Ed Cooley Gets Emotional First Win over Providence as Georgetown Blows Friars Out

— The Providence College men’s basketball team was defeated by the Georgetown Hoyas (16-10, 7-8 BIG EAST), 93-72, on Wednesday, February 19 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. The Friars fell to 12-15 overall and 6-10 in BIG EAST play. Senior Bensley Joseph (Arlington, Mass.) led the Friars’ with a team-high 24 points, six rebounds and four assists effort. Redshirt sophomore Justyn Fernandez (Richmond, Va.) also contributed 11 points

FIRST HALF:

• Joseph opened the scoring with a driving layup.

• Joseph then scored 12 straight points, including three straight threes, that helped the Friars take a 16-13 lead at the under-12 media timeout (11:03).

• Oswin Erhunmwunse (Benin, Nigeria) slammed a lob from Joseph that snapped a 10-0 Georgetown scoring run (6:40).

• Fernandez knocked down a three that beat the shot clock to cut the Hoya lead to 29-28 (5:14).

• Fernandez ended a 7-0 Georgetown scoring run with a three to bring the score to 30-31 (2:28).

• Georgetown ended the half with a 19-3 run on offense to take a 48-31 lead at halftime.

• Jospeh was the only Friar to score in double figures in the first half (14).

• Micha Peavy scored 19 points in the first half for Georgetown

SECOND HALF:

• Fernandez started the Friars second-half scoring with an and-one.

• Georgetown then went on a 9-0 run that extended their lead to 34-59 (16:11).

• Ryan Mela made a driving layup to cut the Georgetown lead to 18 at 41-59 (13:54).

• The Friars had a positive 8-4 scoring stretch following the under-16 media timeout. Georgetown led 63-43 at the under-12 media timeout (11:33).

• Wesley Cardet Jr (Tallahassee, Fla.) scored four straight points for the Friars to cut the Hoya lead to 73-57 (6:18).

• Jayden Pierre (Elizebeth, N.J.) knocked down back-to-back threes for the Friars. Georgetown led 81-67 (3:12).

• The Hoyas continued to edge out the Friars for much of the half, holding a 19-point lead as time expired at 93-72.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Three players finished in double figures for the Friars: Joseph (24), Fernandez (11) and Pierre (10).

• Georgetown’s Micha Peavy finished with a game-high 30 points.

• Providence and Georgetown each recorded 36 rebounds.

NOTES:

• PC has now registered a 38-48 mark all-time versus Georgetown, including a 12-26 record on the road.

• PC has posted a 1-3 mark this season against former coaches (0-2 vs. Pitino, 1-1 vs. Cooley).

UP NEXT:

• The Friars will head to Milwaukee, Wis. to play the Marquette Golden Eagles (20-6, 11-4 BIG EAST) on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at the Fiserv Forum.

• Tip-off is slated for 7:00 p.m. ET on FS1.