Jan. 18, 2004

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? The two teams combined to start the game 5-for-24 from the field in the first 9:10 as St. John's claimed an early 11-9 lead.

? Down 18-11 with 10:05 remaining in the first half, the Wildcats outscored St. John's 20-12 the rest of the way to take a 31-29 halftime lead.

? Both teams had nine turnovers in the first half, with Villanova scoring 10 points off turnovers and St. John's scoring nine.

? Nardi had eight of Villanova's first 11 points in the game. He hit his first three 3-pt attempts of the game and finished the first half with a game-high 13 points and four assists.

? In the first 4:20 of the second half, Villanova went on a 15-7 run (getting 6 points from Nardi) to open up a 46-36 lead.

? The Wildcats had their largest lead of the game, 63-49, with 9:25 remaining in the contest.

? Down 73-61 with 5:59 remaining in the game, St. John's went on 7-0 run in just 40 seconds to cut the margin to 73-68.

? The Red Storm would get as close as 74-70 with 3:57 remaining, but Villanova closed the game on a 11-4 run to pull away for an 85-74 win.

? Villanova had 19 assists on 27 FG (Nardi had a game-high 8 assists).

? Jason Fraser had his third straight double-digit rebounding game - marking the longest such stretch of his young career.

? Nardi scored in double digits for the seventh straight game (his second straight 20+ point game), while Allan Ray and Randy Foye scored in double digits for the third consecutive contest.

? After shooting 12-of-28 from the field and 4-of-12 from three-point range in the first half, Villanova shot 15-of-25 from the field and six-of-10 from three-point range in the second half.

? Nardi tallied a career-high three steals.

? Villanova is now 4-0 at home in The Pavilion this season.

? It was Villanova's second straight game with 10 or more three-pointers.

? With 10 points and 11 rebounds, Fraser notched his first double-double of the season (and first since 1/11/03 vs. Providence).

? Villanova is now 8-3 when they have at least four players score in double-figures.

? Five Wildcats scored in double figures for just the second game this season.

? Villanova is now 4-0 when scoring 80+ points this season.

? The Wildcats made a season-high 21 free throws.

? Nardi finished the game with 23 points (6-of-10 FG, 4-5 3PTFG, 7-7 FT), eight assists, three steals and two rebounds.

? St. John's out-rebounded Villanova 43-31.