Providence Friars came to the RAC tonight and shot the lights out. The Friars took an 18-point lead at the half, 44-26, when they shot 7 for 9 outside the arc and 59% from the field. Donnie McGrath was perfect from the field and the line as he shot 7-7 from the floor—including 5-5 from beyond the 3-point line—and 1-1 from the line in the first half. It wasn’t until only 7:25 remained in the second half that McGrath missed his first shot. By then, he had 22 points.
Meanwhile, Quincy Douby was shooting, shall we say, poorly. In the first half he was held to just 4 points and two of those came with less than 30 seconds to go from the free-throw line.
Things didn’t look promising early in the second half as Providence improved upon its shooting percentage. At one point the Friars were shooting 70% from the field. Yet they were having a tough time putting Rutgers away. Providence just wasn’t getting enough shots early on. Rutgers slowly narrowed the margin. Inman, Webb and Joynes were finally joined by Douby, who hit a couple of long 3-point shots, and the Friars’ lead got whittled down to as little as 7 points at 71-64 with 4:17 left. Unfortunately, the Friars fought back to a 10-point lead and, while RU would again narrow it to 7 points with just a minute left, they wouldn’t get closer.
Rutgers falls to 12-7, 2-4 BIG EAST vs Providence improves to 9-8, 2-4 BIG EAST)
Full story and stats are here.
NEXT: This Saturday at 2:00 PM the Scarlet Knights take on the Louisville Cardinals at the RAC. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.
2 comments:
not like a few years ago when Lamizana drained those two from behind the arc, then blocked the ball being thrown into play.
(I'm Herve's American dad, by the way. He's currently playing pro ball in Europe. The NBA will pick him up, one of these days, trust me!)
The TV announcers mentioned Herve's heroics during the broadcast and even had archival footage of the action. Alas, RU fell short in this one, in part because Douby had such a lousy shooting percentage. Seems that if Quincy is off, the team is off. They really need someone else who can step up on a regular basis. Farmer and Inman are just freshmen and may develop, but.... They really need Webb and Joynes to do more.
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