FRIAR BASKETBALL TIMELINE 1974-75 • The first season of Providence College women’s basketball. • The Friars finished with a record of 9-4. • Kay McDonald is hired as the College’s first women’s basketball coach. 1975-76 • The Friars finished with an impressive 16-3 overall record including a trip to the E.A.I.A.W. Regional Tournament. 1976-77 • Tim Gilbride is hired as the second women’s basketball coach at Providence. • PC ends the season with an 18-6 record including a birth in the E.A.I.A.W. Regional Tournament. • The Friars defeated Annhurst, 134-28, setting a team record for most points scored and margin of victory. 1977-78 • The Friars topped the 20-win mark for the first time with a 21-5 record. • PC participated in three tournaments including the E.A.I.A.W. Regional Tournament. 1978-79 • Another 20-win season was highlighted by victories over Brown, Boston College, UMass, and Connecticut. • The Friars finished with a 21-9 record as Mary Ann McCoy led the way averaging 11.3 points per game. 1979-80 • The third consecutive 20-win season was the last for coach Tim Gilbride as he stepped down as coach. • Two Friar greats, Mary Ann McCoy and Lynn Sheedy graduated leading the team to a 22-7 record and PC’s first ever trip to the E.A.I.A.W. National Tournament. • McCoy became the first Lady Friar to score over 1,000 points and pull down over 1,000 rebounds. • Sheedy’s 1,261 career points ranks 13th in Friar history. 1980-81 • Joe Mullaney, Jr. was named the new Providence women’s basketball head coach. • The Friars finished with a 17-12 record and earned a E.A.I.A.W. Regional Tournament berth. • The squad was led by Kathy Finn who averaged 15.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per contest. 1981-82 • PC captured two in-season tournaments; the Concordia Classic and the Providence College Invitational. • The Friars won a then-record 25 games, with just nine defeats, on their way to yet another E.A.I.A.W. Regional Tournament birth. 1982-83 • The Friars ended the season with a 24-6 overall record, two consecutive 20-win seasons. • Providence began play in the newly formed BIG EAST Conference, finished with a 7-1 conference record and were named Co-Champions. • Friar great Kerry Phayre graduated, earning KODAK District I All-America Team and BIG EAST Honorable Mention honors. 1983-84 • Lynn Sheedy was hired as new PC women’s basketball coach and guided the Friars to a 19-7 overall record and a 5-3 mark in conference play. • The Lady Friars defeated Miami, Duke and Monmouth enroute to the Miami Masonic Classic Tournament title. • Friar greats Kathy Finn, second on the Friar all-time scoring list and Laurie St. Jean, who started in 90 consecutive games, graduated.
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1984-85 • Providence finished with a 14-14 overall record and a 9-7 mark in the BIG EAST. • The team captured the Houston Tournament with wins over Detroit and Houston. • Britt King set a PC record for rebounds in a season (398) and rebounds per game for a season (14.2 rpg) and was named to the KODAK District I All-America Team. • Mary Burke led the team in scoring averaging 15.9 points per game. 1985-86 • New Head Coach Bob Foley, BIG EAST Coach of the Year, led the Friars to a 24-6 overall record (14-2 in the BIG EAST), a BIG EAST Championship, and a birth in their first NCAA Tournament. • PC is led by Britt King who graduated as the Friars’ all-time leading rebounder (1,025) and is named to the All-BIG EAST First Team. • The squad set team records for field goals in a game (46-twice) and consecutive wins (15). 1986-87 • PC finished with a 23-9 overall record, 12-4 in BIG EAST play and advanced to the third round of the NIT. • Friar great Mary Burke graduated missing just one game in her four year career and was named to the KODAK District I All-America Team, All-BIG EAST First Team and the Rhode Island Athlete of the Year. • Burke also received the ECAC Award of Valor. • Senior Doris Sable who led the Friars in assists each of her four years was named to the KODAK District I All-America Team • The team established the PC record for field goal percentage in a season (.496). 1987-88 • The year’s squad finished with a 13-15 overall record with a 7-9 mark in BIG EAST action. • Friar great Doreen Ferguson graduated, leading the team with 425 points (15.7 ppg) and earning Second Team All-BIG EAST honors. • Ferguson finished with 1,039 points which is good for 23rd in PC history. • The team had victories over Pittsburgh, Boston College, Rhode Island, and Seton Hall. 1988-89 • PC achieves another 20-win season with a 22-11 overall mark, 10-6 in conference play and a birth in the NCAA Tournament. • Andrea Magum and Liz Lawlor earned All-BIG EAST Second Team honors while Shanya Evans made the third team. • Mangum was named to the KODAK District I All-America Team. • Freshman Tracy Lis was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year. • The Friars won the Lady Friar Classic and the B.I.W. Maine Holiday Hoop Classic. • The team set a record for the most free throws made (45) and attempted (52) in one game. 1989-90 • One of the best teams in school history were the Co-BIG EAST Champions and BIG EAST Tournament Champions, won a team-record 27 games with just five defeats, went 14-2 in BIG EAST play, were named the ECAC Team of the Year, and reached the NCAA East Regional Semifinals. • PC was led by Andrea Mangum and Dottie VanGheem who were named to the KODAK District I All-America and First Team All-BIG EAST Teams. • Mangum graduated with 1,679 career points which is third on the PC all-time list and 1,063 rebounds, which is second on the PC all-time list. • Shanya Evans was also on the All-BIG EAST First Team. • Van Gheem graduated with the highest field goal percentage for a career (.526) and was named to the NCAA Tournament East Regional All-Tournament and CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-America District I Teams. • Tracy Lis was named to the United States Junior National Team and participated in the United States Olympic Festival. • The team set a school record for most rebounds in a season (1,384), most consecutive wins (15), and finished ranked 18th in the Associated Press rankings.