National Basketball Association
Providence 73, Brown 69
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Where: Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island
Officials:
# Jim Burr, # Robert Riley, # Lamar Simpson
Attendance:
6891
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Providence 73, Brown 69:
Tyler Harris scored a career-high 21 points for in a balanced Friars attack as
they turned back a furious second-half comeback by the visiting Bears to stay unbeaten.
Harris, a sophomore who sat out last season after playing
his freshman year at North Carolina State, led three scorers in double figures for
Providence (2-0), along with Kadeem Batts (19 points) and LaDontae Henton (15). The taller Friars outrebounded the Bears 45-33 as Batts had a game-high 11 rebounds with Henton
adding eight.
Sean McGonagill had 21 points and Cedric Kuakumensah added
16 points - 10 in the second half - for the Bears (1-1), who overcame a
14-point halftime deficit to pull ahead 66-63 with 3:02 remaining. The Bears outscored the Friars 39-29 in the second half after shooting
only 36.4 percent from the floor in the first.
Trailing 48-32 in the opening minute of the second half,
Brown roared back behind Kuakumensah to outscore Providence 26-10 and tie the
game at 58 on a pair of Kuakumensah free throws with 8:59 remaining. Brown's
last lead came at 66-63 on a McGonagill 3-pointer before back-to-back
3-pointers by Henton and Josh Fortune - the last coming with 36 seconds left - put the Friars ahead to stay after Providence had missed on its first eight
3-point attempts after halftime.
The Friars held a seemingly comfortable 44-30 lead at the
half after jumping out to a 20-4 advantage to open the game behind 18 combined
points from Carson Desrosiers, Batts and Henton. The Bears clawed back to within 32-22
on a pair of free throws by Dockery Walker (11 points) with 4:40 remaining before
the Friars scored eight of the next 10 points to regain their early momentum.
GAME NOTEBOOK:
Providence improved to 93-27 all-time over
Brown for the most wins the Friars own against any school. ... Paschal Chukwu,
a 7-2, 235-pound center from Westport, Conn., was among three high school
seniors to sign a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to play basketball for
Providence. ... Henton had four of the five steals for the Friars.
Top Game Performances
| Brown |
|
Providence |
|
Sean McGonagill 21 |
Scoring |
Tyler Harris 21 |
|
Sean McGonagill 4 |
Assists |
Bryce Cotton 9 |
|
Sean McGonagill 5 |
Rebounds |
Kadeem Batts 11 |
|
Dockery Walker 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Tyler Harris 8 |
|
Rafael Maia 2 |
Steals |
LaDontae Henton 4 |
|
Cedric Kuakumensah 3 |
Blocks |
Carson Desrosiers 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Brown
|
69 |
41.0 |
6-17 |
13-17 |
11 |
28 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
| Providence
|
73 |
39.1 |
6-18 |
17-19 |
19 |
38 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
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