THE DUNKS
St. Joe's had six dunks in the second half, by four players. A week after Ronald Roberts' crazy dunk earned No. 4 on ESPN's Play of the Day list, C.J. Aiken got No. 3 with three freakish dunks.
But you could make a case that Roberts' two second-half throwdowns easily could have been No. 1 this week.
This still does not look right. St. Joe's and dunks? And the Hawks also have serious guards. And no seniors.
NUMBERS TO CONSIDER
St. Joe's (8-3, 1-0 Big 5) shot 58.1 percent in the second half while holding the Wildcats to 30.3 percent. The Hawks had no blocks in the first half and seven in the second, two on the half's first possession to set the tone.
KEY MOMENTS
When Aiken took a 40-foot lob pass from Langston Galloway that looked headed for the shot clock and threw it down, you sort of knew it was not going to be 'Nova's night, even with more than 31 minutes left in the game.
The Wildcats were overplaying the wings with some success in the first half. On two of the first three plays of the second half, Galloway and then Daryus Quarles flew down the baseline for easy backdoor baskets.
"Some of the finishes to those plays, they're worth more than two points," St. Joe's coach Phil Martelli said.
SUPER EFFICIENT
Galloway scored 20 points on 13 shots. He was 8-for-13 overall and 3-for-3 from the arc.
'Nova coach Jay Wright mentioned how the Hawks played really smart with the lead. The Hawks guards, Galloway, Carl Jones and Chris Wilson, combined for 16 assists and three turnovers.
END OF RUN
Villanova (6-5, 2-2) had not lost two City Series game since Randy Foye was a freshman in 2002-03. In the last eight seasons, the Wildcats were an amazing 28-4 in Big 5 games, the most dominant stretch over that long of a period in Big 5 history.
THE ANKLES
