PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Myles Byrd piled up 17 points and a career-best 10 steals Saturday as the Providence Friars smothered Colorado 67-53 at home in Providence, improving to 3-1 on the young season.
The Friars’ pressure defense drove the result. Providence came up with 18 steals and forced 22 turnovers, and the Buffaloes made just 19 of their 55 shots from the floor all afternoon and evening long. Colorado went 5 for 17 from 3-point range and slipped to 2-2.
Arrinten Page gave Providence a lift off the bench with 13 points. His 3-pointer midway through the first half put the Friars in front 15-14 and kicked off a 15-0 surge, and Providence carried an eight-point edge, 34-26, into the break.
Colorado made one last push, scoring six straight to pull within 59-53 with 4:44 to play, but the Buffaloes did not score again over the final minutes of the game. Barrington Hargress led Colorado with 18 points, and Jalin Holland added 16 off the bench.
Byrd’s previous high in steals was seven, a total he had reached twice. The first came while he was playing at San Diego State in January 2025 against Colorado State, and the second came against Maine less than two weeks before Saturday’s game. His 10 steals left him one short of the school record. The program’s single-game mark is 11 steals, set by John Linehan in 2002.
The result also settled a score from last season, when Colorado won the first meeting between the schools 97-88. Providence stays home to face Sacred Heart on Tuesday, while Colorado heads back to Boulder to host Portland on Wednesday.
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