Ben Bentil was named Big East Player of the Week for the second time this season following a week in which he averaged 25.5 points/game, 10.0 rebounds/game and led the Friars to a 2-0 record. The first win of the week came at home against Butler — a top 20 team at the time — and win two of last week was Providence’s thrilling overtime upset of the top 5 Villanova Wildcats. Bentil scored a game-high 31 points in that victory and grabbed 13 rebounds. Bentil leads the league in scoring (19.8 points/game) and is 5th in rebounding (8.2 rebounds/game).

The rest of the Big East weekly awards are as follows:

Big East Freshman of the Week: Henry Ellenson (Marquette) – fourth time

Big East Honor Roll: Maurice Watson, Jr. (Creighton), Myke Henry (DePaul), D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera (Georgetown), Josh Hart (Villanova), James Farr (Xavier).

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