Villanova will travel into Philadelphia on Wednesday, Dec. 4, to take on the Drexel Dragons. The Wildcats enter play having won three straight with a 3-3 record, while Drexel is 4-3 on the season. Tip-off at the Daskalakis is set for 5 p.m.
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Starting with Wednesday's contest at Drexel, Villanova will play four straight games versus Philadelphia competition. Following the Drexel game, the Wildcats will host Saint Joseph's on Dec. 7, play at Temple on Dec. 10 and at La Salle on Dec. 21. Â
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Wednesday's game at Drexel will be Villanova's first game in 10 days. The team's last outing came at Georgia on Sunday, Nov. 24, when the Wildcats tallied a 63-58 victory.
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In Villanova's last game at Georgia on Nov. 24, senior forward
Mary Gedaka tallied her 13
th career 20-point game with 21 points to go with five assists, two rebounds and one steal. This was also her 58
th career double digit scoring game. Her 21 points came on 9-of-15 shooting from the field and a 3-of-4 effort from three-point range.
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Junior point guard
Raven James turned in one of the best games of her Villanova career in the team's 63-58 win at Georgia on Nov. 24. James played 30 minutes versus the Bulldogs and had a career-high 12 points, a career-high tying five rebounds and four assists. She also hit what turned out to be the game-winning three with 39 seconds remaining. James is currently averaging 5.0 points per game and 2.7 rebounds per contest.
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After six games, Villanova is led in scoring by redshirt freshman forward
Maddy Siegrist who is averaging 19.2 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per contest. Gedaka is second in scoring at 16.3 points per contest. Senior forward
Bridget Herlihy and Gedaka lead the Wildcats in assists with 19.
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