PC Upsets Creighton in Big East Tournament UPDATED

PC Upsets Creighton in Big East Tournament UPDATED

The Providence College men’s basketball team defeated Creighton 78-73 at Madison Square Garden Thursday night.

PC is the #7 seed in the Big East Tournament, and Creighton is the #2.

The Friars were led by Devin Carter’s 22 points and 11 rebounds.

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Josh Oduro, despite four troubles, added 17 points.

And Jayden Pierre added 15 points.

PC will play Marquette on Friday night at 8 PM. The Golden Eagles defeated Villanova Thursday night 71-65. The loss by Villanova, in all likelihood, ended their chance at an NCAA bid and bolstered PCs.

The Friars led at half-time 33-30 behind Carter’s 11 points and had 7 rebounds.

Creighton only shot 26% from the field in the first half.

 

Second Half

The Friars were up 57-46 at the 12 minute in the second half.

Later, Creighton went on a 7-0 run to cut PC’s lead to 61-58. PC called a timeout at the 7:11 mark.

Another Creighton run put the Blue Jays up 64-63 with 5:37 left.

The game bounced back and forth.

Jayden Pierre kept PC in the game with 7 straight for PC.

With 1:58, the Friars led 72-68. Carter hit a layup and then extended to 74-68 with 54 seconds off an Oduro bank shot.

Castro then fouled Ashworth, and he scored and hit the free-throw, cutting PC’s lead to 74-71.

At: :44, Carter then went to the line to shoot one and one and hit both. Friars 76-71

More Carter free-throws and the Friars were up 78-71.

 

NOTES

•This is the first time a seventh seed has qualified for the BIG EAST Semifinals since 2017.

• The Friars secured their sixth Quad 1 victory of the season tonight.

•PC captured the Big east Tournament title in 1994 and 2014.

•PC has posted a 27-40 mark all-time in the Big East Tournament.

•The Friars have now posted a 3-2 mark versus Creighton in the BIG EAST Tournament.

•Carter is the eighth PC player to capture the Big East scoring title (21.4 ppg in 20 league contests).

• The Friars are 20-2 this season when scoring 71 or more points.

• The Friars are 16-1 this season when leading at halftime.

• The Friars are 18-1 when outrebounding opponents this season.

NEXT

The Friars will advance to the Big East Semifinals. They will face the winner of the No.3-Seed and No.10/10-ranked Marquette, against the No.6-Seed Villanova. The Semifinal match will held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y. Tip-off is slated for 8:00 p.m. on FS1.