You can look at this game through two different lenses.
On one hand, the Villanova Wildcats avoided disaster and rallied to defeat the DePaul Blue Demons, 73-68.
On the other hand, the DePaul Blue Demons COULDN’T avoid disaster, and crumbled again in the final minutes and lost to the Villanova Wildcats, 73-68.
Choose your own.
DePaul held a 14-point lead at the 10:22 mark of the first half. A 3-pointer by Eli Cain put the Blue Demons up 30-16 as the Finneran Pavilion crowd could only watch on in astonishment and befuddlement.