Game at a glance
No. 15 seed Delaware (24-7) has a tough task in its opening game against 2 seed Villanova (26-7) in a South Region First Round game on Friday afternoon.
The Blue Hens caught fire at the end of the season to win three straight games to win the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament title. This year, Delaware won a lot of games by shooting well, hitting 47 percent of their shots from beyond the arc. The Blue Hens are also good at preventing three points, and that will be key in this game because the Wildcats like to shoot from beyond.
A familiar name to Philly hoops fans leads Delaware. Jameer Nelson Jr., son of former St. Joe’s Star, leads the team with 13.7 points per game. He also pulls down five rebounds.
The Blue Hens will need to stop an experienced Villanova team led by Archbishop Wood High School graduate Collin Gillespie, who was the Big East Player of the Year. The heady point guard averaged 14.3 points per game, four rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.
Coaching connection
Today’s game has a cool game inside the game storyline, according to Tedsilary.com. The coach of Delaware, Martin Ingelsby. is squaring off against Villanova, where Ingelsby father Tom played. Tom Ingelsby was picked in the first round of the 1972 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, where he played one season.
