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Simeon Wilcher may not have shot well, but he contributed in other ways.<\/p>\n
With starting point guard Deivon Smith missing almost the entire second half due to a left shoulder injury, Wilcher was called upon to log heavy minutes and the sophomore sixth man came through when it mattered.<\/p>\n
Wilcher made two very big plays in the Johnnies\u2019 come-from-behind, 80-68 win over Villanova at the Garden on Saturday night. <\/p>\n
His strip of Wildcats star Eric Dixon and layup pushed the St. John\u2019s lead to three with 3:30 to go and he also sank a big pull-up jumper with 2:05 to go after Villanova had gotten within one.<\/p>\n
\u201cSim\u2019 gave us big minutes, made big steals, did all the right things,\u201d coach Rick Pitino said. \u201cIt may not show in the stat sheet, but he played tremendous. I\u2019m very, very proud of Sim\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilcher only made 3-of-10 shots from the field, but he didn\u2019t let it get him down. <\/p>\n
He defended well and came through in the clutch. <\/p>\n
Without Smith, the Johnnies\u2019 motor, Wilcher didn\u2019t leave the floor in the second half until fouling out with a half-minute left. <\/p>\n
He wasn\u2019t allowed to be tired.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say thank God for the media timeouts,\u201d Wilcher said jokingly. \u201cAnd free throws, for sure. We were a little bit tired, but in the situation, in the heat of the moment, you kind of zone out from that and just have to worry about the task going on at hand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freshman Jaiden Glover (right wrist) appeared in the final half-minute of the first half. <\/p>\n
He\u2019s still feeling discomfort shooting, but the wrist is improving. <\/p>\n
Pitino believes he will be available on Tuesday against Georgetown. <\/p>\n
Former Villanova coach Jay Wright and former Villanova star and Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson were among the 18,178 in attendance. <\/p>\n
It marked the second-largest crowd for a St. John\u2019s home game since Pitino arrived. <\/p>\n
The largest was last year\u2019s sellout against Connecticut at the Garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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