When Floyd missed a chance to give Providence the lead from beyond the arc, ‘Nova’s Wooga Poplar left the door open when he made only one of two free throws — Villanova’s first miss from ...

The Villanova Wildcats (11-7) will be happy to return home for the first time in nine days when they host the Providence Friars (9-9) on Friday night in a Big East battle. Villanova picked up a 68 ...

The Friars were also without Wesley Cardet Jr.in Wednesday's loss, and Bryce Hopkins is also out for the year.

Greg McDermott has long preached Big East wins don’t come easy. Road wins certainly don’t. Creighton, on a seven-game winning ...

Providence is coming off a disappointing 68-66 loss to 15th-ranked St. John's in New York, while Creighton is coming off a 62 ...

Ryan Kalkbrenner and Steven Ashworth took over, and Providence couldn’t do anything about it. Creighton won its eighth ...

3-Point Goals_Providence 14-36 (Fernandez 5-10, Joseph 4-7, Abdur-Rahim 2-3, Floyd 2-6, Pierre 1-9, DeLaurier 0-1), Villanova 7-26 (Brickus 2-6, Poplar 2-6, Dixon 2-7, Longino 1-4, Perkins 0-3).

Everything was looking bright for the Wildcats. However, the momentum has not carried over for Villanova, which is hoping to avoid a third straight loss Friday when it hosts Providence in Big East ...