VILLANOVA, Pa. — Let’s get this out of the way: Villanova ain’t some one-woman show.
Opening get-the-jitters-out minutes of Saturday’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against Cleveland State offered a little primer on how so many Wildcats contributed to a No. 4 region seed.
If you were inside the Finneran Pavilion early, you saw Villanova missing shots, Christina Dalce grabbing offensive rebounds. More shots, more misses, more Dalce rebounds, both ends. When ‘Nova heated up, it was Kaitlyn Orihel igniting off the bench with deep shots. As soon as Bella Runyan got in, she offered her particular blend of textbook and demonic defending. All important clues to how Villanova got to 28-6 this season.
