Bilal Dixon News

For long stretches of Monday night's game against Yale, the Providence Friars certainly didn't look ready for the coming Big East wars.

When Bill Belichick and his staff enter a bye week, the Patriots perform a self-scouting exercise designed to rejuvenate the team for the remainder of the season.

Slowly but surely, Providence College basketball fans are beginning to see just what Keno Davis' basketball dream looks like.

Can the Friars close out their road out of conference schedule by earning a decent 2-2 split? They will have a decent shot playing a similar young team who likes to run.

The first half was not pretty by any means, but the Friars turned it up on Brown in the second half to cruise to a 78-62 victory.

Live by the three, die by the three? Not on this night. PC-George Washington box score The Friars have been criticized for being a bit too trigger-happy with the 3-point shot this season, but when the shots are falling they clearly are a dangerous team.

Count me in for this style of play, because boy that was sure fun to watch .A Sure, we gave up 97 points.A But you know what?A We dropped 110 and won by 13 - on the road no less!A While there are obviously still some defensive concerns out there, sometimes you have to just sit back and enjoy the ride of an impressive win.

Providence hits 3's, tops George Washington 110-97 Eds: APNewsNow. Providence 110, George Washington 97.

The Providence College men's basketball team fell to the University of Rhode Island by a score of 86-82 on Saturday, Dec.

Once again, the Friars failed down the stretch, blowing a big early lead in the process while losing to URI by a score of 86-82 . Providence had their chances, but couldn't convert offensively in the final minute.A Down by 2, Sharaud Curry had a long three point attempt go off the rim.A We all know how the three losses went down so far this season, ...

The PC Friars used an 11-0 run to take a 22-14 lead over URI midway through the first half, but a pair of big 3-pointers by freshman Akeem Richmond have helped URI cut that advantage to 27-24 with 7:33 left.

Jamine "Greedy" Peterson speaks very few words. He lets his shots do his talking.

Sophomore Reggie Jackson tallied 20 points and 12 rebounds - both career highs - and junior Corey Raji totaled 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead Boston College to an 82-77 win over Providence before 10,782 fans in the Dunkin' Donuts Center.

While he would've preferred a celebration, Sharaud Curry used the moments after last night's loss to Boston College as a teaching moment.

Boston College nearly blew a big lead but has hing on to defeat Providence College, 82-77. Reggie Jackson led BC with 20 points.

Some hoops observations to ponder as we digest another Thanksgiving feast... Without getting carried away by its rout of Vermont the other night, this Providence College team has the potential to put up some big numbers and nice wins this season.

Starting center Bilal Dixon enjoyed one of the best first games of any Friar in PC's season-opening win over Bryant last week.

Just because talking about a 43 point victory will never get old.A Anyway, if you happen to be new to the blog this year, after the games I usually try to do a complete roundup around the web along with a closer look at some advanced stats.

For the second night in a row, Bucknell couldn't execute in the final minutes, dropping a 76-65 decision to Providence on Saturday.

Monday was a welcome day of rest for the Providence College Friars. Keno Davis rested his hoarse voice, Marshon Brooks relaxed his sore ankle and the remainder of the players relished time to kick back and enjoy their three wins and World Vision Invitational title.