WBB Notes - 12.7 Update
25/RV Villanova 83, American 42
The Wildcats shot .525 from the field and Maddy Siegrist scored a game-high 24 points as 25
th-ranked Villanova registered a 41-point win over visiting American on Tuesday night. VU (8-2, 1-1 BIG EAST) limited the Eagles to nine first-quarter points to build an early double-digit lead. American was held to just five third-quarter points and 19 second-half points. Christina Dalce tied her career high with 13 points for the Wildcats while Lucy Olsen joined her and Siegrist in double figures with 12. Villanova dished 20-plus assists for the second straight game, tallying 21 helpers on 31 made field goals.
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Scoring Leaders
Villanova’s Maddy Siegrist has eclipsed the 20-point mark in all 10 games this season and is currently the nation’s No. 2 scorer at 27.0 points per game behind Iowa’s Caitlin Clark (28.2). The BIG EAST has three of the nation’s top 10 scorers, with DePaul’s Aneesah Morrow listing third nationally with a 26.9 scoring average and Seton Hall’s Lauren Park-Lane at No. 9 with a 21.6 clip. Additionally, UConn’s Azzi Fudd is 19
th with a 20.6 average. The Huskies’ Nika Muhl has been instrumental in that scoring average as the junior guard is the national leader in assists per game at 10.1 – the only player in Division I with a double-digit assist average.
Up Next
Three games are on the calendar for Wednesday night, all tipping at 7 p.m. ET. -/RV DePaul (5-3, 1-0) will face crosstown foe Loyola on ESPN+, while FloHoops will stream Southern Indiana at Butler (4-4, 0-2) and Brown at Providence (6-4, 0-2).
Weekly Schedule
Wednesday
-/RV DePaul at Loyola Chicago, 7 p.m.
Stats ESPN+
Southern Indiana at Butler, 7 p.m.
Stats FloSports
Brown at Providence, 7 p.m.
Stats FloSports
Morgan State at RV/RV Marquette - canceled
Thursday
Iona at RV/RV St. John’s, 7 p.m.
Stats FloSports
Princeton at 6/6 UConn, 7 p.m.
Stats SNY
Friday
Rider at RV/- Seton Hall, 11 a.m.
Stats FloSports
Cincinnati at Xavier, 7 p.m.
Stats FloSports
Georgetown at Fairleigh Dickinson, 7 p.m.
Stats Stream
Saturday
Central Connecticut at Providence, 1 p.m.
Stats FloSports
-/RV Saint Joseph’s at 25/RV Villanova, 2 p.m.
Stats FloSports
-/RV DePaul at Northwestern, 3 p.m.
Stats B1G+
Loyola Chicago at RV/RV Marquette, 3 p.m.
Stats FloSports
Drake at 18/18 Creighton, 7 p.m.
Stats FloSports
Sunday
Navy at Georgetown, 2 p.m.
Stats FloSports
Illinois at Butler, 2 p.m.
Stats FloSports
Bethune-Cookman at RV/RV St. John’s, 2 p.m.
Stats FloSports
RV/- Seton Hall at Central Florida, 3 p.m.
Stats ESPN+
6/6 UConn at 20/21 Maryland, 3 p.m.
Stats ABC
All times Eastern