Providence Friars 97 (1-0) Fairfield Stags (0-1) The Providence Friars opened up what is sure to be the weirdest college basketball season ever, with a complete team thrashing of the visiting Fairfield Stags. The Friars went into the half with a comfortable 12 point cushion (41-29) but came out for the second frame and put …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Open Season with a Drubbing of Fairfield, 97-56
In an unexpected turn of events, it looks like LaSalle transfer Ed Croswell will be suiting up for the Providence Friars for the 2020-2021 college basketball season after receiving an NCAA waiver for the upcoming year. It was long speculated that Croswell would sit out one season, work on his game, and then fill the …
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Providence Friars (9-6) 66 DePaul Blue Demons (12-3) 65 A clutch free throw from Nate Watson, the guy on the team who has been struggling the most with his free throw shooting this season, gave Providence their first road win of the season over DePaul. The Friars have no started 2-0 in Big East Conference …
Providence Friars (6-6) 51 Florida Gators (7-3) 83 Yuck. Whatever the opposite of firing on all cylinders is, this was that. The Friars shot just 25.9% from the floor and allowed Florida to double that, shooting 50.9% from the floor. Providence connected on just 1 out of 18 three point attempts (5.6%) and allowed Florida …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Can’t Hit a Shot, Get Demolished by Florida 83-51
Providence Friars (6-5) 82 Stony Brook Seawolves (7-5) 78 Luwane Pipkins submitted his best game as a Friar this season, finishing with a season-high 21 points and 7 assists. Since seemingly having a shorter leash put upon him over the last three games after scoring a total of 5 points on an abominable 2-19 shooting …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Get Back on Track with 82-78 Close Call Against Stony Brook
Providence Friars (5-5) 61 Rhode Island Rams (6-3) 75 The Friars fell for the second time in the last three years and has all but handed over the momentum in the rivalry, despite dominating the decade up until this point. Fatts Russell continued to show why he'll be a headache for Providence until he leaves …
Providence Friars (4-3) 65 Long Beach State 49ers (3-4) 66 You can forgive the losses to Northwestern, a power conference team, and Penn, who in actuality is pretty good, but Long Beach State? That's when you have yourself a problem. That's a loss that is going to be a stain on any resume once tournament …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Blow a 17-Point Halftime Lead to Lose to Long Beach State 66-65
Providence Friars (4-2) 75 Pennsylvania Quakers (3-2) 81 There have been some maddening games that the Friars have lost over the past couple of season (hello DePaul) that they probably should have won, but this one has to be one of the more frustrating defeats in recent memory. After losing to Northwestern, a game in …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Upset in Home Game Against Penn 81-75
Providence Friars (2-1) 63 Northwestern Wildcats (1-1) 72 Northwestern was coming off a loss to first year Division I team Merrimack and the Friars were coming off two blowout victories over Sacred Heart and NJIT, so you think that the Friars would be able to go into Chicago and beat the Northwestern Wildcats on the …
Providence Friars (1-0) 106 Sacred Heart Pioneers (0-1) 60 Now THAT is how you open a college basketball season. I didn't think that the Friars could play well enough to match my excitement for meaningful college basketball games to be back, but they actually managed to somehow exceed my high anticipation. We saw a couple …
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