It was Jalen Brunson who scored the final 7 points for the Villanova Wildcats as they pulled away late to beat the Providence Friars 66-57 at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center on Wednesday night. The victory gave Villanova a regular season sweep of the Friars, avenging their home loss from last season. The Wildcats are now 8-2 in the Big East and retained sole possession of first place with March now less than a month away.
It wasn’t a pretty night offensively for the ‘Cats who had to rely on their defense to win the game late. Even Jalen Brunson, who led all players in scoring with 21 including 5-5 at the line late, had 7 turnovers in the game.