Birthdate
October 4, 1960

Birthplace
Massena, New York

Family
Single

High School
Massena High School

College
Potsdam State University '84

Coaching Experience
1998 - Head Coach, Providence College
1995-98 Head Coach, Iona College
1994-95 Interim Head Coach, Iona College (10 games)
1991-95 Assistant Coach, Iona College
1988-91 Assistant Coach, Syracuse University
1986-88 Assistant Coach, Florida State University
1985-86 Volunteer Assistant Coach, Iona College

Coaching Honors
1998 - Metro Atlantic Athletic Association Coach of the Year
1998 - Peter A. Carlesimo Award - Metropolitan Area Division I Coach of the Year
1998 - Jack Bruen Award - New York State Coach of the Year
1997 - Metro Atlantic Athletic Association Coach of the Year
1997 - NABC District II Coach of the Year
1996 - Peter A. Carlesimo Award - Metropolitan Area Division I Coach of the Year

FRIARS VS. RANKED TEAMS...The Friars recorded their fourth straight win over a ranked team on January 12th when they defeated #18/#18 Syracuse, 67-58. PC is now 4-1 against ranked teams this season. The Friars were just 1-7 against ranked teams a year ago.

 
Associated Press                                      USA TODAY/ESPN
RANK        TEAM                                      RANK  TEAM    
  #25       Texas Christian Univ.   L       79-81     #24   Texas Christian Univ.  L   79-81
  #23       Rhode Island            W       87-63     #25   Rhode Island           W   87-63
  #9        Purdue                  W       87-82      #8   Purdue                 W   87-82
  #23       Pittsburgh              W       83-68     #23   Pittsburgh             W   83-68
  #18       Syracuse                W       67-58     #18   Syracuse               W   67-58

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE BASKETBALL
PROVIDENCE...All-time record: 1106-686 (.617) - Second in New England...Home record: 657-207 (.760)...Civic Center record: 333-128 (.722).

PROVIDENCE IN BIG EAST...123-188 in regular season and 137-206 overall in 20 seasons ... Eighth all-time in wins and percentage.

BIG EAST FAXBACK ...(201-947-3918) - Allows you to access PC's short notes (1721); PC's full game notes (1722); PC's statistics (1723) or Box scores (1724). Also the BIG EAST is on the Internet at www.bigeast.org

TOUGH SCHEDULE...Friars' head coach, Tim Welsh has a tough schedule in his first season as PC's basketball bench boss. 16 of the team's 28 games come against teams that played in postseason tournaments a year ago. 12 games come against NCAA Tournament teams (TCU, URI, North Carolina State, Purdue, Connecticut, Syracuse, Miami and two each against West Virginia and St. John's). The other four are against teams that saw NIT action - Vanderbilt, Seton Hall and two with Georgetown.

HOME COOKING...The Friars are now 8-1 at home this season. Over the last six-plus seasons PC is 80-27 (.748) at the Civic Center. The Friars are 41-5 (.870) in their last 46 non-conference home games in Providence dating back to the start of the 1992-93 season. The back-to-back losses against Vanderbilt and TCU are considered neutral site losses since the Friars were not a home team in the CoSIDA CLASSIC. The last time PC lost back-to-back non-league games at the Civic Center was the 1984-85 season when the Friars dropped home games to Assumption and Dayton on November 29 and December 1.

NAIL BITERS...Saturday's 75-70 loss to Georgetown drops the Friars to 2-4 in "close" games this season "Close" games are games decided by five points or less. The Friars were 5-3 last season in "close" games.

MONTH BY MONTH...The Friars are 3-1 in January through four games this month. PC was 5-2 in November and 3-2 in December.

CIVIC CENTER RECORD...PC owns a 333-128 (.722) 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).

FRIARS IN SEASON OPENERS...With the season opening loss to Vanderbilt, the Friars' all-time record in season opening games goes to 63-9. When that season opening game is at home, PC is 49-4. When the first game is on the road, the Friars are 14-5. In home openers, the Friars are 66-6 all-time. The Vanderbilt loss snapped a four-year streak of wins in season openers and a string of 13 straight home openers dating back to November 29, 1984 when the Friars lost a 70-67 decision to Assumption at the Civic Center. PC's last season opening loss came on November 26, 1993 - a 113-102 overtime loss at Oklahoma State.

BIG EAST OPENERS...The Friars' 83-80 loss to Notre Dame on December 8th extended their BIG EAST season opener's losing streak to nine straight. PC's last win to open the BIG EAST schedule came in December of 1989 against Boston College at home. The Friars are now 3-17 in BIG EAST season openers and 8-12 in their first league contest at home.

FRIARS IN THE NBA...Providence College had eight players and one coach in the NBA last season. They are:
Otis Thorpe - Washington Wizards
Austin Croshere - Indiana Pacers
Eric Murdock - Miami Heat
God Shammgod - Washington Wizards
Dickey Simpkins - Chicago Bulls
Michael Smith - Vancouver Grizzlies
Eric Williams - Denver Nuggets
Marty Conlon - Miami Heat
Also, Atlanta Hawks coach Lenny Wilkens, is one of Providence College's all-time greatest players.

FAMOUS RELATIVES...Senior standout Jamel Thomas is the cousin of the Minnesota Timberwolves' Stephon Marbury.

NEW HOOP STAFF...Joining Tim Welsh at Providence College are three new assistant coaches. Steve DeMeo joined Welsh on April 2nd after the two worked together at Iona. King Rice, a former standout point guard at North Carolina joins the staff after spending five years at Illinois State as an assistant. Bob Walsh comes to Providence after a year at the University of San Diego. He had served as a graduate assistant to Welsh at Iona for two years prior to taking an assistants job in San Diego. Vince Cautero takes over as the administrative assistant. He has been an assistant coach at Florida State (1988-1992) and Florida International (1992-1998).

KENDRICK MOORE SELECTED... Providence College senior guard Kendrick Moore (Hartford, Conn.) has been selected to the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) for the 1998-99 school year. The SAAC is made up of dedicated, hard working student-athletes who are the voice of their fellow student-athletes within the NCAA. The committee meets three times a year in January, March and August. Moore's appointment began on September 1st.

TWO YEAR SENIORS...Two key members to the 1998-99 Friars are seniors Kendrick Moore and Justin Farley. Both close out PC careers this season after transferring two years ago from Missouri. Moore, who graduated in the spring and is currently a graduate student working on his MBA led the Friars with 3.3 assists per game last year and was third in scoring with 9.2 points per game. Moore is like a coach on the floor and can play either guard spot. Farley joined the Friars before Christmas last season after transferring from Evansville. The 6-6, 205-pound forward worked his way into a starting role in January and was second on the team with 9.5 points per game. In his last eight games of the season he averaged 14.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. Both players are excellent students and are candidates for Academic All-America honors this season.

JAMEL THOMAS -
ALL-AMERICA and ALL-BIG EAST Candidate
Senior forward Jamel Thomas came into his own during the 1997-98 season and will once again be the Friars' team leader on and off the floor. As a junior, Thomas scored over 500 points for the second time in his career to become only the ninth Providence player in school history to reach that plateau. He joins: Jimmy Walker (three times), Marvin Barnes (three times), Joey Hassett (three times), Bruce Campbell, Ernie DiGregorio, John Thompson, John Egan and Kevin Stacom.

The Friars team MVP in 1997-98, Thomas finished the regular season averaging 18.5 points and 6.9 rebounds to lead the team in both categories. He had career highs in three points attempted (178); free throws (156); free throws attempted (200); free throw percentage (.780); rebounds (200) and steals (44).

This season, Thomas picked up where he left off as a junior. He leads the Friars in scoring (360, 22.5 ppg) and rebounding (128, 8.0 per game). He ranks first in the BIG EAST in overall scoring and is tenth in the nation in the scoring column. Earlier this season, Thomas became PC's all-time leader in three-point field goals (172) and three-point attempts (493). He is currently seventh on the all-time scoring list with 1,670 points.

1998-99 PRESEASON HONORS FOR JAMEL THOMAS
FIRST TEAM All-BIG EAST
Basketball News First Team All-BIG EAST
Dick Vitale's College Basketball Second Team All-BIG EAST
Dick Vitale's Sixth Best Swing Forward in Country
Swish Magazine New England Division I Dream Team

1,000 POINT CLUB...Jamel Thomas continues his assault on the Providence College record book. On January 5th, he moved into seventh on PC's all-time scoring list passing Otis Thorpe (1,625). The talented scorer now has 1,651 career points and leads the BIG EAST in scoring with a 22.7 points per game average. Here are the Top 10 scorers in PC history:

NO   PLAYER            GP   POINTS
  1 Jimmy Walker       81   2,045
  2 Eric Murdock      117   2,021
  3 Marvin Barnes      89   1,839
  4 Joe Hassett       124   1,828
  5 Bruce Campbell    122   1,809
  6 Ernie DiGregorio   86   1,760
  7 JAMEL THOMAS      110   1,670
  8 Otis Thorpe       113   1,625
  9 Austin Croshere   121   1,523
10  John Thompson      79   1,520

DOUBLE FIGURES...Jamel Thomas has now scored in double figures in 49 consecutive games dating back to the final four games of his sophomore year.

DOUBLE-DOUBLES...Thomas has recorded six double-doubles this season including two in a row against Maine (11/30) and Brown (12/5) and Georgetown (1/9) and Syracuse (1/12)

J. Thomas   TCU        21 pts/11 rebs
J. Thomas   MAINE      25 pts/11 rebs
J. Thomas   BROWN      30 pts/10 rebs
J. Thomas   @Pitt      25 pts/11 rebs
J. Thomas   @ G'town   17 pts/12 rebs
J. Thomas   @Syracuse  19 pts/14 rebs

REBOUNDER TOO... Thomas led the Friars in rebounding last season with 200 rebounds in 29 games for a 6.9 rebound per game average. He became the first Friar to lead the team in scoring and rebounds since Steve Wright did it in 1987-88. Since 1956-57 only Jim Hadnot (3 times), John Thompson, Marvin Barnes (twice), Rudy Williams, Rich Hunger, Otis Thorpe, Wright and Thomas have led the Friars in both scoring and rebounding in a single season. Thomas currently leads the Friars in scoring (360 pts.) and rebounding (128) through 16 games.

BIG EAST SCORING...Jamel Thomas is second on the Friars' all-time BIG EAST scoring list with 908 points in 61 league games. Here's the list and who is ahead of him:

NO  PLAYER              GP      POINTS
 1  Eric Murdock        63      1,145
 2  JAMEL THOMAS        61        908

BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK...PART II...Jamel Thomas has been named the BIG EAST Player of the Week twice this season. He was chosen for the honor on November 18th and on December 7th. He has been selected for this award four times in his career. .

RECORDS WATCH...Thomas became PC's all-time leader in three point field goals made with three at Georgetown. For his career, he now has 172, passing Eric Murdock who had 169 in his career. Thomas is also the all-time leader in three-point attempts with 493 in his career.

1998-99 GAME-BY-GAME...
Game       Min Pts Reb  Asts    Steals
vs. Vandy   33  22  8      2       0
vs. TCU     34  21 11      3       1
URI         30  30  6      2       2
UTPA        35  29  7      2       0 
NCSU        34  18  7      1       0  
@ CSU       32  28  3      1       0
MAINE       34  25  11     1       2
BROWN       30  30 10      4       1
ND          35  21  2      3       1
@ Rutgers   35  13  5      2       0
PURDUE      33  22  5      4       2
@ Pitt      31  25 11      5       3
SETON HALL  34  18  9      3       2
WVU         39  22  7      0       4
@ GT        29  17 12      0       0
@ SYR       28  19 14      2       2

BOARD GAMES...Despite the Friars lack of size (one player over 6-7), PC is 9-7 in winning the battle of the boards through 16 games. PC pulled down a season high 51 rebounds in the win at Syracuse with Jamel Thomas getting 14 and Erron Maxey 12. Through the first 16 games of the season, the Friars have been outrebounded by a 585-570 margin.

GAME        PC  OPP  DIFF
vs. VANDY   28  35   - 7.0
vs. TCU     30  36   - 6.0
URI         34  42   - 8.0
UTPA        36  32   + 4.0
NCSU        29  32   - 3.0
@CSU        32  30   + 2.0
MAINE       42  41   + 1.0
BROWN       37  27   +10.0
ND          28  31   - 3.0
@Rutgers    37  36   + 1.0
PURDUE      25  43   -18.0
@Pittsburgh 38  36   + 2.0
SETON HALL  37  31   + 6.0
WVU         38  48   -10.0
@ GT        48  44   + 4.0
@ SYR       51  41   +10.0
TOTALS     570 585   -15.0

DOUBLE-DOUBLES....Friars with double-doubles this season:

PLAYER      GAME       
J. Thomas   TCU      21 pts/11 rebs
E. Maxey    UTPA     20 pts/11 rebs
J. Thomas   MAINE    25 pts/11 rebs
J. Thomas   BROWN    30 pts/10 rebs
E. Maxey    @Rutgers 13 pts/13 rebs
J. Thomas   @Pitt    25 pts/11 rebs
J. Thomas   @ GT     17 pts/12 rebs
J. Thomas   @ Syr.   19 pts/14 rebs
E. Maxey    @ Syr.   14 pts/12 rebs

SUPERPESTS...Keep an eye on Friar guards John Linehan and Corey Wright. Despite their size (5-9 and 5-8 respectively), they have a way of getting under their opponents skin. The duo combined for 105 steals last season with Linehan getting 50 and Wright 55. Linehan set a BIG EAST freshman record with nine steals in a game against Pittsburgh. The duo have already combined for 84 steals this season (5.25 per game). With 37 steals in the first 16 games, Corey Wright is now seventh on the Friar' all-time steals list with 165 in 80 games.

1.  Eric Murdock        117 376
2.  Carlton Screen      109 226
3.  Harold Starks       117 207
4.  Joe Hassett         124 176
5.  Michael Brown       123 174
6.  Billy Donovan       122 170
7.  Corey Wright         80 165

MORE WRIGHT...Senior guard Corey Wright has become a scoring threat for the Friars this season. Through 16 games, Wright has scored 95 points, 24 more than all of last year. As a sophomore he scored 117 points in 36 games. He is averaging 5.9 points per game on the year. In the November 24th win over North Carolina State, Wright poured in a career high 14 points going 3-4 from the floor with a career high seven free throws in a career high eight attempts. He also had a career high seven assists in the win with three steals. For the season, Wright is shooting 50.9% (29-57). He came into the season shooting just 31.1% for his career.

MAD MAX...Sophomore center Erron Maxey continues to be a force on the boards for the Friars. He collected his third double-double of the season in the win at Syracuse with 14 points and 12 rebounds. It was the fourth double-double of his career. At Rutgers in December, Maxey pulled down a career high 13 rebounds in his second double-double of the year.

 1/12/99  @ Syracuse      14 pts/12 rebs
12/11/98  @ Rutgers       13 pts/13 rebs.
11/21/98  TEXAS-PAN AM    20 pts/11rebs.
 1/5 /98  IONA            12 pts/11 rebs.

HALFTIME LEADS...The Friars have led at halftime in 11 of their first 15 games this season. Only Maine (35-32), Notre Dame (39-31), West Virginia (34-28), Georgetown (37-36) and Syracuse (36-27) have led against the Friars at the intermission. PC is 8-3 when the Friars lead at halftime and 3-2 when they trail.

FAST STARTS...The Friars' pressure defense and running offense have helped Providence get out to big leads in nine of the first 15 games this season. Here's the list of fast starts:

Game        Score      Time Elapsed
Vanderbilt      17-2            5:42
TCU             21-9            7:36
URI             20-10          10:27
UTPA            23-7            8:00
NC State        26-10          10:08
@ Cleveland St. 14-2            3:18
MAINE            7-0            2:06
BROWN           17-4            5:52
ND              11-0            2:42

The Friars used a fast second half start against SETON HALL to break that game open. Leading 26-23 at the half, PC opened the second half with an 8-0 run in the first 1:31 on the way to a 21-4 run over the first 6:54 for a 47-27 lead. At Syracuse, the Friars used an 11-2 run over the first 4:45 of the second half to erase a nine-point halftime deficit on the way to a 67-58 win.

STINGY DEFENSE...The Friars played their best defensive game of the season against Seton Hall limiting the Pirates to a season low 49 points. The Friars forced Seton Hall to shoot a season low 37.7% (20-53) from the floor. The 20 field goals were also a season best defensively.

FRIARS VERSUS 1998-99 FOES... Vanderbilt University: 0-1 Texas Christian Univ: 0-1 Rhode Island: 60-49 Texas Pan-American: 1-0 North Carolina State: 1-2 Cleveland State: 3-0 Maine: 6-0 Brown: 83-24 Purdue: 2-5 Arkansas: 0-0 Boston College: 50-37 Georgetown: 14-31 Syracuse: 8-34 Pittsburgh: 15-18 St. John's: 30-50 West Virginia: 7-2 Connecticut: 20-32 Seton Hall: 40-33 Miami: 11-8 Rutgers: 4-2 Villanova: 26-39 Notre Dame: 7-4

NEW FRIARS...The Friars have received national letters of intent from three players for the 1999-2000 season:

##Leon Brisport       F     6-9,  220        Brooklyn, N.Y./Erasmus Hall/Los Angeles  Valley CC  
Mark Jarrell-Wright   G/F   6-5,  180  Fr.   Newark, N.J./St. Benedict's
David Murray          F     6-9,  220  Jr.   New York, N.Y./All Hallows/Mesa (AZ) CC 

 ##Brisport is eligible to play in second semester of 1998-99 season.

Also joining the Friars' roster as a transfer from Florida State is Karim Shabazz. He will be eligible in the second semester of the 1999-2000 season.

Karim Shabazz C 7-2, 230 Jr. Queens, N.Y./Woodmere Acad./Florida State

Shabazz enrolled at Providence for the second semester and is eligible for the second semester of the 1999-2000 season. He has 1-1/2 years of eligibility

ROSTER ADDITION...Junior forward Leon Brisport (6-9, 225 lbs., Brooklyn, N.Y.) has joined the Friars' roster for the second semester. Brisport was signed in the November signing period after playing two seasons at Los Angeles Valley Community College. An All-California JC selection last season, Brisport averaged 22.5 points and eight rebounds per game last year.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS GAME... Purdue shot 57.1% from the floor, outrebounded the Friars by 18 (43-25) yet lost the game, 87-82. The Boilermakers shot 71.4% (15-21) in the first half yet trailed, 46-43. PC forced 27 turnovers and took 18 more shots in the game.

GUARDING PURDUE...PC's three guards, Corey Wright, John Linehan and Kendrick Moore combined for 10 assists, no turnovers and seven steals in the win against Purdue.

STARTERS VS. BENCH...The Friars use ten players in their regular rotation. Here's a breakdown through 16 games:

GAME       STARTERS    BENCH
           Pts./Rebs   Pts./Rebs.
Vanderbilt  51/18       15/9
TCU         61/22       18/6
URI         62/21       25/11
UTPA        74/25       14/8
NCSU        46/17       34/8
@CSU        72/18       15/11
MAINE       55/23       24/14
BROWN       56/18       25/15
ND          59/16       21/9
@ Rutgers   50/24       17/8
PURDUE      66/12       21/11
@Pitt       56/23       27/14
SETON HALL  52/22       13/11
WVU         59/21       31/15
@ G'town    45/28       25/12
@ Syracuse  45/39       19/8   

REBOUNDING MARKS...Jamel Thomas' 14 rebounds at Syracuse were his career best in a a BIG EAST game. The 51 rebounds recorded by the Friars against the Orange was a season best for PC.

THE LAST TIME...PC won back-to-back games against ranked teams came late in the 1994-95 season when the Friars beat #4 Connecticut (Feb. 27) and #11 Villanova (3/4) to end the regular season. They went on to defeat #21 Syracuse in the BIG EAST Tournament before falling to #13 Villanova in the semi-finals giving them four games against ranked teams in 13 days.

"FOUL" SHOOTING...The Friars were just 17-34 (.500) from the charity stripe in the win over Syracuse. PC was 9-10 in the first half, but just 8-24 in the second half and still won the game. Syracuse was just 8-22 (.364) from the line for the entire game.

FARLEY TIME....Senior forward Justin Farley has found his role in the Friars offense. In the last three games, Farley has provided a spark off the bench scoring season highs of 12 points against Georgetown and Syracuse. Over the last three games, Farley has scored 35 points (11.7 ppg) and had nine rebounds (3.0 rpg) in just over 24 minutes per game. He is averaging 6.4 ppg and 2.9 rpg over the first 16 games this season.

HIGH SCORERS....West Virginia guard Jarett Kearse joined Notre Dame freshman Troy Murphy, Cleveland State's James Madison and TCU's Lee Nailon as players that have scored 30 or more points against the Friars this season.

James Madison - CSU 33 points
Jarett Kearse - WVU 31 points
Troy Murphy - ND 30 pts./11 rebs.
Lee Nailon - TCU 30 pts./10 rebs.

Madison is the first player to score 33 or more points on the Friars since December 21, 1995 when Reggie Freeman lit the PC up for 37 points in a 92-83 loss at Texas.

BIG EAST STARTS...The Friars have started the BIG EAST schedule with an 0-2 mark in three of the last four seasons. PC was 0-3 in the league last year before winning in the fourth league game. The Friars have started the BIG EAST schedule with an 0-2 record or worse in 14 of the BIG EAST's 20 seasons.

TOUGH PLACES....The Friars win at the Fitzgerald Field House at Pittsburgh was just the Friars third against Pittsburgh on the Panthers home court. PC is now 3-13 at Pitt. The Friars are just 3-15 at Georgetown and 3-15 at Syracuse after winning their last two games at the Carrier Dome.

OVERTIME BLUES...The Friars overtime win against West Virginia snapped a five-game overtime losing streak for the Friars that dated back to 3/19/95 (PC defeated Syracuse 71-69 at the BIG EAST Tournament). The Friars were 0-2 in 1995-96 and 0-3 in 1996-97 in the extra stanza. The West Virginia win evened the Friars' all-time record in overtime to 42-42.

WILD WEST VIRGINIA...PC and West Virginia set several BIG EAST records in the 90-87 overtime win on January 5th. The 59 free throws taken by the Friars is a BIG EAST and Providence College record. The previous record for the Friars was 55 set against Alaska-Fairbanks in the 1996 Top of the World Classic. West Virginia's 41 fouls was a BIG EAST record as were the 39 overtime points that the two teams combined for. The Mountaineers had six players foul out while the Friars had two. Providence was 16-21 from the free throw line in overtime.

CHANGING TIMES...Please note the following time changes on the Friars' schedule.

February 15 at St. John's - Originally a 7:00 p.m. game, this game will be moved to 7:30 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN2.

1998-99 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FRIAR LEADS AND DEFICITS
BIGGEST LEAD: 29 (80-51/3:33 left in second half) vs. RHODE ISLAND
Biggest lead lost: 17 (42-25/2:01 left in first half to 14:29 left in second half) vs. Cleveland State

BIGGEST DEFICIT: 15 (24-39/1:47 left in first half) vs. NOTRE DAME
Biggest deficit overcome: 12 (11-23/7:55 left in first half) at Syracuse

BIGGEST RUN: 24 (40-16 /18:39 - from start of game to 1:21 left in first half) vs. BROWN

BIGGEST RUN ALLOWED: 27 (5-32 - 10:42 /12:39 left in first half to 1:57 left in first half) vs. NOTRE DAME

COMEBACKS AND LOST LEADS
    OPPONENT            SCORE       LED/TRAILED     TIME LEFT
    Vanderbilt       $  66 - 72  -  Led  33 - 32    17:45 left in second half
    Texas Christian  $  77 - 79  -  Led  75 - 73     4:16 left in second half
    RHODE ISLAND        87 - 63     Trailed 0-2     18:25 left in first half
    TEXAS-PAN AM        88 - 78     Trailed 0-4     19:04 left in first half
    NO. CAROLINA STATE  80 - 69     Trailed 4-8     15:06 left in first half
    Cleveland State     87 - 81     Trailed 59-60   10:43 left in second half
    MAINE               79 - 72     Trailed 31-35      34 left in first half   
    BROWN               81 - 60     Never trailed    
    NOTRE DAME          80 - 83 -   Led 19-7        12:21 left in the first half 
    Rutgers             67 - 72 -   Led 40-31       18:19 left in second half
    PURDUE              87 - 82     Trailed 58-59   13:53 left in second half
    Pittsburgh          83 - 68     Trailed 43-44   14:55 left in second half
    SETON HALL          65 - 49     Trailed 13-15    6:35 left in first half
    WEST VIRGINIA       90 - 87 ot  Trailed 23-32    2:47 left in first half
    Georgetown          70 - 75 -   Led 65-64        3:23 left in second half
    Syracuse            67 - 58     Trailed 46-47    8:55 left in second half
  
    $  CoSIDA CLASSIC

1998-99 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE WINS AND LOSSES
FRIARS RECORD WHEN....
Providence  shoots 50% or better  from the floor..................3 - 0
Providence shoots less than 50% from the floor................... 8 - 5 
Providence holds opponent to 50% or less from the floor.......... 9 - 4
Providence opponent shoots 50% or better from the floor.......    2 - 1
Providence outrebounds opponent............................       7 - 2
Opponent outrebounds Providence..........................         4 - 3
Providence makes 40% of three point tries.....................    4 - 1
Providence makes less than 40% of three point tries..........     7 - 4
Providence scores less than 60 points.........................    0 - 0
Providence  scores 60 or more points.....................        11 - 5
Providence scores 70  or more points.....................         9 - 3
Providence scores 80  or more points......................        8 - 1
Opponent held to less than  60 points........................     2 - 0
Opponent scores 60 or more points.............................    9 - 5
Opponent scores 70 or more points................................ 5 - 5
Opponent scores 80 or more points................................ 2 - 2

FRIARS WHEN AHEAD, TIED AND TRAILING....
                    WHEN  AHEAD  WHEN TIED       WHEN TRAILING
Halftime              8 - 3       -----               3 - 2 
10 Minutes Left       7 - 1       0 - 0               4 - 4 
 5 Minutes Left      10 - 2       0 - 0               1 - 3

STARTING  LINEUPS RECORDS:
3  -   2:  Linehan-Moore-Maxey- Thomas- Connolly
8  -   3:  Linehan-Camah-Maxey-Thomas-Connolly
    
RECORDS  AS STARTERS
    0  -  0: Leon Brisport
    5  -  2: Jamaal Camah
    0  -  0: Llewellyn Cole
   11  -  5: Sean Connolly
    0  -  0: Justin Farley
   11  -  5: John Linehan
   11  -  5: Erron Maxey
    6  -  3  Kendrick Moore
    0  -  0: Ben Perkins 
   11  -  5: Jamel Thomas
    0  -  0: Corey Wright

GAMES LED PC IN:
Scoring: Thomas (14.5), Connolly (1.5)
Rebounding: Thomas (11.0), Maxey (5.0)
Scoring and Rebounding: Thomas (11.0)
DOUBLE/DOUBLES: Thomas (6), Maxey (3)
20-POINT GAMES: Thomas (11), Maxey (1), Connolly (1)
30-POINT GAMES: Thomas (2)

PROVIDENCE - BOSTON COLLEGE
SERIES FACTS
Series Record: 88th meeting - Providence leads series, 50-37
BIG EAST Series: Providence leads, 20-15
At Boston College: PC trails, 16-23
At Providence: PC leads, 32-11
Neutral Courts: PC trails, 2-3
Last Meeting: 1/20/98 - PC 58 @ BC 54
Last PC win: 1/20/98 - PC 58 @ BC 54
Last Boston College Win: 11/30/97 - BC 78 at PC 62

STATISTICAL COMPARISON
  PC                              Boston College
11-5    Overall Record            3-11
 4-3    BIG EAST Record           0-6
.438    Field Goal Pct.          .394
.325    3-Pt. Field Goal Pct.    .289
.724    Free Throw Pct..         .689
.460    Opp. FG Pct.             .469
.300    Opp. 3-Pt. FG Pct.       .318
.628    Opp. FT Pct.             .666
35.6    Rebound Average           32.0
- 1.0   Rebound Margin           - 5.6
16.3    Assists/Game              11.1
15.9    Turnovers/Game            16.5
  1.9   Blocks/Game                2.4
10.9    Steals/Game               11.1 
78.4    Points/Game               62.4
71.8    Pts Allowed/Game          69.9

SERIES NOTES
Streaks: The two teams have split the last four meetings - each team won last year on the other's home court. PC has won seven of the last 10 meetings between the two schools. The Eagles come into the game having lost five in a row, while Providence has won five of its last six games.

THIS WEEK IN THE BIG EAST
Monday, January 11
St. John's 71 Georgetown 69

Tuesday, January 12
Connecticut 101 Notre Dame 70
Providence 67 Syracuse 58

Wednesday, January 13
Seton Hall 63 West Virginia 58
Villanova 76 Boston College 67
Miami 74 Rutgers 62

Saturday, January 16
Pittsburgh at Connecticut Noon
Notre Dame at Villanova Noon
Syracuse at Georgetown 2:00 pm
Miami at West Virginia 4:00 pm
Rutgers at St. John's 9:00 pm

Sunday, January 17
Providence at Boston College 1:00 pm

1998-99 BIG EAST HONORS
Co-PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Jan. 11)
Richard Hamilton - Connecticut
Had two 30 point games on the week. Scored 30 points in 80-45 win over West Virginia. Followed with a 39 point game in the 91-78 win over Boston College. Now averaging 21.7 points per game, second in the BIG EAST.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK (Jan. 11)
Troy Murphy - Notre Dame
Averaged 20 points and 8.3 rebounds in a 2-1 week for Notre Dame.

Dahntay Jones - Rutgers
Had a career high 21 points with five rebounds in an 87-64 win over Pittsburgh.

FRIAR STATISTICAL LEADERS
(as of January 16, 1999) 
INDIVIDUAL         POINTS OVERALL   BIG EAST
Jamel Thomas        22.5  (1st)     19.3   (3rd)
FIELD GOAL %
Jamel Thomas        .427 (15th)    .393  (13th)  
FREE THROW %
Jamel Thomas        .798  (6th)    .737  (14th)
3PT FG MADE
Sean Connolly       2.25  (2nd)     2.14  (t9th)
Jamel Thomas        1.81  (t7th)
3PT FG %
Sean Connolly       .379 (13th)    .441 (12th)
REBOUNDS
Jamel Thomas         8.0   (7th)     8.6  (4th)
Erron Maxey          7.4  (t8th)
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS
Erron Maxey          2.81 (12th)     4.57  (8th)
Jamel Thomas         2.63 (14th)     3.14 (t10th)
DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS
Jamel Thomas         5.38  (4th)     5.43  (4th)
Erron Maxey          4.57  (8th)
STEALS
John Linehan         2.94  (2nd)     2.57 (5th)
Corey Wright         2.31  (8th)     2.00 (t9th)
ASSIST/TO RATIO
Corey Wright         2.64  (1st)     2.58 (1st)
John Linehan         2.35  (2nd)     
ASSISTS
Corey Wright         4.33  (10th)    4.43  (10 th)

TEAM        
CATEGORY        OVERALL      BIG EAST
Scoring         78.4  (3rd)   74.6   (3rd)
Opp. Scoring    71.8  (12th)  70.3   (6th)
Scoring Margin  +6.6  (7th)    +4.3  (5th)
Field Goal %    .438  (10th)  .404   (12th)
Opp. FG %       .460  (12th)  .438   (8th)
3PT %           .325  (10th)  .342   (9th)
Opp 3 PT%       .300  (3rd)   .263   (1st)
Free Throw %    .724  (4th)   .720   (4th)
Rebounds         35.6  (10th)  39.6  (3rd)
Opp. Rebounds    36.6  (11th)  38.1  (10th)
Rebound Margin   -0.9  (11th)  +1.4  (5th)
Assists          16.3  (t5th)  15.7  (t5th)
Steals           10.9  (3rd)   10.1  (3rd) 
Blocked Shots     1.9  (13th)  1.8   (12th)
Turnover Margin   4.81 (1st)   +2.7  (3rd)
Assist/Turnover   1.03 (4th)   0.91  (4th)

CAREER SCORING
Name (Years)                    GP  PTS
1.  Jimmy Walker (1964-67)      81  2,045
2.  Eric Murdock (1987-91)     117  2,021
3.  Marvin Barnes (1971-74)     89  1,839
4.  Joe Hassett (1973-77)      124  1,828
5.  Bruce Campbell (1974-78)   122  1,809
6.  Ernie DiGregorio (1970-73)  86  1,760
7.  Jamel Thomas (1995-  )     110  1,670

SEASON SCORING AVERAGE
Name (Year)                    PTS(Gms) AVG 
1.  Jimmy Walker  (1966-67)     851(28) 30.39
2.  John Thompson (1963-64)     681(26) 26.19
3.  Eric Murdock  (1990-91)     818(32) 25.58
4.  Ernie DiGregorio (1972-73)  761(31) 24.55
5.  Jimmy Walker (1965-66)      662(27) 24.52
6.  Jamel Thomas (1998-99)      360(16) 22.50

CAREER FIELD GOALS
Name (Year) GP  FG  
1.  Joe Hassett (1973-77)      124 840
2.  Jimmy Walker (1964-67)      81 781
3.  Marvin Barnes (1971-74)     89 770
4.  Ernie DiGregorio (1970-73)  86 757
5.  Bruce Campbell (1974-78    122 726
6.  Eric Murdock (1987-91)     117 687
7.  Otis Thorpe (1980-84)      113 624
8.  Bob Cooper (1973-77)       123 596
9.  John Thompson (1961-64)     79 584
10. Jim Hadnot (1959-62)        84 582
11. Jamel Thomas (1995-  )     110 575

CAREER FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
Name (Year)                     GP  FG Att  
1.  Joe Hassett (1973-77)      124  1703
2.  Ernie DiGregorio (1970-73)  86  1619
3.  Jimmy Walker (1964-67)      81  1591
4.  Eric Murdock (1987-91)     117  1575
5.  Marvin Barnes (1971-74)     89  1494
6.  Bruce Campbell (1974-78    122  1475
7. Jamel Thomas (1995-  )      110  1398

CAREER 3 POINT FIELD GOALS 
Name (Year) GP  3-FG    
1.  Jamel Thomas (1995 -)   110 172
2.  Eric Murdock (1987-91)  117 169

CAREER 3 PT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
Name (Year) GP  3-FGA   
1.  Jamel Thomas (1995 - )  110 493
2.  Eric Murdock (1987-91)  117 477

CAREER OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS
Name (Year) REB 
1.  Michael Smith (1991-94)     382
2.  Dickey Simpkins (1990-94)   312
3.  Marques Bragg (1988-92)     288
4.  Austin Croshere (1993-97)   230
5.  amel Thomas (1995 - )       223

CAREER STEALS Name (Year) GP STLS 1. Eric Murdock (1987-91) 117 376 2. Carlton Screen (1986-90)109 226 3. Harold Starks (1982-86) 117 207 4. Joe Hassett (1973-77) 124 176 5. Michael Brown (1992-96) 123 174 6. Billy Donovan (1983-87) 122 170 7. Corey Wright (1996- ) 81 165

CAREER STEALS AVERAGE Name (Year) GP/ST AVG 1. Eric Murdock (1987-91) 117/376 3.21 2. Dwight Williams (1976-78) 61/150 2.46 3. Delray Brooks (1986-88) 56/130 2.32 4. Carlton Screen (1986-90) 109/226 2.07 5. Corey Wright (1996-) 81/165 2.04

BIG EAST CAREER SCORING Name (Years) PTS 1. Eric Murdock (1987-91) 1,145 2. Jamel Thomas (1995-) 908

BIG EAST CAREER FIELD GOALS Name (Year) FG 1. Eric Murdock (1987-91) 390 2. Otis Thorpe (1980-84) 337 3. Jamel Thomas (1995-) 311

BIG EAST CAREER FIELD GOAL ATT Name (Year) FGA 1. Eric Murdock (1987-91) 884 2. Jamel Thomas (1995-) 755

BIG EAST CAREER 3 POINT FG Name (Year) 3-FG 1. Michael Brown (1992-96) 115 2. Jamel Thomas (1995-) 106

BIG EAST CAREER 3 POINT FG ATT Name (Year) 3-FGA 1. Jamel Thomas (1995-) 290

BIG EAST CAREER FREE THROWS Name (Year) FT 1. Eric Murdock (1987-91) 263 2. Otis Thorpe (1981-84) 223 3. Michael Smith (1992-94) 203 4. Eric Williams (1994-96) 186 5. Carlton Screen (1986-90) 185 6. Jamel Thomas (1995- ) 178

BIG EAST CAREER FREE THROW ATT. Name (Year) FTA 1. Michael Smith (1991-94) 340 2. Eric Murdock (1987-91) 339 3. Otis Thorpe (1980-84) 328 4. Dickey Simpkins (1990-94) 290 5. Eric Williams (1994-96) 259 6. Jamel Thomas (1995-) 240

BIG EAST CAREER MINUTES Name (Year) MIN 1. Michael Brown (1992-96) 2178 2. Otis Thorpe (1980-84) 1958 3. Eric Murdock (1987-91) 1948 4. Jamel Thomas (1995-) 1801

BIG EAST CAREER STEALS Name (Year) STEALS 1. Eric Murdock (1987-91) 199 2. Carlton Screen (1986-90) 108 3. Michael Brown (1992-96) 107 4. Harold Starks (1982-86) 96 5. Jamel Thomas (1995-) 91 6. Corey Wright (1996- ) 86