| Final Score | |
| Villanova | 72 |
| Providence | 60 |
| Leading Scorer | Leading Rebounder | |
| Villanova | Reynolds: 19 | Hart: 13 |
| Providence | Benti: 20 | Cartwright: 6 |
Continue reading Friars Lose: (3) Villanova 72, (11) Providence 60
| Final Score | |
| Villanova | 72 |
| Providence | 60 |
| Leading Scorer | Leading Rebounder | |
| Villanova | Reynolds: 19 | Hart: 13 |
| Providence | Benti: 20 | Cartwright: 6 |
Continue reading Friars Lose: (3) Villanova 72, (11) Providence 60
Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, RI
When: 2:30pm EST
How: FS1 (Gus Johnson & Tarik Turner)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV
While the Friar coaching staff is focusing on preparing for Villanova on Saturday and attending a local prep invitational at nearby Rhode Island College, they also managed to extend an offer to a player from Virginia on Thursday. Nate Watson is a 2017 big man who is enrolled at Bishop O’Connell is Virginia is the recipient of the latest Providence offer. The news was first reported by Corey Evans of hoopseen.com. Watson is ranked 157th in the class of 2017 by 247Sports.
Providence dropped their first road game of the season on Tuesday at DePaul and a big factor in that loss was Ben Bentil injuring his right ankle about halfway through the opening half. Bentil would return later in the first half before sitting with foul trouble and started the second half on the floor before being pulled by Ed Cooley. Bentil’s status for Saturday’s game is still up in the air, but Providence announced on Thursday that the native of Ghana is “day-to-day”. Cooley is expected to meet with the media later on Thursday, so more information may be known after that occurs.
Continue reading Providence vs Villanova Injury Update: Bentil Day-to-Day, Ochefu Likely Out
The National Prep Invitational will be played at nearby Rhode Island College starting on Thursday with games running through Sunday afternoon. The Providence coaching staff is expected to spend plenty of time taking in the action at RIC over the next few days. There are more than 15 recruits that Providence is involved with from the classes of 2016, 2017 and 2018 that are expected to play in this event. Cox Hub will be streaming 9 games from the NPSI between Thursday and Saturday. The games that will be streamed can be found at this link and they are in bold with an asterisk below.
Continue reading Providence Recruiting Update: National Prep Invitational at Rhode Island College