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at Pitt (Exhibition)
2:00 p.m.
Providence College Athletics
Friday, March 16
New Orleans, La.
7:50 PM ET
Providence College
59
at
69
Penn State (NCAA First Round)
Friars Fall To Penn St., 69-59
3/16/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 16, 2001
By Mary Foster
AP Sports Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Crispin brothers sure know how to play nice together.
Joe Crispin scored 13 points, brother Jon Crispin added 11, to lead seventh-seed Penn State to a 69-59 victory over Providence on Friday night in the NCAA South Regional.
The Crispin brothers also had nine rebounds and five assists and were 6-for-7 from the free-throw line.
Gyasi Cline-Heard had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Titus Ivory added 13 points.
The Nittany Lions were 8-of-19 from 3-point range against Providence, which had held teams to 29 percent this season. Joe Crispin and Ivory each made three 3-pointers
Erron Maxey led Providence with 16 points, and Karim Shabazz had 13 points and nine rebounds.
Penn State (20-11) finishing the regular season with a 1.9- point scoring margin, while 10th-seeded Providence (21-10) beat teams by an average of 11 points.
On Friday, both teams reversed their trend.
Penn State shot 44 percent, the Friars 36 percent.
After a streaky first half, Penn State settled down to business. The Nittany Lions took a 34-32 lead on a jumper by Ivory 1:46 into the second half and never trailed again.
Penn State used a 9-2 run, fueled by seven points from Jon Crispin, to go up 46-37 with 11:52 left. Joe - the Big Ten scoring leader - was on the bench cheering his younger brother on.
After dropping behind 7-2 in the opening minutes, Penn State went on a 15-2 run, fueled by three 3-point baskets to take a 17-9 lead at the 12:50 mark. Penn State led by 10 points - 23-13 on Titus Ivory's 3-pointer with 9:41 remaining in the half.
The Friars answered with a 17-2 run to go up 30-27 with 3:23 left. A pair of free throws by Gyasi Cline-Heard and a 3-pointer by Joe Crispin - the sixth of the first half for Providence - made it 30-30 at the break.
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