Big East Tournament Round 2 Scores: Providence Friars Survive Scare, Keep NCAA Hopes Alive with Win Over DePaul

Sharaud Curry scored 25 points, Weyinmi Efejuku added 23 points and 5 assists and Geoff McDermott added 8 points and 9 rebounds as the Providence Friars overcame a determined DePaul Blue Demons squad 83-79 on Wednesday to advance to the third round of the Big East conference tournament.

It certainly wasn’t easy for the Friars as they had to overcome a 31 point effort from Will Walker and a 30 point, 8 rebound game from Dar Tucker to get the win. The two combined to shoot 46 of DePaul’s 63 field goal attempts ad were 10-25 from beyond the three-point line.

The Friars were in need of a win on Wednesday to help their chances of reaching the NCAA tournament and DePaul was doing everything they could to earn the upset. That bid lasted into the later stages of the second half as Tucker put the Blue Demons up 61-55 with 8:28 left in the game but the Friars would eventually answer and when Jeff Xavier buried a three-pointer to give Providence the lead 64-62 they would never trail again.

Providence shot 53 percent from the floor on the day and while they hit just 69 percent from the foul-line the Blue Demons were much worse, hitting a dismal 52 percent from the stripe.

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