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TBA
Providence College Athletics
Wednesday, March 12
New York, N.Y.
4:00 PM
Providence College
12-20,6-14Big East
69
vs
75
Butler
14-18,6-14Big East
1
2
F
Butler
39
36
75
Providence
31
38
69
No.8-Seed Men’s Basketball Defeated By No.9-Seed Butler, 75-69, In First Round Of BIG EAST Tournament
3/12/2025 6:46:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Oswin Erhunmwunse recorded his second double-double of the season and Bensley Joseph tallied his 1,000th career-point as he has a team-high 20 points.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Providence College men's basketball team was defeated by the Butler Bulldogs (14-18), 75-69, on Wednesday, March 12 at the Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y. The Friars finished the 2024-25 season with a 12-20 overall record. Bensley Joseph (Arlington, Mass.) powered the Providence offense with 20 points, 17 of which came in the second half. The senior also reached a career milestone, recording his 1,000th career point (1,005 career points). Freshman Oswin Erhunmwunse (Benin City, Nigeria) tallied a career-high 16 points and added 11 rebounds for his second double-double of the season.
FIRST HALF:
• Erhunmwunse kicked off PC's scoring with an alley-oop dunk off the hands of Corey Floyd Jr. (Franklin, N.J.). The Friars trailed 9-7 through the first four minutes of action (15:59).
• The two teams went back-and-forth with the Bulldogs maintaining a slight edge over the Friars.
• Providence mounted a late push, outscoring the Bulldogs 11-2 to narrow the gap to 32-29. Ryan Mela (Natick, Mass.) played a key role, scoring six of those 11 points.
• Butler extended its lead back to 39-31 entering halftime.
• Mela led the Friars at half with 12 points.
SECOND HALF:
• Joseph opened the half's scoring with a layup. Joseph accounted for all seven Friar points through the first six minutes (14:24). The Friars trailed, 45-38.
• The Bulldogs began to pull away. PC trailed, 68-57, entering the final media timeout (3:58).
• Despite a late-game push, the Friars fell, 75-69.
• Joseph finished with 17 points in just the second half.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Three Friars finished in double figures: Joseph (20), Erhunmwunse (16) and Mela (14).
• Butler's Brooks Pierre II led the Bulldogs with 25 points and seven rebounds.
• Joseph recorded his 1,000th career point tonight.
• Oswin Erhunmwunse finished with his second double-double of the season on a career-high 16 points and 11 rebounds.
• The Friars outrebounded the Bulldogs by a margin of 53-29 including a 25-27 mark in offense boards.
• It marked the first time the Friars had 50 or more rebounds versus a BIG EAST opponent since Jan. 31, 2013 versus UConn.
NOTES:
• The Friars have now registered a 20-8 mark all-time versus Butler, including a 3-1 record in the BE Tourney.
• PC has now posted a 27-42 mark all-time in the BIG EAST Tournament.
-GO FRIARS!-
Team Stats
Butler
PROV
FG%
.484
.377
3FG%
.320
.229
FT%
.700
.750
RB
29
53
TO
6
13
STL
10
4
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
20
FGM
8
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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