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Providence College Athletics
Wednesday, January 17
Chicago, Ill.
9:00 PM
Providence College
100
at
62
DePaul University
Men’s Basketball Wins At DePaul, 100-62, In BIG EAST Play
1/17/2024 11:47:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Devin Carter recorded his 1000th career point and led all with 25 in the game.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Providence College men's basketball team defeated the DePaul Blue Demons (3-14, 0-6 BIG EAST), 100-62, on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Ill. The Friars improved to 12-6 overall and 3-4 in BIG EAST play. Devin Carter (Miami, Fla.) led the Friar offense with 25 points, scoring his 1,000th career-point. Five Friars finished in double-digits. Josh Oduro anchored the Providence defense with nine rebounds. The last time the Friars scored 100 points on the road versus a BIG EAST team was against St. John's at the Madison Square Garden on February 29, 2004. This marks Head Coach Kim English's first career BIG EAST win on the road.
"Good win for our group for many reasons." English said. "To get our first BIG EAST road win of the season was important for us. I thought our guys played to our standards tonight, for 40 minutes for one possession in every line up. It is something we have to carry over. You can't win until you eliminate losing. Credit to our guys, they got it done tonight."
FIRST HALF:
•Carter started the Friars' scoring with a driving layup. Jayden Pierre (Elizabeth, N.J.) followed with a three from the corner to tie the score at five. At the first media timeout (16:00 mark), Providence trailed by three, 8-5.
•Rafael Castro (Dover, N.J.) sank an empathetic dunk with 14:48 on the clock to give the Friars their first lead of the game, 10-9. The Blue Demons quickly countered with a 5-0 surge to regain the lead, 14-10.
•Carter ended the Friars' short scoring drought with a pull-up jumper in the paint. The Friars continued strong offensively shooting 4-4. At the 12-under media timeout (11:28), Providence trailed by one, 18-17.
•Ticket Gaines (Buffalo, N.Y.) drained a three to put the Friars ahead by two, 22-20. Providence continued with an 8-0 scoring run over a 2:09 minute span to force a DePaul timeout. At the 8:43 mark, Friars led, 26-20.
•Rounding out the half, Providence continued to pull away. At approximately the two-minute mark, Carter converted off a layup to give the Friars their largest lead of the game, 41-29. With the bucket, Carter scored his 1,000th career point.
•Carter ended the half as the only player of the game to enter double-digit scoring (20 points).
•Entering the locker room, the Friars held a comfortable 16-point advantage over DePaul, 47-21.
•Providence shot 16-29 (55.2%) from the field, 6-15 (40.0%) from three and 9-11 (81.8%) from the free throw line.
•DePaul shot 13-29 (44.8%) from the field, 4-11 (36.4%) from three and1-2 (50.0%) from the free throw line.
SECOND HALF:
•Carter opened the second-half scoring with a free-throw. DePaul was held scoreless for the first three minutes of the half, failing to convert in the first four possessions and registering four turnovers. At the first media timeout (15:37 mark) Providence led, 60-37.
•Providence remained the dominant team, shooting 6-7 from the field while the Blue Demons shot 0-4. Leading into the 12-under media timeout, Friars led, 72-45.
•With 8:49 left to play, Chicago native Rich Barron made a second-chance three from the top of the key to give the Friars a 32-point lead, 82-50.
•In the second half alone, the Friars held a 62.5% shooting percentage, a 17.4% improvement from the season average.
NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS:
•Providence finished 35-60 (58.3%) from the field, 10-25 (40.0%) from three and 20-28 (71.4%) from the free throw line.
•DePaul finished 26-57 (45.6%) from the field, 4-17 (23.5%) from three and 6-13 (46.2%) from the free throw line.
• Five Providence players finished with double digits: Carter (25), Oduro (17), Pierre (14), Castro (12) and Barron (12).
• Carter reached 1,000 career points tonight. He has the second highest career points on the squad behind Oduro who reached 1,500 career points on Dec.10.
•Providence scored 32 points off the bench, 50 in the paint, and 21 off of turnovers.
• The Friars now lead the all-time series versus the Blue Demons 39-13, winning the last 22 of 26 games on the road. This game marked the largest win ever against DePaul.
• The last time the Friars scored 100 points on the road versus a BIG EAST team was against St. John's at the Madison Square Garden on February 29, 2004.
•The last time Providence scored 100 points in a regulation versus a BIG EAST team was on March 9, 2010 against Seton Hall in a BIG EAST Tournament match at the Madison Square Garden.
•Rich Barron, who is from Chicago, registered his top performance of the season as he returned home - 12 points on 4-5 shooting from the field.
WHAT'S NEXT:
•The Friars will travel to Newark, N.J. to take on the Seton Hall (13-5, 6-1 BIG EAST) on Wednesday, Jan.24 at the Prudential Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on FS1.
•Providence leads the all-time series record against Seton Hall at 57-56.
-GO FRIARS!-
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