 Friars take on the Red Storm Monday.
February 14, 1999
PROBABLE STARTERS
FRIARS VERSUS RED STORM...Tonight's game is the 82nd meeting between the two schools in a series that started in 1927. The Friars are 30-51 versus the Red Storm including a January 20th loss (84-57) in Providence. In all-time BIG EAST play, the Friars trail in the series, 12-24. At St. John's, the Friars are 10-27, including a 4-15 mark at Alumni Hall. PC won in its last trip to Alumni Hall back on January 9, 1996, an 82-78 verdict. Since then, the Friars have faced the Red Storm at Madison Square Garden in the only other regular season appearance in New York. St. John's has a two-game winning streak in this series.
FRIARS VERSUS TOP TEAMS...Tonight's game marks the fourth time this season the Friars have played back-to-back games against nationally-ranked teams. The Friars split with TCU and Rhode Island, swept Purdue and Pittsburgh and lost two against St. John's and Arkansas. PC's loss to #16/#21 Miami was the Friars' third in a row to a ranked team and evened their record at 4-4 against the nation's best.
THOMAS TIME...With 16 points in the loss to Miami, PC's Jamel Thomas moved into third on the Friars' all-time scoring list with 1,841 points. He passed Friar greats Joey Hassett (1,828) and Marvin Barnes (1,839). Ahead of him in second place is Eric Murdock (2,021) and the all-time leader is Jimmy Walker (2,045). Thomas now has 531 points this season, just five less than his career best set last year (536). He is just the fourth player in PC history to score over 500 points in a season three times. He joins Jimmy Walker, Marvin Barnes and Joey Hassett as the three others who have done it. Thomas has been nominated for the John R. Wooden Award and All-American team that will be selected in March. The Friars' senior leads the BIG EAST with 22.1 points per game and is currently ranked 11th in the nation. He is just one of three Friars to score 1,800 points and have 600 rebound in his career as he joins Marvin Barnes (1,839/1,529) and Bruce Campbell (1,809/949). Thomas has 1,841 points and 696 boards
SUPERPEST...Sophomore guard John Linehan has career highs in assists (87) and steals (70). His 3.0 steals per game currently tie him for tenth in the NCAA for steals per game.
BACK AT IT...PC closes out the regular season road schedule with a visit to Villanova on Saturday, February 20th for a 7:30 p.m. game that will be televised on ESPN. The game can also be heard on WPRO Radio 630 AM.
TODAY IN THE BIG EAST...
PC ON THE AIR...
FRIAR FACTS
1998-99 PROVIDENCE RECORD(14-10/7-7)
# CoSIDA Classic - Providence, R.I.
$ BIG EAST Tournament - New York, N.Y.
FIRST YEAR AT PC: 14-10/7-7
Overall at PC: 14-10/7-7
IONA: 70-22 (.761)
4-YEAR CAREER: 84-32 (.724)
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT:
BIG EAST GAMES: 7-7
NON-LEAGUE GAMES: 7-3
VERSUS ST. JOHN'S: 1-1
NCAA TOURNAMENT: 0-1 (1997-98)
NIT: 0-2 (1995-96, 1996-97)
1998-99 (14-10/7-7)...Won first game as a Friars' head coach upsetting #23 Rhode Island, 87-63...Coached 100th career game against Brown University (12/5)...Upset #9 Purdue, 87-82...Won first BIG EAST game at #23/#23 Pittsburgh, 83-68...Upset #18 Syracuse, 67-58...
The Welsh Facts File Coaching Experience
1998- Head Coach, Providence College
Coaching Honors
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE BASKETBALLPROVIDENCE...All-time record: 1109-691 (.616) - Second in New England...Home record: 659-210 (.758)...Civic Center record: 334-131 (.718).
PROVIDENCE IN BIG EAST...126-192 in regular season and 140-210 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. Sixteen 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 9-4 at home this season. Over the last six-plus seasons PC is 81-30 (.730) 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...PC's 69-65 loss to Miami on February 13th drops the Friars to 2-5 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 1-2 in the month of February. PC was 5-2 in November, 3-2 in December and 5-4 in January.
DAY BY DAY...The Friars are 1-1 on Monday, 4-2 on Tuesday, 2-1 on Wednesday, 0-1 on Friday, 5-4 on Saturday and 2-1 on Sunday. In PC's four games that have started before 1:00 p.m., the Friars are 1-4. PC defeated Purdue and lost to Georgetown, Arkansas, Notre Dame and Rutgers.
CIVIC CENTER RECORD...PC owns a 334-131 (.718) 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 has seven players and one coach in the NBA this season. They are:
Austin Croshere - Indiana Pacers Eric Murdock - New Jersey Nets 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 is fourth on the team in scoring with 8.9 points per game this season. 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 is one of the Friars' first players off the bench and is averaging 7.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game this season. He recorded his first double-double of the season with ten points and ten rebounds in the win over Villanova. Farley owns a 3.35 grade point average as a Finance major and has been nominated for GTE/CoSida Academic All-American honors.
FRIARS VS. RANKED TEAMS...PC's loss to #16/#21 Miami drops the Friars to 4-4 against nationally-ranked teams. The loss was the Friars' third in a row after four consecutive wins against the nation's best. The Friars were just 1-7 against ranked teams a year ago.
JAMEL THOMAS - ALL-AMERICA and ALL-BIG EAST Candidate 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 (531, 22.1 ppg) and rebounding (180, 7.5 per game). He ranks first in the BIG EAST in overall scoring and is 11th in the nation in the scoring column. Earlier this season, Thomas became PC's all-time leader in three-point field goals (189) and three-point attempts (550). He has moved into third on the all-time scoring list with 1,841 points. Thomas is just one of three players in PC history to have over 1,800 points and 600 rebounds joining Marvin Barnes (1,839/1,592) and Bruce Campbell (1,809/949)
1998-99 PRESEASON HONORS FOR JAMEL THOMAS
AMONG THE BEST...Jamel Thomas moved into third on PC's all-time scoring list with 16 points on February 13th versus Miami. He passed Joey Hassett (1,828) and Marvin Barnes (1,839). The talented scorer now has 1,841 career points and leads the BIG EAST in scoring with a 22.1 points per game average. Here are the Top 10 scorers in PC history:
DOUBLE FIGURES...Jamel Thomas has now scored in double figures in 57 consecutive games dating back to the final four games of his sophomore year.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES...Thomas has recorded seven 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)
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 (531 pts.) and rebounding (180) through 24 games.
BIG EAST SCORING...Jamel Thomas is second on the Friars' all-time BIG EAST scoring list with 1,047 points in 68 league games. Here's the list and who is ahead of him:
BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK...PART III...Jamel Thomas was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week for the week ending January 17th. This marks the third time this season that the Friars' go-to-guy has recorded this honor and the fifth time in his career. Jamel had 19 pts/14 rebounds in upset win at Syracuse and 27 pts/8rebs against Boston College. He was also chosen for the honor on November 18th and on December 7th.
RECORDS WATCH...Thomas is the Friars' all-time leader in three-point field goals (189) and three-point attempts (550).
THREE, GOING FOR MORE...PC's All-BIG EAST and All-America candidate, Jamel Thomas, recorded his third game with 30 or more points this season at Arkansas. He is the first player at PC to have three or more 30-point games since Eric Murdock had 12 with 30 or more during the 1990-91 season.
1998-99 GAME-BY-GAME...
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. With seven steals in the Vanderbilt and TCU games, Corey Wright moved into ninth on the Friars' all-time steals list with 135 in 67 games.
PRESEASON PICKS...The Friars were picked to finish 10th in the BIG EAST this season in voting done by the league's coaches. Senior Jamel Thomas was selected to the Preseason First All-BIG EAST team by the coaches. Here's a look at both polls:
BIG EAST COACHES' POLL
FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG EAST...
SECOND TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
CO-ROOKIES OF THE YEAR
FRIARS VERSUS 1998-99 FOES...
DOUBLE-DOUBLES....Friars with double-doubles this season:
HALFTIME LEADS...The Friars have led at halftime in 14 of their first 24 games this season. Arkansas had the biggest lead at the half this season (57-31). In the other ten games, PC trailed by 11 or less. PC is 11-3 when the Friars lead at halftime and 3-7 when they trail.
BOARD GAMES...Despite the Friars lack of size (one player over 6-7), PC is now 12-10 in winning the battle of the boards through 23 games. Villanova and Providence each had 43 rebounds in the January 26th game while PC and Miami each pulled down 37 on February 13th. Arkansas pulled down a season high 52 boards against the Friars and had a 52-45 edge in the game. Through the first 24 games of the season, the Friars have been outrebounded by a 899-862 margin.
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. Combined, the dynamic duo is averaging 9.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 7.6 apg and 4.8 steals per game. These two have combined for 116 steals this year (4.8 per game). With 46 steals in the first 24 games, Corey Wright is now tied for fifth on the Friars' all-time steals list with 174 in 88 games.
MORE WRIGHT...Senior guard Corey Wright has become a scoring threat for the Friars this season. Through 24 games, Wright has scored 119 points, surpassing his career high of 117 points set as a sophomore in 36 games. He is averaging 5.0 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.
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.
NEW FRIARS...The Friars have received national letters of intent from three players for the 1999-2000 season:
##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.
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.
MORE BRISPORT...Leon Brisport turned in his best game as a Friar in the loss to Miami. The 6-9, 225-pound forward turned in career highs in points (10), rebounds (6) and minutes played (19). For the season he is averaging 3.2 points per game and 2.5 rebounds.
STARTERS VS. BENCH...The Friars use ten players in their regular rotation. Here's a breakdown through 24 games:
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...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. He scored a season high 14 points with three rebounds in the loss to Rutgers. He had his first double-double of the season (10/10) versus VILLANOVA. Over the last 11 games, Farley has scored 109 points (9.9 ppg) and had 46 rebounds (4.1 rpg) in 23 minutes per game. He played a season-high 27 minutes at Boston College and is fifth on the team in scoring with 7.4 points per game and 3.5 rebounds over the first 34 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.
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. PC has won seven of its last 11 league games after the 0-2 start.
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. On February 3rd, PC won its first game ever at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown.
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.
FREE THROWS VERSUS WVU...In PC's two games against West Virginia this season, the Friars have shot 101 free throws making 72 of them for a .713 success rate.
50 OR BETTER...PC shot over 50% (50.8%) in the win over Boston College on January 17. That marked the fourth time this season that PC has shot 50% or better in a game. The Friars are 4-0 when they hit half their shots or more.
HOG HIGHS...Arkansas scored 118 points the most ever by an opponent versus the Friars. The 15-three pointers Arkansas scored were the most ever by an opponent. The 45 field goals equalled the most ever by an opponent versus PC. Arkansas' 29 assists were a season high against Providence and the 26 turnovers by the Friars were a season high. Arkansas' 52 rebounds were the most this season by a PC opponent.
THREE POINTS...In his last five games, Sean Connolly is 13 for 30 (.440) from behind the three-point line. His 55 three-pointers for the Friars is the most ever by a PC freshman. He is 11th on the season list for most three pointers with four regular season games left. He also has a shot to be the Friars' highest scoring freshman scorer ever. He is averaging 11.7 per game with the PC record being 12.3. That mark was set in the 1944-45 season by Leo Labossiere. Only seven freshman in Providence College history have averaged 10.0 or more points in their first season.
HOT CAMAH...Sophomore guard Jamaal Camah has found the hot hand for the Friars in recent games off the PC bench. In his last five games, the Salem, Massachusetts native has scored 40 points (8.0 ppg) with 15 rebounds (3.0 rpg) in 16.6 minutes per game. During that span, Camah is shooting 18-24 (.750) from the floor. Prior to this hot streak he was shooting just .373 from the floor. He is now shooting .465 for the season.
FINAL SCHEDULES...Here's how the teams the Friars are battling with in the BIG EAST wrap up their seasons: Through games of 2/13/99.
CONNECTICUT - (13-1, 4 remaining)
MIAMI - (11-3, 4 remaining)
ST. JOHN'S - (11-3, 4 remaining)
VILLANOVA - (9-6, 3 remaining)
RUTGERS - (9-5, 4 remaining)
PROVIDENCE - (7-7, 4 remaining)
SYRACUSE - (7-7, 4 remaining)
NOTRE DAME - (6-7, 5 remaining)
SETON HALL - (6-9, 3 remaining)
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. With seven steals in the Vanderbilt and TCU games, Corey Wright moved into ninth on the Friars' all-time steals list with 135 in 67 games.
PRESEASON PICKS...The Friars were picked to finish 10th in the BIG EAST this season in voting done by the league's coaches. Senior Jamel Thomas was selected to the Preseason First All-BIG EAST team by the coaches. Here's a look at both polls:
FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG EAST...
SECOND TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
CO-ROOKIES OF THE YEAR
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: 39 (79-118/:11.7 left in second half) vs. Arkansas Biggest deficit overcome: 14 (37-51/15:01 left in second half) vs. MIAMI BIGGEST RUN: 29 (56-27 /25:46 - from 15:15 left in first half to 9:29 left in second half) vs. VILLANOVA 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
FRIARS' FOUL SHOOTING
1998-99 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE WINS AND LOSSES
FRIARS WHEN AHEAD, TIED AND TRAILING....
STARTING LINEUPS RECORDS:
RECORDS AS STARTERS
GAMES LOST - INJURY/ILLNESS/ACADEMICS (18)
GAMES LED PC IN:
FRIARS' MARGIN DIFFERENTIAL
FRIAR GAME KEYS:
FRIARS BY THE NUMBERS....
WHEN LEADING AT HALFTIME: 11-3
AWAY: 4-1
HOME: 7-0
NEUTRAL: 0-2
WHEN TRAILING AT HALFTIME: 3-7
HOME: 2-4
AWAY: 1-3
NEUTRAL: 0-0
RECORD AFTER 24 GAMES IN 1997-98: 11-13/6-9
PROVIDENCE - ST. JOHN'S SERIES FACTS
STATISTICAL COMPARISON
SERIES NOTES
Streaks: St. John's has won the last two meetings between the two schools...The Friars come into the game on a two-game losing skid while the Red Storm have won three in a row...The last time the Friars played in Alumni Hall was January 6, 1996. The Friars won that game, 82-78. St. John's has won 20 games for the second year in a row. The Red Storm's six losses this season have come to teams ranked in the Associated Press' Top 25.... FRIARS CAREER STATS VS. ST. JOHN'S
League Overall
W L PCT W L PCT
Connecticut 13 1 .929 22 1 .957
Miami 11 3 .786 17 5 .773
St. John's 11 3 .786 20 6 .769
Rutgers 9 5 .643 17 7 .708
Villanova 9 6 .600 18 7 .720
Syracuse 8 7 .533 17 8 .680
Providence 7 7 .500 14 10 .583
Notre Dame 6 8 .429 12 13 .480
Seton Hall 6 9 .400 12 12 .500
Georgetown 4 10 .286 11 13 .455
West Virginia 4 11 .267 10 15 .400
Boston College 3 11 .214 6 16 .273
Pittsburgh 2 12 .143 11 14 .440
THIS WEEK IN THE BIG EAST
Monday, February 15
Tuesday, February 16
Wednesday, February 17
Saturday, February 20
Saturday, February 21
FRIAR STATISTICAL LEADERS(as of February 13, 1999)
TEAM
CATEGORY OVERALL BIG EAST
Scoring 77.3 (3rd) 74.4 (5th)
Opp. Scoring 75.4 (13th) 73.8 (9th)
Scoring Margin +1.9 (9th) +0.5 (7th)
Field Goal % .426 (10th) .404 (11th)
Opp. FG % .475 (13th) .469 (12th)
3PT % .308 (12th) .321 (8th)
Opp 3 PT% .348 (10th) .332 (5th)
Free Throw % .709 (5th) .705 (5th)
Rebounds 35.9 (10th) 37.5 (6th)
Opp. Rebounds 37.5 (11th) 37.8 (11th)
Rebound Margin -1.6 (12th) -0.3 (9th)
Assists 16.1 (5th) 15.8 (7th)
Steals 10.9 (2nd) 10.3 (1st)
Blocked Shots 2.1 (13th) 2.0 (13th)
Turnover Margin 4.48 (1st) +3.77 (1st)
Assist/Turnover 1.01 (4th) 0.98 (4th)
FRIARS IN NCAA RANKINGS (2/8/99)
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