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Providence Friars Battle to Win Against Yale

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On an afternoon that Providence was without two key players in Kris Dunn and Jalen Lindsey Ed Cooley’s bunch had to battle against the Yale Bulldogs. Graduate student Ted Bancroft was the first man off the Friar bench today which is the role Lindsey had been playing. Dunn did not dress for this game while Lindsey was dressed and went through pregame warmups but did not see game action.

Bancroft continued the role he had been playing by knocking down a three pointer and getting the crowd into it early on. He also had a block at the rim on defense that led to a crowd frenzy. Bancroft finished the game with 9 points and 6 rebounds in a season high 27 minutes. The crowd of 8,045 seemed to have a bit of a Thanksgiving hangover as Cooley had to wave his arms asking for noise on more than one occasion.

LaDontae Henton knocked down a number of difficult shots on his way to 29 points. Henton has scored 20 or more points in all but 1 of Providence’s 6 games this season. Tyler Harris was the second leading scorer for Providence with 14 points and added 7 rebounds.

Every time Providence seemed like they were going to open the game up early in the second half Yale had an answer. Many of those answers were made shots with the shot clock running down which had to frustrate the Friar defense. The game sported 10 lead changes but Providence held the lead the entire second stanza.

The game never quite felt in danger until the last 30 seconds when a Yale three pointer cut the lead to 3 with 20 seconds remaining. Henton made 1 of 2 free throws to extend the lead to 4 and a stop and more free throws closed the door on Yale.

Javier Duren led Yale with 21 points as Providence was able to keep Yale’s leading scorer Justin Sears to just 5 points before he fouled out with less than a minute left in the game. Sears scored 31 points against the Friars last season in Yale’s 2 point loss at the Dunk. Kyron Cartwright carried the load at point guard this afternoon playing 39 minutes. He finished with 8 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 turnovers.

Providence shot a lot of free throws this afternoon but didn’t shoot a great percentage, 63%, on 25/40. The 6-0 Friars will travel to Lexington, KY immediately following the game to take on #1 ranked Kentucky Sunday afternoon. Ed Cooley indicated Kris Dunn and Jalen Lindsey are both questionable for Sunday.

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Providence Friars Rout Navy, 88-51

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With this game being looked at by many as the final tune-up game for the Providence Friars before they head south on I-95 to take on Florida State and Notre Dame this weekend at Mohegan Sun it was important for Ed Cooley’s group to play a more complete game than they have in their first two games of the season. That seemed to have been accomplished Thursday night against Navy.

The Midshipmen struggled with Providence size and speed all night and LaDontae Henton got off to a fast start leading the Friars with 10 points in the first half on 4/6 shooting including 2/3 from deep.

Navy led 3-0 and then 3-2 early but that would be the only time the Midshipmen would hold leads in this game. Providence went on an 18 to 1 run to open up a 14 point lead at the 12:24 mark of the first half after that first Navy basket. Providence didn’t allow a lack of effort or freshmen mistakes to derail that lead which is something that occurred their last time out against Binghamton. Providence doubled up Navy at the half, 40-20 despite Henton only playing 12 minutes after picking up his 2nd foul at the 7:11 mark.

The freshmen had their best collective night scoring 29 points total with 18 of those coming from big man Ben Bentil. Bentil was active early on the glass and was often the beneficiary of one of Kris Dunn’s career high 14 assists. Ed Cooley told Vin Parise after the game “I thought [Kris Dunn] was spectacular tonight. I think he controlled the whole game: rebounding, passing, shooting the ball. Kris is trying to get in a rhythm. We have a long way to go but I’m glad we made some strides today.”

Dunn played superb on Thursday night and he characterized it as “one of the best games I’ve played in my career.” He went on to credit his teammates for knocking down shots and allowing him to establish a rhythm on offense. Besides just the eye test of Dunn’s play in this game his stat line was certainly impressive. 12 points on 4/7 from the field to go along with those 14 assists, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 block and 2 turnovers.

Talk about stuffing the statsheet.

The one potential negative on the night was the foul trouble that Dunn had in both halves and Henton had in the first half but I don’t think much should be made of that especially since Dunn played a number of minutes without picking up his 5th foul. Navy had two players foul out on the night.

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One of the big storylines of the early season so far has been Ed Cooley’s substitutions. I thought he did a much better job of allowing guys to play longer together to develop an on-court chemistry and get into a rhythm. Jalen Lindsey was the first man off the Providence bench at the 16:51 mark and he replaced Kyron Cartwright which was a change from prior games where Lindsey would come in initially for Kris Dunn. The rotation and substitution patterns is something to keep an eye on this weekend against some tougher competition.

Navy was led with 10 points by James Hemphill. The Midshipmen shot 39% from the field on 19/49 shooting and were outrebounded by the Friars 36-24 with Providence grabbing 9 offensive rebounds that led to 10 second chance points. Navy also had 17 turnovers which led to 17 Providence points though the Friars only had 7 fast break points on the night.

Here’s a new stat for Providence fans to get used to: bench points. The Friars scored 36 points off their bench tonight against Navy’s 23. Providence scored 32 of their 88 points in the paint and assisted on 24 of their 31 made field goals.

The Friars will move on to their first high major tests this weekend as they finish up this 5 game in 8 day stretch to open the season. The Florida State game tips off at Mohegan Sun Arena Saturday at 2:30pm.

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Friars Handle Bearcats, Eventually

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Things were somewhat lackadaisical early again but Providence managed to get out to a 25-8 lead with just under 8 minutes in the first half and everything seemed to be happening as expected at the Dunkin Donuts Center. Five turnovers in less than 4 minutes would allow Binghamton back into the game though as the Bearcats went on a 14-2 run to get the score to 27-22 at the 4:17 mark.

Providence would get the lead back up to 11 following the under 4 minute media timeout but the scrappy Bearcats would claw back again to make the halftime margin only 4 points at 33-29. A 9pm Monday tip, which really started closer to 9:15pm, meant that the Dunk was nearly empty so there wasn’t a lot of crowd energy to give the Friars an assist.

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Friars Down Skyhawks in Exhibition

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Starting Fives

Providence Friars
  • Guard – #24 – Kyron Cartwright, Freshman
  • Guard – #3 – Kris Dunn, Sophomore
  • Forward – #23 – LaDontae Henton, Senior
  • Forward – #25 – Tyler Harris, Junior
  • Center – #33 – Carson Desrosiers, Senior
Stonehill Skyhawks
  • Guard – #20 – Josh Heyliger, Junior
  • Guard – #10 – Carter Smith, Junior
  • Guard- #3 – Adam Bramanti, Junior
  • Forward – #33 – Jack Cole, Senior
  • Forward – #11 – Ryan Logan, Sophomre

Stat Leaders

  • Points – Tyler Harris – 19 pts (8/14 FG, 1/2 3FG, 2/2 FT)
  • Rebounds – Tyler Harris 8 rbds (2 ORBD, 6 DRBD)
  • Assists – Henton & Dunn – 5 asts
  • Steals – Henton & Cartwright – 4 stls
  • Blocks – Paschal Chukwu – 3 blks
  • Turnovers – Kris Dunn – 2 trnvs
  • Minutes Played – Kris Dunn – 21 mp

Game Recap

I did not expect to see a freshman in the starting lineup for the Friars on Saturday. If you told me Jalen Lindsey would get the start at the shooting guard spot I might have shrugged it off as a possibility. Kyron Cartwright? No way.

Well, Ed Cooley gave the southpaw from Compton the nod along with Kris Dunn in the backcourt. Not only did Cartwright start he played very well. He started the Friars season scoring off by nailing a three pointer after the tip-off and he didn’t really slow down the rest of the game. Finishing with 18 points in 22 minutes of action, Cartwright turned some heads. Possibly even more impressive was 4 assists to 0 turnovers.

As Ed Cooley predicted the Friar freshmen played early and often against the Skyhawks on Saturday. Cartwright started and 7’1 Center Paschal Chukwu was the first man off the Friar bench less than 3 minutes into the game. Following Chukwu was Ben Bentil about 2 minutes later. All told the Friars went 11 deep in both halves with the only players not seeing any floor time being injured freshman Tyree Chambers and shiner-sporting graduate student Ted Bancroft.

Ben Bentil had been a player Friar fans have heard good reports about from preseason practices. Behind Cartwright, Bentil was the next most impressive of the neophytes. Bentil was smooth and showed good hands around the rim and a nice looking shooting touch from the foul line and below.

Jalen Lindsey played well overall and was able to hit a couple of open jumpers. It’s hard to judge how much the taped up finger that he dislocated a couple of weeks ago affected him but he has the look and feel of a real player. It just may take a little bit of the season to come out consistently on the court.

As I cautioned Friar fans for the past few months, Paschal Chukwu has a ways to go. That’s not to say Chukwu doesn’t have ability or talent. He just needs to grow a little more into his body and refine his game. Big men take time to develop, even the good ones. He’ll get there, but for those expecting him to take over for Carson Desrosiers anytime soon I wouldn’t hold your breath on that.

I would agree with Kevin McNamara’s assessment of the freshman from after the game:

Besides the freshman Kris Dunn was probably the player Friar fans were most anxious to see. Dunn showed flashes of his talents and clearly switched into another gear athletically at times that few others can access. Dunn’s line on Saturday was indicative of his do-a-little-of-everything game: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. He isn’t there yet but he’s certainly not as rusty as some might expect. In the 2nd half he showed off an improved shooting stroke as well.

In the end, the Friars were just too much for the Division II Skyhawks to handle. Providence will start the season for real on November 15th against Albany.

Final Score: Providence 93 Stonehill 49

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Game Notes & Preview: Providence vs. Stonehill (Exhibition) 11/8/14

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Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, RI

When: 4:00PM

How: Audio Only on Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)

Game Notes

  • Providence is 66-39 all time in exhibition games including 17 straight wins at home. Their last exhibition game loss was in 2007 against Siviglia Wear Teramo while the team was in Italy.
  • Stonehill was 8-18 last season including a 5-16 record within Northeast-10 conference play. They only lost 1 player from last year’s team (Mitch Amelio) and return their top 2 scorers from a season ago: Ryan Logan (11.6 ppg) and Carter Smith (11.0 ppg).
  • Friar coach Ed Cooley is an alumnus of Stonehill from the class of 1994. He was a 3-time team captain for the Skyhawks. Cooley played in 107 career games while at Stonehill amassing 795 points and 594 rebounds good for averages of 7.4 points per game and 5.6 rebounds per game for his career. He also was an assistant coach at Stonehill for the 1995-96 season under then-coach Dave DeCiantis.
  • The last time Cooley coached against his alma mater was in 2010 while he was the head coach at Fairfield. The Skyhawks beat Cooley’s Stags squad 61-60.
  • The last time Providence played Stonehill was in 2009. The Friars took that one 91-55.
  • Stonehill’s first official game of the season will be played on November 15th against Dominican College as part of the Assumption College Tip-Off Classic.
  • Providence will host a champions night for their first official game of the season against Albany at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center on November 15th. Included in the festivities will be raising the 2014 Big East Tournament Championship banner to the rafters at the Dunk.

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Providence Roster Review & Outlook

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It seems the 2014-15 roster is now complete with the addition of German guard Tyree Chambers* so I’ll take an in-depth look at the roster and how it’s shaping up both in the short term and the long term.

If you want to see the current scholarship situation for each season through 2018-2019 there is a dropdown menu at the top of the menu bar above. You can also click this link. 

Technically the 2014-15 roster has one open scholarship remaining and maybe Ed Cooley will look to add a mid-year transfer for next season to balance the classes (more on that later) but I believe this will be the group that the Friars will go to battle with this upcoming season. Let’s look at the roster by position group:

The Guards

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Final Stats from Providence’s 3 Games in Italy

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Here are the finals stats from the 3 games the Friars played during their trip to Italy:

Cumulative

Player FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A Reb AST ST TO BS PTS
Rodney Bullock 24/42 20/35 4/7 18/24 36 8 8 11 5 70
Casey Woodring 8/19 6/9 2/10 2/4 2 2 2 1 0 20
LaDontae Henton 18/41 14/32 4/9 11/13 19 5 5 3 3 51
Kyron Cartwright 12/19 10/13 2/6 12/14 13 25 15 9 0 38
Tyler Harris 21/43 19/35 2/8 19/26 24 4 7 15 1 63
Junior Lomomba 23/37 17/28 6/9 17/23 21 7 10 13 0 69
Carson Desrosiers 8/19 8/18 0/1 3/9 31 7 3 5 13 19
Tom Planek 3/12 3/12 0/0 7/10 20 2 6 5 1 13
Totals 117/232 97/182 20/50 89/123 166 60 56 62 23 343
50.43% 53.30% 40.00% 72.36%

 

Per Game

Player REB/G AST/G ST/G TO/G BS/G PTS/G
Rodney Bullock 12.00 2.67 2.67 3.67 1.67 23.33
Casey Woodring 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.33 0.00 6.67
LaDontae Henton 6.33 1.67 1.67 1.00 1.00 17.00
Kyron Cartwright 4.33 8.33 5.00 3.00 0.00 12.67
Tyler Harris 8.00 1.33 2.33 5.00 0.33 21.00
Junior Lomomba 7.00 2.33 3.33 4.33 0.00 23.00
Carson Desrosiers 10.33 2.33 1.00 1.67 4.33 6.33
Tom Planek 6.67 0.67 2.00 1.67 0.33 4.33