Men's hoops won the first matchup this season with Wildcats.
February 17, 1999
Friars Visit Villanova Men's hoops won the first matchup this season with Wildcats.
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE (14-11/7-8) at VILLANOVA (18-8/9-7) FRIARS VERSUS WILDCATS...Tonight's game is the 67th meeting between the two schools in a series that started in 1936. The Friars are 27-39 versus the Wildcats including an 85-72 PC win on January 26th in Providence. In all-time BIG EAST play, the Friars trail in the series, 14-21. At Villanova, the Friars are 8-21 with a 3-8 mark at the Pavilion. The Friars have a three-game losing streak at the Pavilion that goes back to January 28, 1995. PC has won two in a row in the series and three of the last four meetings between the two schools.
Saturday, February 20, 1999 - 7:35 p.m.
PROBABLE STARTERS TOUGH TIMES...PC's 104-70 loss at St. John's gave the Friars a three-game losing streak, their longest of the season. The Friars have lost three of their last four and six of their last eight games. CENTURY MARK...The 104 points scored by St. John's marked the second time this season that Providence gave up 100 or more points. Arkansas scored 118 on January 23rd. The last time PC gave up 100 points in a season more than once was the 1990-91 season when the Friars gave up over 100 points in three games. FRIARS VERSUS TOP TEAMS...The Friars' loss to #10/#7 St. John's dropped their record to 4-5 against nationally-ranked teams this season. The Friars have now lost four in a row to ranked teams after having a four-game winning streak earlier in the season. THOMAS TIME...With 21 points in the St. John's game, Jamel Thomas has recorded 552 points this season, a career high for the All-America and All-BIG EAST candidate. On February 13, Thomas moved into third place on PC's all-time scoring list. He now has 1,862 points in his career. Ahead of him in second place is Eric Murdock (2,021) and the all-time leader is Jimmy Walker (2,045). Thomas 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. He 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 13th in the nation. He is just one of three Friars to score 1,800 points and have 700 rebound in his career as he joins Marvin Barnes (1,839/1,529) and Bruce Campbell (1,809/949). Thomas has 1,862 points and 705 boards.
FINISH AT HOME...The Friars play their final two games at home. The #2/#2 ranked UConn Huskies visit the Civic Center on Monday, February 22nd for a 7:30 p.m. game that will be carried on ESPN.
PROVIDENCE...All-time record: 1109-692 (.616) - Second in New England...Home record: 659-210 (.758)...Civic Center record: 334-131 (.718). PROVIDENCE IN BIG EAST...126-193 in regular season and 140-211 overall in 20 seasons ... Eighth all-time in wins and percentage. 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 1-3 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 1-2 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 former players and one coach in the NBA this season. They are:
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 7.5 points and 3.6 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.
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.
BIG EAST COACHES' POLL
SECOND TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
CO-ROOKIES OF THE YEAR
FRIARS VERSUS 1998-99 FOES...
DOUBLE-DOUBLES....Friars with double-doubles this season:
BOARD GAMES...Despite the Friars lack of size (one player over 6-7), PC is now 12-11 in winning the battle of the boards through 25 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 25 games of the season, the Friars have been outrebounded by a 949-894 margin.
1. Eric Murdock 117 376
2. Carlton Screen 109 226
3. Harold Starks 117 207
4. Joe Hassett 124 176
5. Corey Wright 89 175
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.
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.
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 3.4 points per game and 2.6 rebounds.
STARTERS VS. BENCH...The Friars use ten players in their regular rotation. Here's a breakdown through 24 games:
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 12 games, Farley has scored 119 points (9.9 ppg) and had 52 rebounds (4.3 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 7.5 points per game and 3.6 rebounds over the first 25dss 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.
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. 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...Sean Connolly has hit 55 three-pointers this season, the most ever by a PC freshman. He is 11th on the season list for most three pointers with three regular season games left. He also has a shot to be the Friars' highest scoring freshman scorer ever. He is averaging 11.3 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 six games, the Salem, Massachusetts native has scored 44 points (7.3 ppg) with 15 rebounds (16.6 minutes per game. During that span, Camah is shooting 20-29 (.690) from the floor. Prior to this hot streak he was shooting just .373 from the floor. He is now shooting .462 for the season. SUPERPEST...Sophomore guard John Linehan has career highs in assists (91) and steals (74). His 3.0 steals per game currently tie him for 11th in the NCAA for steals per game. HIGH SCORING...When Arkansas scored 118 points versus the Friars, it marked the first time anyone had scored over 100 points since February 8, 1995, a span of 124 games. It took just six games before St. John's scored 104 on February 15th. FINAL SCHEDULES...Here's how the teams the Friars are battling with in the BIG EAST wrap up their seasons: Through games of 2/17/99.
CONNECTICUT - (14-1, 3 remaining)
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: 3-8
HOME: 2-4
AWAY: 1-4
NEUTRAL: 0-0
RECORD AFTER 24 GAMES
IN 1997-98: 11-13/6-9
1998-99 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE WINS AND LOSSESFRIARS RECORD WHEN....Providence shoots 50% or better from the floor........................................ 4 - 0 Providence shoots less than 50% from the floor.......................................... 10 -11 Providence holds opponent to 50% or less from the floor................................. 11 - 5 Providence opponent shoots 50% or better from the floor................................. 3 - 6 Providence outrebounds opponent......................................................... 9 - 3 Opponent outrebounds Providence......................................................... 4 - 7 Providence makes 40% of three point tries............................................... 5 - 1 Providence makes less than 40% of three point tries..................................... 9 -10 Providence scores less than 60 points................................................... 0 - 1 Providence scores 60 or more points.................................................... 14 -10 Providence scores 70 or more points.................................................... 12 - 6 Providence scores 80 or more points.................................................... 10 - 1 Opponent held to less than 60 points................................................... 2 - 0 Opponent scores 60 or more points.......................................................12 - 10 Opponent scores 70 or more points....................................................... 7 - 9 Opponent scores 80 or more points....................................................... 2 - 7FRIARS WHEN AHEAD, TIED AND TRAILING....
WHEN AHEAD WHEN TIED WHEN TRAILING
Halftime 11 - 3 ----- 3 - 8
10 Minutes Left 10 - 1 0 - 0 4 -10
5 Minutes Left 13 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 9
STARTING LINEUPS RECORDS:8 - 8: Linehan-Moore-Maxey- Thomas- Connolly 6 - 3: Linehan-Camah-Maxey-Thomas-ConnollyRECORDS AS STARTERS 0 - 0: Leon Brisport 6 - 3: Jamaal Camah 0 - 0: Llewellyn Cole 14 - 11: Sean Connolly 0 - 0: Justin Farley 14 - 11: John Linehan 14 - 11: Erron Maxey 8 - 8 Kendrick Moore 0 - 0: Ben Perkins 14 - 11: Jamel Thomas 0 - 0: Corey WrightGAMES LOST - INJURY/ILLNESS/ACADEMICS (18) Kareem Hayletts - Arthroscopic surgery - cartilage right knee (VU, TCU, URI, UTPA, NCST, CSU, ME, BR, ND) Kendrick Moore - Stress fracture - left foot (UTPA, NCST, CSU, ME, BR, ND, Rut) Sprained right knee (VILL) Ben Perkins - Flu (@ND)
GAMES LED PC IN:
Average Win: (161): 11.5 Average Loss: (155): 14.1 Overall: (+6): +0.2
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