January 28, 2014

Legend visits with Friartown team

Mary Burke ’87Providence College paid tribute to women’s basketball legend Mary Burke ’87, center, prior to a November home contest against the Bryant University team she coaches. The PC Athletics Hall of Fame member was a three-time All-BIG EAST selection and ranks as the Friars’ fifth all-time leading scorer. The Friars won the game – the first meeting between the teams since 1976 – 104-67. With Burke are, from left, PC guard-forward Danielle Pearson ’14, Friar Head Coach Susan Robinson Fruchtl, PC guard Tori Rule ’15, and Robert G. Driscoll, Jr., associate vice president for athletics and athletic director.