Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus DePaul on February 7, 2026 , Win , 90, to, 72
Men's Basketball
vs DePaul
Final
90
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72
Providence College Athletics
Friday, November 28
San Diego, Calif.
3:00 p.m. ET
Providence College
4-4,0-0Big East
78
vs
90
Florida
5-2,0-0SEC
1st half1
2nd half2
FinalF
Providence
39
39
78
Florida
45
45
90
Men’s Basketball Defeated By No. 10/8 Florida, 90-78, At Rady Children’s Invitational
11/28/2025 5:43:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Ryan Mela led the Friars with 17 points.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Providence College men's basketball team fell to the No. 10/8 Florida Gators, 90-78, on Friday, Nov. 28 at the Jenny Craig Pavillion in San Diego, Calif., in the Rady Children's Invitational. Sophomore Ryan Mela (Natick, Mass.) led the Friars with 17 points and eight rebounds.
FIRST HALF:
• After Florida scored on their opening possession, Jaylin Sellers (Columbus, Ga.) hit a step back three to get the Friars on the board
• After Ryan Mela (Natick, Mass.) converted on a driving spin move layup, Corey Floyd Jr. (Franklin, N.J) gave the Friars their first lead of the game (7-6) with a layup of his own. (16:26)
• The teams traded buckets over the next few minutes, with Florida taking a 15-11 lead into the under 12 timeout (11:54)
• Stefan Vaaks (Tabasalu, Estonia) scored six of the next eight Friar points, as the Gators held a 23-19 lead at the under eight (7:33)
• A 9-1 Florida run pushed the lead to 35-22 (5:27)
• Jason Edwards (Atlanta, Ga.) hit a floater, followed by a converted Mela and one to trim the Florida lead back to single digits (3:52).
• Peteris Pinnis (Salaspils, Latvia) converted on an alley-oop from Vaaks before two Edwards free throws closed out the first half scoring
• Florida led at the half, 45-39.
• Providence shot 14-33 (42.4%) from the field, 3-12 (25%) from three, and 8-10 (80%) from the free-throw line.
• Florida shot 12-28 (46.4%) from the field, 4-14 (28.6%) from three, and 15-19 (78.9%) from the free-throw line.
• Mela led the Friars in the first half with 11 points.
• Ruben Chinyelu and Thomas Haugh had 11 points for Florida
• Mela led Providence with four rebounds and two assists at the half
SECOND HALF:
• After a quick 6-0 Florida run, Mela hit two free throws followed by a deep three from Sellers to make it 51-45 (17:32)
• Florida led at the first media of the second half, 56-47 (15:24)
• Sellers and Edwards connected on back-to-back threes to cut the Florida lead to eight (11:58)
• Florida led 81-60 at the under eight (7:34)
• The Friars brought it back to a 13 point game with a Corey Floyd layup (5:56)
• Florida led at the final media timeout 85-70 (3:27)
• Florida defeated Providence 90-76
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Five players finished in double figures for the Friars: Mela (17), Sellers (14), Edwards (13), Floyd Jr. (12), Vaaks (10)
• Mela led the Friars with eight rebounds, while Pinnis grabbed six
• Stefan Vaaks had two three-pointers in the game, marking his eighth game of the season where he has recorded two or more threes.
• Providence shot 26-60 (44.4%) from the field, 6-16 (37.5%) from three, and 20-26 (76.9%) from the free-throw line.
• Florida shot 28-66 (42.4%) from the field, 12-33 (36.4%) from three, and 22-27 (81.5%) from the free-throw line.
NOTES:
•The Friars have now posted a 0-6 mark all-time versus Florida
•The Friars have now posted a 20-30 mark all-time versus teams from the SEC.
UP NEXT:
The Friars will return home to face Fairleigh Dickinson at the Amica Mutual Pavillion on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.
-GO FRIARS!-
Team Stats
PROV
UF
FG%
.433
.424
3FG%
.375
.364
FT%
.769
.815
RB
37
42
TO
10
8
STL
5
2
Game Leaders
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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