The Villanova Wildcats were able to take care of business and take down the seventh seeded Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday night by a final score of 71-61.
The Wildcats were led by the Big East Scholar Athlete of the Year Collin Gillespie’s 20 points, as well as a 17 point and 8 rebound outing from Jermaine Samuels. Ohio State’s Malaki Branham led all scorers with 23 points and EJ Liddell tallied on an additional 17 points and six rebounds as well.
Villanova started the scoring with a three ball by Jermaine Samuels on the opening possession of the game.