Ben Gold scored 17 career points and Kam Jones collected 17 points and seven assists while Marquette n ° 21 sailed by visiting Providence, 82-52, Tuesday in Milwaukee.
Celebrating his 23rd birthday, Jones swung four of the 17 points from the Marquette season, equaling Stevie Mitchell for the High team. The Golden Eagles (21-7, 12-5 Big East) won for the third time in four games on the heels of a sequence of three consecutive defeats.
Marquette led by up to 31 points while limiting Providence to 25.8% shooting in the second period. An escape from Gold, who had 20 points combined in seven games before Tuesday, ruled the attack.
Jayden Pierre punctuated Providence with 13 points. Rich Barron and Oswin Erhunmwunse followed eight points each while ARHUNMWUNSE experienced eight rebounds and three blocks.
“They just played harder,” said Providence coach Kim English after the match. “The game promotes the team that plays the most. Have, we have to make them play harder.”
Providence (12-16, 6-11) lost six of the seven. The brothers opened the match on a 6-0 race and transformed their early momentum into an advance of 17-15 before vanishing behind control balls. Providence, which committed 18 reversals, drew 33.9% among the soil (19 out of 56) against 44.3% (27 out of 61) for the Golden Eagles.
Mitchell added 14 points for Marquette. David Joplin and Gold both succeeded in six rebounds. The Golden Eagles set a school record with 41 attempts by 3S.
The strong perimeter game has propelled march to an advance of 43-32 at halftime. Seven players combined to connect to 12 3 points, a better of the season for Treys in half a half.
Out of the 30 attempts to marble attempted on the ground before the break, four came from the interior of the arc. The Golden Eagles had more than 3 points of attempt (26) that the brothers had global attempts on the field (25) in the first half.
Although the Golden Eagles led by up to 15 at the start of the light, occasional loud loss helped Providence to get closer.
Nilavan Jotham Daniels contributed five points over a period of 29 seconds at the end of the first half to help the brothers reduce the new deficit before Marquette is gathered.
“We love it. He brings it every day,” said English about Daniels. “He’s a player at the scholarships. I fought to do it earlier in the season. He brings it every day. He’s a very good player.”
Corey Floyd Jr. returned to alignment Tuesday evening for Providence, not having played since February 8 against Butler due to injuries suffered in a car accident. He was aimed in 28 minutes.
“He had very good practices. He played hard. He had rust, obviously, after having three games and a few weeks off,” said English.
Marquette obtained a scan of the Providence season after winning a 78-50 victory on the road on December 31. The Golden Eagles lead the series of all time 26-15.
Providence (52): Jayden Pierre 4-11 4-4 13, Rich Barron 3-12 0-0 8, Corey Floyd Jr. 0-5 0-0 0, Oswin Erhunmwunse 4-5 0-1 8, Bensley Joseph 2-8 1- 2 7, Wesley Cardet Jr. 1-2 1-2 3, Ryan Mela 2-6 0-0 4, Eli Delaurier 0-0 0-0 0, Nilavan Jotham Daniels 2-4 2-2 7, Justyn Fernandez 1-3 0-0 2, Anton Bonke 0-0 0 0; Totals 19-56 8-11 52.
Marquette (82): Kam Jones 6-11 1-1 17, Ben Gold 7-9 0-17, Chase Ross 0-2 5-5 5, David Joplin 2-8 1-2 7, Stevie Mitchell 5-11 0-0 14, Damarius Owens 1-4 0-0 2, Royce Parham 2-5 1-2 7, Jack Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Caedin Hamilton 1-2 0-2 2, Casey O’Malley 0-0 3-4 3, Jonah Lucas 0-0 0 0, Tre Norman 1-4 0-0 3, Jake Ciardo 0-0 0, Cameron Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Zaide Lowery 2-5 0-0 5; Totals 27-61 11-16 82.
At halftime-M, 43-32. 3 points-P 6-26 (Pierre 1-5, Barron 2-9, Floyd 0-1, Joseph 2-6, Cardet 0-1, Daniels 1-2, Fernandez 0-2), M 17-41 (Jones 4-8, Gold 3-5, Ross 0-1, Joplin 2-6, Mitchell 4-9, Owens 0-2, Parham 2-4, Norman 1-3, LowerY 1-3). REBOUND – P 34 (ERHUNMWUNSE 8), M 39 (Gold 6, Parham 6). Help – P 10 (Pierre 3), M 22 (Jones 7).
This article originally appeared in Providence Journal: Providence Friars beaten by Marquette 82-52 at the Big East Contest
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