Providence Friars (16-14) 70 OT Creighton Bluejays (17-13) 76 OT The Friars came about as close as you could get in trying to pull off the win in Creighton, losing in overtime by six. This was Providence's second straight game that went to overtime after they beat Butler in extra time in the last game. …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Fail to Pull Off the Win in Overtime at Creighton, 76-70
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 …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Can’t Find the Hoop in the 2nd Half, Lose 75-61 to Xavier
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 …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Fall at #13 Villanova 85-67
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 …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Lose at DePaul Due to Some Atrocious Shooting, 67-55
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 …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Take Down DePaul 70-67 in AJ Reeves’ Return
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 …
Continue reading Game Recap: PC Friars Win Ugly, But Win Nonetheless At Xavier, 64-62
Providence Friars (11-6) 72 Seton Hall Pirates (12-6) 63 Finally some things went right down the stretch for the Friars as they pulled out their first Big East Conference victory of the season against the visiting Seton Hall Pirates. David Duke led the Friars with a career-high 18 points, helping the Friars break a three-game …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Get Their First Big East Win Against Visiting Seton Hall, 72-63
Providence Friars 68 (10-4) Creighton Bluejays 79 (10-4) Death by threes really is the most reasonable way to describe how this game went. Following a back-and-forth game for about the first 3/4 of the contest, Creighton displayed their biggest strength by connecting on 7 threes over the next 7 minutes. At one point, hitting 5 …
Continue reading Game Recap: Death By Threes, Friars Lose to Creighton 79-68 to Open Big East Play
Providence Friars (10-3) 71 Texas Longhorns (7-4) 65 Finally the Providence Friars have a much-needed road out-of-conference win against a quality team. The Friars led for the majority of the game but things got close down the stretch that needed the Friars to make big plays in order to take this one in Austin. Alpha …
Continue reading Game Recap: Providence Gets Their Big OOC Win at Texas, 71-65
Providence Friars (8-3) 87 Central Connecticut Blue Devils (5-6) 63 It was good to see that the Friars were able to respond nicely after suffering a gut-wrenching loss to UMass, a game that they led by 18 points at halftime. With A.J. Reeves sidelined for the next 4 to 6 weeks with a foot injury, …
Continue reading Game Recap: Maliek White Leads PC Friars Past Central Connecticut, 87-63
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