Villanova University

Dec. 30, 2010

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VILLANOVA, Pa. - - This is the 21st Big Five title for Villanova (including shared titles)

- Villanova is now 32-8 (.800) against Big Five opponents under Jay Wright

- Villanova is 25-2 (.926) in its last 27 Big Five games since the 2004-05 season

- The Wildcats now own an 18-18 all-time record in The Pavilion against ranked opponents

- Villanova had lost its previous four games against ranked opponents

- Tonight's game was only the 11th matchup of two ranked teams in The Pavilion and the first time two nationally-ranked Big Five teams met at The Pavilion; Villanova is 9-2 (.818) in Pavilion games where both teams are ranked

- This was the 83rd meeting between Villanova and Temple but only the second in which both teams were nationally-ranked; the other meeting was on Feb. 10, 1988 when No. 1 Temple defeated No. 20 Villanova 98-86

- Villanova extended its winning streak at The Pavilion to 43 straight games; the streak started with a 102-87 victory over Notre Dame on Jan. 17, 2007

- Corey Stokes scored 20 or more points for the second time this season and seventh time in his career

- Stokes has made more than half of Villanova's three-pointers this season with 38 of the team's 72 made shots from long distance (53 percent); he is 38-88 (.432) from three-point range, while the rest of the team is 34-141 (.241)

- Mouphtaou Yarou scored a season-high 14 points for the second straight game