Providence Friars NCAA Basketball News

A reader tipped me this morning to an update on Johnnie Lacy's Facebook page. "Just waitng to get the f**k out" Obviously, the freshman guard is unhappy with his current playing time.A He has since posted more updates about needing to focus after some fans helped put things in perspective about being patient.A However, seeing something like this is ...

Sharaud Curry scores 19 and Jamine Peterson adds 18 to lead the Friars. Jamine Peterson scored a crucial basket in the last 15 seconds of the game to help lead the Friars to victory.

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.

Looking to jump-start Sharaud Curry 's season, Keno Davis chose to bring the fifth-year senior off the bench for the first time this year.

Josh Southern scored on a three-point play with 43 seconds left and Boston College withstood Providence's late rally in an 82-77 win on Saturday night.

The University of Vermont men's basketball team returns to action on Friday, as it will take on Drexel on the road in the first of three games in three days.

According to StatSheet, " This game was statistically over in theA 2nd half with 18:04 left to go ".A That's pretty much all you need to know about the game.A Chin up Vermont, only SIX more straight road games to go and you will finally be back up north! Anyways, lots to like from a lot of players Marshon Brooks and Jamine Peterson were incredibly ...

Marshon Brooks had 24 points on 8-of-10 shooting and tied a career high with five steals as Providence rolled over Vermont 106-64 on Tuesday night.

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

After playing Providence College is its first two seasons as a Division I school, Bryant University is not going to face the Friars again in 2010-11. Bryant coach Tim O'Shea said his schedule for next season is finished and the Friars are not included.

Mikhail Torrance scored 26 points and came up with a key three-point play to lift Alabama over Providence 84-75 on Friday night.

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.

The Penn women's basketball team has not beaten Drexel on the Dragons' home court since 1977.

Marshon Brooks, PC'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.

If you told any PC fan before the weekend started that the Friars would be 3-0, they would have taken it in a heartbeat - even if it included a panic-attack inducing closing 5 minutes of the final game to win out the World Vision Invitational by edging Mercer 79-77.A It wasn't easy, but 3-0 sounds pretty good to me.A Three games in three days is ...

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 ...

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.

Dave Gavitt always has said that the history of Providence College basketball was written by kids who achieved their basketball fame in college, not high school.

Jamine Peterson led five Friars in double figures with a career-high 18 points, and Providence cruised to a 96-53 win over Bryant on Friday night.