Villanova @ Syracuse on Saturday, February 27th

By #1 Sports

The Wildcats (23-4, 12-3 Big East) righted the ship Wednesday with a 74-49 home trouncing of South Florida, unleashing 23 forced turnovers to exorcise last week’s losses versus Connecticut and at Pittsburgh that cost Jay Wright’ crew the conference lead. Tons of pace at 83.8 points per game on .466 shooting from the field, sprung by active defensive hands willing to jump lanes for 8.1 steals per game are the keys for the Cats but size is a serious issue. Villanova starts 4 guards led by 6′2″ senior G Scottie Reynolds (19.0p, 2.7r, 3.3a, 1.6s) with 6′8″ 235 junior F Antonio Pena (11.0p, 7.5r) the lone big man starting in the paint.

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