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There were 0 games yesterday that could help boost the Friars’ RPI.
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Until Tuesday night’s blowout loss at Villanova, Carson Desrosiers had started every single Providence College basketball game this season, his final in a Friar uniform. The 5th year senior 7-footer missed that Villanova loss due a knee injury suffered during Providence’s blowout win at DePaul on February 18th. At the time the injury didn’t look all that serious as Desrosiers ended up returning to action later in that same game.
Four days later – and two days prior to the Villanova game – would be the first inkling of an issue when Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal reported on his Twitter account that Desrosiers knee was bothering him and his “status for [the] Villanova game [is] unclear.” Desrosiers missed the game, Providence got smoked on Villanova’s Senior Night and the latest news from Ed Cooley is that Desrosiers still hasn’t returned to practice as of Thursday. That news was first reported by Brendan McGair of the Woonsocket Call.
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There were 6 games yesterday that could help boost the Friars’ RPI. The results were 3-3. UMass fell on the road at St. Joe’s, 82-71. Albany went on the road and got their 20th win of the season by defeating UMBC, 67-49. Kentucky improved to 28-0 with their road win at Mississippi State, 74-56. URI made a furious comeback at home against Davidson but the Rams fell short by 1, 60-59. Stony Brook took care of UMass-Lowell at home, 75-60. Navy struggled for just 17 first half points on the road at American and the 17 point halftime deficit ended in a 19 point loss, 68-49.
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On February 19th 2015 Providence commit Alex Owens announced on his Twitter account that he would miss the remainder of his high school season with a knee injury after having an MRI the previous day. Wednesday Owens’ confirmed the worst fear that the MRI revealed a torn left ACL. Owens will have surgery on Friday, February 27th.
The severity of the tear and length of any rehabilitation are unknown at this time. Some players return to action between 6-9 months while others may take 8-12 months. Owens was having a stellar season for Oak Ridge prior to injuring the knee on February 6th. Providence has a player currently on their roster recovering from a torn ACL in Rodney Bullock.
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