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Men's Basketball Hosts UMass Thursday
Dec. 28, 1999 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE (6-5) vs. MASSACHUSETTS (6-5)Providence Civic Center (12,993) - Providence, Rhode IslandThursday, December 30, 1999 - 7:35 p.m.
FRIARS VERSUS MINUTEMEN...These two New England rivals meet for the first time since November 11, 1980 when Providence defeated Massachusetts, 56-43 at the Providence Civic Center. In all, the two schools have met 26 times in the all-time series with the Friars holding a 21-5 edge. In Providence, the Friars are 10-4. At Amherst, PC holds an 10-1 edge and in games on neutral floors, the Friars have a 1-0 advantage. The Friars have won the last two meetings and four of the last five in the series. The first game between the two schools was played on March 1, 1932 - a 36-21 PC win at Amherst.
FRIARS VERSUS ATLANTIC 10...Tonight's game is the Friars second of three versus teams from the Atlantic 10. Overall, Providence is 120-99 (.548) in games against Atlantic 10 opponents. On December 7th, the Friars defeated Rhode Island, 62-49. PC faces Fordham on Sunday, January 2nd.
INJURED LIST...Freshman forward Marcus Jefferson is out 2-4 weeks with a stress fracture in his left foot. Junior guard John Linehan missed the Arkansas and Long Island games after re-injuring his groin versus Central Connecticut.
LONG ISLAND RECAP...Juniors Karim Shabazz and Erron Maxey led the Friars to a 79-63 win over Long Island University on Monday night. Shabazz, playing in just his second game after becoming eligible for the second semester turned in a triple double (25 points/15 rebounds/10 blocks) while Maxey scored 19 points with six rebounds in the win. PC shot .537 (36-67) for the game. The win put the Friars over the .500 mark for the first time this season.
KARIM'S SUPREME...Karim Shabazz recorded the first triple-double at Providence in 22 years on Monday night with his 25 points/15 rebounds/10 blocks game versus Long Island. The last triple-double recorded by a Friar was done by Bob Misevicius on January 11, 1977 versus Connecticut when he had 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in an 86-71 win. Shabazz becomes just one of four players at PC ever to record ten blocks in a game and the first since Bob Cooper had ten versus Michigan on December 29, 1976. The record is 12 by Marvin Barnes who had three games with ten or more and James Hadnot had 10 in the 1960 NIT versus St. Louis.
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OFF THE BENCH
HEAD COACH TIM WELSH
1999-2000: 6-5/0-0 NIT: 0 - 3 (1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99)
1999-2000 (6-5/0-0)...
1998-99 (16-14/9-9)...9-9 record in the BIG EAST is the best by a Friars' first year coach...First win as a Friars' head coach was upset of #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...
1997-98 (27-6/10-4)...Led Iona to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship...Coached Iona to first NCAA appearance since 1985...MAAC Coach of the Year...Metropolitan Area's Division I Coach of the Year...Jack Bruen Award as New York State Coach of the Year...Team won school record 27 games...
1996-97 (22-8/11-3)...Led Iona to first place finish in MAAC...Made second consecutive NIT appearance...MAAC Coach of the Year...NABC District II Coach of the Year...
1995-96 (21-8/15-3)...Won first of three MAAC regular season titles...Took Iona to first NIT appearance since 1983...Winner of Peter A. Carlesimo Award as Metropolitan Area Division I Coach of the Year...
The Welsh Facts FileFull Name - Tim Welsh
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
Coaching Honors 1998 - Metro Atlantic Athletic Association Coach of the Year
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE BASKETBALL PROVIDENCE...All-time record: 1117-700 (.615) - Second in New England...Home record: 664-213 (.757)...Civic Center record: 341-131 (.722).
PROVIDENCE IN BIG EAST...128-194 in regular season and 142-212 overall in 20 seasons ... Eighth all-time in wins and percentage.
HOME COOKING...The Friars are 4-2 at home this season after going 10-5 at home during the 1998-99 season. Over the last seven seasons, PC is 86-33 (.723) at the Civic Center. The Friars are 45-7 (.865) in their last 52 non-conference home games in Providence dating back to the start of the 1992-93 season.
CIVIC CENTER RECORD...PC owns a 341-131 (.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). MONTH-BY-MONTH... The Friars record by month:
DAY-BY-DAY... The Friars are:
FRIARS IN THE NBA....Providence College has six former players and one coach on NBA rosters to start the 1999-2000 season. They are:
Otis Thorpe - Miami Heat
Also, Atlanta Hawks coach Lenny Wilkens, is one of Providence College's all-time greatest players.
NEWEST FRIAR...The Friars have received a national letter-of-intent from Marcus Douthit. He is a 6-10, 215-pound forward/center from Syracuse, New York. He is currently playing at Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
THE CAPTAINS...Juniors John Linehan (Chester, Pa.) and Erron Maxey (Lake Elsinore, Calif.) will serve as the Friars' captains this season.
TRIPLE THE FUN...Junior center Karim Shabazz turned in the first triple-double for the Friars since January 11, 1977 against Long Island University with 25 points, 15 rebounds and ten blocked shots. Here are the previous five triple-doubles in PC history:
HOME AND AWAY....During the 1999-2000 season, the Friars turned in their first winning road record in BIG EAST play in the league's first 20 years. The Friars were 5-4 away from the Civic Center in league games.
NAIL BITERS...The four-point loss to Central Connecticut was the Friars' second four-point loss this season. PC is 0-2 in "close" games this season after going 3-6 in "close" games last season. "Close" games are games decided by five points or less.
BACK IN ACTION...Junior guard John Linehan returned to the Friars' lineup versus Boston University after being out of action since October 25th when he underwent surgery for a sports hernia. Following two more surgeries for a blood clot and an infection, PC's superpest missed the Friars' first five games. In four games since his return to the lineup, Linehan is averaging 25.0 minutes per game with 5.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.0 steals per game.. On Saturday, December 4th at North Carolina State, Linehan played 27 minutes with 12 points, equalled a career high with six rebounds, had five assists and four steals. Linehan re-aggravated the injury in the Central Connecticut game and has sat out the last two games versus Arkansas and Long Island University. He is questionable for the Massachusetts game.
FRIARS IN SEASON OPENERS...The loss to Holy Cross in the November 20th home opener gives PC a 63-10 record in season opening games in the school's 73-year basketball history. The loss was also the Friars' first home opening loss since November 29, 1984 when PC lost to Assumption, 70-67. That broke a streak of 14 consecutive home opening wins. The Friars are now 49-5 in opening games at home and 14-5 in road openers. PC lost its opening game last year to Vanderbilt, but the game was part of the CoSIDA Classic and the Civic Center was considered a neutral court.
HIGHS AND LOWS...The 43 points scored by the Friars in the 54-43 loss to Holy Cross (11/20/99) is the fewest points the Friars have scored in a game since December 27, 1982 when they lost by an identical 54-43 score to the University of Hawaii in the Rainbow Classic. Just one week later, the Friars set the school's single game scoring mark with 120 points versus American University - Puerto Rico.
FOR THE RECORDS...The Friars' 120-point outburst against American University of Puerto Rico sets the single game mark for points in a game. The previous mark was 118 and was set on January 20th, 1973 in a 118-88 win over Western Kentucky. PC's 50 field goals versus American also set a school mark. The previous best of 48 was done four times with the last one coming on December 18, 1976 versus Brown University.
FRIARS FOR THREE...The Friars hit on a season high 11 three-pointers in the victory over American-Puerto Rico. Then followed that with a 10-for-20 performance versus Boston University. After making just eight of their first 45 three point attempts (17.8%), the Friars have made 51 of 147 for a 34.6% average. Included in those totals was a school record performance of 7-for-9 (77.8%) in the win over Arkansas. On the season, PC has made 59 of 192 three-point tries (30.7%).
FINDING THE RANGE...Two of the Friars newest players recorded career highs in the win over American University. Freshman guard Abdul Mills scored 20 points and freshman forward Romuald Augustin scored a season high 15 points, getting 13 of those in the first half.
FRIARS VERSUS 1999-00 FOES...
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE...After having 14 days off for finals (December 8-21) the Friars are now in the midst of a six-game homestand that will go through Wednesday, January 5th. PC is 2-1 in the home stand, losing to Central Connecticut (54-50) while beating Arkansas (87-81) and Long Island University (79-63). After tonight's game with Massachusetts, the Friars Fordham (1/2) before opening the BIG EAST schedule with Georgetown on January 5th.
MR. ROGERS...Junior college transfer Chris Rogers made his first start of the season at point guard for the Friars versus Virginia and turned in his best performance. The Shreveport, La. native scored 11 points (4-7 FG, 2-4 3PT, 1-2 FT), pulled down seven rebounds and had three assists in the game.
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM...Junior forward Erron Maxey was chosen to the All-Tournament team at the Puerto Rico Shootout. In three games, Maxey scored 61 points (20.3 ppg) and had 22 rebounds (7.3 rpg). The Friars' team captain set personal bests with 12 field goals and 25 points in the win over American University.
MAXEY-MUM EFFORT....Junior forward Erron Maxey continues his red-hot play as he turned in his fourth consecutive double-double of the season (18 points/11 rebounds) in the win over Arkansas. For the season, he now has five and for his career he now has ten. During his current streak of four straight, the high-flying forward has 19 points/14 rebounds versus Central Connecticut, 12 points and 14 rebounds versus Rhode Island and 18 points and 10 boards versus North Carolina State. Over the last five games, Maxey has scored 86 points (17.2 ppg) and pulled down 60 rebounds (12.0 rpg). Earlier in the season, the Lake Elsinore, California native had 15 points and a career-best 18 rebounds in PC's win over Brown in his other double-double. Maxey has led the Friars in scoring in eight of 11 games this season and in rebounding in seven of PC's first 11 games. He is second on the squad with 17.0 ppg and 9.6 boards per game. His five double-doubles rank him third among BIG EAST players
MAXEY DOUBLE-DOUBLES:
WADE-ING INTO THE ACTION...Junior guard Donta Wade found the scoring touch with a career high 24-point night in PC's win over Arkansas. Wade was 8-for-13 from the floor with a career best 6-for-8 game from beyond the three-point line and added a pair of free throws in 24 minutes off the bench. Earlier in the week, Wade made his first start of the season scoring 12 points with three rebounds versus Central Connecticut. The junior college transfer got off to a slow start for the Friars scoring just nine points in PC's first four games. He found the range in Puerto Rico with 19 points off the bench going 7-11 FG and 5-7 3PTers. In the win over Boston University, Wade again sparked the Friars with 11 points off the bench (4-6 FG, 3-5 3PT). In his last six games, Wade has scored 79 points (11.2 points per game).
SLAMMING THE DOOR...PC's relentless defense against Rhode Island held the Rams to a season-low 49 points on December 7th. The 49 points equals the fewest points a PC team has surrendered in Tim Welsh's two seasons guiding the Black and White. Last year, the Friars defeated Seton Hall by a 65-49 margin. PC's defense held URI to a season low 30.2% shooting (13-43) and force the Rams into 24 turnovers on the night.
FRIARS VS. RANKED TEAMS...A year ago, the Friars were 4-6 in games against teams ranked in the Top 25 by the Associated Press and/or USA TODAY/ESPN. With the loss to #3/#2 Michigan State in the opening game of the Puerto Rico Shootout, PC is 0-1 this season.
Associated Press USA TODAY/ESPN RANK TEAM RANK TEAM #3 Michigan State L 58-82 #2 Michigan State L 58-82
FINDING THE HANDLE...After cutting their turnovers to 14 per game over the previous four games, the Friars turned the ball over a season high 26 times in the win over Arkansas. In PC's first five games, the Friars turned it over 113 times for an average of 22.6 per game. From the Boston University game through Central Connecticut, PC had just 56 turnovers in those four games. On the season, PC has turned it over 212 times for 19.3 per game. On the other hand, PC has forced 233 turnovers for an average of 21.2 per game.
CAREER RECORDS WATCH
CAREER ASSIST-TO RATIO Name (Year) AST/TO RATIO 1. Abdul Abdullah (1992-94) 422/163 2.59-1 2. Paul Oristaglio (1975-78) 122/50 2.44-1 3. Carlton Screen (1986-90) 532/237 2.24-1 4. Gary Bello (1972-75) 257/118 2.18-1 5. God Shammgod (1995-97) 428/197 2.17-1 6. John Linehan (1997- ) 205/100 2.05-1
SEASON STEALS Name (Year) GP STLS 1. Eric Murdock (1990-91) 32 111 2. Carlton Screen (1988-89) 29 101 3. John Linehan (1998-99) 30 98
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. Corey Wright (1996-90) 96 181 5. Joe Hassett (1973-77) 124 176 6. Michael Brown (1992-96) 123 174 7. Billy Donovan (1983-87) 122 170 9. John Linehan (1997 - ) 63 160
CAREER STEALS AVERAGE Name (Year) GP/ST AVG 1. Eric Murdock (1987-91) 117/376 3.21 2. John Linehan (1997- ) 63/160 2.54 3. Dwight Williams (1976-78) 61/150 2.46 4. Delray Brooks (1986-88) 56/130 2.32 5. Carlton Screen (1986-90) 109/226 2.07 6. Corey Wright (1996-) 96/181 1.89
PROVIDENCE - MASSACHUSETTS SERIES FACTS
Series Record: Providence leads series, 21-5
STATISTICAL COMPARISON
SERIES INFO Notes: The all-time series began in 1932 at Amherst with the Friars winning that first game, 36-21. PC won the first five games of the series before losing on March 7, 1957 at Providence, 58-56. From 1962 to 1980, the two teams played every year. During that time, PC had a seven game winning streak (1962-1969), befiore dropping two in a row to the Minutemen. PC then won five in a row in the series before losing in 1976. Coming into tonight's game, the Friars have won the last two meetings between the two schools.
League Overall
W L PCT W L PCT
Syracuse 0 0 .000 8 0 1.000
Connecticut 0 0 .000 8 1 .889
St. John's 0 0 .000 7 2 .778
Seton Hall 0 0 .000 7 2 .778
Boston College 0 0 .000 8 3 .727
Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 7 3 .700
Georgetown 0 0 .000 6 3 .667
Rutgers 0 0 .000 7 4 .636
West Virginia 0 0 .000 5 3 .625
Villanova 0 0 .000 4 3 .571
Providence 0 0 .000 6 5 .545
Notre Dame 0 0 .000 6 5 .545
Miami 0 0 .000 6 5 .545
THIS WEEK IN THE BIG EAST Monday, December 27
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Thursday, December 30
Friday, December 31
Sunday, January 2
FRIAR BIG EAST STATISTICAL LEADERS(as of December 28, 1999)
1999-2000 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE BASKETBALL
FRIAR LEADS AND DEFICITS BIGGEST LEAD: 62 (120-58/:43 seconds in game) vs. American University of Puerto Rico Biggest lead lost: 7 (38-31/8:14 left in first half to end of game) vs. HOLY CROSS
BIGGEST DEFICIT: 23 (58-82/end of game) vs. Michigan State Biggest deficit overcome: 8 (46-54/9:36 left in second half) vs. BROWN BIGGEST RUN: 18 (18-0 /5:07 - start of second half to 14:53 of second half) vs. American University of Puerto Rico 41 (63-22/19:17 - start of second half to :43 seconds left) vs. American University of Puerto Rico BIGGEST RUN ALLOWED: 23 (22-45 - 27:31/14:10 left in first half to 6:39 left in second half) vs. Virginia.
COMEBACKS AND LOST LEADS
FRIARS' FOUL SHOOTING FREE THROW SHOOTING IN THE FINAL THREE MINUTES AND OVERTIME (Game score 10 or fewer) PLAYER 1999-00 CAREER Romuald Augustin 0 - 0 (.000) Jamaal Camah 3 - 4 (.750) 3 - 6 (.500) Mark Jarrell-Wright 0 - 0 (.000) Marcus Jefferson 0 - 0 (.000) John Linehan 0 - 0 (.000) 34 - 40 (.850) Erron Maxey 4 - 7 (.571) 12 - 23 (.522) David Murray 1 - 4 (.250) 1 - 4 (.250) Abdul Mills 7 - 8 (.875) 7 - 8 (.875) Llewellyn Cole 0 - 2 (.000) 2 - 8 (.250) Chris Rogers 0 - 0 (.000) Karim Shabazz 0 - 0 (.000) Donta Wade 0 - 0 (.000) PROVIDENCE 15-25 (.600)
FRIAR GAME KEYS:
FRIARS BY THE NUMBERS
WHEN LEADING AT HALFTIME: 6-0
WHEN TRAILING AT HALFTIME: 0-5
RECORD AFTER 11 GAMES
1999-00 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE WINS AND LOSSES FRIARS RECORD WHEN....
FRIARS WHEN AHEAD, TIED AND TRAILING.... WHEN AHEAD WHEN TIED WHEN TRAILING Halftime 6 - 0 ----- 0 - 5 10 Minutes Left 5 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 3 5 Minutes Left 5 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 5
STARTING LINEUPS RECORDS:
RECORDS AS STARTERS
GAMES LOST - INJURY/ILLNESS (11)
GAMES LED PC IN:
Average Win: (120): 20.0
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