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The Cavaliers took down the Villanova Wildcats, 75-72 in the Cavaliers' second exhibition game of the preseason on Friday. Virginia previously faced off against
For BYU: Wing AJ Dybantsa, the Cougars’ highest-rated recruit of all time, had 30 points and seven rebounds while shooting 52.6% from the field in the loss to Nebraska in his first game in a BYU jersey. Guard Richie Saunders is a first-team All-Big 12 performer who averaged 16.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.
So the exhibition game yesterday didn’t go as most of us would’ve liked. Matt Painter however is probably very happy to learn something about his team that he can’t learn on a 5 on 5 in practice with guys he recruited.
Kim Mulkey's new-look LSU team has a point guard battle, a star freshman and some strong, physical post players.
Turnovers and fast break points cost Utah in its three-point loss to Nevada in its exhibition opener last week, and against the Ducks, those again were sore spots. The Ducks had a 19-10 edge in points off turnovers and also outscored Utah 13-6 in fast break points.
Junior P.J. Haggerty paced all scorers with a game-high 23 points and 6 assists while senior Nate Johnson added 14 points, as Kansas State opened exhibition
There have been some questions about what Purdue's starting lineup would look like this season. Matt Painter provided an answer on Thursday.
Peterson’s six 3-pointers in a half would have been one off the KU record of seven in a half by Jeff Boschee (against Kansas State in 2000) and would have tied Quentin Grimes for most overall 3-pointers in a debut (vs. Michigan State in 2018) had Peterson’s game counted in the standings.