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Friars Take on Brown
SITE: Providence Civic Center (12,993) - Providence, Rhode Island FRIARS VERSUS BEARS...The Friars have won five in a row and 15 of the last 16 meetings in the series and hold an 81-24 edge in the first 105 meetings in the series. Providence won last year's game, 58-44, on December 21st. The last Brown win came on 12/1/91, a 71-69 overtime victory. BROWN UPDATE...The Bears opened the season with a 56-50 win over Army on November 18th and then lost the opener of the Fairfield Tournament, 78-47, to Fairfield. The Bears play in the consolation game against Hofstra or Bucknell on Saturday. Brown was 4-22 last season and 3-11 in Ivy League play.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Pos.No. Name Pts/Reb. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown
F 25 Ben PERKINS 10.0/12.0 6-7 200 Fr. Vinton, La.
F 33 Jamel THOMAS 25.0/11.0 6-6 215 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y.
C 42 Llewellyn COLE 4.0/3.0 6-7 215 So. New York, N.Y.
G 10 Corey WRIGHT 6.0/1.0 5-8 160 Jr. New York, N.Y.
G 12 John LINEHAN 13.0/3.0 5-9 165 Fr. Chester, Pa.
OFF THE BENCH
G 3 Kendrick MOORE 5.0/3.0 6-3 180 Jr. Hartford, Conn.
F 4 Kofi POINTER DNP 6-8 220 So. Baltimore, Md.
C 5 T.J. McKENZIE INJ 6-10 235 Fr. Friendswood, Tex.
G 13 Mark ADAMS DNP 6-3 200 Sr. Clifton, N.J.
F 15 Peter FARRELL- DNP 6-5 195 Fr. Hanover, Mass.
MARCELLINO
G 20 Dennis CLEARY DNP 6-0 160 So. West Orange, N.J.
G/F 24 Erron MAXEY 0.0/1.0 6-6 195 Fr. Lake Elsinore, Cal.
C 34 Ndongo N'DIAYE 4.0/2.0 7-0 225 So. Dakar, Senegal
G/F 40 Justin FARLEY DNP 6-6 205 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind.
F 50 Rick CORDELLA DNP 6-4 210 Jr.. Foxboro, Mass.
INJURED LIST...Junior forward Waleed Driscoll (torn ACL - right knee). Expected to miss 1997-98 season. Freshman center T.J. McKenzie (sprained right wrist). Missed Vermont game. PROVIDENCE - BROWN SERIES FACTS Series Record: 106th meeting - PC leads 81-24. BIG EAST Series: N/A At Brown: PC leads 41-14 At Providence: PC leads 38-10 Neutral Courts: PC leads 2-0 Last Meeting: 12/21/96 - PC 58 BU 44 Last PC win overall: Same as above Last Brown win: 12/1/91 - BR 71 PC 69 ot Current Streak: The Friars have won five in a row and 15 of the last 16 meetings. STATISTICAL COMPARISON PC Brown 1-0 Overall Record 1-0 0-0 League Record 0-0 .365 Field Goal Pct. .436 .455 3-Pt. Field Goal Pct. .400 .686 Free Throw Pct.. .615 .404 Opp. FG Pct. .405 .412 Opp. 3-Pt. FG Pct. .375 .560 Opp. FT Pct. .909 41.0 Rebound Average 26.0 +5.0 Rebound Margin 0.0 10.0 Assists/Game 10.0 11.0 Turnovers/Game 14.0 4.0 Blocks/Game 2.0 5.0 Steals/Game 5.0 67.0 Points/Game 56.0 63.0 Pts Allowed/Game 50.0
GAME NOTES
FRIARS CAREER STATS VS. BROWN
No. Player GP PPG RPG APG
3 Moore First Meeting
4 Pointer 1 0.0 3.0 0.0
5 McKenzie First Meeting
10 Wright 1 5.0 2.0 4.0
12 Linehan First Meeting
13 Adams 2 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 F.-Marcellino First Meeting
20 Cleary 2 0.0 0.0 0.0
24 Maxey First Meeting
25 Perkins First Meeting
33 Thomas 2 10.0 2.0 2.0
34 N'Diaye 1 0.0 2.0 0.0
40 Farley First Meeting
42 Cole 1 4.0 7.0 1.0
50 Cordella 2 0.0 0.0 0.0
HEAD COACH PETE GILLEN
FOURTH YEAR AT PC: 1-0 (1.000)/(0-0 in BIG EAST)
Overall at PC: 60-37 (.619)/26-28 in BIG EAST
XAVIER: 202-75 (.724)
13-YEAR CAREER: 262-112 (.701)
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT: 4-3
BIG EAST GAMES: 26-28
Vs. Brown: 4-0
NON-LEAGUE GAMES: 34-9 (Losses vs. Vlllanova - BE Tourney (1995, 1996, 1997); Virginia Tech - NIT; at Texas, ST. JOSEPH'S - NIT, Middle Tennessee State, Rhode Island, Arizona - NCA7)
NCAA TOURNAMENT: 10-8 (1985-91; 1992-93, 1997)
NIT: 4-3 (1993-94, 94-95, 95-96)
FRIARS IN SEASON OPENERS...The Friars opened their 71st season of play with a win on Tuesday night against Brown. The Friars are now 63-8 overall in season opening games. When that season opening game is at home, PC is 49-3 and the record is 14-5 when the first game occurs on the road. In home openers, the Friars are 66-5 all-time. Providence has now won four season openers in a row. The Friars have now won 13 straight home openers dating back to November 29, 1984 when they lost a 70-67 decision to Assumption at the Civic Center. PROVIDENCE...All-time record: 1083-665 (.619) - Best in New England...Home record: 642-200 (.762)...Civic Center record: 318-119 (.727). PROVIDENCE IN BIG EAST...112-174 in regular season and 125-191 overall in 18 seasons ... Eighth all-time in wins and percentage. TODAY IN THE BIG EAST PC ON THE AIR Cleveland State at Georgetown 7:30 pm WPRO Radio - 630 AM with John Northeastern at Notre Dame 7:30 pm Rooke and Joe Hassett Columbia at Rutgers 7:30 pm Boston College vs. Kentucky or Geo. Washington at Maui Invitational YOUTH WILL BE SERVED The Friars open the 1997-98 season with one of the youngest and most inexperi-enced teams in the nation. The lone senior is a four-year walk-on. Jamel Thomas (33) and Corey Wright (3) are the only returning players to start games last year. Here is a look at the games played by members of this year's team:
Number of Games played
Player 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 TOTAL
Mark Adams (Sr.) 5 6 12 0 23
Dennis Cleary (Jr.) 3 9 0 12
Richard Cordella (Jr.) 5 9 0 14
Jamel Thomas (Jr.) 29 36 1 66
Justin Farley (Jr.) transfer 0 0
Kendrick Moore (Jr.) transfer 1 1
Corey Wright (Jr.) 36 1 37
Llewellyn Cole (So.) 28 redshirt 1 29
Kofi Pointer (So.) 14 0 14
Ndongo N'Diaye (So.) 32 1 33
John Linehan (Fr.) 1 1
Peter Farrell-Marcellino (Fr.) 0 0
Erron Maxey (Fr.) 1 1
T.J. McKenzie (Fr.) 0 0
Ben Perkins (Fr.) 0 0
PRESEASON HYPE
JAMEL THOMAS - FAST ROOKIE STARTS...John Linehan and Ben Perkins got their Providence College career's off to fast starts in the Friars' opening win over Vermont. Linehan played 36 minutes, scored 13 points , grabbed three rebounds and added two assists in the win. Perkins recorded a double-double in his first game with 10 points and a game high 12 rebounds. The 6-7 forward played 36 minutes and his free throw with 3:11 left in the game put the Friars ahead to stay. JAMEL THOMAS...Wasted little time in picking up where he left off as a sophomore. The 6-6 swingman scored a game high 25 points, pulled down 11 rebounds and had a PC best three assists in PC's win over Vermont. For Thomas it was the fourth double-double of his career. He also set career bests with 12 free throws and 16 free throws attempted.J FOR STARTERS.....The Friars entered the 1997-98 season with just two players who had ever started a college basketball game. Jamel Thomas had 33 starts last season and Corey Wright had three in 1996-97. Ben Perkins, John Linehan and Llewellyn Cole all made their first starts in PC's win over Vemont.
FRIAR GAME KEYS:
FRIARS BY THE NUMBERS....
CURRENT STREAK: Won 1
OVERALL RECORD: 1-0
LAST FIVE GAMES: 4-1
LAST TEN GAMES: 6-4
HOME: 1-0
ROAD: 0-0
NEUTRAL: 0-0
OVERTIME GAMES: 0-0
BIG EAST RECORD: 0-0
BIG EAST HOME: 0-0
BIG EAST AWAY: 0-0
LONGEST WIN STREAK: 1
HOME WIN STREAK: 1
BIG EAST HOME WIN STREAK: 0
WHEN LEADING AT HALFTIME: 0-0
AWAY: 0-0
HOME: 0-0 NEUTRAL: 0-0
WHEN TRAILING AT HALFTIME: 1-0
HOME: 1-0
AWAY: 0-0
NEUTRAL: 0-0
RECORD AFTER 1 GAME
IN 1996-97: 1-0
1997-98 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE WINS AND LOSSES
FRIARS RECORD WHEN....
FRIARS WHEN AHEAD, TIED AND TRAILING....
WHEN AHEAD WHEN TIED WHEN TRAILING
Halftime 0 - 0 ----- 1 - 0
10 Minutes Left 1 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0
5 Minutes Left 1 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0
STARTING LINEUPS RECORDS:
1 - 0: Wright - Linehan - Cole - Thomas - Perkins
RECORDS AS STARTERS
1 - 0: Llewellyn Cole
1 - 0: John Linehan
1 - 0: Ben Perkins
1 - 0: Jamel Thomas
1 - 0: Corey Wright
GAMES LOST - INJURY/ILLNESS/ACADEMICS (2)
Waleed Driscoll - (torn ACL - right knee - VERMONT)
T.J. McKenzie - (sprained right wrist - VERMONT)
GAMES LED PC IN:
Scoring: Thomas (1),
Rebounding: Perkins (1),
Scoring and Rebounding:
DOUBLE/DOUBLES: Thomas (1), Perkins (1)
20-POINT GAMES: Thomas (1),
30-POINT GAMES:
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