Unfortunately at the end of the second OT, Cotton tied the game up with a clutch straight on three with under 30 seconds to go, NOVA came down and got an And 1 to go up three, and on a perfectly drawn up full court play, Henton missed a wide open 3 to send it to triple OT.  It’s hard to make that many game saving plays to extend a game in a row.  But once again, the Friars came up short in a game that may have helped cement their tourney ticket.

Providence now has 10 losses with a great many of them coming down to the wire:

L to Maryland 56-52

L to UMASS in OT 69-67

L to Seton Hall in Double OT 81-80

L to Xavier 59-53

L to NOVA in Double OT 82-79

The one silver lining in all of this is that they could easily make a Big East tournament run in this, having played close game with every team ahead of them in the standings.

And the best thing I saw was that Joe Lunardi had them as “The Last 4 In” during the last UConn game.  I’ll take it!!

Next Up, Today at 6 PM @ Butler.  This is a game they can not afford to lose.