Overview: The Villanova Wildcats held off a late charge from Rutgers to post a 77-75 victory in an exhibition contest played Sunday at Jersey Mike’s Arena.
Devin Royal scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Wildcats. Tyler Perkins added 18 points while freshman center Luigi Suigo added 10 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots in his American basketball debut.
“There were a lot of positives,” said Villanova head coach Kevin Willard. “We played a lot of guys. We played a lot of lineups we don’t practice with. It was Nico’s first game. The same for Adam, Carter, Luigi. We were on the road in a good environment. I thought those guys all showed good composure and did a lot of positive things.”…