PC’s Dunn & Bentil Named to All-Big East First Team

Monday, March 07, 2016

Joe Calabro, GoLocalProv Sports Team

 

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Ben Bentil

Providence College basketball stars Kris Dunn and Ben Bentil have been named to the All-Big East First Team, the conference announced on Sunday. 

This marks the second straight season in which PC has had two players on the first team after Dunn and LaDontae Henton did it last season. 

Ben Bentil 

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Sophomore Ben Bentil leads the Big East in scoring, averaging 21.2 points per game on the season and 22.9 points per game in conference play. He is the seventh Friar all-time to lead the league in scoring and the fourth Friar in the last six years to do it. 

Bentil also ranks 5th in the Big East in rebounding with 7.8 rebounds per game and scored at least 20 pints in 19 of the 31 games this season. 

Bentil has established Friar sophomore records for points scored with 657, free throws made with 184, and free throws attempted with 232. 

The 657 points scored this season ranks 13th best all-time at PC. 

Kris Dunn 

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Kris Dunn

Kris Dunn was the 2015-16 Big East preseason Player of the Year and joins Bryce Cotton and Ryan Gomes as the only Friars to earn two All-Big East First Team honors. 

Dunn leads the league in steals with 2.7 per game and is second in the league in assists with 6.4 per game while ranking 4th in scoring, 16.3 points per game. 

Dunn is the first Friar ever to register 1,000 points, 500 assists, 400 rebounds and 200 steals. 

Dunn is also a candidate for the Oscar Robertson Award, Wooden Award, Naismith Award, Bob Cousy Award and the NABC Defensive Player of the Year Award. 

Tournament Time 

Providence finished the season with a record of 22-9 overall and 10-8 in the Big East. 

PC holds the 4th seed and will play Butler in the first round of the Big East tournament set to take place this week in New York. 

Tip off for the PC game is set for 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10 

 

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G - Kris Dunn

Considered one of the top players in the country and the best point guard in the country, Kris Dunn passed on going to the NBA and came back to Providence for his redshirt junior season.

Dunn averaged 16 points, seven assists and five rebounds last season, registering eight double-doubles and one triple-double in the process.

Dunn was selected as the preseason Player-of-the-Year during Big East media day.

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G - Junior Lomomba

Junior Lomomba is a glue guy for the Friars and also effective on the defensive end of the floor. 

Last season, Lomomba finished with eight steals and 37 rebounds, averaging 11.1 minutes per game. 

So far in 2015-16, Lomomba is averaging 28 minutes and six points per game. 

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G- Jalen Lindsey

Sophomore Jalen Lindsey, 6'7", played in 33 games, and started 13, for the Friars last seaso.

Lindsey averaged 3.8 points in 18 minutes of play per game. Lindsey shot 33 percent from three-point land during the season.

Lindsey's length can help the Friars on the defensive end as well.

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F - Rodney Bullock

Rodney Bullock, 6'8" from Virginia, is a redshirt sophomore for the Friars but has yet to play a college basketball game. Bullock tore his ACL prior to last season and the year before that he was suspended.

In PC's exhibition game against Stonehill, Bullock had 26 points and 11 rebounds for Providence.

"I was impressed with his court awareness, his ability to post up when he wants was impressive given that he hasn't played a college game," Joe Hassett said.

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F - Ben Bentil

Sophomore Ben Bentil, 6'9" leads the forward group after playing in 34 games last season, starting 23 of them for the Friars. 

Last season, Bentil averaged six points and five rebounds in 21 minutes of play per game. Given that he is the tallest player that the Friars have, his minutes will go up significantly this season.

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6 man - Kyron Cartwright

Kyron Cartwright

Sophomore Kyron Cartwright played in 34 games and started eight for the Friars last season. Carwright averaged 3.5 points in 19 minutes of play time per game.

Cartwright only made four three-pointers all of last season and will look to improve those numbers this season.

 

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