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Friars Win: (9) Butler 73, (12) Providence 81

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This post will serve as the recap and Thoughts from the Road: Church Pew Edition. I attended a wedding during the game and was following the game tracker on my phone, during the mass — sorry I’m not sorry Bridget — and only got a chance to actually watch the game on New Year’s Day. Big thanks to FriarTV for having the recap available at his site.

Final Score
Providence 81
Butler 73

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Game Notes & Preview: (12) Providence (12-1) at (9) Butler (11-1) 12/31/15

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Where: Hinkle Fieldhouse – Indianapolis, IN

When: 2:30pm EST

How: CBSSN (Dave Ryan & Scott Wolf)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

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Report: Freshman Ryan Fazekas to Miss Big East Opener at Butler

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Freshman sharpshooter Ryan Fazekas started the first 9 games of his career at Providence before missing the Friars’ December 9th contest against Boston College due to a bout of mononucleosis. The Indiana native had been back at home recovering with his family for the last two weeks or so and Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal reported on Twitter that Ed Cooley will again be without Fazekas for Providence’s Big East opener on December 31st at Butler.

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Happy Festivus: pcbb1917 Edition

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December 23rd means it’s Festivus and — as is tradition — Festivus begins with the Airing of Grievances. I got some good responses on Twitter that I’ll share below but also will give you my list of grievances. As Frank Costanza says “I got a lotta problems with you people, and you’re going to hear about it!” I’ll also give you my Feats of Strength from the non-conference schedule and maybe there will be a Festivus miracle to finish things off.

“It’s a Festivus, for the rest of us!”

Airing of Grievances

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Thoughts from the Road: Friars Close Out Non-Conference in Convincing Fashion

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This Thoughts from the Road: Couch Edition is brought to you from the very comfortable blue couch at my parent’s house. It was powered by a chicken parm from Rustica and aided by the company of my mom and Declan. With Big East play on the horizon, I am planning to have some more actual Thoughts from the Road that involve me driving to Providence and attending games in person. Stay tuned in 2016.

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Friars Win: UMass 66, (10) Providence 90

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Final Score
Providence 90
UMass 66

Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder
Providence Bentil: 32 Bentil: 12
UMass Hinds: 16 Space: 9

Notes:

  • Kris Dunn returned to the court against UMass and he didn’t leave any clues that he hadn’t played in a game since December 9th. Dunn stuffed the stat sheet with 14 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds in 24 minutes of action. Dunn got to the rim with ease, made a pair of 3-pointers and had a few highlight reel plays.
  • Ben Bentil had a big game as I predicted. Bentil set a new career high with 32 points, while notching his 3rd double-double of the season with 11 rebounds. He also had 2 vicious blocks. Bentil was very efficient shooting from the field and free throw line. He went 11/16 from the field, including 3/5 from 3-point range. He was also 7/9 from the line. Bentil’s 32 matches Dunn’s 32 from the season opener for the season high by a single Friar.
  • Jalen Lindsey scored the first 6 points of the night on two 3-pointers and would sink another from downtown. He also had another strong rebounding game with 8 boards.
  • Junior Lomomba had a very nice game with 11 points and 6 assists and he did a pretty god job guarding UMass’ high-scoring guards.
  • Rodney Bullock struggled with foul trouble and only played 5 minutes in the first half and didn’t score. Bullock did some scoring in the second half but he wasn’t really needed tonight. He finished with 8 points and 6 rebounds.
  • The Friars finish out the non-conference at 12-1, which is a great start to the season. They have a win over #8 Arizona on their non-conference resume and their only loss is to #1 Michigan State. Not a bad start for Ed Cooley’s bunch.
  • The 12-1 and 10th ranked Friars return to action next Thursday on the road as they open the Big East schedule at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse to take on the 9th ranked Butler Bulldogs on New Year’s Eve. That game tips at 2:30pm EST and is on CBSSN.

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