "I think we technique for the road setting and everything breaking us. We reacted. We like each other and we prepared to go. No one worried after regulation and the initial overtime. We stuck and knew of if we do exactly what we do, we 'd bring out the gain.".
LaDontae Henton's 3 from the left corner bounced off the front of the rim as the horn sounded, permitting Villanova to run away with the win.
Pinkston had a set of post-up turn-arounds in the 2nd overtime. The 2nd gave the Wildcats a 79-76 edge with 46 seconds left, however Cotton made a 3-pointer with 24.1 seconds left.
"They are a great team with so many different tools," Cooley shared. "You attempt and remove the 3, yet they have Pinkston, which is a difficult competition for everybody.".
With Villanova tracking 70-67 in OT, Daniel Ochefu racked up on a baseline drive and was fouled but missed out on the free throw. After Batts missed out on a short jumper, Darrun Hilliard toenailed a 3 from the left wing to push the Wildcats in advance 72-70 with one min left.
Cotton adhered to with a twisting, spinning reverse layup, retying it with 37 secs left.
Arcidiacono then missed a driving go, sending the game to the 2nd OT.
Villanova defeated Providence by 30 points in your home Jan. 5 in the initial meeting this season.
Harris had nailed a 3-pointer to provide Providence a 66-63 side on its initial belongings of OT.
Villanova was clinging to a 63-60 edge in the closing min when Henton nailed a 3 from the right wing for his initial basket-- and factors-- of the game with 20.4 secs left.
Arcidiacono missed out on a long 3 in the closing seconds, and Providence rushed the ball up with Henton swiftly launching a 10-foot jumper that rolled off the rim equally the buzzer sounded, sending out the game to OT.
Villanova, coming off the 19-point loss at Creighton on Sunday, played tight man-to-man defense from the beginning, but it didn't matter due to the fact that Providence's hot shooting was excessive for the Wildcats.
"I still haven't overcome the Creighton game yet," Wright joked. "I will. I like this group. It's fun coaching this team. We hop on them regarding blunders, yet they don't get down.".
The Friars toenailed 9 of their initial 13 shots from the floor en route to a 22-13 lead nine minutes into the first one-half. Fortune had 10 factors in the opening minutes.
The teams were connected at 33 at halftime.
