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Third-ranked Villanova attempts to win its fourth straight game to open the season when it battles Wake Forest in the semifinals of the Gildan Charleston (S.C.) Classic Friday afternoon.The Wildcats improved to 3-0 following a hard-fought 76-65 victory over Western Michigan in Thursdays quarterfinals.The Demon Deacons (3-0) advanced by virtue of a 103-81 victory over UTEP.Substitute Eric Paschall, playing in only his third game for his new team since transferring from Fordham, paced Villanova with 17 points. Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart scored 14 points apiece and Kris Jenkins added 11 points.Villanova opened the season with a 40-point home victory against Lafayette then went on the road for a thrilling three-point win at Purdue before struggling to get past the Broncos in the Charleston opener.Our guys have played in tough games, Villanova coach Jay Wright told reporters after the victory over Western Michigan. Thats one thing weve done well in a couple of games early on. Down the stretch in games we have executed. Im decently pleased offensively. But we have to get a lot better defensively.Villanovas defense struggled at times against the Broncos and that realization was obvious to Wright in the aftermath of the win.Were disjointed and dont communicate as well as we need to yet, Wright said. That takes time. Were missing our two leaders who were the best at that -- Daniel Ochefu at forward and Ryan Arcidiacono on the perimeter. They were both great communicators out there. When we changed our defense, they were always calling that out. Its going to take us some time.Forward John Collins scored a career-high 24 points on 9-of-10 shooting for the Demon Deacons against UTEP. Guard Bryant Crawford added 20 points and through three games, has 23 assists to only five turnovers.Forward Dinos Mitoglou added 18 points and guard Keyshawn Woods contributed 16 for balanced Wake Forest.Wake Forests 103 points were the most for the program since a 120-point effort against UNC-Wilmington on Nov. 19, 2008 -- a span of 253 games.Wake Forest pushed its lead to as many as 28 in the second half as it shot 73.9 percent from the field in the final 20 minutes.The Demon Deacons are 3-0 for the first time since 2013-14 and looming is a date against the defending national champion.Were excited, Wake Forest coach Danny Manning told reporters. Its the chance to play, rightfully so, one of the teams that higher ranked in the country. ... Its going to be a challenge, but its something we welcome. Well see where were at. Chris Campbell Jersey . 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Just getting those repetitions in really helped.Kornet and Matthew Fisher-Davis led Vanderbilt (6-5) with 18 points each as the Commodores played their first game since a nine-day break for exams.Kornet made his winning shot seven seconds after Chattanoogas Greg Pryor missed the front end of a one-and-one.Kornet also drained a 3 that gave the Commodores a 73-72 lead with 1:27 remaining. He hit 3 of 6 from beyond the arc.Chattanoogas Tre McLean, the preseason Southern Conference Player of the Year, couldnt get off a rushed jumper in time at the buzzer.Vanderbilt coach Bryce Drew said Kornet was the first option on the last-second shot.Hes a senior and hes worked really hard, and he hit a big shot just about a minute before that so the players really did a good job finding him, Drew said. As you dribble up, obviously there are different options, but Riley (LaChance) made a good decision and Luke made a huge shot.LaChance fed Kornet with a pass on the left side as time ran down in the first game against Chattanooga (8-3) since 2001.Jeff Roberson added 11 points for Vanderbilt and LaChance had 10.LaChance, the SECs leading 3-point shooter (67.dddddddddddd6 percent entering the game), buried a shot from beyond the arc to tie the game at 68 with 4:02 left.Casey Jones led the Mocs with 16 points as their five-game win streak ended.He scored most of his points inside against Vanderbilts zone defense.Ive never been a great outside shooter in my career, so that was my best option, Jones said. I just got down there and tried to penetrate against the zone, and hit what I could.Chattanoogas Justin Tuoyo and Greg Pryor both added 12. Pryor became the 22nd Moc of the Division I era to reach the 1,000 career points milestone with a layup for the games first basket early in the first half.The two biggest things in the game were guarding the 3-point line and rebounding, Chattanooga coach Matt McCall said. They go 6 for 21 and shoot 28 percent. And we outrebounded them (33-27). And we still had a chances.Chattanooga fell to 26-113 against the SEC and 3-14 versus Vanderbilt.BIG PICTUREChattanooga: The Mocs, hoping for a return to the NCAA Tournament after falling to Indiana in the first round last season, should feel good about this one despite the loss after leading much of the second half. Chattanooga fell to 26-113 against the SEC and 3-14 versus Vanderbilt.Vanderbilt: The Commodores entered the game as the SECs best 3-point shooting team and won it with a clutch 3. But they made only 6 of 21 from beyond the arc.UP NEXTChattanooga hosts Jacksonville State on Wednesday before starting Southern Conference play at Western Carolina on New Years Eve.Vanderbilt visits Dayton on Wednesday before beginning its Southeastern Conference schedule at LSU on Dec. 29.