Halftime Check At Pitt-Villanova

VILLANOVA, Pa. -- The sellout crowd of 6,500 got a chance to relax at halftime.

While they're chilling out, let's update everyone on some halftime statistics from Pittsburgh-Villanova. The game is tied, 30-30, at the break.

Freshman Malcolm Grant leads the Wildcats with 14 points while Shane Clark, Reggie Redding and Antonio Pena have four points each.

DeJuan Blair and Keith Benjamin are pacing the Panthers with eight points each. Blair also has eight rebounds.

Villanova is shooting only 32.3 percent from the field (10-of-31) and has been outrebounded 25-14.

What has hurt Pittsburgh is turnovers. The short-handed Panthers have committed 14 turnovers, four by Benjamin.

But they have made up for it with 10 offensive rebounds.

Pitt is shooting 40.7 percent from the field (11-of-27).

Posted by Andy Jasner on January 6, 2008 01:00 PM |

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