11-4, 2-0 Big East

Final

	1	2	T
Villanova VILL	43	22	65
Providence PROV	25	34	59

Providence FriarsProvidencePROV

10-5, 0-2 Big East

Villanova Wildcats @ Providence Friars

Villanova beats Providence despite long scoring drought

Phil Booth scored 23 points, including Villanova's only five points in the final 8 1/2 minutes, and the Wildcats held off Providence 65-59 on Saturday.

Jan 5, 2019, 05:05 pm - Associated Press

VILL

99.3%

According to ESPN Analytics

Data is currently unavailable.

NCAA Division I

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	18-2	-	30-7
UConn	17-3	1	34-6
Villanova	15-5	3	24-9
Seton Hall	10-10	8	21-12
Creighton	9-11	9	16-18
DePaul	8-12	10	16-16
Butler	7-13	11	16-16
Providence	7-13	11	15-18
Marquette	7-13	11	12-20
Georgetown	6-14	12	16-18
Xavier	6-14	12	15-18

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