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West Virginia's Daryl Bryant, right, and Villanova's Scottie Reynolds, left, fight for a loose ball in the first half of Monday's game in Morgantown, WV. VillaWa won the game, 82-75. (AP Photo/David Smith)
W. Virginia falls at home
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Scotte Reynolds scored 19 of his 21 points in the final 13 minutes and No. 4 Villanova held off No. 5 West Virginia 82-75 on Monday night.
Villanova wins the season's first game between top-five teams.
The Wildcats (21-2, 10-1)
rebounded from a blowout loss at No. 7 Georgetown on Saturday to pull into a first place tie with No. 2 Syracuse in the Big East.
West Virginia (19-4, 8-3) led only in the game's opening minutes, couldn't overcome an 11-point halftime deficit and saw its six-game winning streak snapped. The Mountaineers will have to wait until Friday night at No. 25 Pittsburgh to try for their sixth straight 20-win season.
Corey Fisher added 17 points and Antonio Pena had 10 for Villanova in the season's first matchup of teamed ranked in the top five.
Darryl Bryant led five Mountaineers in double figures with 15 points. Devin Ebanks and DaSean Butler had 13 apiece.
Villanova shot 57 percent (29 of 51) from the field and out-rebounded the Mountaineers 38-30. West Virginia didn't help its cause at the free-throw line, finishing 18 of 32.
This was West Virginia's first home game since fans threw objects onto the court last Wednesday, one of which struck Pittsburgh assistant coach Tom Herrion under his right eye. WVU President Jim Clements apologized to the University of Pittsburgh and declared that "boorish and unruly behavior by our fans will not be tolerated."
Students behaved themselves this time. They scrapped a derogatory chant typically done during opponent introductions.
Extra security workers surrounded the yellow-shirted student section and fans were asked to report hoofligans by text message just in case.
held him in check Monday night.
Butler didn't get his first points until a 3-pointer with 8:40 left in the first half and was held without a field goal in the second half. He finished just 2 of 12 from the field.
West Virginia picked up its defensive intensity after halftime, holding Villanova without a field goal for the first 6 minutes. But the Mountaineers did little on offense.
Every time West Virginia was
Butler couldn't rescue West Virginia from the latest of many double-digit deficits this season.
Villanova shot 57 percent from the field and outrebounded the Mountaineers 38-30.
He scored a season-high 33-points as West Virginia rallied from 16 points down in the second half to beat St. John's 79-60 on Saturday. Last season he torched Villanova for a career-high 43 points at home, but the Wildcats
poised to make a run, Reynolds was there to answer.
Limited to two points in the first half, Reynolds hit a 3-pointer and converted two three-point plays over a 3-minute span
to push Villanova's lead to 58-47 with 10:28 remaining.
Casey Mitchell gave West Virginia a flicker of hope with a long 3-pointer and free throw with 2 minutes left to bring the Mountainees within 74-69, but Villanova converted six of eight free throws in the final minute.
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PHILADELPHIA — Mike Richards scored the go-ahead goal with less than eight minutes left in the third period, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Monday night.
Richards pushed Kimmo Timonen's pass from behind the goal past Martin Brodeur, and Flyers goalie Michael Leighton made that stand up. James van Niemsdvk and
The 25-year-old Salmela arrived in last week's trade with Atlanta that brought Ilya Kovalchuk to New Jersey, and was playing in his second game with his new team. The goal was his first with the
Jeff Carter also scored to help the Flyers rally from a 2-0 deficit and snap a two-game losing streak.
Riemsdyk and
Salmela left the ice on a stretcher after scoring when he took a hard shoulder to the face from Carter. There was no immediate word on his condition.
Zach Parise and Ansi Salmela scored for the Devils, who have lost 10 of 14.
several minutes, until the Devils medical staff wheeled him off.
Moments after his short-handed goal, a wrister past Leighton's glove side that gave New Jersey a 2-0 lead, Salmela was struck by Carter as he skated by. Salmela tumbled to the ice and remained face down for
Salmela tumbled to the ice and remained face down for several minutes until the Devils medical staff wheeled him off.
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Kovalchuk has two assists, but remains without a goal with New Jersey.
apart late in the second period. Van Riemsdyk scored at 18:24 when he split two defenders and wristed a shot past Brodeur's glove side from just above the faceoff circle. Carter followed by taking Scott Hartnell's cross-ice pass and slammed a one-timer past a tumbling Brodeur.
With the Devils ahead 2-0, Brodeur allowed goals to van Riemsdyk and Carter 1:12
Parise scored New Jersey's first goal when his attempt to center the puck from just below the faceoff circle glanced off Chris Pronger's skate and past Leighton. It came during a power play seven minutes into the game.
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Butler clinches share of conference title with win
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INDIANAPOLIS — Matt Howard scored 20 points to lead No. 18 Butler past Loyola of Chicago 62-47 on Monday night for the Bulldogs' 13th straight win as they clinched at least a share of their fourth straight Horizon League regular season title.
Willie Vesay added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Bulldogs (21-4, 14-0), who matched the second-longest winning streak in school history.
Butler's Matt Howard (54) is fouled by Loyola of Chicago's Ben Averkamp (24) during the first half of Monday's game in Indianapolis. Butler won, 62-47. (AP Photo/Tom Stratman)
Despite shooting 22 percent from the field in the first half, the Bulldogs trailed only 26-24 at half-time. Butler started the game shooting 2 of 18 as the Ramblers took a 15-6 lead 9 minutes in.
Walt Gibber and Geoff McCammon each scored nine points for the Ramblers (13-11, 4-10), who have lost six of their past seven games against Butler.
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Vesaily's five straight points early in the second half broke a 29-29 tie and gave the Bulldogs their first lead since they scored the first two points of the game. Butler used a 15-8 run over the next 8 minutes to open a 49-37 lead. Shelvin Mack's 3-pointer capped the spurt.
Butler finished at 36 percent from the field one game after shooting nearly 68 percent in Saturday's victory over Wright State.
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Strong second half keys Rider victory
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Ryan Thompson scored 31 points and Rider defeated Niagara 70-62 on Monday night.
Niagara (13-13, 6-8) took a 51-40 lead with 12:26 left, but Rider scored the next 13 points for a 53-51 advantage on Jhamar Youngblood's layup with 7:34 to go.
The Broncs (14-12, 7-7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) trailed 37-23 at halftime after shooting 26.7 percent in the first half (8 of 30). However, Rider
Niagara pulled within 61-58 on a Tyrone Lewis 3 with 2:29
remaining, but the Broncs answered with six straight points to lead 67-58 on Ryan Thompson's free throws with 1:06 left.
Justin Robinson scored 14 points and Novar Gadson added 12 for Rider.
Lewis finished with 17 points and Bilal Benn had 10 points and 12 rebounds for Niagara.
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