Feb. 9, 2000

On Wednesday, Feb. 9, the Villanova University women's basketball team won for the fourth time in fives game, traveling to West Virginia to defeat the Mountaineers by the score of 62-50. With the victory, the Wildcats improve to 13-8 overall and 6-4 in the Big East, while West Virginia falls to 6-16 overall and 1-10 in conference play.

Villanova held a 33-26 advantage at intermission, and opened the second half on an 11-2 run to take its biggest lead of the contest, at 44-28, with 12:51 remaining in regulation. The Mountaineers would rally to get as close as 49-44 at the 3:30 mark, but that was as close as they would come. Down the stretch, the Wildcats hit six-for-eight from the foul line, including six-of-six shooting from freshman forward Nicole Druckenmiller, to pull away for a 12-point victory.

Senior Jenea Skeeters led Villanova in scoring with 19 points. Registering her first career double-double was freshman guard Trish Juhline. Juhline scored 18 points and added 12 rebounds, five assists, three blocks, one steal, and no turnovers.

With her marksmanship from the foul line in the last minute of play, Druckenmiller tallied 11 points on the night. Rounding out the Wildcat scoring was senior guard Mary Beth Snell with six points, sophomore forward Stephanie Baker with six points, to go along with seven boards and three blocks, and freshman forward Katie Davis who recorded two points. Villanova tied a season-high in the win with 10 three-pointers, as the `Cats shot 10-for-29 from long-distance. From the field, `Nova was 22-for-59 for 37.3 percent.

For the Mountaineers in the loss, Brandi Batch scored 14 points and added 11 rebounds, while Val Zana had 14 points as well. West Virginia shot 37.3 percent from the field (19-for-51) in the contest, and three-for-10 from three-point range.

The Wildcats will get back into action on Saturday, Feb. 12, hosting Boston College at 12:00 p.m.