Kris Dunn

Turnovers were costly in the game for Providence. 

Kris Dunn had seven of the teams 16 turnovers, resulting in 18 points for Marquette. 

Dunn finished the game with 20 points on 7 of 14 shooting from the field to go with seven assists, seven turnovers and five rebounds. 

Dunn and Bentil were the only Friars to reach double figures in scoring. 

Bench Points

The Friars were outscored 17-2 in bench points in the game. 

The Friars 2 points came courtesy of Kyron Cartwright. In previous games, the bench has come in and given the team a spark but was unable to do it in this game. 

Ryan Fazekas returned to the Friars after missing several weeks with mono. Fazekas came off the bench, only played five minutes and was 0 for 4 from three-point land. 

"I tried to get Ryan in the game a few times, I thought he had a couple of good looks, they just didn't go down," Cooley said after the game. 

Things will get better with Fazekas as he gets back in game shape. 

Ben Bentil

Ben Bentil led the Friars with 28 points on 9 of 17 shooting from the field and 10 of 10 from the free throw line. 

Bentil also grabbed 9 rebounds, 5 of which came on the offensive end, and recorded 2 blocked shots in the game. 

PC had 13 offensive rebounds compared to just two for Marquette. 

Slow Starts

Providence needs to get off to better starts.

Against Butler, PC trailed by 9 at the half and needed a come back to win. Against St. John's, the Friars trailed 18-12 early in the game before going on a 10-0 run to give them the lead and against Marquette PC trailed 22-10 at one point in the first half and barely got over the 20 point mark before the half time buzzer. 

"I got to do a better job of getting our guys ready out of the gate, the guys knew what we wanted to do, I thought we gained control of the game 58-50 with the ball. We've had back to back games, 17 turnovers, 16 turnovers so we are careless with the ball, not valuing the ball," said Ed Cooley after the game. 

Last Possession

Trailing 65-64, Providence took over possession with 31 seconds to play in the game, calling a time out with 24 left. 

The Friars decided to hold the ball for the last shot and did not get a shot off and nearly turned the ball over several times. 

"We didn't get the looks we wanted to get, we wanted a side ball screen that never developed, three guys were on Kris, we moved the ball and threw a bad pass. Pass is where it's supposed to be, we get a look at the basket, at least get a shot off, we didn't even get a shot attempt," said Ed Cooley after the game.