Providence College Athletics

Tuesday, January 16
Providence, R.I.
7:30 PM ET

Providence College

64
vs
78

Miami Fla

Men's Basketball Falls To Hurricanes, 78-64

1/16/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Jan. 16, 2001

Box Score

PROVIDENCE (AP) - Marcus Barnes put up 20 points and Darius Rice scored 19 to put Miami past Providence 78-64 Tuesday night.

It was the first Big East win in five league games for the Hurricanes (9-7, 1-4).

Also scoring in double figures for Miami were Leroy Hurd with 11, and Rodrique Djahue and John Salmons, each with 10.

Romuald Augustin had 20 points and Chris Anrin added 18 for the Friars (11-5, 2-2), who had won eight of their nine previous games.

Anrin's 3-pointer gave Providence their biggest lead, 16-11, at 10:43 in the first half. But the Hurricanes closed the half with a 29-14 surge behind 12 points by Rice and 9 by Barnes.

Rice's 3-pointer, with 2:39 left in the game, put Miami ahead 73-57 for its biggest lead. The closest Providence came the rest of the game was seven points.

Miami shot 50 percent from the field (27-54), holding the Friars to just 36 percent (16-45) and keeping all the Friars starters to single digits, with the exception of Augustin.

Augustin was the only Friar starter to score in the first half, netting 15 points to keep the Friars close.