- ICYMI – Drew Edwards: Family, Loyalty and a Competitive Spirit
- Providence Journal – Bill Reynolds – PC’s Ben Bentil has greatness within his reach
- Here is some audio from Ed Cooley at yesterday’s media availability before practice, courtesy of Brendan McGair:
- ESPN.com’s Jeff Goodman has his first edition of the mid-season transfer list out. Transfers have become another source of recruiting, so it’s worth keeping an eye on this. Providence has been mentioned with UNLV mid-season transfer Goodluck Okonoboh.
- ESPN.com – Andy Katz discusses improved play from Providence’s Ben Bentil
- ESPN.com – Myron Medcalf – Top 10 Thursday: Players who should take the last shot
- NCAA.com – Mike Lopresti – College basketball scores are up but there’s still room for improvement
- Cox Hub – Mike Logan – PC Friars Still Undefeated Entering the Semester Break
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#pcbb Links of the Day 12/15/15
- ICYMI – Thoughts from the Road: Bentil, Edwards Save Wounded Friars Against Bryant
- ICYMI – Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: December 14th
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara & Bill Koch – Pick and Pop College Hoops Podcast: Friars keep winning; tough loss for Rams
- Woonsocket Call – Brendan McGair – Friar Film Review: Push came to shove, Friars needed Bentil against Bryant
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Pierce Roberson – Big East Coast Bias Power Rankings: Xavier takes over the top spot
- Washington Post – Matthew Giles – Big 12, Big East are deep, deadly and ready to dominate college basketball
- Yahoo.com – Jeff Eisenberg – Best and worst of the first quarter of the college hoops season
- SB Nation College Hockey – Jeff Cox – Friars Only Undefeated Team Left in Division I
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Thoughts from the Road: Bentil, Edwards Save Wounded Friars Against Bryant
This Thoughts from the Road: Couch Edition is brought to you by the 5J Christmas party and is powered by the deep reflection during an all-Latin Christmas concert at the Cloisters. Special shoutout to my dad because Joe R said so.
- Ben Bentil did his best Willis Reed impression, albeit in a less grand manner. Bentil being available in the first place made it clear the ankle injury he suffered on Wednesday against Boston College was, as it looked on TV, a standard basketball ankle roll. The fact that he was able to put on his cape with 5:15 left in the first half with his team trailing 2-8 Bryant by 9 means he would have started this game if Ed Cooley needed him to. Since he went on to play the final 5:15 of the first half and the beginning 19:43 of the second half, Bentil showed he is a tough dude. The other thing he showed is that he is a true team leader. With Kris Dunn in sweats on the bench due to illness and his young teammates struggling with a team Vegas decided was a 21 point underdog at the line’s open, Bentil’s mere presence in the game was the calming factor that players like Bryce Cotton, LaDontae Henton and Dunn developed into. Bentil only scored 2 points in the first half — a jumper he made right after entering the game — but it was clear the tide was turning back in Providence’s favor. The Friars finished that 5:15 stretch on a 9-4 run to close the half down just 4 points after being down by 11 — Bryant’s largest lead of the game — with 5:39 left.
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Friars Win: Bryant 67, (15) Providence 74
| Final Score | |
| Bryant | 67 |
| Providence | 74 |
| Leading Scorer | Leading Rebounder | |
| Bryant | Garvin: 16 | Pettway: 10 |
| Providence | Edwards: 17 | Bullock: 14 |
Notes:
- Providence was without Kris Dunn and Ryan Fazekas for this game and Ben Bentil started the game off as questionable but dressed. Ed Cooley was hoping now to use the big man but that all changed with the Friars looking sluggish. Cooley inserted Bentil with 5:15 left in the first half and the sophomore played every second the rest of the way until the final few seconds of the game. He finished with 16 points and 8 rebounds in 25 minutes.
- Drew Edwards had a breakout effort in the second half. Edwards started the game 0/2 but got hot and went off for 17 points on 6/10 shooting, including 5/9 from 3-point range. Edwards came into this game averaging under 7 minutes/game and 1.1 points/game.
- Rodney Bullock had a double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds. Bullock got better once Bentil entered the fray, but he didn’t do much scoring in the second half. He did a good job cleaning the glass though. Providence outrebounded Bryant,
- Jalen Lindsey got off to a horrendous shooting start but he managed to get it going and finished with 15 points on 5/12 shooting. Lindsey was active on the glass with 7 rebounds.
- The key for Providence — aside from Bentil being able to give it a go — was balance on offense. Four Providence players scored in double figures. It was also a tale of two halves for the Friars. Cooley’s crew shot just 35.3% from the field, including 1/14 from 3-point range in the first half. The second half numbers look a lot better: 53.8 % and 7/14 from downtown.
- Bryant hurt themselves in the second half with turnovers. After turning it over 8 times in the first 20 minutes, Bryant coughed the ball up 10 times in the second half. Providence scored 24 points off those 18 Bulldog turnovers.
- The 10-1 and 15th ranked Friars return to action next Saturday after the final exam break and will take on Rider at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. That game tips at 8pm EST and is on FSN.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 12/12/15
- ICYMI – Game Notes & Preview: (15) Providence (9-1) vs. Bryant (2-8) 12/12/15
- ICYMI – Opening Line: (15) Providence -21.5 vs. Bryant 12/12/15
- ICYMI – X-Rays Negative on Ben Bentil’s Ankle, Friar Big to Miss Bryant
- Cox Hub – Vin Parise – Bryant Next In-State Foe For Friars
- Sports Illustrated – Dan Greene – Darkness Unto Light: Kris Dunn’s path to stardom at Providence
- Woonsocket Call – Brendan McGair – Friar Film Review: Edwards’ impact stretched well beyond the box score
- WEEI.com – John Rooke – Thinking Out Loud
- USA Today – Scott Gleeson – Starting Five: The most surprising starts by college basketball teams
- TodaysU.com – Dan Stack – Is the Big East the Best Conference in America?
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Game Notes & Preview: (15) Providence (9-1) vs. Bryant (2-8) 12/12/15
Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, RI
When: 12:00pm EST
How: FS1 (Justin Kutcher & Vin Parise)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV
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X-Rays Negative on Ben Bentil’s Ankle, Friar Big to Miss Bryant
Providence’s locker room at halftime of last night’s game against Boston College was described by Ed Cooley afterwards as a “triage center.” Kris Dunn left the bench with a few minutes left in the first half with an apparent virus and then Ben Bentil rolls his ankle and makes his way to the locker room with a couple minutes left in the half. By the time Cooley and the rest of the Friars got to the locker room for halftime things were not looking up. Dunn left the arena with the virus but Bentil did return to the bench for the final 7 or so minutes of the game to watch with his teammates. All of Friartown was holding its collective breaths awaiting results of an X-ray of Bentil’s left ankle.
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