GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Villanova 82, Saint Joseph's 59
PHILADELPHIA - Maddie Siegrist scored 31 points, the 20th time she has scored at least 30, and No. 25 Villanova used a hot start to roll to a 82-59 win over Big Five rival Saint Joseph's on Saturday.
Siegrist scored 13 points and Lucy Olsen 10 in the first half when Villanova went 7 of 11 on 3-pointers and shot 71% overall for a 45-26 lead. Saint Joseph's was at 30%. Maddy Burke was 4 of 3 behind the arc.
Christina Dalce scored five points as the Wildcats had the first eight of the game and closed the first quarter with two 7-0 runs, the 14-2 burst making it 28-8. Twice Villanova made five straight shots for a 10-of-11 stretch and closed the half with three straight, two of them 3s.
Olsen scored 20 points, making all three of her 3-pointers and 8 of 10 overall. Burke finished 4 of 4 from distance as the Wildcats (10-2) finished 13 of 20 from long range. They shot 55% overall (29 of 53).
Talya Brugler had 14 points for the Hawks (9-1), who came up short of matching the 1984-85 team's 10-0 start, the best in school history. Mackenzie Smith had 12. The Hawks finished the game at 37% (20 of 54).
Villanova plays No. 10 Iowa State in the Hall of Fame Showcase on Dec. 18 before meeting La Salle with a chance to win the Philadelphia Big Five title.
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Updated December 10, 2022
| Saint Joseph's | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| T. Brugler | F | 32 | 5-10 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 3-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| L. Ziegler | F | 31 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Nystrom | G | 33 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| M. Smith | G | 32 | 3-8 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| O. Mullins | G | 23 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| E. Boslet | 30 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| J. Walker | 11 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| P. Maurina | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| K. Griffin | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 20-54 (.370) |
12-15 (.800) |
7-22 (.318) |
12-25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 59 | |
| Villanova | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Siegrist | F | 36 | 11-20 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 2-8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| C. Dalce | F | 23 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| L. Olsen | G | 34 | 8-10 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| M. Burke | G | 29 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| B. Mullin | G | 26 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| B. Runyan | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Orihel | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| A. Cauley | 11 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Z. Jones | 5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| K. Swider | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Welde | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 29-53 (.547) |
11-13 (.846) |
13-20 (.650) |
11-34 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 82 | |
Officials: Teresa Stuck, Mark Resch, Brandon Enterline
Attendance: 1,509
