Here is a new video from Kris Dunn’s game over the weekend in which he broke Tyson Wheeler’s New London all-time scoring record.
via @TheCrusader22
The official roster hasn’t been announced yet, but John Rooke reported on GoLocalProv that Kris Dunn has been selected to the McDonald’s All-American team.
During the trip, the Friar coaching staff reported incoming recruit Kris Dunn (New London, CT) was named to the prestigious McDonald’s all-American team – the first Friar recruit to receive the honor since God Shammgod in 1995. Dunn and Rhode Island’s Ricky Ledo were both selected for the Jordan Brand all-star game as well
Dunn becomes just the 3rd Friar recruit ever to make it to the famous high school All-Star game, joining God Shammgod (1995) and Michael Smith (1990). Delray Brooks played in the game in 1984, but he was a transfer.
The full roster will be officially announced on February 9th at 5PM on ESPNU. The actual game will be in Chicago on March 28th, and will air on ESPN.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to track down some hash browns and sausage McMuffins to go celebrate.
Friars.com: Providence College Men’s Basketball Falls To South Florida, 81-78, On the Road
The Providence College men’s basketball team (12-10, 1-8 BIG EAST) fell to the South Florida Bulls (13-9, 6-3 BIG EAST) by the score of 81-78, on Sunday, January 29 in Tampa, Fla. Despite shooting 53.8-percent from behind the arc, 79.2-percent from the free throw line and 45.6-percent from the field, Providence could not seal the victory.
Freshman LaDontae Henton (Lansing, Mich.) led all players in scoring with a career-high 33 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals. Bryce Cotton (Tucson, Ariz.) registered 16 points and five rebounds while junior guard Vincent Council (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added 10 points and a game-high seven assists.
GoLocalProv: Bulls Rush at the end, hold off Friars 81-78
With a big, physical front line, USF has been able to match up well with most teams on its’ schedule, and the Bulls entered the game with a 5-3 mark in Big East play. Led by a defense ranked at the top of the league (and 13th nationally) in points allowed at 58 points per game, South Florida has steadily improved throughout the season.
But in the first half Sunday, the Friars managed to find freshman forward LaDontae Henton open inside and out – and “Buckets” led the way with 24 points in the opening 20 minutes. Leading by as much as seven in the period, PC ended the half tied at 39 – with the 39 points scored the most USF has allowed in the first half of any game this season.
Offense, however, wasn’t the problem.
Tampa Bay Times: USF Bulls beat Providence Friars 81-78 to remain in third place in Big East
“I don’t think we played great,” said coach Stan Heath, whose team is 11-1 at home this season. “Normally our defense has been our staple, but our offense kicked in. … I thought some guys stepped up at some key, key moments.”
Tampa Bay Online: Team effort lifts USF past Providence
Heath said he felt “fortunate” to defeat Providence, which got a superb performance from freshman forward LaDontae Henton (33 points). Henton had five 3-pointers and a career-high 24 points just 17 minutes into the game, but only attempted three field-goal attempts after halftime.
“In the second half, we tried to stay attached to him and not give him open looks,” said USF guard Hugh Robertson, who was among a multitude of defenders trying to check Henton.
Friar Basketball: Henton Explodes in First, Friars Falter in Second
Probably more concerning to Cooley is the defense. The lowest scoring team in the Big East (309th in the country) broke 80 points for only the third time this year (81 versus Marist, 83 against Florida A&M) and for the third straight game the Friars were done in by their inability to defend the three point line.
An atrocious outside shooting team went 5-5 from beyond the arc down the stretch, after starting just 1-10 from deep. Cooley’s game plan was to dare Anthony Collins to beat him from deep, and the freshman with the funky looking jump shot hit a pair of “give-me-a-break” threes in the final eight minutes of the second half.
Sports Page Magazine: USF Shares the Wealth in, 81-78, Win over Providence
“That goes to show how deep our team is,” said Toarlyn Fitzpatrick, who scored 13 points for the Bulls (13-9, 6-3). “We have guys that can make things happen.”
USF committed only five turnovers and had 17 assists while improving to 11-1 at home this season. The Bulls were coming off a 67-47 loss to No. 17/18 Marquette on Tuesday when they committed 22 turnovers.
“We put that behind us and everybody came together,” Robertson said. “We worked on being tough with the ball in practice and it paid off in the game.”
“All I can do is coach. You can only put them out there. You can bring them to the race, you can’t ask them to win every day. I don’t know why.”
- Ed Cooley, via the Tampa Bay Times
The Providence Friars dropped yet another BIG EAST road game (20th straight, if you are counting at home) this time falling to the surprisingly good South Florida Bulls 81-78. The Bulls got hot from behind the arc (who doesn’t lately? — like I said on Twitter during the game, Shaq could nail 10 threes in a game against Providence) and their defense clamped down during a 16-1 run halfway through the 2nd that was the difference in the game.
Another punch to the gut of Ed Cooley. Can he and the Friars bounce back?
On Friday night, Ed Cooley was honored by Central High School before their boy’s varsity game against Hendricken. In the late 80′s, Cooley helped them win a state championship and even grabbed Rhody player of the year twice.
Here is a short clip from ABC6 news (give a sec to load):
via ABC6.com
If you follow Kiwi Gardner on Twitter (@KiwiLoveThaKids), it’s hard not to see how much passion he has towards the program even with his unfortunate eligibility situation. That is, granted you can understand what the heck he is talking about most of the time. Yeah, that makes me sound about a million years old by not being able to keep up with the latest slang of kids these days, but apparently I’m not alone. Today, some masked member of the internet created a Twitter account that translates his Tweets — check it out at @KiwiTranslator! It’s informative and hilarious at the same time. Even Kiwi Gardner himself likes it.
Here is an example:
Met at Tha party got ya # text all week slide thru on Tha weekend bring sum friends I b wit players , jacuzzi then got it poppin lol EARLY
@KiwiLoveThaKids
peewee big brother
Which means…
We met at a party where I got your telephone number, then you and your friends came over to my hottub and we began to have relations.
@KiwiTranslator
KiwiTranslator
And another:
Which translated:
I am signing a prenuptial agreement with my future wife and simply do not care what she thinks.Financially, I need my funds to be in order.
@KiwiTranslator
KiwiTranslator
Here is a live steam of the South Kent / Brewster game (Note: started at 7PM, so 2nd half is underway). Perhaps Ricardo Ledo can convince Brewster big man JaKarr Sampson to commit to PC while he drops many points against them?
The last time the Friars made the trip to South Florida they played the Sun Dome in Tampa. They lead 38-21 with 1:41 remaining in the opening half and eventually gave up 50 points in the 2nd half on their way to a devastating 79-72 loss behind 28 from Marshon Brooks. The last time these two met the Friars held on at the Dunk for a 68-63 victory. All I will say when these two met two years ago is that some guy named Dominique Jones scored 46 points in a 109-105 South Florida victory in overtime at the Dunk.
Marshon and Dominique have taken their offensive arsenal to the NBA, which leaves us at our game. The Bulls have taken advantage of what many believe has been a quite forgiving first few games in the Big East, going 5-3 in that span. They are 12-9 overall and have beaten Seton Hall, by one, and St. John’s, by sixteen, both teams the Friars lost to. The Friars have lost three straight after their 31-point victory over Louisville and are looking to add on to the left column.
WHAT TO: KNOW
Game Time: 2:00PM EST
Opponent: South Florida (12-9, 5-3)
Location: Tampa Bay Times Forum
Spread: South Florida -7.5
CBS Sports Prediction: USF 72, PC 68
Four Factors
Kris Dunn broke Tyson Wheeler’s all-time scoring record at New London tonight in a 71-56 win over Norwich Free Academy. He finished with 35 points.
Here is the bucket that got him the record.
Here is the whole game below:
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