Taylor’s 21 points lead UCF to 60-40 victory

Villanova advances to the semifinals of the Charleston Classic to face the victor of Wake Forest and UTEP today at 1:30 p.m. ET. I’ve watched them over the years, what they’ve done, he’s built an fantastic program.

Wake ran into a well-oiled offensive machine in defending national champion Villanova.

Davidson converted 44 percent from the field and converted 10 of 30 3-point attempts for the game.

Following the win, Villanova head coach Jay Wright was relieved.

Former Devon Prep and Shipley soccer coach Jeff Jewitt, whose nephew Kevin Jewitt is captain of the Villanova baseball team, and whose father (Donald) graduated from the Villanova Law School in 1959, was glad he came to the celebration. We all know that. We responded a little bit, but probably not the way we should have. You can catch this game this Sunday night, at 9:30 p.m. eastern, on ESPN 2. “But it was our foul shooting – we started off 0-for-6 to start the half, and we can’t be in those situations”.

The preseason All-American made five of his team’s first six baskets to open a 16-8 lead for Villanova. He leads the Knights in scoring at 17.3 points per game. “Josh has not just been playing well, but efficiently”. They share the basketball. Even though Wake Forest has a big team, they were out-rebounded by the smaller Wildcats.

Paschall finished with 17 points, and Jalen Brunson and Hart had 14 each.

Chandler Hutchison and Paris Austin had 13 points each to top Boise State.

Center Isaas Haas added 11 points for Purdue, and Jeremy Hollowell had 15 to lead Georgia State (1-2), which also got 13 points from D’Marcus Simonds.

Texas had five players score in double figures as the Longhorns’ entirely new starting lineup has started smoothing out the rough edges in their 3-0 start to the season.

OR had a 40-27 rebounding edge and blocked six shots. “You analyze your mistakes and you analyze your positives”.

The Golden Knights kept things close throughout most of the first half, holding a few leads and never trailing by more than five until the six-minute mark. The Wildcats, in comparison, shot a ideal 12-of-20 at the free throw stripe. They forced 10 turnovers and just wouldn’t let them buy a bucket.

“That was a good, tough game”, Wright said.

The problem was defense and rebounding.

The Musketeers consistently made the extra pass to find the open shooter.

“You give them credit”. They went into halftime leading 34-19. It’s good to hear that the coach still feels confident in his team’s play when shots aren’t falling.

Foul trouble created more ‘Nova problems in the first half, with Kris Jenkins picking up three fouls and Hart nursing two fouls.

Josh Hart would help push Nova’s lead back up to 14 with a 9-2 run, and from there the Wildcats would use their defense to seal the deal. “We got away from our identity in the second half yesterday”, Cronin said. “We just have to get better”. “It’s a loss. It’s a bad loss, because in our eyes we thought we should have played better”.

Jacob Evans added 14 points for Cincinnati (3-1), which bounced back from a loss to No. 21 Rhode Island on Saturday by dominating the Nittany Lions. It was the first time that UCF played the defending national champion in nonconference play since November 25, 2011, when it defeated CT 68-63 in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis.