The Wildcats put the game away in the final five minutes after having beaten the Blue Demons by 44 in their previous meeting.

Jordan Longino's 17 points helped Villanova defeat DePaul 59-49 on Wednesday night. Longino finished 8 of 14 from the field for the Wildcats (13-10, 6-6 Big East Conference). Eric Dixon shot 4 of 14 ...

Jordan Longino’s 17 points helped Villanova defeat DePaul 59-49 on Wednesday night, dealing the Blue Demons their 13th loss in 17 games since a 7-0 start.

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Villanova cut down on turnovers in the second half, and it started to make baskets down the stretch to pull away. DePaul ...

Jordan Longino scored 17 points on 8-for-14 shooting to help the Villanova Wildcats reach .500 in Big East play with a 59-49 ...

Boakye 0-1 2-2 2, Dixon 4-14 5-5 14, Brickus 1-2 0-0 3, Longino 8-14 1-1 17, Poplar 5-9 0-0 12, Perkins 3-6 0-0 8, Moseley 0-1 0-0 0, Dumont 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 22-48 8-8 59. Benson 1-4 0-0 2, Blocker 3 ...

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Assists_DePaul 10 (Johnson-Matthews 4), Villanova 14 (Webber 3). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_DePaul 41 (McCline 7), Villanova 36 (Webber 6). Total Fouls_DePaul 15, Villanova 17. Technical Fouls_None.

Allen 6-16 8-9 20, Newman 3-9 0-0 6, Johnson-Matthews 2-10 2-4 6, Lee 0-3 0-0 0, McCline 6-12 0-0 14, Klatt 0-0 0-0 0, Clarke 3-9 0-0 7, Nelson 0-2 0-0 0, Ohiaeri 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 0-1 2-2 2 ...

DePaul has a 3-8 record against opponents above .500. Villanova is shooting 42.8% from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points lower than the 44.1% DePaul allows to opponents.