National Basketball Association
Villanova 76, La Salle 69
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Where: The Pavilion, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Officials:
# John Gaffney, # Joe Lindsay, # Michael Stephens
Attendance:
6500
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Maalik Wayns scored five straight points to break an overtime tie and host Villanova beat La Salle 76-69 in the first Big Five matchup of the season.
The junior point guard scored a career-high 22 points, including a 15-footer and straightaway 3-pointer to snap a 63-63 tie.
Villanova (2-0) hasn’t lost to La Salle (1-1) since 2001 and leads the alltime series 35-27.
The back-and-forth game drew Villanova’s 116th consecutive sellout crowd to the 6,500-seat Pavilion. Last year, the Wildcats went 4-0 to win their 21st City Series title.
The Explorers, who trailed 50-47 with six minutes left, went on an 8-0 run capped by Taylor Dunn’s 3-pointer. But they could not hold on.
Villanova’s Darrun Hilliard stole an inbounds pass and hit a layup to tie it 61-61 with 59 seconds left. Each team missed a chance to win in regulation.
Tyreek Duren led La Salle with 24 points, and Sam Mills had a career-high 19.
Villanova got 18 points from Dominic Cheek, 15 from James Bell.
Top Game Performances
| La Salle |
|
Villanova |
|
Tyreek Duren 24 |
Scoring |
Maalik Wayns 22 |
|
Tyreek Duren 5 |
Assists |
Maalik Wayns 4 |
|
Earl Pettis 9 |
Rebounds |
Mouphtaou Yarou 14 |
|
Tyreek Duren 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Dominic Cheek 12 |
|
Tyreek Duren 3 |
Steals |
Darrun Hilliard 2 |
|
Devon White 3 |
Blocks |
Darrun Hilliard 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| La Salle
|
69 |
37.1 |
8-24 |
9-11 |
13 |
31 |
3 |
10 |
|
| Villanova
|
76 |
35.2 |
4-23 |
34-41 |
8 |
48 |
5 |
5 |
|