PC Uses Late Rally to Edge Georgetown 73-69 Behind Diallo’s Double-Double
Wednesday, February 07, 2018
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Alpha Diallo posted his third double-double in the last five games and his fifth of the season as the Providence College Friars edged the Georgetown Hoyas 73-69 on Tuesday night at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.
Diallo finished the game with 11 points and 12 rebounds on 4 of 7 shooting from the field for PC.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“For today, I knew I had to go in there and rebound because Georgetown had those big guys in there that were basically killing us in the first half. I just tried to step it up, get in there and help our bigs get some rebounds,” said Diallo after the game.
“We play Alpha at five different positions, he is one of the best positionless guys in the country to me because he is a matchup nightmare offensively and defensively. I love his versatility and that is what is making us get better and better,” said Providence College head coach Ed Cooley in his post-game press conference.
With the win, Providence improves to 16-8 overall and 7-4 in the Big East. Georgetown falls to 13-10 overall and 3-9 in the Big East.
Friars Rally in Final Minutes
Providence trailed 67-62 following two free throws from Georgetown’s Jamorko Pickett with 2:24 to play in the game.
PC cut the Hoyas lead to three, 67-64, after one free throw each by Kyron Cartwright and Isaiah Jackson with 1:59 to play in the game, before the Hoyas extended their lead to 69-64 following two free throws from Jahvon Blair with 1:49 to play.
From there, Providence took over.
Sparked by an Isaiah Jackson corner three, PC would close the game on a 9-0 run to escape with a 73-69 victory.
Providence took the lead for good with five seconds left after two free throws from Cartwright went down.
Jalen Lindsey added two more free throws in the final second to give the Friars their winning margin.
“I was proud of our guys, we didn’t come out great, but we found a way in the second half to get timely stops, timely free throws, although we missed a lot, at the end of the day I was really proud of the group,” said Cooley.
PC went 24 of 33 from the free throw line for the game.
However, Providence’s defense held Georgetown to just 33% shooting from the field in the second half, after the Hoyas shot 51% from the field in the first half.
Next Up
PC returns to action on Saturday, February 10 when they host DePaul.
Game time is set for 4 p.m.
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