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Providence College Athletics
Sunday, January 5
Storrs, Conn.
2:00 PM
Providence College
7-8,1-3Big East
84
at
87
Connecticut
12-3,4-0Big East
1
2
F
Providence
39
45
84
UConn
27
60
87
Men’s Basketball Defeated At No. 11/13 UConn, 87-84
1/5/2025 5:06:00 PM | Men's Basketball
STORRS, Conn. — The Providence College men's basketball team was defeated by the No. 11/13 UConn Huskies (12-3, 4-0 BIG EAST) on Sunday, Jan. 5 at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn. The Friars fell to 7-8 overall and 1-3 in BIG EAST play. Friar junior Jayden Pierre (Elizabeth, N.J.) led the way with a career and game-high 24 points, while senior Wesley Cardet Jr. (Tallahassee, Fla.) added 18 points.
FIRST HALF:
-GO FRIARS!-
FIRST HALF:
- After a UConn basket, Wesley Cardet Jr. got the Friars on the board with a driving layup.
- After a back-and-forth next few minutes, Jayden Pierre finished a thunderous two hand dunk over a defender followed by a deep three to cut the UConn lead to 12-11 at the first timeout.
- Out of the timeout, Bensley Joesph (Arlington, Mass.) hit a three off of a Corey Floyd Jr. (Franklin, N.J) assist to give the Friars their first lead at 16-14.
- Ryan Mela (Natick, Mass.) scored two of the next three Friar buckets to give Providence a 24-22 lead with 8:00 remaining
- The Friars held the Huskies scoreless for the next three minutes to take a 30-24 lead with 4:28 to go in the half.
- Mela converted a driving layup to cap a 9-0 PC run to end the half.
- The Friars led 39-27 at the half
- Pierre led all scorers with 10 first half points
- The Friars shot 56.7 percent (17-30) in the half.
- Rich Barron (Chicago, Ill.) opened the second half scoring with a reverse layup
- PC led at the first media timeout of the half, 47-36
- Both teams made five consecutive field goals, including a three from Jayden Pierre to keep PC ahead at 58-51
- A 9-0 UConn run tied the game at 60-60 with 8:24 on the clock.
- UConn led 70-64 at the final media timeout, with 3:38 left in regulation.
- UConn made six of eight field goals down the stretch to pull away from PC
- UConn defeated PC, 87-84
- Providence shot 30-60 (50%) from the field, 4-13 (31%) from three, and 20-23 (87%) from the line for the game.
- UConn shot 27-48 (56%) from the field, 6-13 (46%) from three, and 27-32 (84%) from the line
- Providence out-rebounded UConn, 32-22.
- Three Friars finished in double figures: Pierre (24 points), Cardet (18 points), and Mela (10 points). Both Peirre and Mela recorded career highs.
- Oswin Erhunmwunse (Benin City, Nigeria) led the way with nine rebounds.
- Today's game marked first time the team has played a game on NBC since the 1997-98 season - a 77-62 win over Notre Dame on February 28, 1998.
- The Friars have registered a 31-50 mark all-time versus UConn.
- The Friars have posted a 133-287 (.317) mark all-time versus top-25 teams, including a 0-3 mark this season.
- The Friars were 0-2 versus UConn last season
- In the most recent meeting between the two teams, UConn defeated PC, 74-60, at the Amica Mutual Pavillion on March 9, 2024
- The Friars host the Butler University Bulldogs on Wednesday, January 8 at the Amica Mutual Pavillion.
- Tip-off is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. and the game will be televised on Peacock.
-GO FRIARS!-
Team Stats
PROV
UConn
FG%
.500
.563
3FG%
.308
.462
FT%
.870
.844
RB
34
22
TO
10
7
STL
3
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
24
FGM
8
3FGM
3
FTM
5
Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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