It's the first time Cooley has beaten his former team, and it comes as the former Friars coach is grieving the loss of his mother.

The Hoyas coach, still mourning the loss of his mother, gets a lift from his team with a 21-point rout of the Friars, fueled by Micah Peavy’s career-high 30 points.

Ed Cooley finally got the chance to defeat his past program. Two seasons after the Georgetown University men’s basketball team head coach departed from 12 seasons as head coach at Providence College,

The UConn Huskies (19-9, 11-6 Big East), coached by Dan Hurley, returned to the win column earlier on Wednesday, Feb. 26, on their homecourt.

The Providence College men’s basketball team was defeated by the Georgetown Hoyas (16-10, 7-8 BIG EAST), 93-72, on Wednesday, February 19 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. The Friars fell to 12-15 overall and 6-10 in BIG EAST play.

The streak is over. Former Providence College and now Georgetown Coach Ed Cooley got his first win over the Friars on Wednesday night.

The game will be televised on CBS and will be heard on WPRO radio (630-AM, 99.7-FM) beginning at noon. Seton Hall had won only six games this season, prior to the one-point win over the Huskies. Donovan Mitchell scored 41 points to lead a major Cavs comeback in a clash between the Eastern Conference's top two teams.

One of the newer but more intense rivalries in the Big East is renewed tonight in our nation’s capital as the Hoyas of Georgetown (15-10, 6-8) host the Providence Friars (12-14, 6-9).

Providence looks to continue its decade-long dominance over Georgetown when the two teams complete their season series on Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. The Friars (12-14, 6-9 Big East) have

The Huskies have won five consecutive meetings in the head-to-head series against the Friars and enter the 82nd all-time game following a 93-79 win over former Providence coach Ed Cooley's ...