Slow, Tedious, A little dry at times describes the pace and offense of this game. The game opened up withe back-to-back threes from Jermaine Samuels and Saddiq Bey. St. Mary’s slowly, but surely clawed their way back into the game. St. Mary’s walk-on Tommy Kuhse was instrumental early on, keeping the Gaels within two points for most of the first half. At any given point during the game, either team was 1-of-7 or 0-of-5 from the field.
Eric Paschall struggled early, however a combined scoring punch from Collin Gillespie and Phil Booth kept Villanova in the lead. St.