PC Will Face Dayton in NCAA First Round
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PC Will Face Dayton in NCAA First Round
First Four Thriller
The Flyers defeated Boise St. 56-55 on Wednesday night in their first four game, which happened to be on Dayton's home court. This game marked the first time since 1987 a team has played an NCAA tournament game on their home court.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTBoise St. led by seven points with just under four minutes to go in the game before the Flyers went on a 10-2 run, capped off by a game winning three-pointer by Jordan Sibert to get the win in front of their raucous home crowd.
Dangerous 11 Seed
The Flyers will enter the tournament as an 11 seed for the second straight year which is just fine with them. Last season, Dayton, as an 11 seed, made a magical run to the elite eight before being knocked out by the Florida Gators.
The Friars and Flyers will play their game in Columbus, Ohio while it's not Dayton's home court, it will certainly feel like it on Friday night. The Flyers have the experience and have what will fell like a home game in the first round, making them a dangerous 11 seed.
PC Arrives in Columbus
The Friars left for Ohio early afternoon on Wednesday and arrived early evening. PC watched the Dayton-Boise St. game in one of the function rooms at the team hotel and will hold an open practice at Nationwide Arena on Thursday, March 19 at 5 p.m.
The Providence-Dayton game can be found on TruTV on Friday night.
Providence College Friars 2014-2015 Projected Starting Lineup
Guard- Kris Dunn
Kris Dunn will start at point guard for the Friars this season. Dunn hasn't played much over his first two years with the Friars because of injury but when he is in the game, he makes things happen. Last season against Vanderbilt, Dunn led the Friars in an epic comeback from an 18 point second half deficit. The 6'3" Dunn posted ten points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals in that game and then recorded six assists in the next game before having season ending shoulder surgery.
The Friars will be in good shape if Dunn can stay healthy this season.
Guard - Junior Lomomba
Junior Lomomba is a 6'5" sophomore guard who has found his way into the Friars starting lineup this season.
This season, Lomomba has averaged 1.5 points and 1.2 rebounds per game but a major reason why he is in the lineup is because he does not turn the ball over, only having three turnovers in the last four games for Providence.
Forward- LaDontae Henton
Last season, the 6'6" LaDontae Henton averaged 14 points per game which was second best to Bryce Cotton and just under eight rebounds per game which was the best on the team and second best in the Big East. Henton is a scrappy player who is not afraid to mix it up a bit and brings toughness to this Friars line up.
Henton seems poised for a big year.
Forward- Ben Bentil
6'8" freshman forward Ben Bentil will be one of the first players off the bench for Ed Cooley this year. Bentil can play three positions for the Friars, center, forward and small forward plus he is a good shooter and loves to rebound the ball.
Bentil is a player that is going to give coach Cooley several different options with his lineups and allow him to play the matchup game to perfection.
Center-Carson Desrosiers
Carson Desrosiers is a seven foot senior forward who last season finished fourth on the team in rebounding, averaging 4.8 rebounds per game. He also had 82 blocks on the season, an average of just over two blocks per game. His 82 blocked shots led the team.
Desroisers is a player that is mostly in the line up for his work on the defensive end and so like last season, he will be in and out of the line up depending on the situation.
6th man- Tyler Harris
Tyler Harris comes into this year as a 6'9" junior, however this is only his second season with the Friars after transferring from NC State. Last season, Harris averaged 11.6 points and five rebounds per game for the Friars and got better as the year went on.
"Harris and Henton will be more effective this year, then they were last year" said PC Alum and Radio Analyst Joe Hassett
