Overview
- Hodge suffered the right knee injury in the second half of Saturday’s loss to St. John’s at Madison Square Garden and was helped to the locker room.
- He had started all 29 games, averaging 9.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 36.8% from three in about 28 minutes per game.
- Villanova said Hodge will undergo surgery, and coach Kevin Willard lauded his work ethic and expressed confidence in his recovery.
- Reporters expect Malachi Palmer to take on a larger role, with options that include smaller lineups using guards such as Devin Askew and Tyler Perkins and situational minutes for Zion Stanford or bigger pairings.
- The Wildcats, now 22-7 (13-5), visit DePaul on Wednesday before hosting Xavier on Saturday and hold the No. 3 seed for the Big East tournament.