Providence Friars vs. Butler Bulldogs - Playbyplay - March 11, 2026 | FOX Sports

BIG EAST - FIRST ROUND

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・March 11, 2026 March 11 Mar 11

Ajayi's 21 points, 11 boards not enough as Providence defeats Butler, prevails in Big East Tournament - 1st Round

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Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

1ST HALF

20:00

(Friars gains possession)

19:45

Jaylin Sellers makes two point layup (Oswin Erhunmwunse assists)

PROV

2

BUT

0

19:30

Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses two point layup

19:28

Ryan Mela defensive rebound

19:24

Jaylin Sellers misses three point jump shot

19:22

Bulldogs defensive rebound

19:08

Michael Ajayi misses two point layup

19:06

Bulldogs offensive rebound

19:00

Michael Ajayi misses three point jump shot

18:58

Bulldogs offensive rebound

18:46

Michael Ajayi makes two point jump shot (Jamie Kaiser Jr. assists)

PROV

2

BUT

2

18:37

Jaylin Sellers misses two point jump shot

18:35

Jamie Kaiser Jr. defensive rebound

18:27

Drayton Jones makes two point layup

PROV

2

BUT

4

18:27

Oswin Erhunmwunse shooting foul (Drayton Jones draws the foul)

18:27

Drayton Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 1

PROV

2

BUT

5

18:08

Ryan Mela misses two point jump shot

18:06

Michael Ajayi defensive rebound

17:47

Finley Bizjack misses two point jump shot

17:45

Ryan Mela defensive rebound

17:39

Ryan Mela misses two point jump shot

17:37

Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor defensive rebound

17:32

Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes two point layup

PROV

2

BUT

7

17:15

Stefan Vaaks misses two point jump shot

17:13

Michael Ajayi defensive rebound

17:04

Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes two point dunk (Michael Ajayi assists)

PROV

2

BUT

9

17:04

Friars 30 second timeout

16:39

Jaylin Sellers misses two point jump shot

16:37

Michael Ajayi defensive rebound

16:30

Michael Ajayi makes two point layup

PROV

2

BUT

11

16:06

Jamier Jones misses two point layup

16:04

Michael Ajayi defensive rebound

15:50

Finley Bizjack makes two point jump shot

PROV

2

BUT

13

15:25

Jaylin Sellers misses two point jump shot

15:23

Michael Ajayi defensive rebound

15:19

Michael Ajayi makes two point jump shot

PROV

2

BUT

15

15:02

Stefan Vaaks makes three point jump shot (Ryan Mela assists)

PROV

5

BUT

15

14:43

Jamier Jones shooting foul (Michael Ajayi draws the foul)

14:43

TV timeout

14:43

Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 1 of 2

PROV

5

BUT

16

14:43

Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 2 of 2

PROV

5

BUT

17

14:20

Jaylin Sellers misses three point jump shot

14:18

Michael Ajayi defensive rebound

13:54

Michael Ajayi turnover (lost ball) (Corey Floyd Jr. steals)

13:49

Jamier Jones makes two point dunk (Corey Floyd Jr. assists)

PROV

7

BUT

17

13:27

Finley Bizjack turnover (bad pass) (Corey Floyd Jr. steals)

13:21

Jamier Jones turnover (bad pass)

13:09

Evan Haywood misses three point jump shot

13:07

Corey Floyd Jr. defensive rebound

13:01

Jamier Jones makes two point layup (Corey Floyd Jr. assists)

PROV

9

BUT

17

12:43

Yame Butler turnover (lost ball)

12:22

Corey Floyd Jr. misses two point jump shot

12:20

Yohan Traore defensive rebound

12:07

Yame Butler makes two point jump shot

PROV

9

BUT

19

11:46

Stefan Vaaks misses three point jump shot

11:44

Michael Ajayi defensive rebound

11:38

Michael Ajayi makes two point jump shot

PROV

9

BUT

21

11:38

Cole Hargrove shooting foul (Michael Ajayi draws the foul)

11:38

TV timeout

11:38

Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 1 of 1

PROV

9

BUT

22

11:09

Corey Floyd Jr. misses three point jump shot

11:07

Michael Ajayi defensive rebound

10:55

Finley Bizjack makes three point jump shot (Michael Ajayi assists)

PROV

9

BUT

25

10:33

Jaylin Sellers turnover (bad pass) (Evan Haywood steals)

10:26

Finley Bizjack misses three point jump shot

10:24

Jaylin Sellers defensive rebound

10:07

Jamier Jones makes two point layup (Ryan Mela assists)

PROV

11

BUT

25

9:55

Yame Butler makes two point jump shot

PROV

11

BUT

27

9:44

Stefan Vaaks makes three point jump shot (Jaylin Sellers assists)

PROV

14

BUT

27

9:25

Jackson Keith makes two point layup (Yohan Traore assists)

PROV

14

BUT

29

9:12

Ryan Mela makes two point layup

PROV

16

BUT

29

8:59

Yohan Traore misses three point jump shot

8:57

Oswin Erhunmwunse defensive rebound

8:47

Evan Haywood shooting foul (Jamier Jones draws the foul)

8:47

Jamier Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 2

8:47

Jamier Jones misses regular free throw 2 of 2

8:47

Jackson Keith defensive rebound

8:22

Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor misses two point jump shot

8:20

Ryan Mela defensive rebound

8:14

Jamier Jones turnover (bad pass) (Finley Bizjack steals)

8:04

Ryan Mela blocks Finley Bizjack's two point layup

8:02

Jamier Jones defensive rebound

8:02

Finley Bizjack personal foul (Jamier Jones draws the foul)

7:46

Stefan Vaaks misses two point jump shot

7:44

Jackson Keith defensive rebound

7:19

Drayton Jones offensive foul

7:19

Drayton Jones turnover (offensive foul)

7:19

TV timeout

7:04

Nilavan Daniels makes three point jump shot (Ryan Mela assists)

PROV

19

BUT

29

6:41

Drayton Jones turnover (bad pass) (Jaylin Sellers steals)

6:34

Ryan Mela misses three point jump shot

6:32

Friars offensive rebound

6:21

Jaylin Sellers misses three point jump shot

6:19

Oswin Erhunmwunse offensive rebound

6:12

Jaylin Sellers makes two point jump shot (Nilavan Daniels assists)

PROV

21

BUT

29

5:58

Michael Ajayi turnover (traveling)

5:47

Stefan Vaaks makes three point jump shot (Nilavan Daniels assists)

PROV

24

BUT

29

5:26

Oswin Erhunmwunse shooting foul (Finley Bizjack draws the foul)

5:26

Finley Bizjack makes regular free throw 1 of 2

PROV

24

BUT

30

5:26

Finley Bizjack makes regular free throw 2 of 2

PROV

24

BUT

31

5:13

Stefan Vaaks makes three point jump shot

PROV

27

BUT

31

4:53

Michael Ajayi makes two point layup (Drayton Jones assists)

PROV

27

BUT

33

4:53

Ryan Mela shooting foul (Michael Ajayi draws the foul)

4:53

Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 1 of 1

PROV

27

BUT

34

4:37

Stefan Vaaks makes two point layup (Cole Hargrove assists)

PROV

29

BUT

34

4:13

Michael Ajayi misses two point jump shot

4:11

Cole Hargrove defensive rebound

4:05

Stefan Vaaks misses three point jump shot

4:03

Bulldogs defensive rebound

3:53

Yohan Traore makes two point dunk (Michael Ajayi assists)

PROV

29

BUT

36

3:34

Ryan Mela makes two point jump shot

PROV

31

BUT

36

3:08

Yohan Traore misses two point hook shot

3:06

Jamier Jones defensive rebound

2:58

Michael Ajayi shooting foul (Jamier Jones draws the foul)

2:58

TV timeout

2:58

Jamier Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2

PROV

32

BUT

36

2:58

Jamier Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2

PROV

33

BUT

36

2:42

Michael Ajayi makes two point layup (Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor assists)

PROV

33

BUT

38

2:28

Ryan Mela turnover (traveling)

2:17

Finley Bizjack misses three point jump shot

2:15

Cole Hargrove defensive rebound

2:13

Bulldogs 30 second timeout

2:13

Cole Hargrove turnover (lost ball)

2:10

Finley Bizjack turnover (bad pass) (Jaylin Sellers steals)

2:06

Ryan Mela makes two point dunk (Jaylin Sellers assists)

PROV

35

BUT

38

1:47

Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor misses two point layup

1:45

Ryan Mela defensive rebound

1:39

Ryan Mela makes two point hook shot

PROV

37

BUT

38

1:39

Jamie Kaiser Jr. shooting foul (Ryan Mela draws the foul)

1:39

Ryan Mela makes regular free throw 1 of 1

PROV

38

BUT

38

1:19

Cole Hargrove shooting foul (Yohan Traore draws the foul)

1:19

Yohan Traore misses regular free throw 1 of 2

1:19

Yohan Traore makes regular free throw 2 of 2

PROV

38

BUT

39

1:05

Jaylin Sellers misses two point jump shot

1:03

Friars offensive rebound

0:57

Cole Hargrove turnover (lost ball) (Michael Ajayi steals)

0:51

Yohan Traore makes two point layup (Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor assists)

PROV

38

BUT

41

0:51

Nilavan Daniels shooting foul (Yohan Traore draws the foul)

0:51

Yohan Traore makes regular free throw 1 of 1

PROV

38

BUT

42

0:30

Peteris Pinnis misses two point layup

0:28

Jamier Jones offensive rebound

0:23

Ryan Mela makes two point jump shot (Jamier Jones assists)

PROV

40

BUT

42

0:16

Bulldogs 30 second timeout

0:03

Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor misses two point dunk

0:01

Jaylin Sellers defensive rebound

0:01

Jaylin Sellers misses two point layup

0:00

Evan Haywood defensive rebound

0:00

End of 1st Half.

2ND HALF

20:00

Open inbound Bulldogs

19:52

Drayton Jones makes two point dunk (Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor assists)

PROV

40

BUT

44

19:38

Jamier Jones makes two point layup (Ryan Mela assists)

PROV

42

BUT

44

19:21

Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes two point layup (Michael Ajayi assists)

PROV

42

BUT

46

19:11

Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor blocks Jamier Jones's two point layup

19:09

Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor defensive rebound

19:06

Jaylin Sellers shooting foul (Jamie Kaiser Jr. draws the foul)

19:06

Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2

PROV

42

BUT

47

19:06

Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2

PROV

42

BUT

48

18:56

Jaylin Sellers misses two point jump shot

18:54

Drayton Jones defensive rebound

18:39

Michael Ajayi misses two point layup

18:37

Ryan Mela defensive rebound

18:31

Jamier Jones misses three point jump shot

18:29

Friars offensive rebound

18:20

Jaylin Sellers misses three point jump shot

18:18

Jamier Jones offensive rebound

18:14

Ryan Mela makes three point jump shot (Oswin Erhunmwunse assists)

PROV

45

BUT

48

17:52

Finley Bizjack misses two point layup

17:50

Drayton Jones offensive rebound

17:49

Drayton Jones makes two point layup

PROV

45

BUT

50

17:31

Oswin Erhunmwunse makes two point hook shot (Jamier Jones assists)

PROV

47

BUT

50

17:10

Michael Ajayi misses three point jump shot

17:08

Oswin Erhunmwunse defensive rebound

16:57

Oswin Erhunmwunse makes two point layup (Ryan Mela assists)

PROV

49

BUT

50

16:30

Drayton Jones makes two point layup (Finley Bizjack assists)

PROV

49

BUT

52

16:17

Jaylin Sellers makes two point layup

PROV

51

BUT

52

15:46

Michael Ajayi misses two point jump shot

15:44

Bulldogs offensive rebound

15:44

TV timeout

15:32

Yame Butler turnover (bad pass) (Jaylin Sellers steals)

15:32

Michael Ajayi personal foul (Jaylin Sellers draws the foul)

15:08

Stefan Vaaks misses three point jump shot

15:06

Jamier Jones offensive rebound

15:00

Stefan Vaaks turnover (bad pass)

14:46

Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses three point jump shot

14:44

Friars defensive rebound

14:26

Stefan Vaaks makes three point jump shot (Jaylin Sellers assists)

PROV

54

BUT

52

14:01

Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses three point jump shot

13:59

Jaylin Sellers defensive rebound

13:46

Jaylin Sellers makes three point jump shot (Stefan Vaaks assists)

PROV

57

BUT

52

13:37

Bulldogs 30 second timeout

13:37

TV timeout

13:14

Finley Bizjack misses two point jump shot

13:12

Ryan Mela defensive rebound

12:52

Ryan Mela makes two point hook shot

PROV

59

BUT

52

12:31

Yohan Traore misses two point layup

12:29

Jaylin Sellers defensive rebound

12:25

Jaylin Sellers makes two point layup

PROV

61

BUT

52

12:05

Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes two point layup

PROV

61

BUT

54

11:53

Ryan Mela makes two point jump shot

PROV

63

BUT

54

11:36

Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes two point layup

PROV

63

BUT

56

11:21

Michael Ajayi personal foul (Jaylin Sellers draws the foul)

11:21

TV timeout

11:18

Stefan Vaaks misses three point jump shot

11:16

Michael Ajayi defensive rebound

11:01

Evan Haywood misses three point jump shot

10:59

Yohan Traore offensive rebound

10:53

Jamier Jones blocks Michael Ajayi's two point layup

10:51

Bulldogs offensive rebound

10:41

Michael Ajayi makes two point layup (Finley Bizjack assists)

PROV

63

BUT

58

10:28

Michael Ajayi shooting foul (Jaylin Sellers draws the foul)

10:28

Jaylin Sellers makes regular free throw 1 of 2

PROV

64

BUT

58

10:28

Jaylin Sellers makes regular free throw 2 of 2

PROV

65

BUT

58

10:16

Oswin Erhunmwunse blocks Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor's two point layup

10:14

Oswin Erhunmwunse defensive rebound

9:51

Ryan Mela misses three point jump shot

9:49

Oswin Erhunmwunse offensive rebound

9:33

Jaylin Sellers makes three point jump shot

PROV

68

BUT

58

9:11

Finley Bizjack misses two point jump shot

9:09

Oswin Erhunmwunse defensive rebound

9:03

Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor blocks Jaylin Sellers's two point layup

9:03

Bulldogs 30 second timeout

8:51

Finley Bizjack makes two point layup

PROV

68

BUT

60

8:51

Jamier Jones shooting foul (Finley Bizjack draws the foul)

8:51

Finley Bizjack makes regular free throw 1 of 1

PROV

68

BUT

61

8:27

Stefan Vaaks makes three point jump shot

PROV

71

BUT

61

8:04

Finley Bizjack makes three point jump shot (Drayton Jones assists)

PROV

71

BUT

64

7:55

Ryan Mela makes three point jump shot

PROV

74

BUT

64

7:33

Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses two point jump shot

7:31

Ryan Mela defensive rebound

7:26

Ryan Mela turnover (lost ball)

7:26

TV timeout

7:01

Michael Ajayi misses two point jump shot

6:59

Corey Floyd Jr. defensive rebound

6:58

Drayton Jones personal foul (Corey Floyd Jr. draws the foul)

6:46

Jaylin Sellers misses two point jump shot

6:44

Bulldogs defensive rebound

6:32

Evan Haywood misses two point jump shot

6:30

Drayton Jones offensive rebound

6:16

Evan Haywood makes two point jump shot (Finley Bizjack assists)

PROV

74

BUT

66

5:54

Corey Floyd Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Evan Haywood steals)

5:38

Jaylin Sellers shooting foul (Finley Bizjack draws the foul)

5:38

Finley Bizjack misses regular free throw 1 of 2

5:38

Finley Bizjack makes regular free throw 2 of 2

PROV

74

BUT

67

5:19

Stefan Vaaks misses three point jump shot

5:17

Finley Bizjack defensive rebound

5:08

Finley Bizjack makes three point jump shot

PROV

74

BUT

70

5:08

Friars 30 second timeout

4:52

Jaylin Sellers makes three point jump shot (Stefan Vaaks assists)

PROV

77

BUT

70

4:35

Jamier Jones personal foul (Finley Bizjack draws the foul)

4:26

Finley Bizjack misses three point jump shot

4:24

Jamier Jones personal foul (Michael Ajayi draws the foul)

4:18

Yohan Traore makes two point layup

PROV

77

BUT

72

4:18

Oswin Erhunmwunse shooting foul (Yohan Traore draws the foul)

4:18

Yohan Traore misses regular free throw 1 of 1

4:18

Evan Haywood offensive rebound

4:03

Michael Ajayi misses two point layup

4:01

Jaylin Sellers defensive rebound

3:57

Jaylin Sellers misses two point layup

3:55

Finley Bizjack defensive rebound

3:52

Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes three point jump shot (Finley Bizjack assists)

PROV

77

BUT

75

3:24

Jaylin Sellers makes two point jump shot (Stefan Vaaks assists)

PROV

79

BUT

75

3:14

Nilavan Daniels personal foul (Finley Bizjack draws the foul)

3:14

TV timeout

3:14

Finley Bizjack misses regular free throw 1 of 1

3:14

Jaylin Sellers defensive rebound

2:50

Stefan Vaaks makes three point jump shot (Jaylin Sellers assists)

PROV

82

BUT

75

2:38

Jaylin Sellers personal foul (Michael Ajayi draws the foul)

2:38

Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 1 of 2

PROV

82

BUT

76

2:38

Michael Ajayi misses regular free throw 2 of 2

2:38

Ryan Mela defensive rebound

2:08

Jaylin Sellers misses two point layup

2:06

Ryan Mela offensive rebound

2:05

Ryan Mela makes two point layup

PROV

84

BUT

76

1:52

Jaylin Sellers shooting foul (Michael Ajayi draws the foul)

1:52

Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 1 of 2

PROV

84

BUT

77

1:52

Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 2 of 2

PROV

84

BUT

78

1:36

Stefan Vaaks makes three point jump shot

PROV

87

BUT

78

1:26

Bulldogs 30 second timeout

1:17

Evan Haywood misses three point jump shot

1:15

Bulldogs offensive rebound

1:08

Finley Bizjack misses three point jump shot

1:06

Jaylin Sellers defensive rebound

0:56

Jamie Kaiser Jr. personal foul (Jamier Jones draws the foul)

0:54

Evan Haywood personal foul (Jaylin Sellers draws the foul)

0:52

Jamie Kaiser Jr. personal foul (Jaylin Sellers draws the foul)

0:52

Jaylin Sellers makes regular free throw 1 of 2

PROV

88

BUT

78

0:52

Jaylin Sellers misses regular free throw 2 of 2

0:52

Michael Ajayi defensive rebound

0:49

Bulldogs 60 second timeout

0:44

Michael Ajayi misses two point layup

0:42

Stefan Vaaks defensive rebound

0:41

Evan Haywood personal foul (Stefan Vaaks draws the foul)

0:41

Stefan Vaaks makes regular free throw 1 of 2

PROV

89

BUT

78

0:41

Stefan Vaaks makes regular free throw 2 of 2

PROV

90

BUT

78

0:36

Evan Haywood makes three point jump shot (Finley Bizjack assists)

PROV

90

BUT

81

0:34

Jamie Kaiser Jr. personal foul (Jaylin Sellers draws the foul)

0:34

Jaylin Sellers makes regular free throw 1 of 2

PROV

91

BUT

81

0:34

Jaylin Sellers misses regular free throw 2 of 2

0:34

Michael Ajayi defensive rebound

0:23

Finley Bizjack misses two point layup

0:21

Oswin Erhunmwunse defensive rebound

0:00

End of 2nd Half.