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Kalif Young Defensive Player Award

Kalif Young Earns Friar Men's Basketball Marvin Barnes Defensive Player Award

4/25/2020 2:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Young posted career highs in points and rebounds this season.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -  Providence College men's basketball coach Ed Cooley announced today (April 25) that senior Kalif Young (Vaughan, Ontario) has earned the team's Marvin Barnes Defensive Player Award. 

Young posted career highs this season in points per game (5.0) and rebounds per game (4.9).  He led the squad in field goal percentage at 52.0 percent (64-123).  The senior center was second on the team in blocks (19) and rebounds (153).  Young played in all 31 of the team's games and recorded 19 starts.  

The Friar men's basketball annual team awards have traditionally been announced at the team's end-of-the-season banquet in April each year.  This year, the awards will be announced one per day on Friars.com and via the team's social media accounts starting on Saturday, April 18 and continuing through Tuesday, April 28.

The Friars (19-12) entered the 2020 BIG EAST Tournament as hot as any team in the country.  The team had won six straight and eight of 10 games to close the regular season with a NET ranking of 37 and a team record 12 BIG EAST wins (12-6).  The squad finished fourth in league standings and was set to play fifth-seeded Butler on March 12 in the BIG EAST Tournament.  However, due to the Coronavirus outbreak the BIG EAST and NCAA Tournaments were canceled.  The Friars were projected to be a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

2020 Providence Men's Basketball Team Awards:
Thomas Ramos Academic Award (April 18) - Andrew Fonts 
Coca-Cola Most Promising Prospect Award (April 19) - Greg Gantt
Lenny Wilkens Hustle Award (April 20) - A.J. Reeves
John Zannini Coaches' Award (April 21) - Nate Watson
Ryan Gomes Most Improved Player Award (April 22) - David Duke
Sixth Man Award (April 23) - Maliek White
Unsung Hero Award (April 24) - Emmitt Holt
Marvin Barnes Defensive Player Award (April 25) - Kalif Young

-GO FRIARS!-

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David Duke

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Andrew Fonts

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Greg Gantt

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Emmitt Holt

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A.J. Reeves

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Nate Watson

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Maliek White

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Kalif Young

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