A few quick things about other games today before Penn-St. Joe's tips off:
Villanova lost at Notre Dame, 66-63, after leading 25-21 at the half. Scottie Reynolds led the Wildcats with 19 points on 5-of-14 shooting (eight free throws did the rest), but Shane Clark and Mike Nardi both fouled out. Colin Falls led the Irish with 23 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including 3-of-7 from three and eight free throws of his own.
Minus Frank Elegar, Drexel lost to VCU at the DAC, 75-68. B.A. Walker of VCU was the game's high scorer with 24 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including 6-of-8 from three. Bashir Mason led Drexel with 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including 2-of-4 from three. Drexel's 16 turnovers proved costly, as did shooting only 6-of-19 from three as a team. But VCU's very good, no doubt about it. It was easy to see why they're 20th in the country in offensive efficiency, as their offense had a pretty easy time of controlling the flow of the game.
La Salle lost at home to Fordham, 62-54, thanks largely to 20 points from Rams guard Marcus Stout. It also didn't help that the Explorers shot only 20-of-16 from the field and a frigid 1-of-11 from three.
And out west, North Carolina beat the stuffing out of Arizona, 92-64. The Wildcats made only one of 23 three-point attempts and turned the ball over 20 times, while the Tar Heels shot 51.3 percent from the field and recorded 18 steals. Six UNC players finished in double figures in scoring and point guard Tywon Lawson dished out eight assists.
Now back to tonight's game.
