This link got posted over at Scout Friars Monday. It’s a short film, 11 minutes and 20 seconds to be exact on LaDontae Henton’s offseason training up in Canada mixed in with some raw interviews where Henton talks about growing up impoverished and losing his brother to jail. It’s a must-watch for all Providence fans.
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LaDontae Henton Named Big East Player of the Week
LaDontae Henton keeps racking up the weekly honors. This now makes CBSSports.com, College Basketball Talk, ESPN.com’s Andy Katz as outlets that have called Henton their player of the week. Here is the full release of Big East weekly awards from the conference:
NEW YORK – Providence forward LaDontae Henton, who led the Friars to the title of the Hall of Fame Classic, was named BIG EAST Player of the Week. Xavier guard Trevon Bluiett was named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week after helping the Musketeers to a 3-0 start this season.
BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK LaDontae Henton, Providence, F, Sr. Henton helped the Friars start 5-0 and win the Hall of Fame Classic title by averaging 23.4 points and 5.8 rebounds. He shot 56.4 percent from the field. On Sunday, he poured in a career-high 38 points and hit the winning free throws with 14 seconds left in a 75-74 win over Notre Dame in the championship game. On Saturday, Henton had 24 points and 10 rebounds in an 80-54 victory over Florida State.
BIG EAST ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Trevon Bluiett, Xavier, F, Fr. Bluiett averaged 18.0 points and 5.3 rebounds while shooting 67.9 percent from the floor in a 3-0 start for Xavier. His top scoring output was 20 points in a 97-74 win against Long Beach State. He leads the team in scoring, steals (1.3) and free throw percentage (.917).
BIG EAST Honor Roll Kellen Dunham, Butler, G, Jr. Averaged 19.0 points and shot 66.7 percent from 3-point range in a 3-0 start for the Bulldogs.
Isaiah Zierden, Creighton, G, So. Averaged 16.3 points and made a league-leading 14 3-pointers in a 4-0 start.
Joshua Smith, Georgetown, C, Sr. Helped the Hoyas to a 3-0 start by averaging 17.3 points and 8.3 rebounds.
Sterling Gibbs, Seton Hall, G, Jr. Averaged 16.0 points while helping the Pirates to a 3-0 start and two wins at the Paradise Jam.
Matt Stainbrook, Xavier, C, Sr. Averaged 16.3 points and 7.3 rebounds in a 3-0 start. He leads the league in field goal shooting at 86.4 percent.
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LaDontae Henton Named CBSSports.com’s National Player of the Week
Ed Cooley talked postgame Sunday about how he was hoping LaDontae Henton would remain under the radar. After this weekend’s performance of 62 points in two wins against ACC teams on a neutral floor combined with his team leading 12 points against Binghamton Monday and 22 points against Navy Thursday, both wins, Henton averaged 24 points per game during week 2 of the college basketball season. Those kinds of numbers, including a career high 38 points on national television Sunday afternoon are bound to garner some national attention. CBSSports.com has named Henton their National Player of the Week.
Henton’s season average of 23.4 point per game is good for 9th nationally at the moment and he is shooting the best percentage from the field (56.4%) and 3 point line (42.9%) of his career by far. It’s only 5 games but what is becoming more clear to the national media and national fans is what Providence fans have known for years now: LaDontae Henton is a player.
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Video: Corey Porter TV – A Look Into The Life of LaDontae Henton
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LaDontae Henton: For the Kids
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The Forgotten Man: LaDontae Henton @HentonBuckets23 #pcbb
During this exciting 5 game win streak for Providence College, people are now starting to talk about Bryce Cotton more and he has gotten a lot of praise for his stat-line during this win streak, the longest such streak in 10 years at PC. That’s all well and good and I love Ice Cotton as much as the next PC fan (students not included), but one young man is constantly overlooked when having these kinds of discussions and even the wacky off-season message board discussions about potential lineups and minutes for the upcoming season and the like. That young man is none other than LaDontae Henton.
Buckets’ stat-line over this 5 game winning streak has been pretty damn impressive too:
Henton
|
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
3 pt % |
FT % |
MPG |
|
16.2 |
7.8 |
2.2 |
1.2 |
48 |
75 |
39.8 |
Cotton
|
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
3 pt % |
FT % |
MPG |
|
21.4 |
3.6 |
6.8 |
0.8 |
29 |
74 |
42 |
Coach Cooley alluded to the fact that he yelled at Henton a lot last week during practice and went on to mention that he was very happy to see him rebound the ball against Xavier. He also put up his first double double since the season opener against Boston College nearly 3 months ago. That’s kind of a shocking thing to see in print because Henton had 20 career double doubles coming into this season in 66 career games. As much as he has been his typical junkyard dog self this season, his game has morphed a bit too. He isn’t pulling down nearly as many rebounds this year (he’s still 5th in the Big East in RPG) which I would think has something to do with playing more time at the 3 position with the additions of Tyler Harris and Carson Desrosiers. But in turn, his 3 point stroke has become a huge weapon for the Friars.
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Freshman |
Sophomore |
Junior |
|
| 3 pt % |
39.3% |
25.8% |
40.3% |
Even not looking at the above shooting percentage, the eye test will tell you that Buckets hits big shots. I recall a big 3 against St. John’s to quell a Red Storm run during PC’s sole road win during this recent 5 game stretch. He also seems to have a powerful left handed drive in him to get a crucial bucket late in a game.
Most impressively to me is that Henton’s defense has gotten a ton better this year. I’m not saying you’ll see him win defensive POY or anything but he has bought in more and seems to have a much better feel and understanding for positioning and rotations in his 3rd year under Ed Cooley’s tutelage.
These last 3 weeks have been really run as a Friar fan and I really am happy to see Bryce Cotton garnering more national attention because, frankly, he deserves every bit of it. He should be the Big East POY this year – Doug McDermott or no Doug McDermott. But let’s not forget about Mr. Henton. Let’s not forget about the scrapping and clawing and junkyard dogging that he does for nearly 37 minutes each and every game. He’s a warrior and will have to be THE leader of this Friars squad in 2014-2015. For now though, let’s enjoy this winning streak and hope it continues on the road against Marquette and DePaul. I wouldn’t hate heading up to Providence for Alumni & Family Weekend on February 15th with PC having a chance to win 11 straight games. But, for now, I’ll take Ed Cooley’s approach.
Let’s go 1-0 today.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 1/27/14
- Watch the Xavier game in it’s entirety compliments of FriarTV:
- Watch highlights of the Xavier game compliments of Fox Sports:
- Post-game Press Conference – Ed Cooley
- Post-game Press Conference – Chris Mack
- Kevin McNamara – Friars thriving in new Big East
- Friarbasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Since Nova, Friars Dominating at the Arc
- SI.com – Chris Johnson – Four Point Play: Creighton’s Magical Offense, Bryce Cotton’s incredible play
- #pcbb – Xavier Game Recap
- Jon Rothstein – Monday Morning College Hoops Notebook; Cooley Rallies Friars & More
- Syracuse.com – Patrick Stevens – Bracketology
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