Ugly First Half Nearly Sinks PC Basketball, But Friars Beat Hampton 60-51

Ugly First Half Nearly Sinks PC Basketball, But Friars Beat Hampton 60-51

The Providence College men’s basketball beat Hampton University 60-51 at home — it was a difficult win for the Friars.

PC needed to overcome an ugly first half for the Friars — trailing 30-22 at halftime.

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The Friars had nine turnover before the half and did not lead after an 8-7 lead— it was all Hampton in the first half after that.

The game was back and forth throughout much of the second half, and with five minutes left in the game, the score was knotted at 47-47.

Will Cardet, Jr. hit a big 3-pointer to put the Friars up for good at 4:54 left in the game.

The Friars are now 3-0, but none of the games has the revamped team look cohesive.

The Friars were led by Jayden Pierre and Bensley Joseph, each with 13 points, and Cardet with 10 points.

Pierre and Corey Floyd Jr led the Friars in rebounds with 6 each.

PC’s shooting was 43.5% from the field, 34.5% from behind the 3-point line, and just 10 of 20 from the free-throw line.

FIRST HALF: 

• Pierre opened the game's scoring in the Friars' first possession with a three. Oswin Erhunmwunse (Benin City, Nigeria) followed with a put-back dunk.  

• At the first media timeout (16:00), the Friars held a 5-0 advantage over the Pirates.  

• Exiting the timeout, Pierre flushed another three to extend Providence's lead to 8-0.  

• Hampton scored its first points off a jumper in the paint six minutes into the game (13:16).  

• The Friars entered a scoring drought. At the 12-under timeout, PC led, 8-4.  

• PC's scoreless streak persisted as the Pirates initiated a scoring drive, adding 11 points to the board.  

• Hampton found its first lead of the game with 9:12 to go in the half. Entering the under-8 timeout (8:28), Friars trailed, 11-8.  

• Pierre snapped the Friars eight-minute scoring drought with another three. Bensley Joseph (Arlington, Mass.) scored his first points of the game with a driving layup.  

• The two teams continued to go back-and-forth for the remainder of the half. Entering the locker room, the Friars trailed, 30-22.  

• Pierre accounted for nine of the Friars' 22 first half points (40.9%).  

• Providence shot 7-18 (38.9%) from the field, 5-14 (35.7%) from three, and 3-8 (XX.X%) from the free-throw line.  

• Hampton shot 10-32 (31.3%) from the field, 3-13 (23.1%) from three, and 7-7 (100.0%) from the free-throw line.    

 

SECOND HALF: 

• Cardet Jr. initiated the second half scoring with a three. Pierre followed with a layup in the paint that cut the PC deficit to three, 30-27.  

• With 13:37 left in the half, Joseph ignited a six-point scoring drive, sinking his second three-pointer that gave Providence its first lead since 9:12 in the first.  

• Shortly after, Pierre added a layup to extend the Friars' run to 7-0 and prompted Hampton to call a timeout with 12:25 remaining. PC held a 37-34 lead, capping off a 15-4 surge in the second half. 

• Freshman Ryan Mela (Natick, Mass.) scored all four points in a quick surge that pushed the Friars to a six-point lead, 42-36. 

• The Pirates answered with a six-point run to tie the game at 42 with around nine minutes left in regulation. 

• Rich Barron halted Hampton's scoring streak with a three-pointer. At the under-8 timeout, the Friars held a narrow three-point lead, 45-42. 

• Following the timeout, Joseph tossed a lob to Corey Floyd Jr. (Franklin, N.J.), who slammed it home with an alley-oop dunk.  

• Hampton tied the score at 47. With 5:43 on the clock, Floyd ensued with another dunk to give the Friars their fourth lead of the game, 52-47.  

• The Friars finished the final five minutes outscoring the Pirates 13-4.  

• At the final media timeout (00:43), Friars led, 56-51.  

• The Pirates made just one of their final nine field goal attempts. 

 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Providence outscored Hampton, 38-21, in the second half.  

• PC outrebounded Hampton, 38-31. 

• Four Friars posted double-digit positive impacts in the plus-minus column: Joseph led with +18, Cardet had +12, and both Joseph and DeLaurier recorded +10, reflecting the team's scoring advantage when they were on the court. 

• The Friars outscored the Pirates in points in the paint (20-10), and second-chance points (10-5).  

• Noah Farrakhan led the Hampton offense with 16 points.  

• Three Friars reached double figures in scoring: Joseph and Pierre each had 13 points, while Cardet contributed 10. 

 

NOTES 

• Attendance: 7,821 

• The Friars played their first game ever versus Hampton University. 

• The Friars are now 26-3 versus current teams in the Coastal Athletic Association.  

• The Friars have now opened the season with three straight wins for the fourth straight year. 

 

UP NEXT  

The Friars will host the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (0-2) on Saturday, November 16 at home. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on FS2.  

This will be the first matchup all-time between the two schools.