PC Loses to BC in Opening Round of NIT - One and Done
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
The Providence College men’s basketball hosted Boston College in the first round of the NIT and played with just seven scholarship players.
Two starters — Devin Carter and Rich Barron, were out with injuries.
Friars were down 31-30 at the half in a back and forth in the opening 20 minutes.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe second was similar; BC went up 53-50 with just under 4 minutes left, and then Josh Oduro answered.
Jayden Pierre hit a shot clock buzzer-beater 3-pointer with 2:37 left to tie the game at 55. The bucket gave Pierre 21 points in the game, a career-high.
The additional frustration for the Friars was the shooting of Ticket Gaines, who was 1-8 from the field (7 points). In the Big East tournament, Gaines was 0-9 from the field against Marquette and 1-4 against Creighton. In the final three games, Gaines was just 2-21 from the field.
BC went up 57-55.
PC with the ball at 1:13 Oduro hit a hook shot to tie the game at 57-57.
BC’s Claudell Harris hit a 3 with 52 seconds left — putting the Eagles up 60-57. He led BC with 17 points.
Pierre got stripped, and BC scored, giving the Eagles a five-point victory—the largest margin of the game for either team.
BC won 62-57.
The only other Friar in double-figures was Oduro with 12 points.
The Friars finished the season 21-14.
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