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Big Mystery: Cheickna Dembele No Longer Unknown

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Providence has been desperately chasing big men recruits since Paschal Chukwu transferred to Syracuse in May 2015 and Alex Owens failed to qualify that later summer. Ben Bentil has been forced to slide over the the center spot this season with little behind him in the way of backup. Bentil has obviously had a tremendous sophomore campaign, but he has had struggles on the defensive side of the floor at times and Providence has been vulnerable to teams that attack the rim. Those teams are met with little to no resistance en route to a layup and that’s a big problem for Ed Cooley. The search for a big man in the class of 2016 has taken Providence all over the country and, lately, even into Canada. The latest name to surface is a new name to just about everyone in the basketball recruiting world: Cheickna Dembele.

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Game Previews & Recaps

Thoughts from the Road: Friars Outplayed at Xavier

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This Thoughts from the Road: Home Command Center Edition is brought to you by texts from G and is fueled by lots and lots of iced coffee.

  • 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

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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 Previews & Recaps

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

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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

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

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Recruiting News

2017 C Dajour Dickens Visiting Providence

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Providence had a special guest at their shootaround this morning and he’s a tall guest. Dajour Dickens from the class of 2017 is taking an unofficial visit to Providence this weekend. Dickens, a 6’11 center, attends The Miller School and runs with Boo Williams. Providence Associate Director of Player Development/Video Ops, Ivan Thomas, has ties to the Boo Williams grassroots program, as does Ed Cooley. Jeff Battle also has extensive connections in that region of the country. Dickens is ranked 126th by 247Sports composite national ranking.

Dickens has offers from Clemson, Creighton, Memphis, Temple, Virginia and Virginia Tech, among others.

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