SAN ANTONIO, Texas – In a game played to the style Houston wants, Villanova came away victorious 50-44 to punch its ticket to the Final Four for the third time in the last six NCAA Tournaments.
The Cougars, one of the best defensive teams in the country, allowed 59 points per game this season. In this contest, they limited the Wildcats to 28.8% shooting. Villanova is the first team since UCLA in 1971 to shoot below 30% in an Elite Eight win.
“If you would have told me before the game that we were going to hold them to 28% from the field, they’re going to shoot 23% from the 3-point line, and we lose, I wouldn’t have believed you,” Houston coach Kelvin Sampson said. “Our kids guarded. Man, did we guard. I mean our defense was spot on. It’s not easy to hold a team with that kind of – [Collin] Gillespie and [Justin] Moore, [Jermaine] Saunders – everybody in their lineup can make a basket, but we held them to 50 points.
“But we had a lot of opportunities, they…
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