PHILADELPHIA (AP) — JayVaughn Pinkston scored 26 points to lead four Villanova players in double figures in an 84-80 win over Delaware on Friday night.
James Bell added 16 points and Darrun Hilliard contributed 15 for Villanova (4-0), which had averaged a 27-point margin of victory in its first three contests.
Delaware (2-3) evened the score at 60-60 on Jarvis Threatt’s three-point play with 10:52 left, but the Wildcats slowly pulled away behind Pinkston and Hilliard. The duo combined to score 12 points over the next 6 minutes, capped by Hilliard’s layup that gave Villanova its biggest lead, 74-65, with 5:45 left.
The Hens wouldn’t go away, tallying 11 of the next 13 points over 2:42 to knot the score at 76. Villanova retook the lead on Pinkston’s three-point play that made it 79-76, and went up 81-76 on Ryan Arcidiacono’s free throws.
Davon Usher scored a game-high 27 points to lead Delaware.
