PISCATAWAY, N.J. — With his team trailing by nearly 30 points in the second half before a listless crowd at the Rutgers Athletic Center, Mike Rosario fired up a 3-pointer while his former St. Anthony teammate, Dominic Cheek, extended a long, lanky arm in his face and deflected the ball.
Rosario’s shot failed to touch the rim and Cheek and his Villanova teammates raced the other way on offense.
“I got a piece of it because me and Mike played in high school together and I know how Mike plays already,” said Cheek, a 6-foot-5 freshman who scored a career-high 17 points to lift the No. 4 Wildcats to their eighth straight victory, 94-68, over Rosario and Rutgers.
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