LSALLE

NOVA

Villanova hosts La Salle after Luigi Suigo's breakout game

FLM
Nov 10, 2026

As far as coach Kevin Willard is concerned, Villanova Wildcats's patience with Luigi Suigo is paying off.

Suigo and the Wildcats (1-1) hope to deliver another strong performance Tuesday night when they host La Salle Explorers (1-1) in a matchup of schools from the Philadelphia area.

After managing just seven points and five rebounds in Villanova's season-opening loss to Notre Dame, Suigo registered 16 and 15, respectively, in Friday's win over Holy Cross.

The 7-foot-3 Italian made 8 of 9 shots from the field and added five assists, four blocks and two steals in the 95-66 victory over the Crusaders.

"I've been telling everybody for a couple weeks that everybody just gotta be patient and let Luigi figure it out and let everybody kind of get together and jell a little bit," Willard said. "I just think the more he's gotten comfortable with what he can do. He's gonna continue to play better."

Suigo had plenty of help against Holy Cross, as Devin Royal notched 22 points, while Adam Oumiddoch (17 points) and Jake Fiegen (15 points on 5-of-6 shooting from 3-point range) also made meaningful contributions.

Tyler Perkins, who led the team with 18 points in the 74-72 loss to Notre Dame on Nov. 1, is looking to bounce back against La Salle after scoring only four points on 2-of-12 shooting against Holy Cross.

Perkins had 13 points in last season's 70-55 victory over La Salle. The Wildcats have won 10 straight meetings with the Explorers.

La Salle enters Tuesday's game on the heels of an 88-80 triumph over LIU on Saturday. Anthony Finkley paced the winners with 19 points, while Rob Dockery added 18.

The Explorers' effort against LIU was a far cry from their season-opening 94-55 loss to then-No. 10 Houston in a Nov. 2 game in which La Salle got outplayed in every facet.

"We didn't watch the film (from the Houston game)," said La Salle coach Darris Nichols. "I threw it away. I burned it. We talked about it. ... I think the biggest thing we took from that is the physicality we have to play with moving forward."

--Field Level Media

1st Half
LAS
Explorers
31
NOVA
Wildcats
36

Time		Play	Score
0:00		End of period
0:00		Devin Royal defensive rebound
0:00		Vice Zanki misses two point layup
0:23	+1	Devin Royal makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-36
0:23	+1	Devin Royal makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-35
0:23		Trey Moss personal foul
0:33		Devin Royal offensive rebound
0:35		Tyler Perkins misses three point jump shot
0:53		Adam Oumiddoch defensive rebound
0:53		Anthony Finkley misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:53		Anthony Finkley misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:53		Jake Fiegen shooting foul (Anthony Finkley draws the foul)
0:55		Elijah Crawford turnover (bad pass) (Anthony Finkley steals)
1:18	+2	RJ Smith makes two point jump shot	31-34
1:41	+2	Nico Onyekwere makes two point layup	29-34
1:41		Nico Onyekwere offensive rebound
1:43		Devin Royal misses two point layup
2:13	+3	RJ Smith makes three point jump shot (Anthony Finkley assists)	29-32
2:15		Anthony Finkley defensive rebound
2:17		Devin Royal misses two point layup
2:33		Jaden Johnson turnover (traveling)
2:56	+2	Nico Onyekwere makes two point layup (Elijah Crawford assists)	26-32
3:08		Nico Onyekwere defensive rebound
3:10		Vice Zanki misses three point jump shot
3:24	+2	Devin Royal makes two point jump shot (Elijah Crawford assists)	26-30
3:40	+1	Noah Collier makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-28
3:40	+1	Noah Collier makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-28
3:40		Jake Fiegen shooting foul (Noah Collier draws the foul)
3:55		Noah Collier defensive rebound
3:55		Elijah Crawford misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:55		TV timeout
3:55		RJ Smith personal foul
4:02	+1	Devin Booker makes regular free throw 1 of 1	24-28
4:02		Darryl Simmons II shooting foul (Devin Booker draws the foul)
4:02	+2	Devin Booker makes two point jump shot	23-28
4:20		Bowyn Beatty defensive rebound
4:22		Bowyn Beatty blocks Adam Oumiddoch's two point layup
4:25		Kwame Evans Jr. offensive rebound
4:27		Tyler Perkins misses three point jump shot
4:35		Kwame Evans Jr. defensive rebound
4:37		RJ Smith misses two point jump shot
4:48	+2	Darryl Simmons II makes two point layup	21-28
5:06	+2	RJ Smith makes two point jump shot	21-26
5:23		Trey Moss defensive rebound
5:25		Tyler Perkins misses two point layup
5:41	+2	Anthony Finkley makes two point jump shot	19-26
5:50		Bowyn Beatty defensive rebound
5:52		Darryl Simmons II misses two point jump shot
6:05		Adam Oumiddoch defensive rebound
6:07		Anthony Finkley misses two point jump shot
6:23	+1	Devin Royal makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-26
6:23	+1	Devin Royal makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-25
6:23		TV timeout
6:23		Kam Burton personal foul
6:28		Luigi Suigo defensive rebound
6:30		Kam Burton misses two point jump shot
6:52		Bowyn Beatty defensive rebound
6:54		Devin Royal misses two point layup
6:55		Devin Royal offensive rebound
6:57		Elijah Crawford misses two point layup
7:14		Elijah Crawford defensive rebound
7:16		Jaden Johnson misses two point jump shot
7:24		Bowyn Beatty defensive rebound
7:26		Luigi Suigo misses three point jump shot
7:57	+2	Kam Burton makes two point layup (Jaden Johnson assists)	17-24
8:02	+2	Adam Oumiddoch makes two point layup (Luigi Suigo assists)	15-24
8:18	+2	Vice Zanki makes two point layup (Bowyn Beatty assists)	15-22
8:36		Explorers defensive rebound
8:38		Jake Fiegen misses three point jump shot
8:56		Devin Royal defensive rebound
8:58		Vice Zanki misses three point jump shot
9:29		Explorers 30 second timeout
9:29	+2	Elijah Crawford makes two point layup	13-22
9:33		Noah Collier turnover (lost ball) (Elijah Crawford steals)
10:00	+2	Luigi Suigo makes two point layup (Devin Royal assists)	13-20
10:20	+3	Trey Moss makes three point jump shot (Vice Zanki assists)	13-18
10:35	+2	Jake Fiegen makes two point dunk	10-18
10:40		Jaden Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Jake Fiegen steals)
10:41		Luigi Suigo personal foul
10:53		Trey Moss defensive rebound
10:55		Luigi Suigo misses three point jump shot
11:04		Luigi Suigo defensive rebound
11:06		Jaden Johnson misses two point jump shot
11:17	+1	Luigi Suigo makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-16
11:17	+1	Luigi Suigo makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-15
11:17		Kam Burton shooting foul (Luigi Suigo draws the foul)
11:32	+1	Trey Moss makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-14
11:32		Trey Moss misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:32		Tyler Perkins shooting foul (Trey Moss draws the foul)
11:34		Tyler Perkins turnover (lost ball) (Trey Moss steals)
11:44		Jaden Johnson turnover (3-second violation)
11:55	+2	Tyler Perkins makes two point layup (Devin Royal assists)	9-14
12:14		TV timeout
12:14		Wildcats 30 second timeout
12:14	+2	RJ Smith makes two point jump shot	9-12
12:20		Trey Moss offensive rebound
12:22		Nico Onyekwere blocks Trey Moss's two point jump shot
12:31		Explorers offensive rebound
12:33		Trey Moss misses two point jump shot
12:54	+3	Jake Fiegen makes three point jump shot (Darryl Simmons II assists)	7-12
13:09		Devin Booker personal foul
13:20		Luigi Suigo defensive rebound
13:22		Devin Booker misses two point jump shot
13:44	+2	Kwame Evans Jr. makes two point layup (Luigi Suigo assists)	7-9
13:53		Luigi Suigo defensive rebound
13:55		RJ Smith misses two point jump shot
14:05		Anthony Finkley offensive rebound
14:07		Devin Booker misses three point jump shot
14:34		Bowyn Beatty defensive rebound
14:34		Adam Oumiddoch misses regular free throw 1 of 1
14:34		Bowyn Beatty shooting foul (Adam Oumiddoch draws the foul)
14:34	+2	Adam Oumiddoch makes two point layup	7-7
14:36		Adam Oumiddoch offensive rebound
14:38		Darryl Simmons II misses three point jump shot
14:57		Luigi Suigo defensive rebound
14:59		Jaden Johnson misses two point jump shot
15:07		Bowyn Beatty defensive rebound
15:09		Adam Oumiddoch misses three point jump shot
15:26	+1	Vice Zanki makes regular free throw 2 of 2	7-5
15:26	+1	Vice Zanki makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-5
15:26		Adam Oumiddoch shooting foul (Vice Zanki draws the foul)
15:29		Tyler Perkins turnover (lost ball) (Jaden Johnson steals)
15:39		TV timeout
15:39		Kam Burton personal foul
15:39		Tyler Perkins offensive rebound
15:41		Devin Royal misses three point jump shot
16:01	+2	Noah Collier makes two point layup (Devin Booker assists)	5-5
16:04		Kam Burton defensive rebound
16:06		Luigi Suigo misses two point layup
16:42	+3	Kam Burton makes three point jump shot (Jaden Johnson assists)	3-5
16:55	+3	Devin Royal makes three point jump shot (Elijah Crawford assists)	0-5
17:05		Devin Royal defensive rebound
17:07		Noah Collier misses two point jump shot
17:17	+2	Luigi Suigo makes two point layup	0-2
17:19		Luigi Suigo offensive rebound
17:21		Devin Royal misses two point layup
17:32		Kam Burton turnover (Tyler Perkins steals)
17:45		Devin Royal personal foul
17:45		Explorers defensive rebound
17:47		Luigi Suigo misses two point layup
18:04		Anthony Finkley personal foul
18:12		Rob Dockery turnover (offensive foul)
18:12		Rob Dockery offensive foul
18:25		Jake Fiegen personal foul
18:25		Jaden Johnson defensive rebound
18:27		Tyler Perkins misses three point jump shot
18:44		Tyler Perkins defensive rebound
18:46		Kam Burton misses two point jump shot
19:03		Tyler Perkins turnover (lost ball) (Anthony Finkley steals)
19:24		Rob Dockery personal foul
19:24		Wildcats defensive rebound
19:26		Kam Burton misses three point jump shot
19:39		Kam Burton defensive rebound
19:41		Noah Collier blocks Devin Royal's two point layup
19:43		Devin Royal offensive rebound
19:45		Elijah Crawford misses three point jump shot
20:00		(Wildcats gains possession)

Devin Royal defensive rebound