PC will head to Seton Hall

Friars headed to Seton Hall Sun.; Duke named Player of Week

Friars get their marching orders for rest of season

PROVIDENCE – For the most part, the Providence Friars now have their Big East marching orders for the rest of the 2020-21 season.

Monday saw the Big East release its schedule for games that will be taking place after Christmas and wrap up in early March. As was reported in the Times/Call last Wednesday, the Big East still plans to have the traditional home-and-away model in place as part of a 20-game conference slate.

By design, the Big East built in some wiggle room in February in the event that games before then get postponed due to COVID-19. Providence’s makeup games against Xavier and UConn were not listed as part of Monday’s schedule release announcement.

For now, the Friars know the times and opponents of 18 of their 20 league games.

After Thursday’s rescheduled 7 p.m. league opener against DePaul, the Friars will travel to Seton Hall (Sunday, 4:30 p.m.) and Butler (Dec. 23, 6 p.m.) prior to Christmas. PC will resume Big East play on Dec. 30 with a home game against Butler and will remain at home for a Jan. 2 contest against Creighton.

The schedule will then feature back-to-back road games at Xavier (Jan. 10) and Georgetown (Jan. 12) before PC returns home to face Georgetown on Jan. 16. That will be followed with two straight games on the road – at Creighton (Jan. 20) and Villanova (Jan. 23).

The Friars will close out January with a home game against Marquette (Jan. 27) and an away contest against Georgetown (Jan. 30).

Right now, PC is only schedules to play four Big East games in February. The list includes home to Seton Hall on Feb. 3, home to St. John’s on Feb. 6, at DePaul on Feb. 13, and at UConn on Feb. 16.

There are two games in March – at St. John’s on March 3 and home to Villanova on March 6.

Also on Monday, the Big East announced Friar junior

David Duke as the conference’s Player of the Week. It’s the first time that Duke has received said honor. In the Friars’ only game last week, Duke led the way with 28 points and seven assists in a 79-70 win at TCU.

Photo courtesy of Providence College Athletics Ed Cooley, above, and the Providence Friars know 18 of their 20 Big East dates, starting with Thursday’s game against DePaul at Alumni Hall.

Photo courtesy of Providence College Athletics After scoring 28 points in a road win over TCU last week, Providence College junior guard David Duke (3) earned his first Big East Player of the Week Award.