Dec. 22, 1997
Friars Host Loyola Marymount
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE (3-3) vs. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY (2-7)
FRIARS VERSUS LIONS...The Friars and the Lions meet for the second time in two seasons with the Friars leading the series, 1-0. The two teams met in Los Angeles last December 28th with Providence winning, 83-76. Tonight's game is the second of a two-game Providence road trip for the Lions as they played Sunday afternoon at Brown dropping a 70-65 decision.
FRIAR UPDATE...PC snapped a three-game losing streak on December 20th with a 71-69 win over Canisius in Buffalo, New York. Ben Perkins led PC with 18 points, Kendrick Moore added 16, Jamel Thomas 15 and Justin Farley had 12 in his first game as a Friar. PC trailed by eight in the second half before going on a 12-0 run over seven minutes to put the Friars ahead to stay. The win was the Friars first on the road this season.
JUSTIN TIME...Junior swingman Justin Farley (Indianapolis, Ind.) came off the bench to add a spark to the Friars in the win against Canisius. Farley had 12 points and four rebounds in 26 minutes of playing time in his first game at Providence. The 6-6, 205-pounder transferred to Providence from Evansville last January.
DECEMBER SCHEDULE...The Friars close out December with two games after tonight:
12/27 at Purdue (CBS) 2:00 pm
12/29 CLEVELAND STATE 7:30 pm
ROSTER CHANGES...Sophomore center Ndongo N'Diaye (Dakar, Senegal) and sophomore forward Kofi Pointer (Baltimore, Md.) have decided to transfer at the end of the fall semester (December 19). Neither student-athlete has indicated where they plan to transfer.
PROVIDENCE...All-time record: 1085-668 (.619) - Best in New England...Home record: 643-201 (.762)...Civic Center record: 319-120 (.727).
PROVIDENCE IN BIG EAST...112-175 in regular season and 125-192 overall in 18 seasons ... Eighth all-time in wins and percentage.
TODAY IN THE BIG EAST
Northwestern at Boston College 7:00 pm
Massachusetts at Connecticut 7:30 pm
St. Mary's at Seton Hall 9:00 pm
PC ON THE AIR
WPRO Radio - 630 AM with John Rooke and Joe Hassett
PROBABLE STARTERS
Pos. No. Name Pts/Reb. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown
F 25 Ben PERKINS 10.5/6.8 6-7 200 Fr. Vinton, La.
F 42 Llewellyn COLE 8.2/4.3 6-7 215 So. New York, N.Y.
C 5 T.J. McKENZIE 1.6/1.8 6-10 235 Fr. Friendswood, Tex.
G 33 Jamel THOMAS 19.5/8.2 6-6 215 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y.
G 3 Kendrick MOORE 8.7/3.0 6-3 180 Jr. Hartford, Conn.
OFF THE BENCH
G 10 Corey WRIGHT 2.2/1.7 5-8 160 Jr. New York, N.Y.
G 12 John LINEHAN 4.8/1.5 5-9 165 Fr. Chester, Pa.
G 13 Mark ADAMS 0.0/0.0 6-3 200 Sr. Clifton, N.J.
F 15 Peter FARRELL- 0.0/0.0 6-5 195 Fr. Hanover, Mass.
MARCELLINO
G 20 Dennis CLEARY 2.0/0.0 6-0 160 So. West Orange, N.J.
G/F 24 Erron MAXEY 5.0/2.7 6-6 195 Fr. Lake Elsinore, Cal.
G/F 40 Justin FARLEY 12.0/4.0 6-6 205 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind.
F 50 Rick CORDELLA 0.0/1.0 6-4 210 Jr. Foxboro, Mass.
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FRIAR FACTS
Location: Providence, R.I. 02918
Founded: 1917
Enrollment: 3,596
President: Rev. Philip A. Smith, O.P.
Athletic Director: John M. Marinatto
Head Coach: Pete Gillen (Fairfield '68)
Career Record: 264-115/13th season
Ass't. Coaches: Bobby Gonzalez, Tom
Herrion, Michael Malone
Adm. Assistant: Alexis Sherard
Trainer: Kevin Gorey
Captains: Kendrick Moore, Jamel Thomas and Corey Wright
Website: www.friars.com
Sports Hotline: (401) 865-INFO (4636)
1997-98 PROVIDENCE RECORD(3-3/0-1)
Nov. 8 D.C. Explorers W 74 - 71
Nov. 12 Around The World Stars W 72 - 58
Nov. 18 VERMONT W 67 - 63
Nov. 25 BROWN W 67 - 33
Nov. 30 BOSTON COLL. L 62 - 78
Dec. 2 vs. #11/#10 Utah L 58 - 64
Dec. 9 at Rhode Island L 58 - 69
Dec. 20 at Canisius W 71 - 69
Dec. 23 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 7:30 pm
Dec. 27 at Purdue 2:00 pm
Dec. 29 CLEVELAND STATE 7:30 pm
Jan. 3 at Georgetown Noon
Jan. 5 IONA COLLEGE 7:30 pm
Jan. 7 SYRACUSE 7:30 pm
Jan. 10 PITTSBURGH 7:30 pm
Jan. 13 at Syracuse 7:30 pm
Jan. 17 ST. JOHN'S 4:00 pm
Jan. 20 at Boston College 7:30 pm
Jan. 24 at West Virginia Noon
Jan. 27 CONNECTICUT 7:30 pm
Jan. 31 SETON HALL 4:00 pm
Feb. 4 at Miami 7:30 pm
Feb. 8 at Rutgers 3:00 pm
Feb. 11 at Seton Hall 7:30 pm
Feb. 14 VILLANOVA 7:00 pm
Feb. 18 MIAMI 7:00 pm
Feb. 21 at Pittsburgh Noon
Feb. 23 at Connecticut 7:30 pm
Feb. 28 NOTRE DAME 3:00 pm
Mar. 4-7 at BIG EAST Tournament
HEAD COACH PETE GILLEN
FOURTH YEAR AT PC: 3-3 (.500)/(0-1 in BIG EAST)
Overall at PC: 62-40 (.609)/26-29 in BIG EAST
XAVIER: 202-75 (.724)
13-YEAR CAREER: 264-115 (.697)
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT: 4-3
BIG EAST GAMES: 26-29
Vs. Loyola Marymount: 3-0
NON-LEAGUE GAMES: 36-11 (Losses vs. Vlllanova - BE Tourney (1995, 1996, 1997);
Virginia Tech - NIT; at Texas, ST. JOSEPH'S - NIT,
Middle Tennessee State, Rhode Island (1997, 1998)
Arizona - NCAA, and Utah)
NCAA TOURNAMENT: 10-8 (1985-91; 1992-93, 1997)
NIT: 4-3 (1993-94, 94-95, 95-96)
1997-98 (3-3/0-1)...Coached 100th game at PC versus Utah...
1996-97 (24-12/10-8)...Elite Eight...Beat Marquette (81-59)...Defeated #8 Duke (98-87)...Knocked off Tennessee-Chattanooga (71-65)...Lost to eventual champion, #13 Arizona, 96-92 in overtime...Second in the BIG EAST 7...Upset #18 Texas (74-66)...Upset #8 Villanova (91-68)...Recorded 250th career win at St. John's, 72-59...Knocked off #25 Boston College (83-71)...
1995-96 (18-12/9-9)...Third in BIG EAST ...Upset #21 Boston College at Conte Forum (76-75)...Upset #8 Georgetown (84-77) ...Beat St. John's (80-72) in BIG EAST Tournament....1996 NIT versus Fairfield (91-79)...Lost to St. Joseph's (62-82)...
1994-95 (17-13/7-11)...Sixth in BIG EAST...First BIG EAST win 1/4/95 vs. Pittsburgh...Upset #4 Connecticut...Upset #11 Villanova...Upset #20 Syracuse in BIG EAST Quarterfinals
1993-94 (22-8/8-2) First in MCC...NIT Quarterfinalists...Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year...Upset # 19 Cincinnati...Assistant Coach Dream Team II
1992-93 (24-6/12-2) First in MCC... Lost in second round of NCAA...Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year... Head Coach North Team, U.S. Olympic Festival...Upset #17 New Orleans...
1991-92 (15-12/7-3) Second in MCC...
1990-91 (22-10/11-3) First in MCC...MCC Tournament Champions...Lost in second round of NCAA... Upset #11 Nebraska in NCAA Tournament.
1989-90 (28-5/12-2) First in MCC...Second in MCC Tournament...Lost in Sweet 16 of NCAA... Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year...School's most wins ever...Upsets of #25 Loyola-Marymount and #8 Georgetown (NCAA Tournament)...
1988-89 (21-12/7-5) Third in MCC...MCC Tournament Champions...Lost in first round of NCAA... Upset #4 Louisville
1987-88 (26-4/9-1) First in MCC...MCC Tournament Champions...Lost in first round of NCAA... Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year...School's best-ever winning percentage...
1986-87 (19-13/7-5) Third in MCC...MCC Tournament Champions...Lost in second round of NCAA...Beat #14 Missouri in NCAA Tournament.
1985-86 (25-5/10-2) First in MCC...MCC Tournament Champions...Lost in first round of NCAA... Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year.
GILLEN COACHED UPSETS VERSUS TOP 25 TEAMS (1985-97)
Year Rank Team (Score) Year Rank Team (Score)
1986-87 #14 Missouri (70-69 - NCAA Tournament) 1994-95 # 4 CONNECTICUT (72-70)
1988-89 #4 Louisville (85-83) 1994-95 #11 VILLANOVA (71-70)
1989-90 #25 Loyola Marymount (115-113 OT) 1994-95 #20 SYRACUSE (71-69 OT - BE Tourney)
1989-90 #8 Georgetown (74-71 - NCAA Tournament) 1995-96 #21 Boston College (76-75)
1990-91 #11 Nebraska (89-84 - NCAA Tournament) 1995-96 # 8 GEORGETOWN (84-77)
1992-93 #17 New Orleans (73-55) 1996-97 #18 TEXAS (74-66)
1992-93 #19 Cincinnati (82-76 OT) 1996-97 # 8 VILLANOVA (91-68)
1996-97 #25 BOSTON COLLEGE (83-71)
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MONTH BY MONTH (1997-98)...2-1 in November...1-2 in December...
HOME COOKING...The Friars are 2-1 at home this season after going 12-3 at home last season. The Friars are 59-16 (.787) record over the last 75 games at the Providence Civic Center (dating back to January 25, 1993). Over the last five full seasons plus three games this year, PC is 66-19 (.776) at the Civic Center. PC is 34-4 (.895) in its last 38 non-conference games in Providence dating back to the start of the 1992-93 season. Two of the losses have come in the NIT (Virginia Tech -1995, St. Joseph's - 1996) and two losses have been to Rhode Island (1992, 1996).
CIVIC CENTER RECORD...PC owns a 319-120 (.728) record at the Providence Civic Center since the building opened in 1972. The Friars recorded their 300th win on January 8, 1996 against Canisius (91-63).
INJURED LIST...Junior forward Waleed Driscoll (torn ACL - right knee). Could miss the entire 1997-98 season.
NAIL BITERS...With the 71-69 win over Canisius on Saturday, the Friars are now 16-11 in games decided by five points or less in Pete Gillen's four seasons at PC. The Friars are 2-0 in games decided by five or less this season.
CAPTAINS...Three juniors will serve as the Friars tri-captains this season. Kendrick Moore, Jamel Thomas and Corey Wright were selected as captains prior to the start of the 1997-98 season.
FRIARS IN THE NBA...Providence College currently has seven players in the NBA. They are:
Otis Thorpe - Vancouver Grizzlies
Austin Croshere - Indiana Pacers
Eric Murdock - Miami Heat
God Shammgod - Washington Wizards
Dickey Simpkins - Golden State Warriors
Michael Smith - Sacramento Kings
Eric Williams - Denver Nuggets
Also, Atlanta Hawks coach Lenny Wilkens, is one of Providence College's all-time greatest players.
PLAYER SIGNING...Sean Connolly, a 6-4, 190-pound guard from Peabody, Massachusetts and Bishop Fenwick High School has signed a national letter of intent to attend Providence College for the 1998-99 school year.
FAMOUS RELATIVES...Junior guard/forward Jamel Thomas is the cousin of the Minnesota Timberwolves' Stephon Marbury.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES...The Friars return just one starter (Jamel Thomas) from last year's Elite Eight and 24-12 team. Gone to graduation are Austin Croshere (Indiana Pacers -12th pick overall), Derrick Brown (CBA - Connecticut Pride), Ruben Garces (recovering from leg surgery) and Jason Murdock (out of basketball). Sophomore guard God Shammgod (Washington Wizards) opted for the NBA Draft where he was selected in the second round by Washington. Those five players accounted for 75.9% of PC's scoring and 68.1% of the Friars rebounding last season.
ATTENDANCE MARK...The 1996-97 Friars averaged more fans per game that ever at the Providence Civic Center. PC played 15 home games in front of 165,447 fans for an average of 11,030 per game. The previous best year was 1993-94 when the Friars averaged 10,882 per game.
CLASS BY CLASS..This season's Providence College roster features one senior, seven juniors, three sophomores and five freshman.
PUTTING ON THE PRESSURE...The Friars were able to pressure Utah into a season high 21 turnovers in the Great Eight meeting on December 2nd. That was a season high for the Friars. The Friars followed that by forcing Rhode Island into 18 turnovers on December 9th.
MOORE OFFENSE...Junior guard Kendrick Moore turned in a career high 16 point performance in the win against Canisius. Moore was 6-9 from the floor (2-4 3PT). He also added three assists in playing a career best 35 minutes. The 16 points was Moore's career best at Providence and Missouri. He twice had 15 point games at Missouri. "Silk" transferred to Providence in September of 1996 after two years at Missouri. He sat out last season.
FRIAR FIRSTS...PC's loss to URI marked just the first time since the 1980-81 seasons that the Friars had lost two in a row to the Rams....The loss to URI dropped PC to 2-3 on the year marking the first time that the Friars have been below .500 in Pete Gillen's four seasons at Providence.
FRIARS VERSUS 1997-98 OPPONENTS:
University of Vermont: 3-0
Brown: 82-24
Boston College: 49-37
University of Utah: 1-2
Rhode Island: 59-49
Canisius: 20-5
Loyola-Marymount: 1-0
Purdue: 1-4
Cleveland State: 1-0
Georgetown: 14-29
Iona College: 1-1
Syracuse: 6-33
Pittsburgh: 13-17
St. John's: 30-49
West Virginia: 6-1
Connecticut: 20-29
Seton Hall: 38-32
Miami: 10-7
Rutgers: 4-0
Villanova: 25-38
Notre Dame: 5-3
FRIARS VS. RANKED TEAMS....The Friars finished the 1996-97 season with 3-3 (AP) and 4-3 (USA Today/CNN) records against nationally-ranked teams. PC lost a 64-58 decision to Utah on December 2nd to go 0-1 this season. Utah was ranked 11th by the Associated Press and 10th by USA Today/ESPN
Associated Press USA TODAY/ESPN
DATE RANK TEAM W/L SCORE DATE RANK TEAM W/L SCORE
12/2/97 #11 Utah L 56-64 12/2/97 #10 Utah L 56-64
BOARD GAMES...The Friars versus their opponents on the boards through five games.
GAME PC OPP DIFF
VERMONT 41 36 +5.0
BROWN 46 23 +23.0
BC 38 30 +8.0
Utah 24 49 -25.0
Rhode Island 30 45 -15.0
Canisius 37 32 +5.0
TOTALS 216 215 +1.0
DOUBLE-DOUBLES....Friars with double-doubles this season:
PLAYER GAME
J. Thomas VERMONT 25 pts/11rebs.
B. Perkins VERMONT 10 pts/12 rebs.
J. Thomas BROWN 16 pts/10 rebs.
DOUBLE FIGURES...Junior swingman Jamel Thomas is the lone Friar to score in double figures in every game this season. Thomas has scored 117 points in six games for a 19.5 ppg average. He now has 891 career points.
ON THE LINE....Jamel Thomas has shown tremendous improvement at the foul line this season. In his first two seasons, the Brooklyn, New York native was just a .656 free throw shooter (101-154). This season, Thomas has made 47 of 57 (.825) including 30 of his last 35 (.857). Thomas made 13 of 14 free throw in the game against Rhode Island.
TEAMWORK....PC rallied from an eight-point deficit in the win against Canisius...and they did it without Jamel Thomas. Thomas was held to just two points in the second half after getting 13 in the first half. The Canisius game marked PC's best offensive output with 71 points. PC also shot a season best 47.5% from the floor while having four players score in double figures.
FOR STARTERS.....The Friars entered the 1997-98 season with just two players who had ever started a college basketball game. Jamel Thomas had 33 starts last season and Corey Wright had three in 1996-97. Ben Perkins, John Linehan and Llewellyn Cole all made their first starts in PC's win over Vemont. Kendrick Moore and T.J. McKenzie made their first career starts in the Great Eight Tournament against Utah.
YOUTH WILL BE SERVED
The Friars open the 1997-98 season with one of the youngest and most inexperi -enced teams in the nation. The lone senior is a four-year walk-on. Jamel Thomas (33) and Corey Wright (3) are the only returning players to start games last year. Here is a look at the games played by members of this year's team:
Number of Games played
Player 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 TOTAL
Mark Adams (Sr.) 5 6 12 1 24
Dennis Cleary (Jr.) 3 9 1 13
Richard Cordella (Jr.) 5 9 1 15
Jamel Thomas (Jr.) 29 36 6 71
Justin Farley (Jr.) transfer 1 1
Kendrick Moore (Jr.) transfer 6 6
Corey Wright (Jr.) 36 6 42
Llewellyn Cole (So.) 28 redshirt 6 34
John Linehan (Fr.) 6 6
Peter Farrell-Marcellino (Fr.) 1 1
Erron Maxey (Fr.) 6 6
T.J. McKenzie (Fr.) 5 5
Ben Perkins (Fr.) 6 6
PRESEASON HYPE
Junior guard/forward Jamel Thomas is the Friars' top returning player and has already caught the eye of the national media.
JAMEL THOMAS -
Chosen Preseason Second Team All-BIG EAST
Dick Vitale's Preseason Second Team All-BIG EAST
Adidas/Blue Ribbon Honorable Mention All-American
Athlon Sports Preseason Third Team All-BIG EAST
Swish Magazine New England Division I Men's Dream Team
JAMEL THOMAS...Wasted little time in picking up where he left off as a sophomore. The 6-6 swingman scored a game high 25 points, pulled down 11 rebounds and had a PC best three assists in PC's win over Vermont. For Thomas it was the fourth double-double of his career. He also set career bests with 12 free throws and 16 free throws attempted.
MORE JAMEL....Thomas picked up his second consecutive double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds versus Brown. That's the fifth double-double of his career and marks the first time he's done it in back-to-back games. The last Friar to have two double-doubles in a row was Austin Croshere who did it against Pitt (25-12) and Rutgers (17-13) on February 15th and 18th respectively.
DEFENSE... The 33 points that Providence held Brown on November 25th were the fewest given up by the Friars since December 5, 1992 when PC defeated New Hampshire, 56-27. Brown scored 13 points in the second half. In the 12/5/92 game against UNH, the Wildcats were held to just 12 points in the first half.
MAKING THEIR MARKS....PC's four freshman are showing what they can do early in the season. Guard John Linehan has scored 13 and 10 points respectively in PC's first two games. Forward Ben Perkins had a double-double in his first game and added 11 more rebounds the second game. Center T.J. McKenzie sat out the first game with a sprained right wrist. Versus Brown, heplayed just nine minutes and had five rebounds, but no points. Swingman Erron Maxey made the most of his nine minutes against Brown as he scored 11 points with three rebounds.
MAXEY EFFORTS...Freshman swingman Erron Maxey (Lake Elsinore, Cal.) has been a valuable addition to the Friars coming off the bench. Versus Brown, in nine minutes, Maxey scored 11 points with three rebounds. Against Boston College, Maxey came in off the bench to spark the Friars. In 13 minutes, the 6-6, 195-pounder had 12 points and five rebounds. In the win against Canisius, Maxey played 17 minutes, scoring two, but adding six rebounds while shutting down Canisius' top scorer, Jamie Cammaert. Maxey is averaging 5.0 per game and 2.7 rebounds in 10.8 minutes per game.
SWEET LOU...Sophomore Llewellyn Cole (New York, N.Y.) turned in career highs against Boston College in minutes played (31), points (12) and rebounds (9). "Sweet Lou" is averaging 8.2 points per game and 4.3 rebounds. He is 20-37 from the floor for a .541 shooting percentage. He's also nailed three, three-pointers. Lou added to his minutes played career high when he played 35 minutes versus URI.
HOME OPENERS....The Friars opened their 71st season of play with a win against Vermont on November 18th. The Friars are now 63-8 overall in season opening games. When that season opening game is at home, PC is 49-3 and the record is 14-5 when the first game occurs on the road. In home openers, the Friars are 66-5 all-time. Providence has now won four season openers in a row. The Friars have now won 13 straight home openers dating back to November 29, 1984 when they lost a 70-67 decision to Assumption at the Civic Center.
BIG EAST OPENERS...PC's game against Boston College marked just the fifth time in 19 years that PC opened the BIG EAST schedule at home. With the loss to Boston College, the Friars have now lost eight straight BIG EAST openers. The last time PC won was in December of 1989 when they beat Boston College at home. That was also the last time the Friars opened the league schedule in Providence. PC is now 8-11 overall in home openers and 3-16 overall in season opening games.
BOUNCED ON THE BOARDS...PC has struggled in the rebounding department the past two games. Utah outrebounded the Friars by a 49-24 margin and Rhode Island did it at a 45-30 clip. Utah's 49 rebounds were the most against the Friars since Villanova pulled down 51 in December of 1996. Utah's frontline of Hanno Mattola, Alex Jensen and Michael Doleac combined for 25 of the 49 rebounds. URI's Joshua King and Antonio Reynolds-Dean had 21 of URI's 45. Last year, the most anyone outrebounded PC by was 17 as St. John's had a 44-27 edge on January 2nd in a 77-67 PC win.
FAST ROOKIE STARTS...John Linehan and Ben Perkins got their Providence College career's off to fast starts in the Friars' opening win over Vermont. Linehan played 36 minutes, scored 13 points , grabbed three rebounds and added two assists in the win. Perkins recorded a double-double in his first game with 10 points and a game high 12 rebounds. The 6-7 forward played 36 minutes and his free throw with 3:11 left in the game put the Friars ahead to stay.
TURNING POINT...Providence trailed Canisius, 51-45 with 13:39 left in the second half. At that point, the Friars went on a 12-0 run over a period of 6:56 that put PC ahead, 57-51. Over the final 13:39 of the game, PC outscored Canisius, 26-18 to pull out the win.
HOLDING ON TO THE BALL....The Friars made ten turnovers in the first half against Canisius, but just four in the second half.
LADIES' DAY...The Providence College women's basketball team will take over the Providence Civic Center on Saturday, February 7th when they host the nationally-ranked University of Connecticut Huskies. PC's women's team will be looking to set a Rhode Island attendance record for a women's athletic event in Rhode Island. The Civic Center holds 12,993 for basketball and there are currently less than 500 tickets remaining for this game. For ticket information, call the Friars' ticket office at (401) 865-GOPC. Members of the media planning on covering the PC-Connecticut women's game should contact Heidi McGuigan for credentials at (401) 865-2201.
PROVIDENCE STATS IN WINS LOSSES HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
FG Percentage .426 .364 .385 .400 .412
FG Percentage Defense .395 .490 .443 .443 .440
Three-point Percentage .459 .212 .350 .212 .438
Free Throw Percentage .649 .695 .675 .682 .600
Rebounds Average 41.3 30.7 41.7 33.5 24.0
Rebound Margin +11.0 -10.6 +12.0 -5.0 -25.0
Points per Game 68.3 59.3 65.3 64.5 58.0
Points Allowed per Game 55.0 70.3 58.0 69.0 64.0
FRIAR LEADS AND DEFICITS
BIGGEST LEAD: 37 (67-30/:33 left in second half) vs. BROWN
Biggest lead lost: 6 (6-0/18:39 left in first half to 8-9/15:42 left in first half) vs. VERMONT
BIGGEST DEFICIT: 18 (56-74/2:39 left in second half) vs. BOSTON COLLEGE
Biggest deficit overcome: 8 (37-45/17:42 left in second half) vs. Canisius
BIGGEST RUN: 44 (58-14 - 28:09/from 8:42 left in first half to :33 left in second half) vs. BROWN
BIGGEST RUN ALLOWED: 18 (14-32 -12:25/from 14:52 left in first half to 2:27 left in first half) vs. BOSTON COLLEGE
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COMEBACKS AND LOST LEADS
OPPONENT SCORE LED/TRAILED TIME LEFT
VERMONT 67 - 63 Trailed 37-39 15:56 left in second half
BROWN 67 - 33 Trailed 9-16 8:42 left in first half
BOSTON COLLEGE 62 - 78 Led 8-7 14:52 left in first half
Utah (Great Eight) 58 - 64 Led 21-20 8:07 left in first half
Rhode Island 58 - 69 Led 27-26 3:17 left in first half
Canisius 71 - 69 Trailed 49-51 11:19 left in second half
FRIARS' FOUL SHOOTING
FREE THROW SHOOTING IN THE FINAL THREE MINUTES (Game score 10 or fewer)
PLAYER 1997-98 CAREER
Llewellyn Cole 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000)
Ndongo N'Diaye 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000)
Justin Farley 1-2 (.500) 1-2 (.500)
Ben Perkins 3-4 (.750) 3-4 (.750)
John Linehan 2-3 (.667) 2-3 (.667)
Kofi Pointer 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000)
Erron Maxey 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000)
Jamel Thomas 7-8 (.875) 28-38 (.737)
T.J. McKenzie 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000)
Corey Wright 2-4 (.500) 10-19 (.526)
Kendrick Moore 2-2 (.000) 0-0 (.000)
PROVIDENCE 17-23 (.739)
OPPONENTS 13-20 (.650)
FRIAR GAME KEYS:
3-3 in games shooting under 50%
0-0 in games shooting over 50%
2-0 when PC has better FG%
0-0 when committing more turnovers
3-2 when opponent held to 75 or less
1-0 when PC leads at the half
FRIARS BY THE NUMBERS....
CURRENT STREAK: Win 1
OVERALL RECORD: 3-3
LAST FIVE GAMES: 2-3
LAST TEN GAMES: 6-4
HOME: 2-1
ROAD: 1-1
NEUTRAL: 0-1
OVERTIME GAMES: 0-0
BIG EAST RECORD: 0-1
BIG EAST HOME: 0-1
BIG EAST AWAY: 0-0
LONGEST WIN STREAK: 2
HOME WIN STREAK: 2
BIG EAST HOME
WIN STREAK: 0
WHEN LEADING AT HALFTIME: 1-0
AWAY: 0-0
HOME: 1-0
NEUTRAL: 0-0
WHEN TRAILING AT HALFTIME:2-3
HOME: 1-1
AWAY: 1-1
NEUTRAL: 0-1
RECORD AFTER 6 GAMES
IN 1996-97: 4-2
FRIARS RECORD WHEN....
Providence shoots 50% or better from the floor.................................................. 0-0
Providence shoots le ss than 50% from the floor.................................................. 3-3
Providence holds opponent to 50% or less from the floor.................................... 3-2
Providence opponent shoots 50% or better from the floor................................... 1-1
Providence outrebounds opponent...................................................................... 3-1
Opponent out rebounds Providence.................................................................... 0-2
Providence makes 40% of three point tries......................................................... 1-2
Providence makes less than 40% of three point tries.......................................... 2-2
Providence scores 60 or more points.................................................................. 3-1
Providence scores 70 or more points................................................................. 1-0
Providence scores 80 or more points................................................................. 0-0
Opponent held to less than 60 points................................................................. 1-0
Opponent scores 60 or more points.................................................................... 3-2
Opponent scores 70 or more points.................................................................... 0-1
Opponent scores 80 or more points.................................................................... 0-0
FRIARS WHEN AHEAD, TIED AND TRAILING....
WHEN AHEAD WHEN TIED WHEN TRAILING
Halftime 1 - 0 ----- 2 - 3
10 Minutes Left 2 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 3
5 Minutes Left 3 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 3
STARTING LINEUPS RECORDS:
2 - 1: Wright - Linehan - Cole - Thomas - Perkins
1 - 1: Thomas - Moore - McKenzie - Cole - Perkins
0 - 1: Wright - Moore - Cole - Thomas - Perkins
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RECORDS AS STARTERS
3 - 3: Llewellyn Cole
2 - 1: John Linehan
1 - 1: T.J. McKenzie
1 - 2: Kendrick Moore
3 - 3: Ben Perkins
3 - 3: Jamel Thomas
2 - 2: Corey Wright
GAMES LOST - INJURY/ILLNESS/ACADEMICS (10)
Waleed Driscoll - (torn ACL - right knee - VERMONT, BROWN, BC, Utah, Rhode Island, Canisius)
T.J. McKenzie - (sprained right wrist - VERMONT)
Kofi Pointer - (personal reasons - BC, Utah, Rhode Island - transfer 12/19
GAMES LED PC IN:
Scoring: Thomas (4), Perkins (2)
Rebounding: Perkins (3), Thomas (2.5), Cole (0.5)
Scoring and Rebounding: Thomas (2), Perkins
DOUBLE/DOUBLES: Thomas (2), Perkins (1)
20-POINT GAMES: Thomas (3),
30-POINT GAMES:
FRIARS' MARGIN DIFFERENTIAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 35+
Won 1 1 1
Lost 1 1 1
Average Win: (40): 13.3
Average Loss: (33): 11.0
Overall: (7): 1.1
PROVIDENCE - LOYOLA MARYMOUNT SERIES FACTS
Series Record: 2nd meeting - PC leads, 1-0
BIG EAST Series: N/A
At LMU: PC leads, 1-0
At Providence: First Meeting
Neutral Courts: 0-0
Last Meeting: 12/28/96 PC 83 at LMU 76
Last PC win overall: Same as abov
Last LMU win: None
STATISTICAL COMPARISON
PC Loyola Marymount
3-3 Overall Record 2-7
0-1 League Record 0-0
.394 Field Goal Pct. .429
.315 3-Pt. Field Goal Pct. .388
.669 Free Throw Pct.. .663
.443 Opp. FG Pct. .472
.329 Opp. 3-Pt. FG Pct. .396
.615 Opp. FT Pct. .689
36.0 Rebound Average 36.8
+0.2 Rebound Margin -4.2
11.0 Assists/Game 14.0
15.5 Turnovers/Game 18.2
3.0 Blocks/Game 3.2
8.1 Steals/Game 8.2
63.8 Points/Game 78.6
62.7 Pts Allowed/Game 86.1
SERIES NOTES
Streaks: The Friars have won the only meeting between the two schools. That game was played at LMU last December...It's a two-for-one weekend for the Lions as they played Brown on Sunday where they lost, 70-65...LMU started the year with four straight losses...
Notes: Loyola Marymount and the Friars have two common opponents on this year's schedule. LMU lost to Utah, 89-50 in November and then lost to Brown on Sunday, . PC lost by six, 64-58 to Utah and defeated Brown, 67-33, in November.
FRIARS CAREER STATS VS. LMU
No. Player GP PPG RPG APG
3 Moore First Meeting
5 McKenzie First Meeting
10 Wright 1 2.0 0.0 1.0
Career Best - 12/28/96 - 2 pts./0 rebs./1 ast.
12 Linehan First Meeting
13 Adams Has Not Played
15 F-Marcellino First Meeting
20 Cleary Has Not Played
24 Maxey First Meeting
25 Perkins First Meeting
33 Thomas 1 16.0 4.0 2.0
Career Best - 12/28/96 - 16 pts./4 rebs./2 asts
40 Farley First Meeting
42 Cole First Meeting
50 Cordella Has Not Played
1997-98 BIG EAST STANDINGS (as of December 21, 1997)
BIG EAST 7 League Overall
W L PCT W L PCT
Syracuse 2 0 1.000 9 0 1.000
Miami 2 0 1.000 8 0 1.000
Providence 0 1 .000 3 3 .500
Pittsburgh 0 1 .000 3 3 .500
Seton Hall 0 1 .000 4 5 .444
Georgetown 0 2 .000 5 3 .625
Rutgers 0 2 .000 4 4 .500
BIG EAST 6 League Overall
W L PCT W L PCT
Connecticut 2 0 1.000 9 1 .900
Villanova 2 0 1.000 3 4 .429
Notre Dame 1 0 1.000 6 2 .750
West Virginia 1 1 .500 9 1 .900
Boston College 1 1 .500 7 4 .636
St. John's 0 2 .000 7 3 .700
THIS WEEK IN THE BIG EAST
Monday, December 22
West Virginia at Virginia Tech 7:00 pm
Colgate at Seton Hall 7:00 pm
Dartmouth at Notre Dame 7:30 pm
Lafayette at Pittsburgh 7:30 pm
Wagner at Rutgers 7:30 pm
Florida International at Villanova 7:30 pm
Miami at Memphis 8:00 pm
Tuesday, December 23
Northwestern at Boston College 7:00 pm
Connecticut at Massachusetts 7:30 pm
Fordham/St. Mary's at Seton Hall 7/9:00
Wednesday, December 24
Syracuse vs. St. Louis 5:00 pm
Thursday, December 25
Syracuse vs.TCU/Iowa State TBA
Friday, December 26
Syracuse vs. TBA
St. John's vs. Niagara 9:00 pm
Saturday, December 27
Georgia Tech at Miami 3:00 pm
Md.-Eastern Shore at Pittsburgh 5:00 pm
Duquesne at West Virginia 7:00 pm
Hofstra at Villanova 7:30 pm
St. John's vs. Drexel/Princeton TBA
Sunday, December 28
Hartford at Connecticut 2:00 pm
Player of the Week: Co-Players:
Rob Hodgson -Rutgers and Damian Owens - West Virginia
Rookie of the Week: Co-Rookies:
Ricardo Greer (Pittsburgh) and Marvin O'Connor (Villanova)
FRIAR STATISTICAL LEADERS
(as of December 21, 1997)
INDIVIDUAL POINTS OVERALL BIG EAST
Jamel Thomas 19.5 (5th)
FREE THROW %
Jamel Thomas .825 (3rd)
REBOUNDING
Jamel Thomas 8.2 (7th)
BLOCKED SHOTS
Ndongo N'Diaye 1.0 (t14th)
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS
Jamel Thomas 3.0 (t11th)
DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS
Jamel Thomas 5.2 (7th)
Ben Perkins 4.5 (t14th)
TEAM
CATEGORY OVERALL BIG EAST
Scoring 63.8 (11th)
Scoring Defense 62.7 (5th)
Scoring Margin +1.1 (10th)
Field Goal % .394 (11th)
Opp. FG % .443 (12th)
3PT % .315 (6th)
Opp 3 PT% .329 (8th)
Free Throw % .669 (6th)
Rebounds 36.0 (12th)
Opp. Rebounds 35.8 (5th)
Rebound Margin + 0.2 (10th)
Assists 11.0 (13th)
Steals 8.2 (10th)
Blocked Shots 3.0 (t11th)
Turnover Margin +3.8 (7th)
Assist/TO Ratio 0.80 (10th)
TEAM SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS
PROVIDENCE OPPONENT
POINTS - 1st Half High 34 Canisius (12/20/97) 39 Three times
Low 26 Twice 20 BROWN (11/25/97)
POINTS - 2nd Half High 41 BROWN (11/25/97) 39 BOSTON COLLEGE (11/30/97)
Low 27 Utah (12/2/97) 13 BROWN (11/25/97)
TOTAL POINTS High 71 Canisius (12/20/97) 78 BOSTON COLLEGE (11/30/97)
Low 58 Utah (12/2/97) 33 BROWN (11/18/97)
58 Rhode Island (12/9/97)
FIELD GOALS High 28 Canisius (12/20/97) 31 BOSTON COLLEGE (11/30/97)
Low 18 Rhode Island (12/9/97) 14 BROWN (11/25/97)
FG ATTEMPTS High 66 BOSTON COLLEGE (11/30/97) 54 Canisius (12/20/97)
Low 51 Twice 46 BROWN (11/25/97)
FG PERCENTAGE High .475 Canisius (12/20/97) .608 BOSTON COLLEGE (11/30/97)
Low .321 (Rhode Island (12/9/97) .304 BROWN (11/25/97)
3-PT FG High 7 Twice 7 VERMONT (11/18/97)
Low 2 BOSTON COLLEGE (11/30/97) 2 Rhode Island (12/9/97)
2 Rhode Island (12/2/97)
3-PT FGA High 20 Rhode Island (12/9/97) 18 Canisius (12/20/97)
Low 11 VERMONT (11/18/97) 8 Utah (12/2/97)
3-PT FG PCT. High .538 BROWN (11/25/97) + Utah (12/2/97) .455 BOSTON COLLEGE (11/30/97)
Low .100 Rhode Island (12/9/97) .182 Rhode Island (12/9/97)
FREE THROWS High 24 VERMONT (11/18/97) 23 Rhode Island (12/9/97)
Low 9 Utah (12/2/97) 1 BROWN (11/25/97)
FT ATTEMPTS High 35 VERMONT (11/18/97) 34 Rhode Island (12/9/97)
Low 15 Utah (12/2/97) 9 BROWN (11/25/97)
FT PCT. High .769 Rhode Island (12/9/97) .700 Canisius (12/20/97)
Low .125 BOSTON COLLEGE (11/30/97) .111 BROWN (11/25/97)
REBOUNDS High 46 BROWN (11/25/97) 49 Utah (12/2/97)
Low 24 Utah (12/2/97) 23 BROWN (11/25/97)
ASSISTS High 13 BOSTON COLLEGE (11/30/97) 17 BOSTON COLLEGE (11/30/97)
Low 5 Rhode Island (12/9/97) 9 BROWN (11/25/97)
9 Rhode Island (12/9/97)
TURNOVERS High 18 BOSTON COLLEGE (11/30/97) 21 Utah (12/2/97)
Low 11 VERMONT (11/18/97) 15 VERMONT (11/18/97)
11 Rhode Island (12/9/97)
BLOCKS High 4 Three times 9 Rhode Island (12/9/97)
Low 1 Canisius (12/20/97) 1 BROWN (11/25/97)
STEALS High 11 BROWN (11/25/97) 13 BOSTON COLLEGE (11/3097)
Low 5 VERMONT (11/18/97) 2 VERMONT (11/18/95)
5 Rhode Island (12/9/97) 2 Canisius (12/20/97)
INDIVIDUAL SEASON HIGHS
PROVIDENCE OPPONENT
POINTS - 1st Half High 13 Jamel Thomas (Canisius) 13 Antonio Reynolds-Dean (Rhode Island)
POINTS - 2nd Half High 15 Jamel Thomas (Rhode Island) 15 Tony Orciari (VERMONT)
TOTAL POINTS High 25 Jamel Thomas (VERMONT) 24 Duane Woodward (BOSTON COLLEGE)
25 Jamel Thomas (Rhode Island)
FIELD GOALS High 6 Seven times 8 Duane Woodward
8 Antonio Granger (BOSTON COLLEGE)
FG ATTEMPTS High 20 Jamel Thomas (Rhode Island) 15 Antonio Granger (BOSTON COLLEGE)
FG PERCENTAGE High .833 Kendrick Moore (Utah) .700 Mickey Curley (BOSTON COLLEGE) (5 or more attempts) (5-6) (7-10)
3-PT FG High 3 John Linehan (VERMONT) 3 Duane Woodward (BOSTON COLLEGE)
3 Jamel Thomas (BROWN)
3-PT FGA High 8 Jamel Thomas (BOSTON COLLEGE) 6 Antonio Granger (BOSTON COLLEGE)
3-PT FG PCT. High .250 Jamel Thomas (BOSTON COLLEGE).600 Duane Woodward (BOSTON COLLEGE)
(5 or more attempts) (2-8) (3-5)
FREE THROWS High 13 Jamel Thomas (Rhode Island) 9 Cuttino Mobley (Rhode Island0
FT ATTEMPTS High 16 Jamel Thomas (VERMONT) 10 Cuttino Mobley (Rhode Island)
FT PCT. High .929 Jamel Thomas (Rhode Island) .900 Cuttino Mobley (Rhode Island)
(5 or more attempts) (13-14) (9-10)
REBOUNDS High 12 Ben Perkins (VERMONT) 11 Antonio Reynolds-Dean (Rhode Island)
ASSISTS High 6 Jamel Thomas (BOSTON COLLEGE) 7 Antonio Granger (BOSTON COLLEGE)
7 Andre Miller (Utah)
TURNOVERS High 6 Jamel Thomas (Utah) 8 Michael Doleac (Utah)
BLOCKS High 3 Ben Perkins (Rhode Island) 4 Antonio Reynolds-Dean (Rhode Island)
STEALS High 3 Kendrick Moore (BROWN) 4 Mickey Curley (BOSTON COLLEGE)
3 Corey Wright (Utah)
3 Ben Perkins (Canisius)
