Interesting Weekend in Philly Area Basketball

Villanova loses to Marquette 71-60. (11pts) Nova shot 3/5 from the foul line while Marquette goes 26/30, 26 more points from foul line. Nova shoots lots of 3pt shots, but "live by the jumper, die by the jumper." Obviously, Marquette went to the hoop more and was more aggressive. 

76ers lost 5 straight and was blasted in press as not having enough to go far in playoffs this year. Their talent wins lots of games, but with an unwilling Ben Simmons to shoot as well as poor shooters from distance won't work because playoffs are different. UPenn had same issues losing to Princeton yesterday.

Rider beats Siena 85-77 (8pts) going 28/33 from the line while Siena was 13/77, a good %. However, Rider had 16 more foul shots making 15 deciding the game.

Nick Kozankywycz