Providence Friars 64 #25 Creighton Bluejays 83 Well that was certainly a downer of a game after a magnificent team performance at St. John's. The game was basically a polar opposite in terms of shooting for the Friars. After making 16 three-pointers against St. John's the Friars missed 9 of their first 10 three point …
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The Providence Friars notched their fourth offering to a 2020 recruit by extending a scholarship offer to 5-Star Point Guard Noah Farrakhan on January 6th. The previous offers that the Friar have out there for the 2020 class are to Niels Lane, Earl Timberlake, and Hunter Dickinson. Farrakhan is a 6’1’’ ball-handler from Newark, NJ who …
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Ernie “Pop” Lewis, 51, passed away Wednesday at home with his family in Philadelphia. The former Friars legend was a critical part of Providence’s magical run to the Final Four in 1987. Lewis averaged 11.8 points per game and 4.2 rebounds during the 1986-87 season and was co-captain of the Friars team that lost to …
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Providence Friars 94 (10-4) St. John's Red Storm 72 (10-3) Oh, what a difference a healthy Kyron Cartwright and Alpha Diallo make. With the Friars almost back to full strength (no Maliek White yet), Providence went into Carnaseca Arena and took it to St. John's in the first conference game for both teams. Unfortunately for …
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Providence Friars 89 (9-4) Sacred Heart Pioneers 75 (5-8) The Providence Friars finished up their out of conference schedule with a convincing win over visiting Sacred Heart and will enter Big East Conference play with a 9-4 record. PC took it to Sacred Heart early, scoring 49 first half points, taking a 17-point lead into …
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With the MLS Season over, Soccer America has been releasing their positional rankings of MLS players based on their performance and production during the 2017 regular season and playoffs. Coming in second place in the rankings is reigning MLS Rookie of the Year and former Friar, Julian Gressel. Here is what they had to say …
Providence Friars 59 (8-4) Houston Cougars 70 (10-2) The Friars fell to Houston in their second match up ever (first was in 1965) at Mohegan Sun Arena for the Hall of Fame Holiday Classic. The Friars are familiar with the confines of Mohegan Sun having beaten UConn in a charity exhibition at the beginning of …
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Providence Friars 62 (8-3) Stony Brook Seawolves 60 (4-8) Rodney Bullock connected on 2 clutch free throws with 0.6 seconds left in the game to pull the Friars ahead and give them a win over lowly Stony Brook in a game that most of the Friars and the coaching staff will hope to soon forget. …
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Providence Friars 63 (7-3) UMass Minutemen 72 (5-5) With Alpha Diallo and Maliek White inactive for the game with injuries and Kyron Cartwright playing much less than 100%, the Friars still had a 5-point lead with just under 11 minutes of game time left but were unable to finish the job in what will most …
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Providence Friars 77 (7-2) Brown Bears 72 (4-5) The Providence Friars returned to the familiar confines of the Dunkin' Donuts Center in downtown Providence to get back on track against another in-state opponent in Brown, after losing for the first time in 8 years to Rhode Island. What the Friars probably didn't expect was …
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