Lighting up the Finneran Pavilion, sophomore Jermaine Samuels lead the Villanova Wildcats in their tightly-contested 69-59 victory over the Temple Owls.
In the season’s second “Philadelphia Big 5” match-up for Villanova, remnants of Saturday’s gritty game against La Salle were ever-present. While the Wildcats narrowly maintained the lead in the first half, Temple forced quick-paced play that readily exposed ‘Nova’s deficiencies both offensively and defensively.
The second half of the game quickly demolished whatever slim margin Villanova had mustered. The Owls broke the half open with a 6-0 run, and frankly, all seemed grim for the Wildcats as the Owls progressed.