Providence College NCAA News

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.

TUSCALOOSA -- Mikhail Torrance scored a career-high 26 points, coming up with the key plays in the final 90 seconds, as Alabama scored the final 10 points of the game to wipe out a Providence lead and hand the Big East its first loss of the season.

Vincent Council says he was all but weaned watching college basketball on television.

Marshon Brooks , Providence College's leading scorer after the opening three games of the season, is still nursing a sore ankle.

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

What looked like a blowout midway through the second half turned into a nailbaiter.A The Friars led by as many as 19 in the 2nd, but failed to score for a stretch of about 6 or 7 minutes, allowing Mercer back into the game.A A The Friars had numerous chances to put away Mercer at the end as they clinged to a small lead, but missed 7 of their 8 foul ...

Marshon Brooks scored 26 points and Jamine Peterson had 22 rebounds, the most for a Providence player since 2000, as the Friars beat Mercer 79-77 Sunday in Providence to win the World Vision Invitational.

The Providence College Friars nearly let a chance at a title slip away Sunday but hung on and edged Mercer University, 79-77. Mercer had two chacnes to tei the score in the final 10 seconds but couldn't hit the rim on either possession.

Sharaud Curry's 17 points included an 8-for-8 effort from the foul line and a clutch 3-pointer with 1:28 remaining that was the crowning blow in Providence's 76-65 victory over Bucknell in the second round of the World Vision Invitational at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.

The Providence College Friars jumped on Bryant University in the opening minutes and never let up on its way to a dominating 96-53 victory in the World Vision Invitational.

Providence College begins its 2009-10 basketball season this weekend with three games in the inaugural World Vision Invitational.

Throughout the last four weeks of practice, two common themes have permeated Keno Davis' workouts in his second year of coaching the Providence College Friars.

The Providence College men's basketball team will open the season on Friday, November 13 versus Bryant University at 7:30 p.m. in the World Vision Invitational at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence.

One of the Friars' biggest questions heading into this season is how their inexperienced and undersized front court will match up against the BIG EAST's best.A For all the faults Geoff McDermott, Jonathan Kale, and Randall Hanke had, we generally knew what we were going to get on a consistent basis.A With newcomers Kadeem Batts, Russ Permenter, ...

As they sat and watched their Providence College basketball teammates all last season, Jamine Peterson and Bilal Dixon endured similar yet very different experiences.

"It's a start," said a Men's Basketball supporter as he passed through the glass doors of Ruane Atrium, referring to the Friars' 97-74 exhibition win versus the Merrimack Golden Eagles in Alumni Hall this past Saturday.

In a season where so much curiosity is focused on fresh faces, it's clear that the few remaining older Providence Friars will carry the day this coming season.

While some of his friends and family members were telling him to take his time in weighing numerous college basketball scholarship offers, Michael Carter-Williams says he knew where he wanted to go to college all along.

The Providence Friars have just finished polishing off the Warriors of Merrimack College, 97-74, at Alumni Hall.

Keno Davis: Hi Friar Fans, Coach Keno Davis here. I look forward to your questions today.