Game Recap: Friars Once Again Dominate the Red Storm,Win 78-59

Providence Friars (15-12) 78 St. John's Red Storm (19-8) 59 Why can't the Friars just play St. John's like every single game, is that too much to ask? Providence was ahead for the entire game and looked like the team we thought they were going to be this year in the second half.  The Friars …

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Game Recap: Friars Can’t Find the Hoop in the 2nd Half, Lose 75-61 to Xavier

Providence Friars (14-12) 61 Xavier Musketeers (13-13) 75 Well that sucked. Just one game after savagely dismantling St. John's the Friars, at home mind you, were pretty much a no show against Xavier. In every loss for Providence, the telling stat is the assist to turnover ratio for the team.  If they had more turnovers …

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Game Recap: Friars Fall at #13 Villanova 85-67

Providence Friars (14-11) 67 #13 Villanova Wildcats (20-5) 85 As lopsided as the final score looks, the game was actually much closer throughout than the result would indicate.  With 7 minutes left in the 2nd half, the Friars were only down by 1 and the game was up for grabs for either team.  Unfortunately, everything …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Bounce Back, Winning Handily at St. John’s 70-56

Providence Friars (14-10) 70 St. John's Red Storm (17-7) 56 The Jekyll and Hyde act continues for this year's Providence Friars.  After struggling to show up for the last couple of contest, the Friars traveled down to the World's Most Famous Arena and easily dispatched St. John's in front of a pretty stunned home crowd. …

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Game Recap: Friars Lose Third Game in a Row, Fall to Georgetown 76-67

Providence Friars (13-10) 76 Georgetown Hoyas (15-8) 67 Well, that didn't go exactly as planned now did it? With the Friars in need of a win to break their losing streak and potentially separate themselves from the bottom of the Big East, they ended up doing exactly the opposite.  After being tied with Georgetown with …

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Game Recap: Friars Lose at DePaul Due to Some Atrocious Shooting, 67-55

Providence Friars (13-9) 55 DePaul Blue Demons (12-9) 67 The Friars traveled to Chicago to take on the DePaul Blue Demons for the second time this season and second time in the past three games.  As has gotten way too familiar for the Friars when playing DePaul, the split the season series with the perennial …

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Game Recap: Friars Falter Down the Stretch, Losing at Seton Hall 65-63

Providence Friars (13-8) 63 Seton Hall Pirates (13-8) 65 Providence lost a very winnable game to Seton Hall that was incredibly important for each team.  The Big East has been separated into two tiers so far this season.  The first tier being Villanova and Marquette, and the second tier being everyone else.  This was an …

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Game Recap: Friars Take Down DePaul 70-67 in AJ Reeves’ Return

Providence Friars (13-7) 70 DePaul Blue Demons (11-8) 67 That makes it two Big East wins in a row, and three wins in their last four games, for the Providence Friars as they kept things rolling against a much improved DePaul team visiting The Dunk.  The Friars got a much needed boost from A.J. Reeves …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Win Ugly, But Win Nonetheless At Xavier, 64-62

Providence Friars (12-7) 64 Xavier Musketeers (11-9) 62 This game seemed to devolve into a who wanted to lose more than the other team.  Rather than the usual scenario of whichever team has the ball at the end of the game is going to win, this was more in the scenario of whichever team has …

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Game Recap: Friars Come Up Short Down the Stretch, Losing at Marquette 79-68

Providence Friars (11-7) 68 #15 Marquette Golden Eagles (16-3) 79 The Friars traveled to Marquette after finally notching their first win in Conference playa against Seton Hall to take on the #15 ranked Golden Eagles.  Providence led by as many as 9 in the first half but weren't able to distance themselves enough early on …

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