Big East Players in the NBA: January 2nd

Butler

Gordon Hayward (Utah Jazz): 18 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 6-14 FG

Creighton

Anthony Tolliver (Detroit Pistons): 3 PTS, 1 REB

Kyle Korver (Atlanta Hawks): 9 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL

Georgetown

Jeff Green (Boston Celtics): 18 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 7-15 FG

Greg Monroe (Detroit Pistons): 12 PTS, 10 REB, 5-11 FG

Roy Hibbert (Indiana Pacers): 18 PTS, 7 REB, 6-11 FG

Henry Sims (Philadelphia 76ers): 16 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK, 6-7 FG

Marquette

Jae Crowder (Boston Celtics): 4 PTS, 2 STL

St. John's

JaKarr Sampson (Philadelphia 76ers): 2 PTS, 1-2 FG

Villanova

Kyle Lowry (Toronto Raptors): 22 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL, 8-17 FG

Dante Cunningham (New Orleans Pelicans): 13 PTS, 3 STL, 1 BLK, 5-7 FG

Xavier

David West (Indiana Pacers): 6 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL

Line of the Night

Kyle Lowry (Toronto Raptors): 22 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL, 8-17 FG

Lowry led the Raps with 8 assists to go with 22 points and 5 boards in their second consecutive loss last night, this time to the NBA-best Golden State Warriors. Greg Monroe has looked great since the Pistons dumped the albatross Josh Smith. Monroe put up a double-double in a beating of the Knicks. Detroit is 4-0 since Smith's release, while his new team, the Houston Rockets, are 2-5 with him.