Perretta coaches 1,000th game; Villanova women fall short

VILLANOVA COACH Harry Perretta will have to wait another day to collect a win, but he did coach his 1,000th game as coach of the Wildcats in a 79-73 loss to Big East rival DePaul last night.

Perretta became the seventh coach across all NCAA divisions to coach 1,000 games at the same institution.

However, despite a team-high 22-point effort from Laura Sweeney, Villanova (15-9, 5-6 Big East) snapped a two-game winning streak. Sweeney also scored her 1,000th point after entering the game at McGrath-Phillips Arena in Chicago with 998 points. In addition to Sweeney's efforts, Emily Leer scored 16 points off the bench and Devon Kane added 13.

Anna Martin led DePaul (18-7, 6-5) with a game-high 24 points.

Next up, Villanova travels to Tampa to take on South Florida on Saturday at 7p.m.

In other women's games:

* At Tom Gola Arena, Saint Joseph's improved to 2-1 in Big 5 play with a 57-53 win over La Salle. Ashley Prim led the Hawks (15-8, 5-4 Atlantic 10) with 18 points. Samira Van Grinsven added 15.

Alexis Scott scored a game- high 20 points and both Nadia Duncan and Brittany Wilson added 11 in the loss for La Salle (11-13, 5-4, 1-2 Big 5).

Saint Joseph's will host Saint Louis on Sunday at 2 p.m.

* At Saint Louis, BJ Williams scored a game-high 21 points to lead Temple in a 66-50 win over the Billikens in Atlantic 10 play. Rateska Brown (12 points) and Victoria McCauley (10 points, 13 rebounds) helped the Owls (15-8, 8-1 A-10) go up by as much as 22 points.

Desirae Ball paced Saint Louis (8-16, 2-7) with 17 points and Courtney Webb added 10.