Slow Start Dooms #24 Providence in Road Loss to Seton Hall
Friday, February 26, 2016
The Providence College Friars (19-9, 7-8 Big East) fell 70-52 to (20-7,10-5 Big East) Seton Hall on Thursday night in New Jersey. The Friars have now lost 5 of their last 6 games.
See The Five Takeaways Slideshow Below
After trailing by as much as 21, 53-32, with just over 11 minutes to play in the game, the Friars got as close as seven, 57-50, with 6:22 to go.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTProvidence would only score two points the rest of the game as Seton Hall would close the contest on a 13-2 run and cruise to a 70-52 win.
PC's comeback ended after Ben Bentil was given a flagrant 2 foul and thrown out of the game. Bentil will now have to sit out PC's next game as well.
What cost the Friars in this game was another slow start.
Another Slow Start in the 1st
The Friars railed 30-23 at the half after getting off to another slow start, this one coming after 8 days off.
After scoring the first points of the game, the Friars allowed Seton Hall to go on a 17-7 run and hold a 17-9 lead with 10:41 left to play in the half.
The Friars would trail 24-15 before scoring 6 straight points to cut their deficit to three, 24-21 with just over three minutes to play.
However, PC would only score two points the rest of the half and allow Seton Hall's Isaiah Whitehead to knock down a deep three with the clock winding down.
The Leaders
Ben Bentil led the Friars with 31 points on 10 of 27 shooting, while also grabbing 6 rebounds.
Next up
Providence returns to action on Saturday when they host DePaul at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. The Friars lost to DePaul earlier in the season.
Tip off is set for 4 p.m.
Related Slideshow: 5 Takeaways From PC’s 70-52 Loss to Seton Hall
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