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Men's Basketball
at Pitt (Exhibition)
2:00 p.m.
Providence College Athletics
Thursday, January 20
Providence, R.I.
7:30 PM ET
Providence College
57
vs
66
Villanova
'Nova Knocks Off Providence, 66-57
1/20/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 20, 2000
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Brooks Sales had 16 points and 14 rebounds to lead Villanova past Providence 66-57 Thursday night.
Brian Lynch added 14 points and Bobby Smith had 13 for Villanova (10-5, 2-2 Big East), which defeated the Friars in Providence for the first time in 10 years.
Erron Maxey scored 16 points and Karim Shabazz had 15 for Providence (8-9, 1-3).
Leading 32-27 at the half, the Wildcats went on a 23-7 surge to take a 63-48 lead with less than 4 minutes to go. The Friars never got closer than 9 points for the rest of the game.
Villanova controlled the backboards, outrebounding Providence 53-27.
Providence shot just 36 percent for the game, including 3-for-21 shooting from 3-point range. Villanova, meanwhile, shot 40 percent for the game and converted 14 of 20 foul shots.
Providence forced 29 Villanova turnovers - the most by the Wildcats in a game this year - but made only 19 points from them.
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