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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 4545931, member: 549"] [MEDIA=twitter]1628598459602173954[/MEDIA] [URL='https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/jb38BJ'][B]Assisted access here <<[/B][/URL] -> Karaban, a freshman, had been burned for 27 points by PC star Bryce Hopkins back on Jan. 4, a 73-61 Friar win in Providence. "I felt like he embarrassed me," Karaban said. "I took full responsibility for that loss, because I wasn't able to contain him as well as I should have." An avid college basketball TV viewer, Karaban had just finished watching Villanova's win over Xavier on Tuesday night when he heard "someone" (apparently a commentator) give him some extra inspirational fodder, harking back to Karaban's first matchup against Hopkins. "It just gave me extra motivation in this matchup," Karaban said. Hopkins finished with a relatively harmless, team-best 16 points on 4-for-10 shooting. He was just 1-for-4 in the second half. And the 6-foot-7, 220-pound Hopkins, who entered the game averaging 9.3 rebounds a game, finished without a single rebound. Zero. Zip. Nada. "To play him even in the game is a huge plus," Hurley said. "Alex took personal, I think, some things that were commented on after the first game, in terms of that matchup and how much a disadvantage it was for us. Playing against an NBA player .... but Alex, too, is an NBA player." "I understood him better as a player," Karaban said. "But it was more of a team effort. Those guys were in the gaps, helping me out. Tristen got a steal on one of them, Adama came in with blocks. It wasn't just me. I wasn't left on an island like at Providence." "I mean, he's one of the best players in the Big East," Karaban continued of Hopkins, who entered the game second in the league in scoring at 16.9 points per game. "I respect the hell out of his game. He's a superstar in this league, and he's going to have a bright future. But, I was excited to come back and hold my own a little." <- [/QUOTE]

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