Corey Fischer

The loss to Pitt on Monday was a “good loss.” This loss to Villanova was unequivocally a bad one. The offense looked completely out of sync and the defense could do nothing to contain the Wildcats’ frontcourt players. Villanova controlled the game, never trailing after taking a 7-6 lead, at the 15:50 mark of the first half.

Maalik Wayns scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half, and Corey Stokes and Corey Fisher each at 16 as No. 7 Villanova defeated No. 3 Syracuse 83-72.