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The No. 3-ranked and defending national champion Villanova Wildcats look to stay undefeated when they open play in the Gildan Charleston Classic beginning Thursday.Villanova -- which opened the season with a 40-point home win against Lafayette and a clutch three-point road win at No. 15 Purdue on Monday -- will face Western Michigan at 11:30 a.m. ET (ESPN2). The winner of that game will advance to Fridays semifinal round against either UTEP or Wake Forest.Preseason All-America candidate Josh Hart paced the Wildcats with 24 points in the win against the Boilermakers. Hart has scored 37 points in the two victories.Like last season, the Wildcats are receiving contributions up and down the roster anchored by Hart. In addition, guard Jalen Brunson (13.5 points per game), Kris Jenkins (12 ppg), and Mikal Bridges (11.5 ppg) have all been solid. Bridges and Darryl Reynolds have combined to pull down 27 rebounds.Its November -- weve got to get a lot better, Villanova head coach Jay Wright said after the win at Purdue. We really had trouble stopping them on the interior. You just cant simulate that kind of size and skill in practice.Bridges has really stepped forward as a key sixth man thus far.Kris and Josh did it. Kyle Lowry did it, Wright said. We have had a lot of guys in that position. They have had a lot of success. Mikal has watched it all even before he came here and hes really smart. As soon as I told him that hes playing starter minutes, he gets it. Hes really humble. I need to look at minutes, but hes going to be in the game a lot. When the game is on the line, as well.Western Michigan will enter this tournament with a 1-1 record. It recorded a 90-74 win over Marygrove College and then most recently fell 77-60 at Oakland Monday night.Guard-forward Tucker Haymond scored 20 points against Marygrove and added 12 more against Oakland.They were getting rebounds and getting out on fast breaks off of our missed shots and they got some really good looks on those fast breaks, Western Michigan head coach Steve Hawkins said after the loss at Oakland. We are going to have some bumps and bruises along with the way with the team that we have this season, but its the response those that I am really looking at.Next up is a matchup against the No. 3 team in the country.Were going to look towards the next possession and get ready to take on Villanova, the national champions, on Thursday, Hawkins said.Western Michigan 7-foot sophomore center Seth Dugan swept a career-best 15 rebounds against Oakland. Junior Thomas Wilder led the way with 13 points while freshman Brandon Johnson contributed 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting.The Broncos were picked to finish fifth in the West Division in the preseason voting. The poll was put together by the leagues 12 head coaches and a 24-member Mid-American Conference panel.Western Michigan finished 13-19 last season.USA Soccer Jerseys China . -- PGA TOUR Canada member Steve Saunders took a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Web. USA Soccer Gear . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. https://www.cheapusasoccer.com/ . The Islanders dealt Thomas Vanek to the Montreal Canadiens after less than a year on Long Island. Meanwhile, the Oilers dealt long-time sniper Ales hemsky to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday for a fifth-round pick in 2014 and a third-rounder in 2015. USA Soccer Jerseys 2019 . According the Toronto Star, a knee injury will keep Sundin out of the lineup, which includes former teammates Gary Roberts, Darcy Tucker, Tie Domi and Curtis Joseph. USA Soccer Store . - After leading the Saints to a fourth playoff appearance in five seasons, Drew Brees expressed confidence in the direction of his team and, perhaps more importantly, showed a willingness to listen to contract proposals if the team needs his help getting under the NFLs salary cap.ST. LOUIS -- Mike Leake took the blame Saturday night, even though there was plenty to go around.A blown assignment on a squeeze play ignited a four-run third inning for Los Angeles and a sixth-inning error led to another run as the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Dodgers 7-2 on Saturday. The loss ended the Cardinals five-game winning streak.Leake (7-8) allowed all seven runs -- six earned -- in six innings.I wasnt hitting my spots as well tonight, Leake said. They were ready for mistakes. I think they had a pretty good approach tonight and they were jumping on me early. I just wasnt placing the ball exactly where I wanted it.Dodgers starter Kenta Maeda attempted to lay down a safety squeeze with two on, no out in the third. Leake fielded the ball, but second baseman Greg Garcia failed to cover first behind the charging Matt Adams, allowing the games first run to score.Red-hot Justin Turner made the Cardinals pay for the miscue with a two-run double three batters later.Just miscommunication in the middle and a little bit of a fake steal, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. Pitch by pitch theyre going to change whose going to be covering, but whenever theres a bunt situation its the second basemans responsibility to be over there.Leake admitted the miscue changed the inning but still took responsibility.Its not getting an out, but other than that I think its still my job to get us out of that jam, Leake said.Adams homered for the second consecutive game. His blast to left in the fourth extended the Cardinals streak of home runs to 14 straight games.Aledmys Diaz reached safely for the 26th straight game with a first-inning single. Diazs streak is the second-longest by a Cardinals rookie since Albert Pujols had streaks of 30 and 48 games in 2001.The loss dropped St. Louis home record to 25-29.Turner went 2 for 5, and the double in the third proved to be the winning RBI. He has 14 RBI since the All-Star break.Adrian Gonzzalez hit his eighth home run -- a 429-foot solo blast to center -- to spark a three-run sixth that was aided by Adams throwing error.ddddddddddddMaeda (9-7) rebounded from a poor outing against Arizona on July 17, giving up two runs over 5 2/3 innings. Only one of the Cardinals first 15 batters was able to hit the ball out of the infield against the Japanese right-hander.Andrew Toles went 3 for 4 and scored once for the Dodgers. He has reached safely in nine of 10 games since being called up from the minors.After going just 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position in Fridays 16-inning loss, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was happy with the offensive production.I think that offensively as a team were trending in the right direction, Roberts said. Its about knowing you can win baseball games when youre not playing your best. I think our focus has been much better on just the day-to-day and I think if we can continue that well be OK.ANOTHER FRESH FACEThe Dodgers recalled RHP Ross Stripling and optioned LHP Grant Dayton to Triple-A Oklahoma City after Fridays game created a need for a fresh arm in the bullpen.TRAINING ROOMDodgers: OF Yasiel Puig (hamstring) did plyometrics and sprint work. Roberts did not rule out a start Sunday.Cardinals: IF Matt Carpenter (right oblique) took swings, but there is no timetable for his return.UP NEXT:Dodgers: LHP Scott Kazmir (8-3, 4.30 ERA) allowed one run in seven innings against Washington in his last start on July 19. He is 2-0 with a 3.20 ERA in three career starts against St. Louis.Cardinals: RHP Mike Mayers will make his major league debut in primetime after going 3-3 with a 2.94 ERA in nine starts at Triple-A Memphis. With Mayers start, St. Louis will become the last team in the majors to use a starter outside of the starting five that opened the season. ' ' '