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Eric Dixon scores 25 to lead Villanova past Seton Hall 79-67 in Big East opener
BRYN MAWR, Pa. (AP) Eric Dixon scored 25 points to lead Villanova to a 79-67 victory over Seton Hall on Tuesday night.
Dixon also had six rebounds for the Wildcats (8-4). Tyler Perkins scored 17 points and added five rebounds. Jordan Longino shot 3 of 6 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 7 for 7 from the free-throw line to finish with 15 points.
The Pirates (5-7) were led by Isaiah Coleman with 22 points and nine rebounds. Dylan Addae-Wusu added 15 points and Chaunce Jenkins scored 14.
Villanova took the lead with 10:13 remaining in the first half and did not relinquish it. Perkins led the Wildcats with 11 points in the first half to help put them up 37-29 at the break. Dixon scored 16 in the second half.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | Emmanuel Okorafor vs. Enoch Boakye (Garwey Dual gains possession) | Â |
| 19:40 |  | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu misses two point hook shot | Â |
| 19:38 | | Â | Jhamir Brickus defensive rebound | Â |
| 19:24 | | +2 | Eric Dixon makes two point turnaround jump shot (Jhamir Brickus assists) | 0-2 |
| 19:04 | | +3 | Isaiah Coleman makes three point stepback jump shot | 3-2 |
| 18:45 | | Â | Eric Dixon misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 18:43 | | Â | Emmanuel Okorafor defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:37 | | Â | Isaiah Coleman misses three point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 18:35 | | Â | Prince Aligbe offensive rebound | Â |
| 18:24 | | Â | Prince Aligbe misses two point turnaround bank jump shot | Â |
| 18:22 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu offensive rebound | Â |
| 18:21 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu misses two point tip layup | Â |
| 18:19 | | Â | Wildcats defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:05 | | Â | Eric Dixon turnover (bad pass) (Dylan Addae-Wusu steals) | Â |
| 17:39 | | +2 | Isaiah Coleman makes two point pullup jump shot | 5-2 |
| 17:17 | | Â | Wooga Poplar misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 17:15 | | Â | Eric Dixon offensive rebound | Â |
| 17:10 | | Â | Jordan Longino misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 17:08 | | Â | Isaiah Coleman defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:00 | | +3 | Dylan Addae-Wusu makes three point jump shot (Garwey Dual assists) | 8-2 |
| 16:38 | | +2 | Eric Dixon makes two point jump shot (Jhamir Brickus assists) | 8-4 |
| 16:12 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu misses three point pullup jump shot | Â |
| 16:10 | | Â | Wooga Poplar defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:59 | | +3 | Eric Dixon makes three point jump shot (Jhamir Brickus assists) | 8-7 |
| 15:36 | | +2 | Garwey Dual makes two point stepback jump shot | 10-7 |
| 15:11 | | Â | Eric Dixon offensive foul (Prince Aligbe draws the foul) | Â |
| 15:11 | | Â | Eric Dixon turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 15:11 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 14:55 | | Â | Chaunce Jenkins misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:53 | | Â | Tyler Perkins defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:45 | | Â | Eric Dixon misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:43 | | Â | Yacine Toumi defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:19 | | Â | Isaiah Coleman misses two point turnaround jump shot | Â |
| 14:17 | | Â | Eric Dixon defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:54 | | +2 | Josiah Moseley makes two point dunk (Jordan Longino assists) | 10-9 |
| 13:40 | | Â | Chaunce Jenkins misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 13:38 | | Â | Josiah Moseley defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:26 | | +3 | Jhamir Brickus makes three point stepback jump shot | 10-12 |
| 13:06 | | +3 | Chaunce Jenkins makes three point pullup jump shot | 13-12 |
| 12:38 | | Â | Eric Dixon misses two point driving floating jump shot | Â |
| 12:36 | | Â | Eric Dixon offensive rebound | Â |
| 12:34 | | Â | Eric Dixon misses two point tip layup | Â |
| 12:32 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:11 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu misses two point pullup jump shot | Â |
| 12:09 | | Â | Josiah Moseley defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:00 | | +3 | Tyler Perkins makes three point jump shot (Eric Dixon assists) | 13-15 |
| 11:28 | | Â | Josiah Moseley personal foul (Yacine Toumi draws the foul) | Â |
| 11:28 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 11:27 | | Â | Chaunce Jenkins misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 11:25 | | Â | Tyler Perkins defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:59 | | Â | Chaunce Jenkins personal foul (Wooga Poplar draws the foul) | Â |
| 10:54 | | Â | Yacine Toumi blocks Eric Dixon's two point layup | Â |
| 10:52 | | Â | Scotty Middleton defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:46 | | +2 | Godswill Erheriene makes two point dunk (Scotty Middleton assists) | 15-15 |
| 10:37 | | Â | Official timeout | Â |
| 10:13 | | +2 | Enoch Boakye makes two point alley-oop dunk (Jordan Longino assists) | 15-17 |
| 9:54 | | Â | Scotty Middleton turnover (lost ball) (Jordan Longino steals) | Â |
| 9:54 | | Â | Scotty Middleton personal foul (Jordan Longino draws the foul) | Â |
| 9:35 | | +3 | Tyler Perkins makes three point jump shot (Wooga Poplar assists) | 15-20 |
| 9:17 | | +2 | Garwey Dual makes two point pullup jump shot | 17-20 |
| 9:00 | | Â | Chaunce Jenkins personal foul (Wooga Poplar draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:43 | | +2 | Jordan Longino makes two point driving layup | 17-22 |
| 8:43 | | Â | Garwey Dual shooting foul (Jordan Longino draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:43 | | +1 | Jordan Longino makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 17-23 |
| 8:15 | | Â | Yacine Toumi misses three point stepback bank jump shot | Â |
| 8:13 | | Â | Isaiah Coleman offensive rebound | Â |
| 8:13 | | Â | Tyler Perkins shooting foul (Isaiah Coleman draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:13 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 8:13 | | +1 | Isaiah Coleman makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 18-23 |
| 8:13 | | +1 | Isaiah Coleman makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 19-23 |
| 8:06 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu personal foul (Jhamir Brickus draws the foul) | Â |
| 7:38 | | Â | Eric Dixon misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 7:36 | | Â | Isaiah Coleman defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:36 | | Â | Enoch Boakye personal foul (Isaiah Coleman draws the foul) | Â |
| 7:09 | | Â | Scotty Middleton turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 7:00 | | +3 | Tyler Perkins makes three point jump shot (Jhamir Brickus assists) | 19-26 |
| 6:32 | | Â | Garwey Dual turnover (lost ball) | Â |
| 6:18 | | Â | Isaiah Coleman shooting foul (Eric Dixon draws the foul) | Â |
| 6:18 | | +1 | Eric Dixon makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 19-27 |
| 6:18 | | +1 | Eric Dixon makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 19-28 |
| 5:57 | | Â | Garwey Dual misses three point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 5:55 | | Â | Isaiah Coleman offensive rebound | Â |
| 5:46 | | Â | Isaiah Coleman turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 5:35 | | Â | Eric Dixon offensive foul (Dylan Addae-Wusu draws the foul) | Â |
| 5:35 | | Â | Eric Dixon turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 5:21 | | +3 | Chaunce Jenkins makes three point pullup jump shot | 22-28 |
| 4:55 | | +2 | Tyler Perkins makes two point pullup jump shot (Jordan Longino assists) | 22-30 |
| 4:31 | | +2 | Chaunce Jenkins makes two point driving layup | 24-30 |
| 4:01 | | +2 | Enoch Boakye makes two point dunk (Jordan Longino assists) | 24-32 |
| 3:28 | | +2 | Isaiah Coleman makes two point pullup jump shot (Yacine Toumi assists) | 26-32 |
| 3:05 | | +2 | Josiah Moseley makes two point jump shot | 26-34 |
| 2:47 | | Â | Emmanuel Okorafor misses two point layup | Â |
| 2:45 | | Â | Isaiah Coleman offensive rebound | Â |
| 2:35 | | Â | Isaiah Coleman misses two point driving layup | Â |
| 2:33 | | Â | Josiah Moseley defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:25 | | +2 | Jhamir Brickus makes two point driving reverse layup (Jordan Longino assists) | 26-36 |
| 2:19 | | Â | Pirates 30 second timeout | Â |
| 2:19 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 2:03 | | Â | Enoch Boakye blocks Yacine Toumi's two point driving layup | Â |
| 2:02 | | Â | Pirates offensive rebound | Â |
| 2:01 | | Â | Jordan Longino personal foul (Gus Yalden draws the foul) | Â |
| 1:59 | | Â | Chaunce Jenkins misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 1:56 | | Â | Pirates offensive rebound | Â |
| 1:48 | | Â | Chaunce Jenkins misses two point pullup jump shot | Â |
| 1:46 | | Â | Chaunce Jenkins offensive rebound | Â |
| 1:42 | | Â | Chaunce Jenkins misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 1:40 | | Â | Tyler Perkins defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:35 | | Â | Garwey Dual shooting foul (Enoch Boakye draws the foul) | Â |
| 1:35 | | +1 | Enoch Boakye makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 26-37 |
| 1:35 | | Â | Enoch Boakye misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 1:35 | | Â | Isaiah Coleman defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:08 | | Â | Yacine Toumi misses two point turnaround jump shot | Â |
| 1:06 | | Â | Wooga Poplar defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:58 | | Â | Jhamir Brickus misses two point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 0:56 | | Â | Yacine Toumi defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:45 | | +2 | Dylan Addae-Wusu makes two point driving layup | 28-37 |
| 0:45 | | Â | Kris Parker shooting foul (Dylan Addae-Wusu draws the foul) | Â |
| 0:45 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 0:45 | | Â | Wooga Poplar defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:27 | | Â | Wildcats 30 second timeout | Â |
| 0:16 | | Â | Tyler Perkins misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 0:14 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:02 | | Â | Josiah Moseley shooting foul (Dylan Addae-Wusu draws the foul) | Â |
| 0:02 | | Â | Dylan Addae-Wusu misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 0:02 | | +1 | Dylan Addae-Wusu makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 29-37 |
| 0:01 | | Â | Wildcats 30 second timeout | Â |
| 0:01 | | Â | Jordan Longino turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |