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Rosemont, IL (SportsNetwork. Nike Air Max 90 Azules y Blancas .com) - The seventh-ranked Villanova Wildcats seek a regular-season sweep of the DePaul Blue Demons on Saturday afternoon, as the two Big East Conference clubs square off Allstate Arena. Villanova enters the contest sporting an impressive 18-2 record, which includes a 5-2 league ledger. The Wildcats bounced back from an embarrassing loss at Georgetown (78-5 on Jan. 19 by routing Creighton at home last Sunday, 71-50. VU is 3-2 in true road games this season, losing two of its last four on enemy hardwood. DePaul is hoping to stop a two-game losing streak with a win today, and its most recent setback came in an 83-72 verdict at Providence on Thursday. As a result, the Blue Demons fell to 11-11 on the season, and 5-4 in conference. They are 8-3 at home, and this is their first game at Allstate Arena since besting St. Johns in overtime on Jan. 18, 71-67. Villanova owns a 19-8 series advantage against DePaul, and that includes an 81-64 win when the two teams met on the Wildcats home floor back on Jan. 10. Villanova used a 13-of-29 effort from 3-point range to thwart the upset bid of the Blue Demons in that contest. Darrun Hilliard paced the Wildcats with 21 points. Hilliard drained six 3-pointers, the Wildcats hitting 12 treys in the game, on his way to 24 points, as Villanova whipped visiting Creighton last weekend. Ryan Arcidiacono hit a pair of triples to tally 10 points, as VU shot better from beyond the arc (.462) than it did the floor overall (.446). The Bluejays were limited to 37.3 percent field goal efficiency, which included a dismal 4- of-21 showing from distance. The Cats were beaten badly on the boards, 40-27, but committed only five turnovers while goading their overmatched opponent into 19, resulting in a 21-2 edge in points off miscues for the home team. With such an outstanding record, its no wonder Villanova owns significant margins in scoring (+14. and turnovers (+4.5) this season. The team has some very good players, but relies more on a balanced attack to get the job done as six guys average between 9.2 and 13.4 ppg, with Hilliard sitting atop that list. The Wildcats play some pretty stingy defense as well, with foes netting only 60.9 ppg in hitting 41.1 percent of their field goal tries, which includes a paltry 29.6 percent performance out on the perimeter. Providence used a productive first half to open up a double-digit lead against DePaul on Thursday night, and then had to scuffle a bit in the second stanza to earn the 11-point victory. Tommy Hamilton led the Blue Demons with 22 points off the bench, while Billy Garrett added 16, Jamee Crockett 14 and Myke Henry 10 in the losing effort. DePaul drained seven 3-pointers compared to only three for the Friars, but the home team logged a 26-13 edge in points at the foul line, while also securing a massive 38-19 rebounding advantage. Henry (13.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg), Garrett (13.1 ppg, 3.7 apg), Hamilton (11.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg) and Crockett (10.8 ppg) are all averaging double digits for a DePaul squad that generates 72.4 ppg, but allows 73.9 ppg. The Blue Demons are hitting 36.6 percent of their long-range launches, while yielding only 30.0 percent success to the opposition. A -3.9 rebounding differential has hurt the team on more than one occasion, as has the fact that it turns the ball over an average of 14.5 times per contest. nike roshe one baratas . The visitors failed to create any chances of note until Nuri Sahin tested Braunschweig keeper Daniel Davari with a well-placed free kick in the 28th minute. Aubameyang opened the scoring three minutes later, when Robert Lewandowski played a one-two with Marco Reus and lifted the ball over the outrushing goalkeeper for him to head into the unguarded net. Nike Roshe One Print Mujer . Trumbo said he felt pain while jogging to his position Monday against the Chicago Cubs and an MRI revealed the stress fracture. He goes on the DL retroactive to Tuesday. Trumbo, who was part of a three-way trade with the White Sox and Angels during the off-season, was tied for the NL lead with seven homers and second with 19 RBIs.The Chicago Blackhawks made a move, dealing with former GM Dale Tallon to re-acquire a member of their 2010 Stanley Cup team. Numbers Game looks at the deal sending Kris Versteeg to the Blackhawks for a couple of prospects. The Blackhawks Get: RW Kris Versteeg and LW Philippe Lefebvre. Versteeg, 27, is off to a relatively slow start this season, with two goals, seven points and a minus-9 rating in 18 games, but there are reasons to actually be positive about his play, even as he is coming back from reconstructive knee surgery. First off, Versteeg has relatively strong possession stats, and was horribly unlucky, particularly on the defensive end, where Panthers goaltenders provided an abysmal .871 even-strength save percentage with Versteeg on the ice. In the offensive end, Versteeg has scored on a carer-low 4.3% of his shots. Since he has scored on 11.9% of his shots over the course of his career, its reasonable to expect that rate to go up. Additionally, it could be troubling if Versteegs low point production was a function of not getting opportunities, perhaps indicating that he cant even get into scoring position, but thats not the case. Versteeg has a career-high 2.61 shots on goal per game despite playing a career-low 15:42 per game for the Panthers. Versteeg also hasnt had a great deal of consistency in terms of linemates in Florida. His most common linemates have been C Scott Gomez and LW Jonathan Huberdeau, but has also spent time with rookie C Aleksander Barkov, LW Tomas Fleischmann, LW Scottie Upshall and C Marcel Goc. In Chicago, Versteeg can slide into a third-line role, but has the skill to work on the power play and move up the lineup if need be. Hes a four-time 20-goal scorer who finished the 2011-2012 season with a career-high 54 points. Since leaving Chicago in the summer of 2010, Versteeg has played for Toronto, Philadelphia and Florida. The Panthers will eat half of what remains on Versteegs contract (and cap hit) through the life of the deal, which runs through the 2015-2016 season. Half of his four-year, $17.6-million deal counts as $2.2-million per year against the cap, with a slightly higher cash outlay over the next couple seasons. Lefebvre is an undrafted 22-year-olld winger who has split his time between the AHL and ECHL in his first two pro campaigns. Nike Roshe One Flyknit. . He has 18 points in 92 AHL games, so hes a longshot to be anything more than a minor-league contributor. His inclusion in the deal is likely more about giving the Panthers flexibility since they have 48 (of a possible 50) players under contract. The Panthers Get: RW Jimmy Hayes and D Dylan Olsen. Hayes, who turns 24 next week, is a 6-foot-6 winger who hasnt been able to stick as a regular with the Blackhawks, but has 13 points and relatively unimpressive possession numbers in 43 career NHL games, though he has tallied 29 goals and 53 points in 80 AHL games since the start of last season. It could be an interesting fit if the Panthers were to pair Hayes with 6-foot-6 C Nick Bjugstad, a mix of towering collegiate forwards who have some skill to go with their size. Even if Hayes fits lower on the depth chart, he should get a legitimate opportunity to prove that hes capable of handling an NHL job. Olsen, a 22-year-old who was a first-round pick in 2009, played 28 games for the Blackhawks in 2011-2012, finishing with one assist and minus-5 rating. He has 30 points in 152 AHL games since leaving the University of Minnesota-Duluth and needs to play a steadier game if hes going to be anything more than a fringe NHLer. Its understandable that the Panthers, in a rebuilding mode, dont necessarily see the value in a 27-year-old winger who is on the wrong end of percentages early this season, not viewing Versteeg as part of the solution to their current problems. But even if that is the case, its fair to question a process that brings two Tallon draft picks (from his time as Blackhawks GM) as the return, particularly when the Panthers were willing to take on half of the financial obligation due to Versteeg over the next two-and-three-quarter seasons. Maybe Hayes and Olsen are going to make it as NHLers in South Florida, but it appears that what made them most qualified for this trade is that they were familiar commodities to the Panthers general manager. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. Cheap China Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys From China China NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' ' |
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