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Thoughts from the Road: Friars Outplayed at Xavier

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  • I’m not going to delve too deeply into stats or recount specific scenarios of the game at Xavier in this edition of Thoughts from the Road. This game was a microcosm of Providence’s Big East season. They’ve gotten off to slow starts in almost every game in league play, they’ve clawed their way back into almost every game in league play — sometimes to success and sometimes to failure — and they have been outhustled far too often.

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Friars Lose: (8) Xavier 85, (23) Providence 74

Final Score
Providence 74
Xavier 85
Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder
Providence Dunn: 23 Dunn: 11
Xavier Bluiett: 23 Reynolds: 15

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Game Notes & Preview: (23) Providence (19-7, 7-6) at (8) Xavier (22-3, 10-3) 2/17/16

Where: Cintas Center – Cincinnati, OH

When: 7:00pm EST

How: FS1 (Joe Davis & Steve Lavin)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

Game Notes

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Friars Win: Georgetown 72, (20) Providence 75

Final Score
Georgetown 72
Providence 75
Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder
Georgetown Derrickson: 18 Derrickson: 9
Providence Bullock: 23 Bullock: 10

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Providence’s Final Six Big East Games and Their Impact on the NCAA Tournament

Providence is now two-thirds of the way through their 18 game Big East schedule and they are sitting at 6-6 and are in a tie for 6th with Butler. The Friars have certainly been up and down in league play. They started 4-2 in the first third of the schedule and followed that up with a 2-4 record in the second third — though 1 of their 2 wins in the second third came on the road at Villanova.

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