Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus Virginia Tech on November 8, 2025 , Loss , 101, to, 107
Men's Basketball
vs Virginia Tech
Final
101
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107
Providence College Athletics
Saturday, November 22
Uncasville, Conn.
4:00 p.m.
Providence College
4-2,0-0Big East
77
vs
65
Penn State
5-1,0-0Big Ten
1
2
F
Providence
32
45
77
Penn St.
31
34
65
Men’s Basketball Defeats Penn State, 77-65, At Mohegan Sun
11/22/2025 7:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Stefan Vaaks led the Friars with 15 points.
UNCASVILLE, Conn. - The Providence College men's basketball team defeated the Penn State University Nittany Lions, 77-65, on Saturday, Nov. 22 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. Freshman Stefan Vaaks (Tabasalu, Estonia) led the Friars with 15 points, including six in the last two minutes to seal the win, and a career high five assists. Graduate student guard Jason Edwards (Atlanta, Ga.) added 14 points and a career-high six rebounds. Graduate student Jaylin Sellers (Columbus, Ga.) had 13 points. Sophomore Ryan Mela (Natick, Mass.) contributed seven points, nine rebounds and five assists. Sophomore Oswin Erhunmwunse (Benin City, Nigeria) was the final Friar in double figures as he scored 11 points, eight rebounds and four blocks.
FIRST HALF:
• The Friars opened the scoring with a fast break layup from Ryan Mela on an assist from Stefan Vaaks.
• Vaaks recorded his second assist of the game on an inside feed to Oswin Erhunmwunse (Benin City, Nigeria) for a dunk to make it 4-3, Providence (18:38).
• Erhunmwunse grabbed an offensive rebound and converted an and-one opportunity. On the following possession Mela found Erhunmwunse again for another layup to give the Friars the 9-6 lead (17:13).
• Out of the first media timeout, a driving effort from Jaylin Sellers extended the Friars lead, 11-8 (15:39).
• Jamier Jones (Sarasota, Fla.) connected on his first shot attempt of the game on a dump-down pass from Vaaks (13:19).
• Jaylen Harrell (Boston, Mass.) grabbed two offensive rebounds in a row before converting on a tip-in layup to make it 17-15, Penn State (11:58).
• Out of the timeout, Vaaks found Sellers for a three-pointer to give Providence the lead, 18-17 (10:47). Vaaks' fourth assist of the game.
• Mela found the cutting Jones for a baseline dunk to make it 24-20, Penn State (8:14).
• An offensive rebound and put back by Erhunmwunse cut the Friars deficit to three, 26-23 (6:17).
• A pair of Edwards free throws followed by Corey Floyd Jr. (Franklin, N.J. ) three pointer cut the lead to one, 29-28 (4:39).
• A Mela rebound and outlet pass led to a Sellers fast break dunk to make it 30-29, Providence (3:17).
• Edwards connected on two free throws to give the Friars the one-point lead going into the half, 32-31.
• Providence shot 12-32 (37.5%) from the field, 2-14 (14.3%) from three, and 6-8 (75%) from the free-throw line.
• Penn State shot 9-28 (32.1%) from the field, 4-12 (33.3%) from three, and 9-11 (81.8%) from the free-throw line.
• Erhunmwunse led the Friars in the first half with nine points.
• Freddie Dilione V registered 13 points for Penn State.
• Mela finished with five assists in the first half. Vaaks registered four.
• Erhunmwunse recorded four rebounds in the first half.
SECOND HALF:
• The second half began with a 7-0 Providence run that started with a driving layup by Edwards followed by a steal and fastbreak dunk by Sellers and then a transition three by Vaaks to give the Friars their largest lead of the night, 39-31 (19:00).
• Providence extended its lead on a Sellers driving dunk that gave the Friars the first double-digit lead of the night, 41-31 (18:16).
• Mela converted an and-one opportunity to make it 44-35, Providence (17:15).
• Edwards connected on a step back three to extend the Providence lead, 47-36 (16:23).
• Floyd Jr. found Jones for a fast-break alley-oop, and on the next trip down the floor Sellers finished another alley-oop from Edwards to put Providence up by 12 (13:56).
• Jones threw down another driving dunk to make it 55-46, Providence (12:47).
• Vaaks connected on a driving layup to end a four-minute stretch where the Friars didn't have a field goal. On the next posession he converted on a pull up jumper to make it 60-52, Providence (7:51).
• A strong rebound by Mela led to a fastbreak that ended with an Erhunmwunse put back dunk to make it 64-57 (5:58).
• Vaaks grabbed an offensive rebound that led to Floyd Jr. being fouled on a drive and connecting on both free throws to make it 68-63, Providence (2:36).
• Out of a timeout, Vaaks buried back-to-back threes to push the Friars' lead to 74-65 with under two minutes to play (1:35). He drilled a deep one for the first, then pulled up in transition for the second.
• Erhunmwunse grabbed an offensive rebound on a Vaaks three-point attempt and converted on a layup to extend the Providence lead, 76-65 (0:50).
• Edwards converted on the front end of a one-and-one down the stretch to make the final score 77-65.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Four players finished in double figures for the Friars: Vaaks (25), Edwards (18), Sellers (14) and Erhunmwunse (11)
• Through six games the Friars are averaging 93.2 points per game
• Ryan Mela finished with seven points, nine rebounds and five assists.
• Stefan Vaaks finished with a career-high five assists.
• Edwards registered a career high six rebounds.
• Stefan Vaaks had three three-pointers in the game, marking his sixth game of the season where he has recorded two or more threes.
• Providence shot 28-69 (40.6%) from the field, 6-33 (18.2%) from three, and 15-19 (78.9%) from the free-throw line.
• Penn State shot 22-66 (33.3%) from the field, 8-24 (33.3%) from three, and 13-16 (81.3%) from the free-throw line.
NOTES:
•The Friars have posted a 2-2 mark all-time versus Penn State, with all four games being played at neutral site arenas.
•The Friars have posted a 40-37 mark all-time versus teams from the Big 10.
•The Friars have posted a 4-6 record all-time at Mohegan Sun, including a 1-1 mark this season. The PC win ended a 0-6 streak in Mohegan Sun Arena.
UP NEXT:
The Friars will travel to San Diego, Calif. to face No. 23 Wisconsin in the Rady's Children Invitational on Thursday, Nov. 27 at Jenny Craig Pavillion.
Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. The game will be streamed on FS1.
-GO FRIARS!-
Team Stats
PROV
PSU
FG%
.406
.333
3FG%
.182
.333
FT%
.789
.813
RB
45
43
TO
7
11
STL
7
2
Game Leaders
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
14
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
7
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
1
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