Eric Dixon scored 24 of his 28 points in the second half, including the free throw of 18 seconds, and Villanova overtook 60-59 in the quarterfinals of the College basketball crown on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the College basketball crown.
Dixon, who became the program of the program in the opening round of the first college basketball crown, expanded his record with a second half of Monster to lead Villanova (21-14).
Dixon was responsible for the second half of the wildcats and he got a critical back rash with three seconds when Desmond Claude’s potential starting playup for USC.
In the previous possession, Dixon broke a 59-59 tie when he met the first of two free throws when he contacted Rashaun Agee in a jump-shot test.
Villanova deleted a deficit in the second half of 12 points, the USC (17-18) built a 10: 2 run from half-time.
Saint Thomas achieved every 10 USC points in the sprint, including a few 3-pointer, which highlighted his 23-point performance.
Agee added 22 points for USC, which without Chibuzo Agbo and Wesley Yates III, two of the team’s best scorers, during the season.
Together with Claude (10 points), Thomas and Ageee were responsible for everyone up to four of the USC points.
Villanova also got 16 points from Wooga Poplar and 10 from Jhamir Brickus. Two from Brickus ‘points came on a tiebreak pull-up jumper with 4:04 and answered the last of Thomas’ three 3-to-time.
All six remaining wildcats did not come from Dixon, Poplar or Brickus von Enoch Boakye, who also won eight rebounds.
Villanova sends the victory for the semi-finals on Saturday to face UCF, which Cincinnati defeated 88-80 on Thursday.
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