Villanova 85-64 Colorado (Apr 1, 2025) Play-by-Play

Villanova Wildcats

20-14

	1	2	T
VILL	45	40	85
COLO	30	34	64

Colorado Buffaloes

14-21

RJ Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
Bangot Dak missed Three Point Jumper.
Andrej Jakimovski made Jumper.
Andrej Jakimovski missed Layup.
Andrej Jakimovski made Layup.
Bangot Dak missed Jumper.
Elijah Malone made Jumper. Assisted by RJ Smith.
Andrej Jakimovski missed Layup.
Felix Kossaras missed Layup.
Elijah Malone made Layup.
RJ Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
Elijah Malone made Layup.
RJ Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Felix Kossaras.
Assane Diop missed Jumper.
RJ Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
Felix Kossaras missed Layup.
Javon Ruffin missed Three Point Jumper.
Javon Ruffin missed Three Point Jumper.
Bangot Dak made Jumper. Assisted by Felix Kossaras.
Felix Kossaras missed Layup.
Bangot Dak missed Jumper.
Bangot Dak missed Three Point Jumper.
Felix Kossaras made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Harrison Carrington.
Felix Kossaras made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andrej Jakimovski.
Andrej Jakimovski missed Three Point Jumper.
Bangot Dak missed Layup.
Andrej Jakimovski missed Three Point Jumper.
Assane Diop missed Three Point Jumper.
Felix Kossaras made Jumper.
Andrej Jakimovski missed Layup.
RJ Smith made Jumper.
Javon Ruffin made Jumper.
Elijah Malone made Jumper. Assisted by RJ Smith.
Bangot Dak missed Layup.
Bangot Dak missed Jumper.
Felix Kossaras missed Three Point Jumper.
RJ Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
Elijah Malone made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Felix Kossaras.
Bangot Dak missed Jumper.
Andrej Jakimovski missed Three Point Jumper.
Bangot Dak made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Felix Kossaras.
Bangot Dak missed Jumper.
Andrej Jakimovski missed Layup.
Elijah Malone missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Felix Kossaras missed Three Point Jumper.
Javon Ruffin missed Jumper.
Javon Ruffin missed Three Point Jumper.
Trevor Baskin made Layup. Assisted by Javon Ruffin.
Javon Ruffin missed Three Point Jumper.
Elijah Malone missed Layup.
Elijah Malone made Layup.
RJ Smith made Layup.
Javon Ruffin missed Three Point Jumper.
Elijah Malone made Two Point Tip Shot.
Bangot Dak made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Malone.
RJ Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Malone.
Harrison Carrington made Layup. Assisted by Elijah Malone.
Elijah Malone missed Layup.
Bangot Dak missed Jumper.
Bangot Dak made Layup. Assisted by RJ Smith.
Harrison Carrington made Dunk. Assisted by Bangot Dak.
RJ Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
Jack Pease made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Malone.
Eric Dixon missed Three Point Jumper.
Wooga Poplar made Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Longino.
Jordan Longino made Jumper.
Wooga Poplar made Layup.
Jhamir Brickus missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Longino made Jumper.
Enoch Boakye made Dunk. Assisted by Jordan Longino.
Wooga Poplar missed Jumper.
Eric Dixon made Jumper.
Eric Dixon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Wooga Poplar.
Jordan Longino missed Jumper.
Wooga Poplar made Jumper.
Jordann Dumont missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordann Dumont missed Three Point Jumper.
Jhamir Brickus made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Perkins.
Eric Dixon missed Three Point Jumper.
Tyler Perkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jhamir Brickus.
Eric Dixon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Perkins.
Wooga Poplar missed Jumper.
Jordan Longino missed Three Point Jumper.
Tyler Perkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Eric Dixon missed Three Point Jumper.
Jhamir Brickus missed Three Point Jumper.
Wooga Poplar made Jumper. Assisted by Jhamir Brickus.
Wooga Poplar made Jumper.
Wooga Poplar made Jumper.
Wooga Poplar made Layup.
Eric Dixon made Jumper.
Wooga Poplar made Layup.
Jhamir Brickus made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eric Dixon.
Jhamir Brickus missed Three Point Jumper.
Eric Dixon missed Three Point Jumper.
Jhamir Brickus missed Three Point Jumper.
Enoch Boakye missed Jumper.
Eric Dixon made Layup.
Tyler Perkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Wooga Poplar missed Three Point Jumper.
Wooga Poplar missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Longino made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jhamir Brickus.
Jordan Longino missed Jumper.
Enoch Boakye missed Layup.
Eric Dixon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Longino.
Wooga Poplar missed Three Point Jumper.
Wooga Poplar missed Jumper.
Enoch Boakye made Dunk. Assisted by Jordan Longino.
Jordan Longino made Jumper.
Tyler Perkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kris Parker.
Jordan Longino made Jumper.
Tyler Perkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kris Parker.
Wooga Poplar made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Perkins.
Eric Dixon missed Three Point Jumper.
Tyler Perkins missed Layup.
Eric Dixon made Layup.
Eric Dixon made Layup.
Wooga Poplar made Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Longino made Layup.
Wooga Poplar made Layup.
Kris Parker missed Layup.
Jordann Dumont missed Three Point Jumper.
Kris Parker missed Three Point Jumper.
Tyler Perkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Kris Parker made Layup.

VILLANOVA

COLORADO

TIME		VILL	COLO
20:00	Start game	0	0
19:58	Jump Ball won by Villanova	0	0
19:58	Jump Ball lost by Colorado	0	0
19:52	Eric Dixon missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:49	Andrej Jakimovski Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:32	RJ Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:28	RJ Smith Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:26	Bangot Dak missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:21	Andrej Jakimovski Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:20	Andrej Jakimovski made Jumper.	0	2
18:54	Wooga Poplar made Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Longino.	2	2
18:26	Andrej Jakimovski missed Layup.	2	2
18:23	Andrej Jakimovski Offensive Rebound.	2	2
18:23	Andrej Jakimovski made Layup.	2	4
17:59	Jordan Longino made Jumper.	4	4
17:45	Bangot Dak missed Jumper.	4	4
17:42	Wooga Poplar Defensive Rebound.	4	4
17:32	Wooga Poplar made Layup.	6	4
17:11	Elijah Malone made Jumper. Assisted by RJ Smith.	6	6
16:58	Jhamir Brickus missed Three Point Jumper.	6	6
16:54	Enoch Boakye Offensive Rebound.	6	6
16:49	Jordan Longino made Jumper.	8	6
16:28	Andrej Jakimovski missed Layup.	8	6
16:25	Enoch Boakye Defensive Rebound.	8	6
16:12	Enoch Boakye made Dunk. Assisted by Jordan Longino.	10	6
15:54	Felix Kossaras missed Layup.	10	6
15:52	Elijah Malone Offensive Rebound.	10	6
15:51	Elijah Malone made Layup.	10	8
15:32	Wooga Poplar missed Jumper.	10	8
15:27	RJ Smith Defensive Rebound.	10	8
15:23	RJ Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	10	8
15:19	Jordan Longino Defensive Rebound.	10	8
15:11	Eric Dixon made Jumper.	12	8
14:58	Bangot Dak Turnover.	12	8
14:58	Eric Dixon Steal.	12	8
14:47	Eric Dixon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Wooga Poplar.	15	8
14:34	Foul on Jhamir Brickus.	15	8
14:34	Official TV Timeout	15	8
14:34	Jordan Longino subbing out for Villanova	15	8
14:34	Tyler Perkins subbing in for Villanova	15	8
14:21	Elijah Malone made Layup.	15	10
14:00	Jhamir Brickus subbing out for Villanova	15	10
14:00	Jordan Longino subbing in for Villanova	15	10
14:00	Andrej Jakimovski subbing out for Colorado	15	10
14:00	Elijah Malone subbing out for Colorado	15	10
14:00	Trevor Baskin subbing in for Colorado	15	10
14:00	Assane Diop subbing in for Colorado	15	10
14:00	Enoch Boakye made Free Throw.	16	10
14:00	Foul on RJ Smith.	15	10
14:00	Enoch Boakye missed Free Throw.	15	10
14:00	Villanova Deadball Team Rebound.	15	10
13:34	RJ Smith Turnover.	16	10
13:34	Eric Dixon Steal.	16	10
13:12	Jordan Longino missed Jumper.	16	10
13:07	Trevor Baskin Defensive Rebound.	16	10
12:57	RJ Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Felix Kossaras.	16	13
12:39	Wooga Poplar made Jumper.	18	13
12:35	Technical Foul on Wooga Poplar.	18	13
12:35	Assane Diop made Free Throw.	18	14
12:35	Felix Kossaras subbing out for Colorado	18	14
12:35	Javon Ruffin subbing in for Colorado	18	14
12:35	Assane Diop missed Free Throw.	18	14
12:35	Colorado Deadball Team Rebound.	18	14
12:35	Wooga Poplar subbing out for Villanova	18	14
12:35	Jordann Dumont subbing in for Villanova	18	14
12:15	Assane Diop missed Jumper.	18	14
12:12	Tyler Perkins Defensive Rebound.	18	14
12:05	Jordann Dumont missed Three Point Jumper.	18	14
12:02	Colorado Defensive Rebound.	18	14
12:02	Enoch Boakye subbing out for Villanova	18	14
12:02	Jhamir Brickus subbing in for Villanova	18	14
11:43	RJ Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	18	14
11:40	Villanova Defensive Rebound.	18	14
11:40	Official TV Timeout	18	14
11:40	RJ Smith subbing out for Colorado	18	14
11:40	Bangot Dak subbing out for Colorado	18	14
11:40	Felix Kossaras subbing in for Colorado	18	14
11:40	Elijah Malone subbing in for Colorado	18	14
11:19	Jordann Dumont missed Three Point Jumper.	18	14
11:16	Tyler Perkins Offensive Rebound.	18	14
11:15	Jhamir Brickus made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Perkins.	21	14
10:56	Javon Ruffin Turnover.	21	14
10:56	Eric Dixon Steal.	21	14
10:51	Eric Dixon missed Three Point Jumper.	21	14
10:46	Felix Kossaras Defensive Rebound.	21	14
10:41	Felix Kossaras missed Layup.	21	14
10:38	Tyler Perkins Defensive Rebound.	21	14
10:19	Tyler Perkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jhamir Brickus.	24	14
9:58	Assane Diop Turnover.	24	14
9:58	Tyler Perkins Steal.	24	14
9:48	Eric Dixon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Perkins.	27	14
9:45	Colorado Timeout	27	14
9:45	Jordann Dumont subbing out for Villanova	27	14
9:45	Wooga Poplar subbing in for Villanova	27	14
9:24	Javon Ruffin missed Three Point Jumper.	27	14
9:21	Javon Ruffin Offensive Rebound.	27	14
9:13	Javon Ruffin missed Three Point Jumper.	27	14
9:09	Trevor Baskin Offensive Rebound.	27	14
9:08	Trevor Baskin Turnover.	27	14
9:08	Trevor Baskin subbing out for Colorado	27	14
9:08	Assane Diop subbing out for Colorado	27	14
9:08	Bangot Dak subbing in for Colorado	27	14
9:08	Andrej Jakimovski subbing in for Colorado	27	14
8:55	Wooga Poplar missed Jumper.	27	14
8:51	Elijah Malone Defensive Rebound.	27	14
8:40	Bangot Dak made Jumper. Assisted by Felix Kossaras.	27	16
8:32	Jordan Longino missed Three Point Jumper.	27	16
8:29	Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.	27	16
8:22	Felix Kossaras missed Layup.	27	16
8:20	Jordan Longino Defensive Rebound.	27	16
8:17	Tyler Perkins missed Three Point Jumper.	27	16
8:13	Tyler Perkins Offensive Rebound.	27	16
8:11	Eric Dixon missed Three Point Jumper.	27	16
8:08	Colorado Defensive Rebound.	27	16
8:08	Jordan Longino subbing out for Villanova	27	16
8:08	Eric Dixon subbing out for Villanova	27	16
8:08	Kris Parker subbing in for Villanova	27	16
8:08	Enoch Boakye subbing in for Villanova	27	16
8:08	Javon Ruffin subbing out for Colorado	27	16
8:08	Elijah Malone subbing out for Colorado	27	16
8:08	RJ Smith subbing in for Colorado	27	16
8:08	Harrison Carrington subbing in for Colorado	27	16
7:56	Bangot Dak missed Jumper.	27	16
7:51	Andrej Jakimovski Offensive Rebound.	27	16
7:50	Bangot Dak missed Three Point Jumper.	27	16
7:47	Tyler Perkins Defensive Rebound.	27	16
7:38	Jhamir Brickus Turnover.	27	16
7:38	Felix Kossaras Steal.	27	16
7:34	Felix Kossaras Turnover.	27	16
7:34	Jhamir Brickus Steal.	27	16
7:19	Jhamir Brickus missed Three Point Jumper.	27	16
7:15	Andrej Jakimovski Defensive Rebound.	27	16
7:11	Felix Kossaras made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Harrison Carrington.	27	19
6:45	Wooga Poplar made Jumper. Assisted by Jhamir Brickus.	29	19
6:25	Felix Kossaras made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andrej Jakimovski.	29	22
6:02	Wooga Poplar made Jumper.	31	22
5:44	Andrej Jakimovski missed Three Point Jumper.	31	22
5:41	Tyler Perkins Defensive Rebound.	31	22
5:35	Wooga Poplar made Jumper.	33	22
5:26	Bangot Dak missed Layup.	33	22
5:23	Wooga Poplar Defensive Rebound.	33	22
5:10	Wooga Poplar made Layup.	35	22
5:10	Official TV Timeout	35	22
5:10	Jhamir Brickus subbing out for Villanova	35	22
5:10	Jordan Longino subbing in for Villanova	35	22
5:00	Andrej Jakimovski missed Three Point Jumper.	35	22
4:56	Enoch Boakye Defensive Rebound.	35	22
4:41	Wooga Poplar Turnover.	35	22
4:41	Harrison Carrington Steal.	35	22
4:26	Foul on Tyler Perkins.	35	22
4:26	Kris Parker subbing out for Villanova	35	22
4:26	Tyler Perkins subbing out for Villanova	35	22
4:26	Jhamir Brickus subbing in for Villanova	35	22
4:26	Eric Dixon subbing in for Villanova	35	22
4:26	Bangot Dak subbing out for Colorado	35	22
4:26	Harrison Carrington subbing out for Colorado	35	22
4:26	Assane Diop subbing in for Colorado	35	22
4:26	Elijah Malone subbing in for Colorado	35	22
4:09	Assane Diop missed Three Point Jumper.	35	22
4:04	Wooga Poplar Defensive Rebound.	35	22
3:56	Eric Dixon made Jumper.	37	22
3:37	Felix Kossaras Turnover.	37	22
3:37	Wooga Poplar Steal.	37	22
3:32	Wooga Poplar made Layup.	39	22
3:09	RJ Smith Turnover.	39	22
3:09	Official TV Timeout	39	22
3:09	Jordan Longino subbing out for Villanova	39	22
3:09	Jordann Dumont subbing in for Villanova	39	22
2:40	Jhamir Brickus made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eric Dixon.	42	22
2:14	Felix Kossaras made Jumper.	42	24
2:05	Jhamir Brickus missed Three Point Jumper.	42	24
2:01	Assane Diop Defensive Rebound.	42	24
1:52	Foul on Wooga Poplar.	42	24
1:52	Assane Diop made Free Throw.	42	25
1:52	Wooga Poplar subbing out for Villanova	42	25
1:52	Jordann Dumont subbing out for Villanova	42	25
1:52	Tyler Perkins subbing in for Villanova	42	25
1:52	Jordan Longino subbing in for Villanova	42	25
1:52	Felix Kossaras subbing out for Colorado	42	25
1:52	Javon Ruffin subbing in for Colorado	42	25
1:52	Assane Diop made Free Throw.	42	26
1:32	Eric Dixon missed Three Point Jumper.	42	26
1:28	Andrej Jakimovski Defensive Rebound.	42	26
1:18	Andrej Jakimovski missed Layup.	42	26
1:18	Enoch Boakye Block.	42	26
1:14	Jhamir Brickus Defensive Rebound.	42	26
1:11	Jhamir Brickus missed Three Point Jumper.	42	26
1:07	Enoch Boakye Offensive Rebound.	42	26
1:03	Enoch Boakye missed Jumper.	42	26
0:59	Elijah Malone Defensive Rebound.	42	26
0:53	RJ Smith made Jumper.	42	28
0:38	Eric Dixon made Layup.	44	28
0:38	Foul on Elijah Malone.	44	28
0:38	Eric Dixon made Free Throw.	45	28
0:23	Javon Ruffin made Jumper.	45	30
0:16	Villanova Timeout	45	30
0:16	Enoch Boakye subbing out for Villanova	45	30
0:16	Wooga Poplar subbing in for Villanova	45	30
0:16	Elijah Malone subbing out for Colorado	45	30
0:16	Bangot Dak subbing in for Colorado	45	30
0:02	Tyler Perkins missed Three Point Jumper.	45	30
0:00	Andrej Jakimovski Defensive Rebound.	45	30
0:00	End of 1st half	45	30

MGM Grand Garden Arena

8:30 PM, April 1, 2025Coverage: FS1

Las Vegas, NV

Line: VILL -5.5

Over/Under: 147.5

Referees:
Deron White
Nathan Farrell
Greg Evans

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	18-2	-	31-5
Creighton	15-5	3	25-11
UConn	14-6	4	24-11
Marquette	13-7	5	23-11
Xavier	13-7	5	22-12
Villanova	11-9	7	20-14
Georgetown	8-12	10	18-16
Butler	6-14	12	15-20
Providence	6-14	12	12-20
DePaul	4-16	14	14-20
Seton Hall	2-18	16	7-25

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Houston	19-1	-	34-4
Texas Tech	15-5	4	28-9
BYU	14-6	5	26-10
Arizona	14-6	5	24-13
Iowa State	13-7	6	25-10
Kansas	11-9	8	21-13
West Virginia	10-10	9	19-13
Baylor	10-10	9	20-15
TCU	9-11	10	16-16
Kansas State	9-11	10	16-17
Utah	8-12	11	16-17
Cincinnati	7-13	12	19-15
UCF	7-13	12	18-16
Oklahoma State	7-13	12	17-18
Arizona State	4-16	15	13-20
Colorado	3-17	16	14-21

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