Friars Drop Tightly Contested Match-Up To BIG EAST Foe St. John's, 55-48

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College women's basketball team fell to St. John's, 55-48, on Jan. 6 at Alumni Hall in Providence, R.I. The Friars evened their record at 8-8 and dropped their first BIG EAST game of the season (2-1). St. John's improved to 9-7 (3-1 BIG EAST).

1^ST QUARTER:
• Providence scored the first three points of the game, but St. John's responded with an 8-0 run to force a PC timeout (5:19).
• Sarah Bandoma halted the Friars' drought on the Friars' next possession, sparking a 4-0 spurt to get Providence within one (8-7).
• The Red Storm finished the quarter on a 9-0 run to take a 17-7 lead at the break.
• The Friars were scoreless the final 3:55 of the first quarter.
• Providence hit just 3-13 attempts from the field (0.231) in the opening 10 minutes, while St. John's converted 7-16 shot attempts (0.438)

2^ND QUARTER:
• After an early drought by both teams, Providence's Brynn Farrell cracked the scoring column for the first bucket of the quarter at the 5:48 mark (17-9).
• Olivia Olsen followed with her first bucket of the game to cut the deficit to six (17-11).
• St. John's extended its lead to 10 at the 3:51 mark and again with 2:39 remaining in the quarter (24-14).
• Providence scored four-unanswered points to close the half.
• St. John's took a 24-18 lead at halftime, thanks to 12 first-half points from Unique Drake.
• Brynn Farrell and Bandoma each scored four points for Providence. Farrell led all players on the boards with six rebounds.

3^RD QUARTER:
• The Friars started the third with an 8-0 run to take a 26-24 lead at the 7:36 mark.
• Providence extended the run to 15-2 and claimed a 33-26 lead with 3:43 on the clock.
• St. John's was scoreless for 4:01 until Mayo hit 1-2 free throws at the 3:18 mark (33-27).
• A 6-0 spurt by the Red Storm helped cut the deficit to 35-33 with 48-seconds on the clock.
• Nariah Scott hit a timely baseline three for the Friars with 13-seconds left on the clock, but the Red Storm closed the quarter with a lay-up as time expired.
• The Friars carried a 38-35 lead into the fourth quarter.
• Olsen paced the Friars with six points, six rebounds and two steals in the frame.

4^TH QUARTER:
• St. John's used a 6-0 run to take a 41-40 lead with 6:33 remaining.
• The Red Storm extended their lead to four (45-41) with 3:43 to play.
• Olsen ended a scoring drought of 3:33 with a lay-in at the 2:22 mark to make it a 45-43 game.
• The Red Storm answered with four-straight points to go ahead by six (49-43) with 35-seconds left to play.
• Farrell converted a traditional three-point play with 20-seconds left to make it a one-possession game (49-46).
• The Red Storm closed out the game with a 6-2 scoring advantage, going 6-6 from the free-throw line to seal the win.

NOTES:
• Farrell and Olsen each recorded a double-double in the Friar effort. It marked the first time since the 2014-15 season that two players recorded a double-double in the same game.
• Farrell finished with 18 points and a career-high 12 rebounds.
• Olsen completed the game with 12 points and 10 boards.
• Drake paced St. John's with a game-high 24 points.
• The Friars won the glass, 41-24, including a 14-5 advantage in offense rebounding.
• Providence turned the ball over 23 times, allowing St. John's to mount a 23-14 scoring advantage in points off turnovers.

WHAT'S NEXT:
• The Friars return to action on Wednesday, Jan. 10 against Connecticut. The game will be played at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. Tip-off is schedule for 6:30 p.m. on SNY.

- GO FRIARS! -

Friars Drop Tightly Contested Match-Up To BIG EAST Foe St. John's, 55-48

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Team Stats

Brynn Farrell

Olivia Olsen

Marta Morales Romero

Sarah Bandoma

Players Mentioned

Sarah Bandoma

Brynn Farrell

Olivia Olsen

Nariah Scott

Players Mentioned

Sarah Bandoma

Brynn Farrell

Olivia Olsen

Nariah Scott

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