European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Villanova wins Mcaa title percent shooting upsets hoyas 6664 by Dick Joyce a coach Rollie Massimino said Villanova would need a perfect game to beat mighty the wildcats came close enough monday they made nine of 10 second half shots and set an Al time Mcaa tournament record with percent Fiel goal shoot ing to Edge Georgetown 6664 and deny the hoyas their place among the Al time great College basketball no one thought we could do but i said whose a ranked team team was nine Point i think we beat one of the greatest teams in they played extremely Well and we played when reminded that monday was april fools the Little in his 12th year at the suburban Philadelphia Georgetown april april the people fooled on this Day were the not the a ranked we know How to we know How to said Georgetown coach John whose team lost in the 1982 championship game to North Carolina 63 we just dont want to get in the habit of the Hoya players stood by and applauded when the wildcats were being awarded their championships 1 lost to people i Thompson they shot extremely look at those percentages from the Field and free throw Villanova won the game we have no the Victory ended a 17game winning Streak for the hoyas and left them 12123 Over the fou year career of a 7 three time won the title with the worst record Ever among Mcaa 25 Ewing held his Index Finger in the air after the asked about it he we might not have won the game but i still feel were three Villanova de Dwayne Mcclain and Gary had made a pact As freshmen that they would reach the final they finally did it this season came away with the you better not be intimidated in a game like said a Center who battled Ewing it was the last game of the year and my career and i had to play my this is what happens when you work so said the senior play you win you Are the sizzling wildcats shooting broke the old championship Mark of per set by Ohio state in their 1960 title Victory against the old tournament record was set by northeastern when it shot against Virginia Commonwealth in a first round game last we didst shoot 100 said in his 14th year As wild cat but we got the Ball where we wanted it and to who we we shot 79 that makes me look the wildcats 90 percent shooting from the Field in the second half was part of an Al time tournament record hitting 22 of 28 Villanova also was hot from the free throw making 22 of 27 and 19 of 23 in the second including 11 of 14 Over the last Mcclain and Sophomore Reserve Harold Jensen each hit four of Pinckney two of two and Pressley one of i didst feel we were a Cinderella team at our coaching staff always prepares us Jensen if we executed our offence and i thought wed be in a photo Villanova Harold Pressley goes for the Basket against Georgetown Pat Ewing the game at the Horace a Reserve guard for the it was we played defense right into their we just  let up until there was on the the amazing fact about Villanova shooting was that it did it against a team that had led the nation in defense against the Field goal this allowing Only 39 going into the Georgetown opponents had shot Only 36 percent from the was beaten twice by the hoyas during the regular big East 5250 in overtime and Mcclain hit two free throws and Harold Pressley one of two to provide the margin of with Georgetown Michael Jackson completing the scoring with a Field goal with four seconds hitting five of seven Field paced Villanova with 17 Points and who battled Ewing in the Pivot All scored Georgetown was trying to become Only the seventh team and the first since Urcla in 1973 to repeat As Mcaa Cham they were being rated among the greatest teams of All after breezing through the last part of their schedule and looking stronger with each but which finished in a third place tie in the big East conference with began a six game winning Streak in the knocking off other ranked teams such As 2 Michi Gan and 5 Memphis state in saturdays their upset Victory was Akin to that of North Carolina which won the Mcaa title two years ago As an Over whelming but that state team finished with one More Victory against its 10 and the 16th ranking in the final pre tournament All Villa Nova had to show was Hope As it entered its sixth consecutive Mcaa a Competition it never had the wildcats pulled ahead 2928 at halftime and after Ewing hit an opening jumper in the second they went up 3630 with Jensens a three Point play by Pinckney and a jumper by Mcmclain three Point play kept them up but Georgetown came Back and went ahead on David Wingates jumper 4241 with the Lead changed hands five the last on a jumper by who was named the tournament most valuable Mclain hit two free throws for a 4946 again the wildcats went ahead by five on a Pinckney jumper but Georgetown came Back with six straight Wing ates drive put the hoyas ahead Pinckney then lost the Ball trying to drive against Ewing and the hoyas went into a spread but at tempting to pass to Bill threw the Ball off a Villanova player and it bounced off Broadnax Villanova then hit six straight with Jensen hitting a Pinckney two free throws and Jensen two More free throws for a 5954 advantage with Broadnax then made a Basket but Jen a Reserve Sophomore guard who played most of the connected for two More free Mcclain then missed a free snapping his string of 20 straight Success Ful foul shots in the and Jen sen also missed the front end of a on and ewings Jam brought Georgetown to within 6158 with 41 seconds left but Mcclain then came through with two More free a Wingate Field goal pulled the hoyas within three but Mcclain then hit another one Andone with 18 seconds left for a 6560 Michael Jackson scored for Georgetown before Pressley went to the line for two free throws and made Only the big East tournament Winner and the 1 ranked Cam for All but five weeks this season following a 28 loss to Syracuse 6563 was in its third championship game of the four year Ewing having won last year against Houston and losing by a Point to North Carolina three years Villano on the other had made it to the final Only once in when it lost to Urcla and later had the runner up position stripped when it was found its Star Howard had signed a pro basketball the wildcats Only other trip to the National semifinals was in the tournaments first then they were coached by Al the Villanova coach for 25 severence died monday in his Lexington hotel and the players dedicated the game to the a player of the hit seven of 13 shots from the Field but grabbed Only five Wingate had 16 hitting eight of 14 from the Bill Martin and Reggie Williams also hit 10 Points apiece for the All of Williams Points came in the first the hoyas shot 52 percent from the Field and went to the free throw line Only eight connecting on six of Villanova hot shooting overcame 17 turnovers forced by the relentless George town which pressed and trapped virtually All the a hit on five of seven from the grabbed six rebounds and made two hitting All five shots from the Field and four of five from the free throw scored 14 Points and Pressley hit four of six from the Field for 11 Mclain and Mcclain each played the entire 40 Pinckney 37 and Jensen 34 after taking Over for starter Dwight the championship meeting Between big East rivals was the first Between Confer ence rivals in the Mcaa title game since Indiana beat Michigan in both of those teams Are from the big