Game Recap: A Strong Second Half Propels PC Past URI, 84-69

Providence Friars 84 (7-1) Rhode Island Rams 69 (5-3) In the 133rd match-up between the Providence College and URI, the Friars were able to pull away in the second half behind a determined Bryce Hopkins, who has found his footing within Kim English's offense over the last couple of games. Hopkins led the Friars with …

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Game Recap: A Career Night for Ticket Gaines Spurs the Friars to a 86-52 Thumping of Wagner

Providence Friars 86 (6-1) Wagner Seahawks 52 (2-4) Ticket Gaines kept finding corner threes within the flow of the offense and his teammates kept feeding him the ball in a perfect position to knock down shots. And knock down shots he did. Gaines had a career night in which he hit 7 three-pointers to help …

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Game Recap: Short-Handed Friars Secure a 71-64 Victory Over Georgia in the Bahamas

Providence Friars 71 (4-1) Georgia Bulldogs 64 (2-3) Following an overtime loss to Kansas State that resulted in the Friars losing two points guards, Jayden Pierre to a re-aggravated groin injury and Garwey Dual to an ejection due to a retaliatory forearm shiver, a short-handed Providence lineup was able to secure a victory in their …

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Game Recap: PC Dominates Wisconsin, Cruising to a 72-59 Win in the Gavitt Games

Providence Friars 72 (3-0) Wisconsin Badgers 59 (1-2) Photo Credit: Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports The Friars were tasked with the toughest opponent this season, taking on a visiting Wisconsin team that was fresh off of a loss to Top Ten ranked Tennessee. The Big East had dropped their leagues first two match-ups in the Gavitt …

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Game Recap: Friars Beat Milwaukee as a Complete Team with Five Players Scoring in Double-Digits, 79-69

Providence Friars 79 (2-0) Milwaukee Panthers 69 (1-1) The Providence Friars took a step up in competition in the second game of the season, taking on the visiting Milwaukee Panthers, a team that won 22 games last season and was picked to finish 2nd in the Horizon League. The scoring on the Friars was evenly …

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Game Recap: PC Beats Columbia 78-59 to Give Kim English a Win in His Friars Coaching Debut

Providence Friars 78 (1-0) Columbia Lions 59 (0-1) Kim English officially has a better winning percentage as the Head Coach of the Providence Friars than Ed Cooley did during his 12-year stint in Friartown. There was a lot of first game jitters and over-excitement to start the game with everybody running around like chickens with …

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Happenings Around Friartown: Daquan Davis De-Commits, Bryce Hopkins Watchlists, & More

1. Daquan Davis De-Commits from Providence In an unexpected turn of events, the Friars top-ranked commit from their 2024 class, Daquan Davis, has de-committed from Providence. https://twitter.com/theedaquandavis/status/1718650081098846387 Davis will be playing this upcoming season with Overtime Elite and despite being ranked just outside the Top-100 in the 2024 class at the moment, there is no …

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Bryce Hopkins Named to Pre-Season Big East First Team, Devin Carter Named as Honorable Mention

Just as last year's end of the season 2022-2023 All-Big East Teams were named, Bryce Hopkins was once again named to the First Team and Devin Carter was named as an Honorable Mention selection for the Pre-Season All Big East Teams for the upcoming 2023-2024 season. Marquette's Tyler Kolek, the reigning Big East Player of …

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Los Friars End Spain Trip on a High, Finishing 3-0 After Smashing the Catalonia All-Stars 98-50

Team1st Qtr2nd Qtr3rd Qtr4th QtrFINALProvidence Friars2628172798Catalonia All-Stars101691550 https://twitter.com/PCFriarsmbb/status/1694452170727555358 The Friars concluded their 3-game pre-season Spain trip with just about as convincing of a win that you could have, beating the Catalonia All-Stars by 48 points, nearing doubling them up to the tune of a 98-50 win. The Friars had a decent game from three-point land …

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Friars Take Down the Valencia All-Stars 87-66 in their Second Game in Spain

Team1st Qtr2nd Qtr3rd Qtr4th QtrFINALProvidence Friars2314282287Valencia All-Stars1618122066 https://twitter.com/PCFriarsmbb/status/1693738723136213427 During the Friars, I'm sorry, I mean Los Friars, first game against the Madrid All-Stars, we got to see a glimpse of what the ideal version of Kim English's offense would look like. Great three-point shooting (14/31 - 45.2%), ball distribution (23 assists on 37 buckets), and …

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