Big East tourney: Cincy rolls to win
Sean Kilpatrick scored 17 points to lead Cincinnati past Providence 61-44 on Wednesday in a Big East tournament game between teams desperate to improve their postseason credentials.
JaQuon Parker added 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Bearcats (22-10), who might have solidified an NCAA tournament berth with the win. No. 9 seed Cincinnati advanced to a quarterfinal matchup Thursday...
Cincy beats Providence at Big East tourney
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sean Kilpatrick scored 17 points to lead Cincinnati past Providence 61-44 on Wednesday in a Big East tournament game between teams desperate to improve their postseason credentials.
JaQuon Parker added 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Bearcats (22-10), who might have solidified an NCAA tournament berth with the win. No. 9 seed Cincinnati advanced to a quarterfinal...
Dieng is Big East defensive player
Louisville junior Gorgui Dieng, who was second in Big East play in rebounding (10.8) and blocked shots (2.8) has been selected the conference's defensive player of the year.
The Big East also announced Monday that the league's coaches selected Kadeem Batts of Providence and Michael Carrter-Williams of Syracuse to share the Most Improved Player Award. Marquette junior Davante...
UConn Completes Memorable Season With Win Over Providence In OT
Score: UConn 63, Providence 59
Stars: UConn: Ryan Boatright 23 Pts, 3 Reb, 5 Ast. DeAndre Daniels 19 Pts, 8 Reb, 4 Blk, 2 Stl. Providence: Kadeem Batts 14 Pts, 12 Reb.
Story: UConn did not play a great game on Saturday night, but as has been the case all season, the Huskies found their way out of a bad situation one last time.
On Saturday afternoon, in front of a sold out crowd...
Providence 76, Seton Hall 66
Kadeem Batts posted a double-double with 27 points and 12 rebounds to lead Providence to a 76-66 victory over Seton Hall on Tuesday night.
Vincent Council added 13 points and seven assists in his last home game for the Friars (17-12, 9-8 Big East).
The Pirates (14-16, 3-14) entered the second half trailing 43-36 and were never able to make much of a dent in the deficit. Seton Hall...
Providence 62, St. John's 59
Bryce Cotton scored 24 points, hitting five 3-pointers, to propel Providence to a 62-59 win over St. John's on Saturday night.
Cotton made his final trey as he was fouled with 3:46 remaining, putting the Friars (16-12, 8-8 Big East) squarely in the lead.
Sir'Dominic Pointer's missed layup with 8 seconds remaining - belying an impressive 13-point, 10-rebound game- ended...
No. 21 Notre Dame falls to Providence
Kadeem Batts scored 20 points and Vincent Council had 11 assists
to become Providence's career leader, carrying resurgent Friars
over No. 21 Notre Dame 71-54 Saturday.
Bearcats Lay an Egg, Lose at Providence
For the first time this season, Cincinnati played a completely awful game. I don't know what you can point to after the 54-50 loss to Providence and say "At least this was good." It is the worst loss of the season. Both in terms of execution and of opposition. Providence isn't a DePaul level awful team, but they aren't good. Cincinnati straight up didn't...
Providence beats No. 17 Cincinnati
Kadeem Batts scored 25 points and Providence narrowly won its second straight game after holding a late lead, beating No. 17 Cincinnati 54-50 Wednesday night.
The Bearcats had cut their biggest deficit, 47-34 with 6:49 left, to 49-48 on two free throws by Cheikh Mbodj with 2:28 remaining. It was 52-50 when Batts missed two free throws with 13.4 seconds to go and Justin Jackson rebounded...
Bearcats can't keep up with Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Kadeem Batts scored 25 points and Providence narrowly won its second straight game after holding a late lead, beating No. 17 Cincinnati 54-50 Wednesday night.
The Bearcats had cut their biggest deficit, 47-34 with 6:49 left, to 49-48 on two free throws by Cheikh Mbodj with 2:28 remaining. It was 52-50 when Batts missed two free throws with 13.4 seconds to...
Cincinnati vs Providence Preview
Tonight at 7, the Cincinnati Bearcats finish up their first of 5 two game pods by traveling to Providence to take on the PC Friars. The Bearcats have won the last 3 against the Friars. This is a tricky road game. PC just beat Villanova. They have some great talent. Bryce Cotton leads the Big East in scoring. Vincent Council leads the Big East in assists. Providence is not a great...
Huskies Need Daniels
When DeAndre Daniels scores 10 or more points in a game, UConn is 7-1 this season. The Huskies need points and rebounds Thursday at Providence against Kadeem Batts, LaDontae Henton and Sidiki Johnson of the Friars.
Providence 67, Seton Hall 55
Bryce Cotton scored 13 of his 23 points in the first half, leading Providence to a 67-55 victory over Seton Hall in Big East action Sunday.
The Friars (9-7) captured their first Big East win after three losses.
Providence took total command of the game with a 22-5 first-half run, keeping the Pirates (12-5, 1-3) off the scoreboard for almost a full six minutes. The Friars led by...
No. 4 Louisville runs past Providence 80-62
Providence suffered its worst loss of the season Wednesday night, falling 80-62 at No. 4 Louisville in the Big East Conference opener for both teams.
Turnabout is fair play.
Last January, the Friars (8-5, 0-1) dealt Louisville its worst defeat of the season, beating the Cardinals by 31 at home.
Providence's four previous losses this season had come by a total of just nine...
Providence pulls away from Colgate for 79-45 win
Bryce Cotton scored 21 points and Josh Fortune added 17 to lead Providence to a 79-45 win over Colgate on Tuesday night.
The Friars (8-2) shot well from 3-point range the entire game, led by Cotton, who went 5 for 11. Fortune hit 3 of 6 3-pointers.
LaDontae Henton added a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Kadeem Batts pitched in 10 points.
Freshman Kris Dunn made...
Providence 79, Colgate 45
Bryce Cotton scored 21 points and Josh Fortune added 17 to lead Providence to a 79-45 win over Colgate on Tuesday night.
The Friars (8-2) shot well from 3-point range the entire game, led by Cotton, who went 5 for 11. Fortune hit 3 of 6 3-pointers.
LaDontae Henton added a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Kadeem Batts pitched in 10 points.
Freshman Kris Dunn made...
Providence 72, Rhode Island 57
LaDontae Henton and Kadeem Batts led Providence to a 72-57 nonconference victory over Rhode Island Thursday night.
Henton posted a double-double with 21 points and 17 rebounds for the Friars (7-2). Batts went 8-for-19 shooting to finish with 23 points.
After trailing 27-26 at halftime, the Rams (2-7) allowed two Friars runs in the second half that put the game out of reach. One...
Friars, Rams meet for 125th time
Each year as Thanksgiving passes us by and Christmas still a few weeks away, Providence College and the University of Rhode Island put on a show to help bridge the gap between one holiday and another for Rhode Islanders.
Fortunately for Ocean State natives and residents, 2012 will be no different.
With turkey now in our rear view, presents and carols creeping up on us quicker than...
Providence 73, Mississippi St. 63
Kadeem Batts scored 32 points and LaDontae Henton added 18, leading Providence to a 73-63 nonconference victory over Mississippi State on Saturday.
The Friars (6-2) started the game with a 13-1 run and never trailed. Batts scored six points during that stretch, during which Mississippi State (2-5) went 0-for-8 from the field.
The Bulldogs made it interesting late in the second...
Providence 72, UNC Asheville 67
Bryce Cotton scored 30 points to lead Providence to a 72-67 win over UNC Asheville in the seventh-place game at the Puerto Rico Tipoff on Sunday.
Kadeem Batts had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Friars (3-2). LaDontae Henton also scored 15.
Cotton missed Providence's 55-52 overtime loss to Penn State on Friday because of injury.
Providence coach Ed Cooley thought his team...
Penn St. 55, Providence 52
Tim Frazier had 19 points, nine rebounds and seven assists and Penn State earned a 55-52 overtime win over Providence at the Puerto Rico Tipoff on Friday.
Jermaine Marshall added 13 points for the Nittany Lions (2-1).
D.J. Newbill scored four of Penn State's 12 points in the overtime as the Nittany Lions held on for the win. Penn State faces Akron on Sunday.
Kadeem Batts shot...
PC Dominate the Bulldogs in Second Game of the Season
Coming off a struggle for a win to open the season hosting NJIT at the Dunkin Donuts Center here in Providence, it was important for the Friars own confidence to come away from game two of this young season against nearby Bryant University with a very convincing win, and behind junior Kadeem Batts and his career high 27 points they did just that, dominating the Bulldogs in every...
Providence 81, Bryant 49
Kadeem Batts' career-high 27 points propelled Providence to a commanding 81-49 victory over Bryant on Monday night.
Bryce Cotton added 24 points in a dynamic performance for the Friars (2-0).
A strong first half gave the Friars a 47-21 advantage at the break. Batts had 23 of Providence's points in the opening 20 minutes, making 10 of 11 shots from the field and single-handedly...
College Basketball: Providence Friars Season Preview
This season at BSN we’ll be covering- in person- the Division 1 Providence College Friars. What I’d like to do here, is introduce our readers to their college basketball program as a whole, then the team we’ll all be following throughout the season.
The Friars are the team representing a small Catholic private college located in Providence, RI and playing their games at the...
#83 Providence Friars: College Basketball 111 in 111
Welcome to The Sports Bank’s third annual college basketball season preview series. Two years we looked at 99 teams in 99 days. Last year, we were slightly more aggressive and expanded to 111 teams in 111 days and will do so again as we look ahead to the 2012-2013 season.
We will rank the 75 power conference teams and top 36 mid-majors in reverse power ranking order. We’ll...
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