HELENA, Mont. -- The Carroll College Fighting Saints men's basketball team got off to a better start against No. 11 Providence, but faltered in the second half to fall to the Argonauts 73-64 on Sunday evening.
Providence (4-0, 4-0 Frontier Conference) outscored the Saints (5-5, 2-4) 42-33 in the second half after the teams went into halftime tied 31-31. Providence built a 10-point lead through the second half's first 10 minutes, and the Saints never could crack the lead below nine points afterward.
Cap Uzan led the Argonauts with 22 points.
Carroll received 12 points from Gui Pedra, 11 from
Dennis Flowers III and 10 points from
Brendan Temple as double-digit scorers.
Next up, the Saints face Montana Western on January 16-17 in the PE Center.