Providence College Athletics

Tuesday, November 25
Niceville, Fla. / Raider Arena
12:00 PM (ET)

Providence College

5-2,0-0Big East

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Alcorn State

1-5,0-0SWAC

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Payton Dunbar shoots a jump shot over a Franklin Pierce defender.

Providence Defeats Alcorn State, 64-33, At Emerald Coast Classic

11/25/2025 1:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Payton Dunbar scored 19 points, Teneisia Brown added 14.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College women's basketball team defeated Alcorn State, 64-33, at the Emerald Coast Classic held in Niceville, Fla. The Friars improved to 5-2 on the season while Alcorn State fell to 2-4. Sophomore Payton Dunbar (Narrows, Va.) led all scorers with 19 points.
 
1ST QUARTER: 
• Providence opened the game on a 12-2 run that was highlighted by three-point baskets from Dunbar and Sophi Hall (Carver, Minn.) (4:55). Four of the first five Friar baskets came off assists.
• The Friars forced five turnovers in the first eight minutes of action.  
• An Ashley Dinges (Haverhill, Mass.) three followed by a Dunbar and-one gave Providence the 18-2 lead with under two minutes remaining (1:18).  
• Providence led 18-4 after the first quarter.
• Dunbar led all scorers with eight.  
• Providence controlled the rebounding battle, 12-4. 
 
2ND QUARTER: 
• Dunbar continued her success from the field, hitting a pull-up jumper to make it 20-5 (8:38).  
• A pair of Sabou Gueye (Dakar, Senegal) free throws followed by another Dunbar three gave the Friars the 25-8 lead with seven minutes remaining.
• Gueye converted on a three pointer to extend the Providence lead 28-10 (4:39).  
Orlagh Gormley (Quincy, Mass.) grabbed her own miss and hit a jumper and Teneisia Brown (Montego Bay, Jamaica) turned a steal into a transition basket to make it 32-15 with one minute remaining.
• Alcorn St. Beat the buzzer to cut the deficit to 32-18 at halftime.
• Dunbar led all scorers with 13.
• Providence controlled the rebounding battle, 20-10.  
• Gueye finished with three assists in the first half.  
• Providence scored 12 points off turnovers in the first half.  
• Providence shot 12-28 from the field (42.9%), 5-12 from three (41.7%) and 3-3 from the free throw line for 100%.  
• Alcorn State shot 7-22 (31.8%) from the field, 3-12 from three (25%) and 1-2 from the free throw line for 50%.  
 
 
3RD QUARTER: 
• Dunbar connected on her third three-point basket of the game to give the Friars the 37-22 lead (7:57).  
• Gueye went one of two from the line to extend the Friars lead to double digits, 38-28 (6:26). 
• A 6-0 Providence run pushed the lead to 44-28 with under four minutes left (3:21).
• Brown scored back-to-back baskets to give the Friars a 48-31 advantage heading into the fourth. She had six points in the quarter on 3-5 shooting.
 
4TH QUARTER: 
• Dunbar made her fourth three-pointer of the night on the first possession of the quarter to give the Friars their first 20-point lead of the game, 51-31 (9:42). 
• Brown converted a layup on a Dinges post feed to make it 55-33 (6:53). 
• A pair of Audrey Shields (Troy, N.Y.) free throws followed by a Riley Hamburger (Aldie, Va.) free throw gave Providence its largest lead of the night, 58-33 (3:50). 
• A Princess Moody (LaPlata, Md.) three-pointer capped off a 10-0 Providence run to make it 61-33, Providence (2:32).  
• Hamburger connected on a three to make it 64-33 with just over a minute remaining.  
 
 
 
NOTES / HIGHLIGHTS: 
• Providence improved to 5-2 on the season, finishing third at the 2025 Emerald Coast Classic. 
• Dunbar (19 points) led all scorers. She shot 7-16 from the field and 4-10 from three.  
• Brown scored 14 points and grabbed four rebounds. 
• Providence won the rebounding battle 43-22 and has out-rebounded six of its first seven opponents.
• The Friars won by a margin of 30 or more for the first time since Nov. 4, 2025 against Mercy.
 
WHAT'S NEXT: 
• The Friars return home to face Bryant University in Alumni Hall on Sunday, Nov. 30 in Providence, R.I. The game is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN+. 
 
-GO FRIARS!- 

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Team Stats

PROV
Alcorn
FG%
.386
.295
3FG%
.346
.250
FT%
.846
.667
RB
43
22
TO
14
19
STL
6
5

Game Leaders

Pts
19
FGM
7
3FGM
4
FTM
1
Pts
14
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
1
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
5
FGM
1
3FGM
1
FTM
2

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