Durham hits clutch 3 to send No. 11 Providence past Butler

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Published March 10, 2022 12:51 PM

By MIKE FITZPATRICK
AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Al Durham drained a go-ahead 3-pointer with 41 seconds left for his first basket of the game, and No. 11 Providence barely got past pesky Butler 65-61 in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals. Nate Watson scored a season-high 26 points for the top-seeded Friars, who avoided an early exit at Madison Square Garden after winning the first regular-season conference championship in school history. Jared Bynum added 16 points off the bench. The gritty Friars will play No. 4 seed Creighton on Friday night. Chuck Harris had 14 points and Bryce Golden 13 for the ninth-seeded Bulldogs.

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