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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 8/15/14

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The July live evaluation periods have come and gone and a lot of recruits have cut their lists down to more manageable figures. Some recruits have even already given commitments. Providence obviously got some good news last weekend after their Elite Camp on Saturday with two verbal commitments. The first was from a member of the class of 2017 (rising sophomores) in Javon Taylor. Taylor seems to have a good basketball pedigree and isn’t done growing.

The second commitment came from a member of the class of 2015. Alex Owens gave Ed Cooley his pledge after newly minted associate head coach Bob Simon worked tirelessly as the lead recruiter with Owens. Adding Owens to Ryan Fazekas has vaulted the national class ranking for the Friars to 19th according to the 247Sports Composite Team Ranking. CoxHub had the guys at New England Recruiting Report give a writeup on Alex Owens. It’s an interesting read. Owens is playing for USA South in the Nike Global Challenge in Chicago. His team won their first game against Pan Africa in overtime on Thursday but fell in game two against China Friday morning. Game three is Friday night at 9pm against USA East.

Nike Global Challenge USA South vs Pan Africa Box Score

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PC Commit Alex Owens with 2 Games Today at Nike Global Challenge

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Alex Owens‘ USA South team has two games today in the Nike Global Challenge. Coming off a strong  performance in their overtime win on Thursday against Pan Africa, Owens will look to continue to bang on the boards against China this morning and then USA East tonight. In the Pan Africa game, Owens recorded 15 points on 7/8 shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds while dishing out 3 assists and swatting 1 shot. You can catch the games at High School Cube at the below links (H/T Craig Leighton):

Note: Alex Owens wears #13 for USA South

11am vs. China:

http://www.highschoolcube.com/event/usa-south-vs-china-2014-nike-global-challenge-boys-358689

9pm vs. USA East:

http://www.highschoolcube.com/event/usa-east-vs-usa-south-2014-nike-global-challenge-b-358696

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Recruiting News: Scout.com Releases Updated Class Of 2015 Top 100 Recruit Rankings

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Scout.com updated their class of 2015 rankings Thursday. This is the first look at how where each player’s stock is at after the July live evaluation periods. Recent PC commit Alex Owens is not among the top 100 after falling out from #96 during the previous update but (get ready for that knife in your back to be twisted) Donovan Mitchell went from unranked to #20. One other note is that 42% of the top 100 is already committed.

To see the entire top 100, click here.

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Recent Providence Commit Alex Owens Playing at 12:30pm

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The newest addition to Ed Cooley’s 2015 recruiting class Alex Owens will be playing for USA South in the Nike Global Challenge today against Pan Africa at 12:30pm. You can catch the game at High School Cube at the below link (H/T Craig Leighton):

http://www.highschoolcube.com/event/pan-africa-vs-usa-south-2014-nike-global-challenge-358684

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The Italian Trip: Keep Up With PC in Italy

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I’ll pin this post to the top of the site and keep updating it as info becomes available about the progress of the trip. The schedule of games is as follows:

  • August 14th in Milan vs. Nelson Somma ASD 3pm EDT

Recap of game 1 with boxscore from Friars.com

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/7-things-we-learned-from-providences-win-over-nelson-basket

Player FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A PTS
Kris Dunn 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Rodney Bullock 10/15 7/11 3/4 6/8 29
Casey Woodring 2/5 1/2 1/3 1/2 6
Ted Bancroft 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
LaDontae Henton 9/14 8/10 1/4 5/6 24
Kyron Cartwright 4/7 3/3 1/4 4/4 13
Tyler Harris 5/9 5/7 0/2 11/14 21
Junior Lomomba 10/17 6/13 4/4 8/9 32
Carson Desrosiers 2/4 2/4 0-0 0-0 4
Tom Planek 1/3 1/3 0-0 4/6 6
Totals 43/74 33/53 10/21 39/49 135
58.10% 62.30% 47.60% 79.60%
Player Reb Off Reb Def Reb
Kris Dunn 0 0 0
Rodney Bullock 4 5 9
Casey Woodring 0 1 1
Ted Bancroft 0 0 0
LaDontae Henton 1 2 3
Kyron Cartwright 0 3 3
Tyler Harris 4 4 8
Junior Lomomba 2 3 5
Carson Desrosiers 2 9 11
Tom Planek 2 1 3
Totals 15 28 43
Player AST ST TO BS
Kris Dunn 0 0 0 0
Rodney Bullock 4 4 5 2
Casey Woodring 1 2 1 0
Ted Bancroft 0 0 0 0
LaDontae Henton 2 2 1 1
Kyron Cartwright 8 4 1 0
Tyler Harris 1 2 5 0
Junior Lomomba 3 2 5 0
Carson Desrosiers 5 3 1 5
Tom Planek 0 3 2 0
Totals 24 22 21 8
Player PF FPF EFF
Kris Dunn 0 0 0
Rodney Bullock 6 5 36
Casey Woodring 2 1 5
Ted Bancroft 0 0 0
LaDontae Henton 3 2 25
Kyron Cartwright 0 4 24
Tyler Harris 1 7 20
Junior Lomomba 2 4 29
Carson Desrosiers 2 2 25
Tom Planek 1 5 6
Totals 17 30 170
    • August 18th in Rome vs. Perugia

Friars Beat Tiber Basket 79-46 in Rome

Friars.com story with boxscore

  • August 19th in Rome at 1pm EDT

http://www.friars.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/082014aaa.html

Boxscore

With Ben Bentil and Paschal Chukwu having visa/clearinghouse issues and not making the trip and Jalen Lindsey being home in Tennessee with mononucleosis, the only member of the highly touted incoming freshman class that will compete in Italy is point guard Kyron Cartwright. Cartwright figures to play heavy minutes as the staff is being extremely cautious by not playing Kris Dunn as he continues to recover from his second shoulder surgery in 13 months. Aside from basketball there are a ton of cultural and education experiences planned. A good outline of those was done by Danny James over at CoxHub. You can find that by click this link.

If you are looking for updates on Twitter, the hashtag #CiaoFriars will be used heavily by CoxHub. The standard #pcbb will still be used as well so you can keep an eye on both. One emerging one so far has also been #pcbbDoesItaly so check that one too.

From Day 1:

http://instagram.com/p/rooYcbjRAj/

https://twitter.com/ShowTime_Dunn/status/499536273884053505

CoxHub.com – Friars in Italy: Day One

CoxHub.com – Daniel James – A Friar Fan’s Guide to Milan

From Day 2:

CoxHub.com – Friars in Italy: Day Two

http://instagram.com/p/rrZ4EFjRD9/

https://twitter.com/ShowTime_Dunn/status/499946365276143617

From Day 3:

http://instagram.com/p/ru9ye2DRM8/

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/the-friars-in-italy-day-three

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/a-friar-fans-guide-to-venice

From Day 4:

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/the-friars-in-italy-day-four

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/a-friar-fans-guide-to-florence

http://www.friars.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081714aaa.html

From Day 5:

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/the-friars-in-italy-day-five

From Day 6:

http://www.friars.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081914aab.html

From Day 7:

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/a-friar-fans-guide-to-rome

http://www.friars.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/082014aab.html

From Day 8:

https://twitter.com/ShowTime_Dunn/status/502181046964981760

The group flew out of Newark, NJ August 12th just before 6pm EDT after practicing near the airport. CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein took in the practice and had the following to say on Twitter:

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