championship game in school history on monday, there is no question that they have to stop oklahoma star, buddy healeds, and good luck. he is the leading scorer in the tournament averaging close to 30 points per game. >> you cannot the just stop buddy, because some of other guards can beat you and hit the 39 and big men on the inside too, spangler and lett. >> you have to try to keep them under control and try to keep the other guys under control, you know, you probably could stop him, but the rest of the team is so good they'd kill you. >> that is right. >> reporter: toughest game of the the year for villanova wildcats and how do they plan to stop buddy healeds, the oklahoma star. it won't take just one player but entire team and healeds does not sound too impressed with the villanova wildcats. he says not only easy to score on villanova in the national championship semi final but he believes villanova is not the best team a little trash talking going into the biggest game of the season for villanova we are live at the final four, jeff skversky for channel six "action news". >> that is why they play t

first half action, josh hart, buddy healed with the turn over. he had nine points. ryan arcidiacono scores. nova does not the look back. the later in the half, hart, three ball, he scores 23. nova up 42-28 at the half. second half more of the same. sooners tried pressing on defense and that doesn't work. miguel bridges 59-41 nova. nova wins 95-51. the biggest beat down ever in the the national semi final game, nova is on to monday's championship ship game. >> i'm amazed. i'm shocked. you know, it was just one of those days. we made everything, they could not make anything. kind of similar to our game in hawaii against them. >> everyone took a shot. it seemed like he was going in. it was surreal. we know we were on the other end of it the first time. >> definitely none of us thought we were going to do that but testament to the hard work we put in and type of shooters we have and our defensive rebounding. >> other semi final game tonight, pitting north carolina against syracuse. second half action, justin jackson on the break, 16 for him. seventy-four-62 tar heels. m

they held buddy healed to nine points ands was the leading scorer in the tournament. having said all that tar heels star bryce johnson says this villanova team is beatable. they will have to prove it tomorrow night in the biggest game of their lives. we are live in houston, at the final four, jeff skversky for channel six "action news". >> so exciting, jeff, thanks very much. >>> we will have much more on the final four frenzy tonight on "action news" sports sunday. 97.5 the fanatic mike missanelli will join me to discuss all things nova as well as rest of the week in sports tonight after "action news" at 11:00. >>> one thing we will talk about are the flyers in pittsburgh for penguins final home game of the season. nothing like in state rivalry that matches the two hottest teams in the eastern conference. penguins got the best of this one early, sidney crosby beat steve mason in the first period. sixty-four, later while announce ago this goal, pittsburgh scored another. this time it was bow bennet. pitberg beaten flyers both times they have played and flyers trailing

nova shot over 71% from the field and held the likely national player of the year, buddy healed, to just nine points, the defense was out standing, the offense just as good, everyone contributed. josh heart, ten of 12 from the field for 23-point. chris jenkins, 18 points. ryan arcidiacono, 15 points, in one of the greatest effort in tournament history. nova beat oklahoma 95-51, the national championship game is tonight, ryan arch and mikhail bridges, they are ready to go. >> nothing is going to change, we'll go out there, try to play as hard as we can. >> hopefully at the end of the night monday, i'll be one of the happiest guys out there. >> it would mean a lot to our whole program, to everyone, something i'm sure everyone has dreamed about their whole life. and to have the opportunity to win this game, just big. >> so, villanova takes on north carolina who got by syracuse 83-66 saturday. couple of names you need to know from unc, point guards marcus page, their gem, six-nine, poured for the bryce johnson, just athletic freak. he scored 16-point, go cats, he scored 16 points the other n

. >> reporter: the key for villanova is to stop buddy healed who wouldn't the oscar robinson collegeasketball player of the year award. he leads the sooners in scoring. >> you can't stop him but you got to try to keep him under control and try to keep the other guys under control. you probably could stop him but the rest of the team is so good they'd kill you. what it would take to stop him and the rest of the team would kill you. you got to find a balance to play them as a team and that's easier said than done. >> reporter: well, i'll tell you these guys are definitely ready for this game. i can't wait for this tipoff in a few minutes. i'm going to send it over to alexandria hoff on the nova campus. i can't imagine how excited people are over there. >> reporter: lesley these students are certainly putting the party in watch party. i heard a couple people describe as lit. yeah, that's good thing, my little brother described that. this party is lit herely we want to show you some footage from what's going on inside. these students have been lining up for hours. doors opened up at 5 o'

eagles took a dig at oklahoma star buddy healed who was hut down by villanova defense. uddy in this town, fly eagles fly and that is former eagles head coach buddy ryan. 'nova isn't done in houston. neither are we. not even by a long shot. so stay with "eyewitness news" for complete coverage of the cats quest for a national championship. >>> get the latest on air and on our web site at cbs philly.com and congratulations to the team. >>> meantime autism effects 07 million people worldwide, so many people yesterday donned blue for world autism awareness day. that includes one young man in burlington, new jersey whose mission is to create hope and healing through art. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh introduces us to this remarkable artist. >> reporter: with focused eyes and a steady hand, renaldo byrd brings his dream to life. >> i love to draw. >> reporter: it started as early as two years old when his mother realized that this was no ordinary child. >> he was not speaking really. i noticed that he was always drawing. one day i noticed on the coffee table he drew this

scored nine points so if buddy healed had scored 50d they still would have lost.>> wow. >> or come close to losing. >> amazing. >> it was crazy how that games turned out. turned out. >> do you have a favorite.avor >> tarheels. >> hm. >> okay. which means you better put bet your money on villanova. villa >> thanks, wisdom.s, >>> still ahead what caused a ce small plane to crash on ash california highway. >> and a car plunging over a cliff. a woman still inside.man l in she survived. survi we'll tell you about herl you a condition coming up next. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. even late at night, or on the weekend, if that's what you need. because you have enough to worry about. i did not see that coming. don't deal with disruptions. get better internet installed on your schedule. comcast business. built for business. >> an investigation under waystg this morning after

buddy hield to shine under the bright lights. he's been so amazing. he brought home the oscar robinson player of the year award yesterday. if you don't know healed'seat one. he grew up in the bahamas, grew up in the united states. his mom gave him the name buddy after the show "married with children." he went 22 years in between final four appearances and it turns out krueger's nickname was slick but he didn't really want to talk about it. >> i have no idea what you're talking about. i'd like to say it started because i was pretty smooth, you know, probably more about the haircut. >> he might make his run for that. that's a good name. he's pretty slick at everything he does. >> he's not going to make us run no more. >> so buddy, select, and the sooners tip things off tonight on tbs against villanova. following by north carolina taking on syracuse. be sure to tune in for a behind-the-scenes look. all access at the final four with fredericka whitfield and steve smith airs today at 2:30. vice president joe biden and his wife jill will be there. they might be disappointed. both are alumni. vice president biden graduated from syracuse, the college of l