PC’s Comeback Falls Short Against St. Johns’s - Carter Career Night

PC’s Comeback Falls Short Against St. Johns’s - Carter Career Night

The Providence College men’s basketball team lost to St. John’s at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night 75-73.

PC trailed by as many as 16 points in the first half, but repeatedly battled back behind the play of Devin Carter.

Carter posted a career 31 points and added 13 rebounds. And while Carter repeatedly led the Friars to repeated comeback before fouling out, center Josh Oduro delivered just 5 points on 2 of 8 from the field.

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The loss was the Friars’ third straight Big East loss — all since Bryce Hopkins went down with a season-ending knee injury.

PC scored just 9 points off the bench and missed 10 free throws.

The game was a match-up on PC's former great coach, Rick Pitino — now the Red Storm’s coach and the Friars’ first-year coach, Kim English.

"It's a growth mindset" Head Coach Kim English said. "We had plenty of opportunities in this game that we will learn from." 

  

FIRST HALF:     

•Jayden Pierre started the scoring for the Friars with a pullup jumper. In the subsequent possession, Ticket Gaines (Buffalo, N.Y.) flushed a three from the top of the key.  

•At the first media timeout (14:29 mark), the Friars trailed, 13-5. 

•While Providence endured a 3:10 scoring drought, the Johnnies were able to extend their lead with a 10-0 run over a 2:50 minute span. With 13:32 on the clock, the Friars trailed 20-5. Carter ended the Friars' scoring drought with a made free throw at the 12:26 minute mark.  

•At the under-12 media timeout (11:58 mark), Providence trailed, 20-6.  

•Following the timeout, Providence answered with an 8-0 scoring drive while forcing the Red Storm to remain scoreless for 2:47 minutes. With 10:23 left in the half, Carter converted off a steal with an empathetic dunk to put the score within seven, 20-13. 

• In the final minute of the half, Pierre was able to flush two consecutive threes from deep to close the scoring for the half. Entering the locker room, Providence trailed 40-29.  

•With 12 points, Pierre was the lone Friar to enter the double-digit scoring in the first half.  

•Providence shot 11-26 (42.3%) from the field, 3-11 (27.3%) from three and 4-9 (44.4%) from the free throw line.     

•St. John's shot 17-30 (56.7%) from the field, 5-11 (45.5%) from three and 1-2 (50.0%) from the free throw line.      

  

SECOND HALF:     

•Carter opened the Friars' scoring with back-to-back layups forcing a Red Storm timeout. At the 18:07 mark, the Friars trailed 42-33.  

•Led by Carter, Providence outscored the Johnnies 10-0 in the first three minutes of the game. With 16:40 on the clock, St. John's second-half shooting sat at 0-3 while Providence shot 4-6. By the first media timeout (15:48 mark) the Friars had closed the gap to three, 44-41.  

•At the 14:30 minute mark, Carter finished with a layup following a St. John's turnover to give Providence its first lead of the game, 45-44. 

•The Red Storm was able to regain the lead by the under-12 media timeout. At the 11:36 minute mark, St. John's led, 50-47.  

•The Johnnies continued to extend their lead with a 9-0 scoring run to force a Providence timeout with 9:24 on the clock, 57-47. 

•Providence regained momentum around the seven-minute mark shooting 3-3. With 6:07 left to play, Pierre flushed a three to trigger a St. John's timeout. Friars trailed, 63-55. 

•At the 0:23 mark, Carter drained three free-throws to put the game within three, 74-71. Rafael Castro (Dover, N.J.) won a jump-ball possession to give the Friars the ball with 0:22 seconds left to play.  

•Carter scored a quick layup with nine seconds left. Providence trailed by one, 74-73.  

•The Friars were unable to convert for the remainder of the game. St. John's scored a second-chance free throw to close the scoring of the game, 75-73.  

 

HIGHLIGHTS:     

•Providence finished 27-61 (43.3%) from the field, 8-23 (34.8%) from three and 11-21 (52.4%) from the free throw line.     

•St. John's finished 26-54 (48.1%) from the field, 7-18 (38.9%) from three and 16-25 (64.0%) from the free throw line.       

•Three players finished in double figures for the Friars, Carter (31), Pierre (17) and Gaines (11). Three players finished in double figures for the Johnnies.    

• Carter scored a career-high 31 points 

• Pierre registered a career-high 17 points. 

•Providence outscored St. John's in fast break points (15-5), points in the paint (34-22), points off turnovers (19-15) and points off rebounds (13-10).  

 

NEXT

The Friars play Xavier in Providence on Saturday at 2 PM