And early start at Madison Square Garden made for plenty of sloppy play from both sides, but the #3 Villanova Wildcats eventually pulled away from the St. John’s Red Storm 70-57 to improve to 17-1 (5-1 Big East) on the season.
Redshirt freshman Donte DiVincenzo was the star on the day for the ‘Cats. He poured in a career-best 19 points on 7-10 shooting (3-5 3FG) to go with 3 rebounds and 2 assists and did it from all over the offensive court mixing in long-range jumpers and drives to the hoop.
With Josh Hart (4-13, 11 points) and Kris Jenkins (1-10, 10 points) struggling from the field all afternoon, the Johnnies kept the game within arm’s reach for most of the afternoon.