National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Providence 73, Brown 69
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Where: Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island
Officials: # Jim Burr, # Robert Riley, # Lamar Simpson
Attendance: 6891

Providence 73, Brown 69: Tyler Harris scored a career-high 21 points for in a balanced Friars attack as they turned back a furious second-half comeback by the visiting Bears to stay unbeaten.

Harris, a sophomore who sat out last season after playing his freshman year at North Carolina State, led three scorers in double figures for Providence (2-0), along with Kadeem Batts (19 points) and LaDontae Henton (15). The taller Friars outrebounded the Bears 45-33 as Batts had a game-high 11 rebounds with Henton adding eight.

Sean McGonagill had 21 points and Cedric Kuakumensah added 16 points - 10 in the second half - for the Bears (1-1), who overcame a 14-point halftime deficit to pull ahead 66-63 with 3:02 remaining. The Bears outscored the Friars 39-29 in the second half after shooting only 36.4 percent from the floor in the first.

Trailing 48-32 in the opening minute of the second half, Brown roared back behind Kuakumensah to outscore Providence 26-10 and tie the game at 58 on a pair of Kuakumensah free throws with 8:59 remaining. Brown's last lead came at 66-63 on a McGonagill 3-pointer before back-to-back 3-pointers by Henton and Josh Fortune - the last coming with 36 seconds left - put the Friars ahead to stay after Providence had missed on its first eight 3-point attempts after halftime.

The Friars held a seemingly comfortable 44-30 lead at the half after jumping out to a 20-4 advantage to open the game behind 18 combined points from Carson Desrosiers, Batts and Henton. The Bears clawed back to within 32-22 on a pair of free throws by Dockery Walker (11 points) with 4:40 remaining before the Friars scored eight of the next 10 points to regain their early momentum.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Providence improved to 93-27 all-time over Brown for the most wins the Friars own against any school. ... Paschal Chukwu, a 7-2, 235-pound center from Westport, Conn., was among three high school seniors to sign a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to play basketball for Providence. ... Henton had four of the five steals for the Friars.

Top Game Performances
 
Brown   Providence
Sean McGonagill 21 Scoring Tyler Harris 21
Sean McGonagill 4 Assists Bryce Cotton 9
Sean McGonagill 5 Rebounds Kadeem Batts 11
Dockery Walker 7 Free Throws Made Tyler Harris 8
Rafael Maia 2 Steals LaDontae Henton 4
Cedric Kuakumensah 3 Blocks Carson Desrosiers 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Brown 69 41.0 6-17 13-17 11 28 3 7 10
Providence 73 39.1 6-18 17-19 19 38 3 5 14