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Friars Defeat DePaul In Thriller, 61-60

2/7/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Feb. 7, 2006

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ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - Sharaud Curry hit the winning jumper with 10.7 seconds left and Herbert Hill had 20 points to lead Providence to a 61-60 victory over DePaul on Tuesday night.

Trailing 60-59, Curry juked DePaul defender Jabari Currie out to free himself up for the eventual game-winning jumper. DePaul had a chance to win the game, but Sammy Mejia missed a shot in the paint with two seconds to go.

DePaul fouled Hill, who missed the first of a one-and-one, but the Blue Demons weren't able to convert a full court in-bounds play with just under a second left.

Donnie McGrath finished with 17 points and Curry added 10 for the Friars, who improved to 11-10 and 4-6 in the Big East.

McGrath drove right by the DePaul defense to tie the game at 59 with 1:25 remaining in the game. On the other end, Marlon Brumfield hit one of two free throws to give the Blue Demons a 60-59 lead.

Sammy Mejia led DePaul with 17 points, but was just 2-of-6 from the free throw line.

DePaul, which led most of the second half, extended its lead to 59-52 on Wilson Chandler's dunk with 4:59 left in the game. Curry responded with a 3 for Providence and Geoff McDermott added another basket to cut the Blue Demons' lead to 59-57 with 3:55 left.

DePaul (9-12, 2-8) shot 65.4 percent against Providence's 2-3 zone in the first half, which saw 10 lead changes, and led 40-37. Mejia scored 13 points in the first half on 6-of-10 shooting and Karron Clarke added eight points. Clarke finished with 11.

Hill scored 14 points in the half for Providence on 6-of-9 shooting.

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