22012-13012-13 PPROVIDENCEROVIDENCE CCOLLEGEOLLEGE BBASKEASKETBALLTBALL UMass (0-0) vs. Providence College (2-0) Game #3 • Thursday, November 15, 2012 Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez • Bayamon, Puerto Rico • 7:30 p.m. E.T. ESPNU 2012-13 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 2012-13 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE ROSTER OCTOBER 27 Sat. ASSUMPTION (at Alumni Hall) - Exhibition W, 88-45 Probabable Starters 2012-13 Stats NOVEMBER NO NAME PTS/REB POS HT WT CL 3 Sat. Rhode Island Coll. - Exhib. Cox W, 76-52 10 Sat. NJIT W, 64-63 4 Josh Fortune 4.5/2.0 G 6-5 195 FR 12 Mon. BRYANT Cox W, 81-49 Hampton, Va./Kecoughtan HS '12 15 Thurs.vs.UMass $ ESPNU 7:30 p.m. 10 Kadeem Batts 18.5/8.5 F 6-9 245 JR 16 Fri. vs.NC State/Penn State$ ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 5:00 p.m./7:30 p.m. Powder Springs, Ga./John McEachern HS '09 18 Sun. vs.Puerto Rico Tip Off ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 TBA 11 Bryce Cotton 22.5/8.5 G 6-1 165 JR 23 Fri. FAIRFIELD 7:00 p.m. 27 Tue. HOLY CROSS Cox 7:00 p.m. Tucson, Ariz./Palo Verde HS '10 DECEMBER 21 Lee Goldsbrough 0.0/6.5 F 6-9 225 JR 1 Sat. MISSISSIPPI STATE ESPNU 12:00 p.m. Newcastle, England/Loreto Sixth Form College '10 6 Thur. RHODE ISLAND Cox 7:00 p.m. 18 Tue. COLGATE 7:00 p.m. 23 LaDontae Henton 20.0/3.5 F 6-6 215 SO 22 Sat. at Boston College ESPN3 2:00 p.m. Lansing, Mich./Eastern HS '11 28 Fri. at Brown 7:00 p.m. Off The Bench JANUARY 2 Wed. at Louisville * Cox/SNY 7:00 p.m. *1 Ricky Ledo --/-- G 6-7 195 FR 5 Sat. DePAUL * Cox/SNY 8:00 p.m. Providence, R.I./South Kent School '12 9 Wed. SYRACUSE Cox/SNY TD 7:00 p.m. 13 Sun. at Seton Hall * Cox/SNY 12:00 p.m. 3 Kris Dunn --/-- G 6-3 180 FR 16 Wed. at Georgetown * Cox/SNY 7:00 p.m. New London, Conn./New London HS '12 19 Sat. VILLANOVA * Cox/MSG 4:00 p.m. *5 Sidiki Johnson --/-- F 6-10 240 SO 22 Tue. PITTSBURGH * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. 26 Sat. at Marquette * Cox/MSG 2:00 p.m. Harlem, N.Y./Wadleigh HS '11/Arizona 31 Thur. CONNECTICUT * ESPN/ESPN2 7:00 p.m. 13 Brice Kofane 4.5/7.0 F 6-8 205 SO FEBRUARY 3 Sun. at Villanova * Cox/SNY 12:00 p.m. Yaounde, Cameroon/Miller School '10 6 Wed. CINCINNATI* Cox/SNY 7:00 p.m. 22 Ted Bancroft 1.5/2.5 G 6-5 200 JR 13 Wed. at USF * ESPNU 9:00 p.m. Marion, Mass./Bishop Stang HS '10 16 Sat. NOTRE DAME * Cox/SNY 12:00 p.m. 20 Wed. at Syracuse * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. *25 Tyler Harris --/-- F 6-9 215 SO 23 Sat. at Rutgers * ESPNU 9:00 p.m. Dix hills, N.Y./St. Benedict's Prep '11/NC State MARCH 2 Sat. ST. JOHN’S * Cox/SNY 8:00 p.m. 32 Vincent Council 2.0/2.0/1.0 apg G 6-2 180 SR 5 Tue. SETON HALL * Cox/SNY 9:00 p.m. Brooklyn, N.Y./Patterson School '09 9 Sat. at Connecticut * ESPNU 12:00 p.m. *33 Carson Desrosiers --/-- F 7-0 250 JR 12-16 Tue.-Sat. at BIG EAST Championship Windham, N.H./Central Catholic '10/Wake Forest ALL GAMES ARE EASTERN TIME AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE * - Not eligible to compete * - BIG EAST Game PRONUNCIATION GUIDE $ - Puerto Rico Tip-Off at San Juan, Puerto Rico HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS LaDontae Henton -- la-don-TAY Brice Kofane - breece (rhymes with Greece) ko-fawn-EE Bryce Cotton - bry-ICE (rhymes with ice) BROADCAST INFORMATION Lee Goldsbrough -- golds-BRO Television Broadcast: ESPNU Jon Sciambi (Play by Play) & Dan Dakich (color) Friars Lose Council To Injured Leg: Head Coach Ed Cooley lost his starting point Radio Broadcast: Friars.com (WEEI 103.7 FM) John Rooke (play-by-play) & Joe Hassett (color) guard Vincent Council (Brooklyn, N.Y.) with an injured leg fi ve minutes into the Internet Broadcast: Friars.com (live audio broadcast) team's fi rst game of the season versus NJIT on November 10. Council earned 2012 All-BIG EAST Third Team honors and was named 2012-13 Preseason First Team GENERAL INFORMATION All-BIG EAST in October. Last season, he led the BIG EAST in assists (7.5 apg) and Location: Providence, R.I. 02918 Founded: 1917 led the Friars in scoring (15.9 ppg). Council will not play in the Puerto Rico TIp Enrollment: 3,852 Off . His status is listed as day to day. President: Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. Assoc. VP/Athletic Director: Robert G. Driscoll, Jr. Conference: BIG EAST Home Arena: Dunkin’ Donuts Center (12,410) Friars Down To Six Active Scholarship Players: With the injury to Vincent Council 1st Yr of Basketball: 1926-27 (86th season) (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Head Coach Ed Cooley only has six scholarship players able to All-Time Record: 1318-891 (.597) Years in NCAA Tournament: 15 times -- 2004 (last) compete in the Puerto Rico Tip Off . Junior walk-on Ted Bancroft (Marion, Mass.) Years in NIT: 18 Times -- 2009 (last) Head Coach: Ed Cooley (Stonehill ‘94) is the seventh player who will see action for the Friars. Career Record: 109-86/Seven Seasons Record at Providence: 17-17 (4-14)/Second Season Associate Head Coach: Andre LaFleur Friars vs. UMass: The Friars have posted a 22-5 mark all time versus the Minute- Assistant Coaches: Brian Blaney, Bob Simon Coordinator of Basketball Operations: Mike Jackson men. The Friars are 10-2 at home, 8-1 at UMass and 4-2 in neutral arenas versus Associate Director Player Development: Kevin Kurbec Undergraduate Student Assistant Coach: God Shammgod UMass. In the fi rst meeting every between the two teams, Providence defeated Associate AD for Media Relations: Arthur Parks UMass, 36-21, on March 1, 1932 in Amherst, Mass. In the most recent game versus Offi ce Phone: (401) 865-2759 Cell Phone: (401) 378-7334 UMass, the Friars earned an 85-70 win in Amherst on December 7, 2000. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.friars.com 2012-13 Providence Basketball Game Notes Scouting the Minutemen: UMass Head Coach Derek Kellogg returns four of his fi ve starters that fi nished with a 25-12 mark, including a 9-7 record in the Atlantic 10 (fi fth) last season. The 20-Point Performances Minutemen advanced the the Semifi nals of the NIT last season. The squad will be led by Preseason All A-10 First Team selection Chaz Williams (Brooklyn, N.Y.). Williams averaged 16.9 points and In 2012-13 6.2 assists last season for the Minutemen. Player Opponent/Date Points Henton NJIT - 11/10/12 24 Cotton NJIT - 11/1012 21 Providence vs. The Atlantic 10: The Friars have posted a 141-107 record all-time versus the Batts Bryant - 11/12/12 27 Atlantic 10. Last season, Providence posted a 1-0 mark against A-10 teams with the only game Cotton Bryant - 11/12/12 24 being an 80-61 win at Rhode Island on December 23. On-Deck: The Friars will play their fourth game of the season when they face NC State or Penn State the second game of the Puerto Rico Tip Off on November 16. The Friars will open the tournament with a game versus UMass on November 15. The team will play three games in the Puerto Rico Tip Off on November 15, 16 and 18. Friars Defeat Bryant: The Friars defeated the Bryant Bulldogs, 81-49, on Monday, Nov. 12 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Provi- dence, R.I. Junior forward Kadeem Batts (Powder Springs, Ga.) tied his career-high with 27 points on 12-of-15 shooting. He also had nine rebounds. The game marks the fi rst time since the December meeting against Georgetown last season that the Friars held a team to less than 50 points and brings Providence's all-time record to 5-0 against Bryant. The Friars got off to a quick start, leading Bryant by as many as 26 points in the fi rst half. He tallied 21 of the team's 47 fi rst-half total. It was up to junior Bryce Cotton (Tucson, Ariz.) to take over at the point guard position again, and he was able to break double-digits in scoring before halftime (13 points). Sophomore LaDontae Henton (Lansing, Mich.) fi nished the fi rst half with nine points. Bryant went 0-of-10 from 3-point range in the fi rst half and was 7-of-22 overall. The Friars shot 63.3-percent from the fi eld in the fi rst half, contributing to their lead. Bryant was the fi rst to attack during the second half, making a quick fi eld goal and went on to pressure the Friars with an 11-1 run due in large part to three consecutive 3-point baskets. Bryant cut it to16, 48-32 with 13:37 left in the game., but that would be as close as it would get as the Friars led by as many as 32. The last time Batts registered 27 points was in the Friars' 90-59 home win against No. 14/15 Louisville on Jan. 10, 2012. Cotton recorded his fi rst career double-double with 24 points and 11 rebounds in the win.