Friars Struggle to Beat Yale 58-55
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The Providence Friars defeated the Yale Bulldogs…….barely. The Friars led for most of the first half taking an 8-point lead to the locker room at 29-21. But the second half was a different story.
Two Vincent Council (team-high 18 pts) free throws and a Marshon Brooks (15 pts, 12 reb) bucket put the Friars up by a dozen in the opening minute of the second half before Yale made its run.
In the next four minutes, Yale would drain five 3-pointers. Porter Braswell (13 pts) and Austin Morgan (16 pts) made two each while big man Greg Mangano (11 pts, 9 reb) hit one as well. It brought the Bulldogs to within one at 39-38 and the game was on.
For the remaining 14:56 of the game, the largest lead held by either team was a 4-point advantage by Yale.
The Bulldogs led by 1 with just over a minute to go when the Friars Duke Mondy scored to put PC up 56-55. A missed 3-pointer by Braswell with :30 seconds left was rebounded by Marshon Brooks who was fouled with :19 seconds to go. Brooks drained both free throws forcing Yale to call a timeout to set up a play for a game-tying three.
Mangano’s three missed as time expired and PC escaped with a 58-55 win.
The Friars shot just 39% from the field going 19-49. They were only 2-14 from “3” at 14%. Yale shot 33 % from the field and 35% from “3”.
Next up for the Friars is Morgan State Thursday night at the Dunk. The schedule is set up for Providence to go 7-0 heading into their clash with intra state rival URI. However, after their struggles with Yale Monday night, nothing is certain for these Friars.
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