Matt Gotsch – 40
- Friendswood, Texas (Friendswood)
- Center
- 6’11”, 224
1996-97 Highlights:
Was the third-leading scorer on the Notre Dame team last year at 7.6 points per game and was the third-leading rebounder on the team at 5.1 per game…..had 97 career blocked shots, which is second in school history and his 41 as a senior was the third highest total in school history…was one of three senior captains.
AS A SENIOR: Came off the bench in all three National Invitation Tournament games and scored 15 points in first round win over Oral Roberts on seven of nine shooting from the field…had a career-high 18 points vs. Providence (Feb. 22) to go along with 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season and third of his career…recorded five blocked shots against Villanova on Feb. 16…was among the BIG EAST leaders in blocked shots…was back in the starting lineup in win over Syracuse (Jan. 18) with six points…had a season-high 13 rebounds against Seton Hall (Jan. 22) and had a team high 14 points vs. Pittsburgh (Jan. 29)…scored a then career-high 17 points coming off the bench against Georgetown (Jan. 7) and scored 10 points against both Rutgers (Jan. 4) and Youngstown State (Nov. 26)…played 26 minutes vs. Georgetown and was seven of 11 from the field…had a double-double against the Hoyas as he brought down 12 rebounds…missed the New Hampshire and Kentucky games with the flu.
AS A JUNIOR:
Was tied for 13th in the BIG EAST for overall blocks at 1.00 per game…his 28 blocks were tied for the sixth-highest total in school single-season history…had one of the finest games of his collegiate career in the regular-season finale against Syracuse last year when he came off the bench to score 15 points with seven rebounds…shot seven for nine from the field against the Orangemen playing 30 minutes…came off the bench to score 10 points with six rebounds in win over Seton Hall (Feb. 24)…had started the first 19 games of the season before not playing vs. St. John’s (Feb. 11) and scored four points vs. Pittsburgh (Feb. 13)…scored 10 points and brought down eight rebounds vs. West Virginia (Jan. 27)…scored a career-high 16 points against San Diego (Dec. 28) as he hit on seven of eight from the field….recorded the first double-double of his career against Loyola of Maryland (Dec. 9) with 15 points and a career-high 14 rebounds…the 15 points tied his former career high with three other games…scored 11 points vs. Rutgers (Dec. 2) and had nine points against Miami (Jan. 23)…had six points and seven rebounds vs. Connecticut (Dec. 6)…played on a team of American college players in summer of ’95 in Barbados as part of the People-to-People Sports Committee.
AS A SOPHOMORE:
Started 14 games early in the ’94-’95 season and returned to the starting lineup for the final four games of the season…scored 181 points with 112 rebounds as a sophomore, compared to 36 points and 35 rebounds as a freshman…more of a factor inside after gaining valuable experience as a freshman…was third on the team in rebounds at 4.3 per game…had a team-high 15 points to tie a career high with four rebounds vs. Marquette…came off the bench against Iona to score 12 points with six rebounds…missed the game vs. Xavier to attend his grandfather’s funeral in Texas…established a career-high 15 points against St. Bonaventure and tied that career high in the first round of the Far West Classic vs. Oregon State…hit on seven of nine from the field in the game vs. St. Bonaventure…was seven of eight vs. Oregon State…against the Beavers, hit a layup and made a free throw with 43 seconds left to give the Irish their first lead and the lead for good at 70-67…had a career-high 12 rebounds vs. San Diego.
AS A FRESHMAN:
Came off the bench in 17 games, had a high of 14 minutes vs. Chaminade and averaged 7.6 minutes per game…played four minutes off the bench vs. Marquette and eight minutes off the bench vs. North Carolina…scored 36 points with 35 rebounds…scored six points vs. Chaminade and had four rebounds in three different games.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA:
Was named the Texas 4A state player of the year following senior season at Friendswood High School in Friendswood, Texas…was selected as an All-American by Van Coleman’s Future Stars…as a senior, averaged 25.1 points per game with 14 rebounds and nine blocks…shot 65 percent from the field and 79 percent from the free throw line…scored a total of 1,717 points in his prep career and pulled down 971 rebounds and registered 690 blocked shots…set school records for most career blocks, most career rebounds and highest single-season scoring average…career numbers also included 60.5 percent shooting mark from the field and 78.2 percent from the free throw line…his junior season saw him average 13.0 points per game with 13.0 rebounds and 8.4 blocked shots…averaged 14 points and 9.8 rebounds as a sophomore…was named academic all-state…was named all-state, all-region and all-district as a senior…as a junior, was second-team all-state and after his sophomore season was named first-team all-district and all-region…was a high honorable mention pick for Street and Smith’s/Nike High School All-America team…team captain his junior and senior seasons…named outstanding athlete by Friendswood High for 1992-93…averaged 15 points per game in summer of ’93 in Chevron Summer League in Houston, which featured a number of collegiate players…the Galvaston Daily News honored him as student citizen of the year…wears a size 17 shoe…has three sisters…full name is Matthew James Gotsch…born 10/11/74 in LaMarque, Texas…enrolled in College of Arts and Letters with a major in government and computer applications.
Gotsch’s Statistics
3-Pt Rebounds
YEAR G-S MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O D TOT AVG. AST. STL BLK PF-D PTS/AVG
1993-94 17-0 129/7.6 16-41 .390 0-0 --- 4-10 .400 12 23 35 2.1 2 2 8 27-1 36/2.1
1994-95 26-18 498/19.2 78-144 .542 1-5 .200 24-38 .632 25 87 112 4.3 14 9 20 62-1 181/7.0
1995-96 26-19 460/17.7 63-113 .558 1-3 .333 27-49 .551 25 80 105 4.0 5 7 28 85-2 154/5.9
BIG EAST 17-11 278/16.4 43-72 .597 1-2 .500 16-30 .533 14 45 59 3.5 4 4 13 54-1 103/6.1
1996-97 24-16 462/19.3 79-129 .589 0-1 .000 31-41 .756 30 92 122 5.1 9 12 34 65-3 183/7.6
BIG EAST 18-13 350/19.4 55-101 .545 0-1 .000 26-33 .788 19 68 87 4.8 6 9 29 49-2 136/7.6
TOTALS 93-53 1549/16.7 236-427 .553 2-9 .222 86-138 .623 92 282 374 4.0 30 30 90 239-7 554/6.0
BIG EAST 35-24 628/17.9 98-173 .566 1-3 .333 42-63 667 33 113 146 4.2 10 13 42 103-3 239/6.8
Game-By-Game in '93-'94
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def Tot Ast PF BS ST Pts
Valparaiso 5 0-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Boston College DNP
San Diego 11 2-4 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 4
Indiana 12 0-5 0-0 3-4 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 3
USC 12 2-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 4
Arizona 13 2-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 4
Chaminade 14 3-9 0-0 0-0 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 6
Texas 12 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 4
Fordham 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
Kentucky 11 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 4
LaSalle DNP
Missouri 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Duquesne 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St.Bonaventure 10 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 3
Manhattan DNP
Loyola (Ill.) 6 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2
Duke DNP
Providence DNP
Northridge 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
UCLA DNP
Georgia DNP
Butler DNP
Hofstra DNP
Marquette 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DePaul DNP
North Carolina 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Louisville DNP
Loyola (Ill.) DNP
Dayton 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game-By-Game in '94-'95
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def Tot Ast PF BS ST Pts
+Valparaiso 25 4-5 0-0 2-6 1 5 6 0 2 2 0 10
+Indiana 28 3-10 0-0 1-2 2 6 8 0 2 1 1 7
+San Diego 26 2-6 0-1 4-6 4 8 12 0 3 2 0 8
+Loyola Marymount 18 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 5 2 0 4
+DePaul 25 3-8 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 6
+St. Bonaventure 30 7-9 0-0 1-2 3 6 9 0 3 0 0 15
+Oregon State 25 7-8 0-1 1-1 0 3 3 0 3 1 0 15
+Oregon 21 1-4 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 2 2 0 1 3
+Cornell 24 3-7 0-0 3-4 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 9
+Lehigh 21 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 2 1 0 2
+Loyola (Md.) 11 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2
+Louisville 20 4-6 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 1 3 0 0 8
+Columbia 20 5-8 0-0 1-2 0 6 6 2 2 2 2 11
+Missouri 17 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 0 1 1 1 0
Hofstra 24 3-6 0-0 2-2 1 7 8 1 1 0 0 8
Dayton 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xavier DNP
Duke 15 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
Boston College 5 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Iona 19 5-7 0-0 2-2 2 4 6 0 4 1 0 12
UCLA 13 4-7 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 4 1 0 8
Duquesne 12 3-4 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 8
Kentucky 23 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 2
+Butler 17 4-8 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 1 4 0 1 10
+Fordham 21 3-7 0-0 0-1 1 7 8 0 2 2 0 6
+Marquette 22 6-8 1-1 2-2 1 3 4 1 5 0 0 15
+Loyola (Ill.) 15 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 0 3 1 1 6
Game-By-Game in '95-'96
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def Tot Ast PF BS ST Pts
+Akron 11 0-2 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 2
+Indiana 24 0-1 0-0 2-5 1 6 7 0 4 3 2 2
+Rutgers 28 5-6 1-1 0-3 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 11
+Connecticut 19 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 6 7 0 4 2 0 6
+Loyola (MD) 36 6-7 0-0 3-7 3 11 14 0 4 5 0 15
+UCLA 28 2-9 0-0 1-1 2 3 5 0 4 2 0 5
+Xavier (Ohio) 22 2-6 0-1 0-0 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 4
+San Diego 26 7-8 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 0 3 1 0 16
+Loyola Marymount 11 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 5 0 0 2
+Villanova 21 4-6 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 1 4 2 1 8
+Boston College 12 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 2
+Pittsburgh 13 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 3
+Georgetown 19 4-7 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 0 5 2 1 8
+Rutgers 15 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 4
+Miami 23 4-8 0-0 1-1 0 3 3 0 4 1 0 9
+West Virginia 24 5-7 0-0 0-3 1 7 8 0 4 1 0 10
+St. John's 18 2-5 0-1 3-6 1 2 3 1 4 1 1 7
+Georgetown 11 2-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 6
+Manhattan 11 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2
St. John's 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh 3 0-0 0-0 4-4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
Connecticut 10 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0
Providence 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Seton Hall 19 3-4 0-0 4-4 0 6 6 0 2 1 0 10
Miami 9 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Syracuse 30 7-9 0-0 1-4 3 4 7 1 3 2 0 15
Syracuse 13 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 5 5 0 2 3 0 3
+-games started
Game-By-Game in '96-'97
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min.FG- FG- FT- Off Def. Total Ast PF BS ST Pts
FGA FGA FTA
+ Monmouth 28 0-0 0-0 3-4 0 7 7 1 3 1 1 3
+ Youngstown State 22 5-5 0-0 0-0 2 7 9 1 3 1 1 10
+ Indiana 22 4-7 0-0 0-0 3 5 8 0 3 1 1 8
+ Providence College 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0
New Hampshire DNP
Kentucky DNP
Loyola (Md.) 14 4-4 0-0 1-2 3 3 6 0 5 1 0 9
Nicholls State 13 4-7 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 1 0 1 0 8
Loyola Chicago 13 4-5 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 9
Syracuse 16 3-3 0-0 0-0 1 6 7 0 2 0 1 6
Rutgers 20 4-6 0-0 2-3 2 2 4 0 2 1 0 10
Georgetown 26 7-110-1 3-3 3 9 12 0 2 5 0 17
Boston College 12 3-9 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
Villanova 18 1-4 0-0 0-2 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 2
+ Syracuse 20 3-6 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 0 4 0 0 6
+ Seton Hall 30 4-6 0-0 0-2 4 9 13 1 3 4 1 8
+ West Virginia 20 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 0 4 3 0 6
+ Pittsburgh 24 5-7 0-0 4-4 2 4 6 0 2 3 1 14
+ St. John's 25 2-7 0-0 3-3 0 3 3 0 4 3 1 7
+ Connecticut 9 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0
+ West Virginia 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2
+ Villanova 29 4-7 0-0 9-10 0 2 2 0 3 5 0 17
+ Seton Hall 18 5-6 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 0 5 2 1 11
+ Providence College 34 7-110-0 4-4 1 9 10 2 4 0 0 18
+ Miami (Fla.) 19 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 0 4 1 3 6
+ Boston College 14 0-5 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Gotsch’s Career Highs
- Points: 18 vs. Providence (2), 1996-97
- Field Goals: 7 on six occasions
- Field Goals Attempted: 11 on two occasions
- Field Goal Percentage: 1.000 on nine occasions
- Free Throws: 9 vs. Villanova (2), 1996-97
- Free Throws Attempted: 10 vs. Villanova (2), 1996-97
- Free Throw Percentage: 1.000 on 17 occasions
- Rebounds: 14 vs. Loyola (MD), 1995-96
- Assists: 3 vs. Loyola Marymount, 1994-95
- Blocked Shots: 5 on three occasions
- Steals: 3 vs. Miami, 1996-97
- Minutes: 36 vs. Loyola (MD), 1995-96
Pete Miller – 22
- South Bend, Ind. (St. Joseph’s)
- Guard
- 6’5″ 188
1996-97 Season Highlights:
Started 29 of 30 games for the Irish in his senior season at shooting guard…scored in double figures in seven of the final 15 games of his senior season…originally joined team as a walk-on as a freshman…was a scholarship member of the team for three years…served as one of three senior captains…South Bend product who improved his body strength over his career.
AS A SENIOR:
Tied his career high with 16 points against TCU (Mar. 18) in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament…also scored 13 points in quarterfinal game vs. Michigan (Mar. 20)…had 11 points in 21 minutes vs. West Virginia (Feb. 11) before leaving the game with a concussion…had 13 points vs. St. John’s (Feb. 4), including a three-for-three performance from three-point range…scored a season-high 15 points against West Virginia (Jan. 25) after scoring 13 points vs. Seton Hall (Jan. 22)…had 10 points vs. Youngstown State (Nov. 26)…scored eight points vs. Loyola (Md.) (Nov. 21)…37 of his 56 field goals were from three-point range while 97 of his 143 field goal attempts were from three-point range…had five rebounds in win over Syracuse (Jan. 2)…added six points vs. the Orangemen.
AS A JUNIOR:
Suffered a partial dislocation of his shoulder in first half against Seton Hall on Feb. 24 and missed the rest of the season…scored 12 points, including two three-pointers, vs. Miami (Jan. 23)…had scored 44 points over eight games before not playing vs. St. John’s and Pittsburgh….scored eight points, including two three-point field goals, vs. Rutgers (Jan. 20) in 21 minutes of playing time…had a career-high 16 points and pulled down a career-high six rebounds vs. Pittsburgh (Jan. 13), including a three-for-six in three-pointers..was six-for-nine from the field…had come off the bench prior to Xavier (Dec. 23) in four games after missing the first two due to surgery in his right thumb in the first week of November for torn ligaments.
AS A SOPHOMORE:
Made his first career start vs. Butler and scored nine points, including the first seven of the game for the Irish…also started vs. Fordham and scored eight points…returned to the Irish lineup Jan. 15 vs. Hofstra after suffering an ankle sprain in practice on Jan. 9 and missed the Columbia and Missouri games…came off the bench to play in 25 games…registered a career-high four assists vs. Iona…had a career-high 13 points vs. Cornell, after hitting on three three-pointers…tied a then career-high with seven points vs. Oregon and had a career-high four rebounds…nailed first three-pointer of the season against St. Bonaventure that keyed an Irish run with 9:33 to play in the game.
AS A FRESHMAN:
Scored a three-point field goal vs. UCLA with 7:32 left in the game…played 16 minutes vs. Bruins and 11 vs. Georgia the next day…scored a career-high seven points vs. Cal State Northridge….had a career-high playing time of 23 minutes vs. Loyola and scored six points with two rebounds and one assist…came off the bench vs. Manhattan to hit two free throws for Monty Williams after Williams was fouled and injured…saw action in 25 games and scored six points vs. USC…scored four points vs. Chaminade…hit a three-point field goal in season opener vs. Valparaiso.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA:
Earned four varsity letters as a guard at St. Joseph’s High School…in his senior year, team advanced to state semifinals…received the Arthur L. Trester Mental Attitude Award given to a player each year in the state tournament for achievement in basketball, academics and citizenship…was the first South Bend player to ever receive that award…all-city pick as junior and senior…four-year starter who averaged 14 points a game in senior season and had career free-throw shooting mark of 85 percent..scored a career-high 30 points vs. Elston High of Michigan City…member of National Honor Society…brother Joseph played football at St. Norbert College in Wisconsin…full name is Peter Michael Miller…born 9-27-74 in South Bend, Ind. …enrolled in College of Arts and Letters with a major in sociology…has an overall grade point average of 3.244 and earned a 3.445 GPA in the spring of ’96 and a 3.424 in the fall of ’96 for Dean’s List honors both times.
Miller's Statistics
3-Pt Rebounds
YEAR G-S MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O D TOT AVG AST STL BLK PF-D PTS/AVG
1993-94 25-0 148/5.9 11-30 .367 6-19 .316 11-12 .917 6 8 14 0.6 9 8 0 19-0 39/1.6
1994-95 25-2 267/10.7 27-66 .409 12-34 .353 15-23 .652 11 11 22 0.9 17 15 2 37-1 81/3.2
1995-96 21-3 296/14.1 24-60 .400 12-40 .300 7-15 .467 11 14 25 1.2 8 10 1 35-0 67/3.2
BIG EAST 15-0 183/12.2 20-45 .444 1-8 .125 5-5 1.000 7 9 16 1.1 6 8 1 26-0 53/3.5
1996-97 26-25 537/20.7 42-119 .353 26-78 .333 18-25 .720 8 40 48 1.8 31 20 3 68-3 128/4.9
BIG EAST 18-18 377/20.9 31-87 .356 18-55 .327 14-20 .700 6 31 37 2.1 19 15 3 49-2 94/5.2
TOTALS 97-30 1248/12.9 104-275 .378 56-171 .327 51-75 .680 36 73 109 1.1 65 53 6 159-4 315/3.2
BIG EAST 33-18 560/17.0 51-132 .386 19-63 .301 19-25 .760 13 40 53 1.6 25 23 4 75-2 147/4.5
Game-By-Game in '93-'94
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def Tot Ast PF BS ST Pts
Valparaiso DNP
Boston College 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Diego 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana 4 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2
USC 3 1-1 0-0 4-4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
Arizona 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Chaminade 6 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Texas 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fordham DNP
Kentucky 4 0-1 0-1 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
LaSalle DNP
Missouri DNP
Duquesne 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2
St.Bonaventure 2 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Manhattan 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Loyola (Ill.) 23 2-5 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 6
Duke 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Providence 12 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
Northridge 11 2-3 2-2 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 7
UCLA 16 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 3 0 3 3
Georgia 11 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Butler 9 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Hofstra 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marquette DNP
DePaul 8 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
North Carolina 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louisville 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Loyola (Ill.) 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dayton 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game-By-Game in '94-'95
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def Tot Ast PF BS ST Pts
Valparaiso 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Indiana 8 1-2 0-1 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
San Diego 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loyola Marymount 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
DePaul 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
St. Bonaventure 12 1-4 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 3
Oregon State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon 17 3-4 1-2 0-0 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 7
Cornell 15 4-5 3-3 2-3 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 13
Lehigh 11 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Loyola (Md.) 15 3-5 0-2 1-1 3 0 3 2 2 1 2 7
Louisville 14 2-4 1-2 3-3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 8
Columbia DNP
Missouri DNP
Hofstra 5 0-1 0-1 0-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Dayton 12 0-3 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2
Xavier 7 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Duke 14 0-4 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0
Boston College 5 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
Iona 13 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 3
UCLA 16 0-3 0-2 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
Duquesne 12 1-2 0-1 1-3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
Kentucky 6 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
+Butler 25 4-7 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 9
+Fordham 23 3-5 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 8
Marquette 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Loyola (Ill.) 14 3-6 2-4 0-0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 8
Game-By-Game in '95-'96
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def Tot Ast PF BS ST Pts
Akron DNP
Indiana DNP
Rutgers 19 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5
Connecticut 11 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
Loyola (MD) 7 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
UCLA 16 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
+Xavier (Ohio) 24 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 5
+San Diego 26 1-5 1-3 2-2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 5
+Loyola Marymount 27 1-4 1-4 0-0 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 3
Villanova 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Boston College 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Pittsburgh 24 6-9 3-6 1-2 2 4 6 0 2 0 1 16
Georgetown 11 1-2 0-1 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Rutgers 21 3-7 2-5 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 8
Miami 28 5-8 2-3 0-1 1 0 1 2 4 0 2 12
West Virginia 14 1-8 0-7 0-1 2 1 3 0 3 0 1 2
St. John's 10 1-2 1-2 1-2 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 4
Georgetown 7 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Manhattan 13 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
St. John's DNP
Pittsburgh 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Connecticut 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Providence 2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Seton Hall 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Miami DNP
Syracuse DNP
+ - Games Started
Game-By-Game in '96-'97
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min.FG- FG- FT- Off Def. Total Ast PF BS ST Pts
FGA FGA FTA
+ Monmouth 20 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 3
+ Youngstown State 27 4-9 2-6 0-0 2 2 4 2 2 0 2 10
+ Indiana 23 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 6
+ Providence College 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
+ New Hampshire 19 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 0
Kentucky 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
+ Loyola (Md.) 22 3-4 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 8
+ Nicholls State 22 1-7 1-5 2-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 5
+ Loyola Chicago 22 0-1 0-0 2-3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
+ Syracuse 22 2-4 2-3 0-2 1 4 5 0 3 0 0 6
+ Rutgers 15 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
+ Georgetown 21 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 3 3 2 4 0 1 0
+ Boston College 20 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
+ Villanova 28 3-8 2-5 0-0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 8
+ Syracuse 18 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 2
+ Seton Hall 19 3-6 2-3 5-9 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 13
+ West Virginia 28 6-133-9 0-0 1 1 2 3 3 0 3 15
+ Pittsburgh 19 1-5 0-1 1-1 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 3
+ St. John's 18 5-6 3-3 0-0 1 1 2 1 5 0 0 13
+ Connecticut 28 1-6 0-3 2-2 0 3 3 1 3 0 2 4
+ West Virginia 21 4-7 3-6 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 11
+ Villanova 27 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 1 4 0 2 5
+ Seton Hall 21 0-4 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 1 5 0 0 0
+ Providence College 28 2-7 2-5 6-6 1 6 7 2 3 3 1 12
+ Miami (Fla.) 18 0-4 0-4 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
+ Boston College 20 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0
Miller’s Career Highs
- Points: 16 vs. Pittsburgh, 1995-96
- Field Goals: 6 on two occasions
- Field Goals Attempted: 13 vs. West Virginia (1), 1996-97
- Field Goal Percentage: 1.000 on five occasions
- Free Throws: 6 vs. Providence (2), 1996-97
- Free Throws Attempted: 9 vs. Seton Hall (1), 1996-97
- Free Throw Percentage: 1.000 on 15 occasions
- Rebounds: 7 vs. Providence (2), 1996-97
- Assists: 4 vs. Iona, 1994-95
- Blocked Shots: 3 vs. Providence (2), 1996-97
- Steals: 3 on two occasions
- Minutes: 28 on five occasions
Admore White – 18
- Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Boyd Anderson)
- Guard
- 6’1″,184
1996-97 Season Highlights:
The starting point guard for the Irish as a senior, leading the team in assists with 201 while committing just 110 turnovers, or one for every 8.6 minutes of play…his 201 assists in his senior season was the fourth-highest total in Irish single-season history…scored in double-figures in 11 of his final 16 games…was the second-leading scorer on the team as a senior at 10.0 points per game and scored 301 points, a career-high along with his 201 assists…was one of three Irish players to start all 30 games last season…finished the season ranked No. 11 in the country in assists per game at 6.7…in the BIG EAST, was first in assists for overall games (6.7), fourth in assist/turnover ratio for overall games, second in assists for conference games (6.5), seventh in assist/turnover ratio for conference games and 14th in steals for conference games (1.8)…served as a senior captain…speedy point guard who is good penetrator and excellent defensive player.
AS A SENIOR:
Averaged 13.3 points per game in BIG EAST regular season wins and 7.8 points per game in BIG EAST losses…scored a career-high 18 points vs. Oral Roberts in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament…dished out nine assists in that game…scored 14 points in quarterfinals against Michigan…had a career-high 13 assists against the Wolverines for his sixth double-double of his career and fifth of the season…against Providence (Feb. 22), had 13 points and 10 rebounds…hit a three-point field goal at the buzzer at the end of regulation to send game into overtime in win over Friars…had a career-high 17 points vs. West Virginia on Feb. 11 to go along with eight rebounds…scored nine points vs. Connecticut (Feb. 8) and had a three-point field goal in overtime that put Irish ahead to stay…was Notre Dame’s leading scorer in the BIG EAST Tournament game against Syracuse with 12 points…scored a then career-high 16 points in win over Seton Hall (Jan. 22)…added six points and four rebounds vs. the Pirates…had 11 points with six assists in win over Syracuse (Jan. 18)…had his fourth career double-double with 12 points and 10 assists against Villanova (Feb. 16)…third career double-double against Syracuse (Jan. 2) with 14 points and 10 assists…the 14 points were a career-high while the 10 assists were one short of his career high…also had 13 points and 10 assists against Loyola of Maryland (Dec. 21)…had a career-high 11 rebounds vs. New Hampshire (Dec. 10) to go along with eight points and six assists…had 10 points vs. Kentucky (Dec. 14) to go along with his 13 vs. Loyola (Md.) and 12 vs. Nicholls State (Dec. 23) to mark the first time in his career that he had three-straight double-figure scoring games…had 26 assists over the last four games of the Irish summer tour in Italy before the season.
AS A JUNIOR:
started the first four games of the ’95-’96 season and came off the bench in 22 of the next 23…was second on the team in assists with 59 and committed 47 turnovers…scored a season high nine points against Boston College (Jan. 9) and pulled down three rebounds…came off the bench to score seven points vs. Loyola of Maryland (Dec. 9) and had nine assists at Rutgers (Dec. 2)…scored seven points with three rebounds in 13 minutes of action vs. Connecticut (Feb. 17)…had six assists and one turnover in nine minutes of play in win over St. John’s (Jan. 31) and added six points…scored eight points vs. Miami (Jan. 23) and dished out four assists with two turnovers in 15 minutes of playing time.
AS A SOPHOMORE:
Came off the bench in 24 games…scored a season-high 10 points in season finale vs. Loyola of Chicago and brought down a season-high six rebounds…had four assists and no turnovers vs. Duke…had five assists vs. Cornell…gained valuable experience in summer of ’94 by touring Spain, Russia and Poland with the People-to-People Sports Committee, a team that consisted of Division I college players and coached by Paul Biancardi of Boston College.
AS A FRESHMAN:
Was fifth on the team in scoring with 3.8 points per game and led the team in assists with 96…in the 13 final games of the season had 28 assists with just 16 turnovers…had five assists with one turnover vs. DePaul in 15 minutes of play…in win vs. Georgia, had four assists and one turnover in 16 minutes of play…had nine assists with just two turnovers in 23 minutes of action in win vs. Cal State Northridge…had four assists in 12 minutes vs. Duke with just one turnover and had three assists with no turnovers in 14 minutes of action vs. Providence…scored in double figures in two games with 10 points in opener vs. Valparaiso and 14 vs. Boston College..hit two three-point field goals vs. the Eagles…also vs. Valpo, had 11 assists, the most by an Irish player since the ’90-’91 season…scored nine points vs. both Chaminade and Texas in the Maui Classic.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA:
Attended Boyd Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. …averaged 22.0 points per game with 11 assists, five rebounds and three steals per contest…had single-game highs of 34 points and 28 assists…named first-team all-state for class 4A, which consists of large schools, and was named player of the year in Broward County…attended same high school as Mitch Richmond of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings…team captain…two-time all-county pick..team went 28-2 in senior season and was champion of Mitch Richmond Classic and Great Florida Shootout…was named MVP of Great Florida Shootout, while 1991 MVP was standout Jason Kidd, now of the Dallas Mavericks…as a junior, averaged 14.0 points per game as team went 30-3 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the state tournament…as a sophomore, averaged 13.0 points per contest as school had 27-1 record and made the state quarterfinals…during three-year varsity career, team posted a combined record of 85-6…played in Florida’s North-South all-star game..also lettered in volleyball…voted the school’s junior of the year by his classmates based on both academic and athletic achievement…born 11/11/74 in Jamaica…has one brother and one sister…full name is Admore V. White…enrolled in College of Business Administration with a major in management.
White's Statistics
3-pt Rebounds
YEAR G-S MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O D TOT AVG. AST. STL BLK PF-D PTS/AVG
1993-94 28-10 487/17.4 35-97 .361 5-24 .208 32-46 .696 12 47 59 2.1 96 31 2 52-2 107/3.8
1994-95 24-0 190/7.9 17-38 .447 5-14 .357 14-21 .667 4 30 34 1.4 34 14 0 27-0 53/2.2
1995-96 26-4 317/12.2 33-74 .446 9-23 .391 13-23 .565 9 46 55 2.1 59 19 0 41-0 88/3.4
BIG EAST 17-2 213/12.5 22-49 .449 5-16 .313 10-17 .588 4 31 35 2.1 44 11 0 27-0 59/3.5
1996-97 26-26 809/31.1 84-209 .402 24-74 .324 56-86 .651 15 119 134 5.2 164 44 1 58-1 248/9.5
BIG EAST 18-18 580/32.2 62-148 .419 21-60 .350 40-60 .667 13 76 89 4.9 117 33 0 48-1 185/10.3
TOTALS 104-40 1803/17.3 169-418 .404 43-135 .319 115-176 .653 40 242 282 2.7 353 108 3 178-3 496/4.8
BIG EAST 35-20 793/22.7 84-197 .426 26-76 .342 50-77 .649 17 107 124 3.3 161 44 0 75-1 244/7.0
Game-By-Game in '93-'94
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def Tot Ast PF BS ST Pts
+Valparaiso 35 3-9 0-3 4-4 0 3 3 11 6 1 2 10
+Boston College 32 6-7 2-3 0-0 1 3 4 6 5 0 1 14
San Diego 21 1-5 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 7 0 4 2
Indiana 28 1-8 0-2 3-4 3 1 4 9 6 0 0 5
+USC 33 3-6 0-0 2-6 0 1 1 5 3 0 0 8
+Arizona 25 0-6 0-1 2-4 0 1 1 5 2 0 3 2
+Chaminade 35 3-10 1-2 2-3 3 4 7 6 2 1 4 9
+Texas 29 3-7 1-2 2-4 1 5 6 5 7 0 2 9
+Fordham 32 2-5 0-2 2-2 0 5 5 3 6 0 2 6
+Kentucky 22 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 5 4 0 1 3
+LaSalle 28 2-3 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 7 12 0 0 6
Missouri 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 2 0 1 0
Duquesne 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
St.Bonaventure 12 2-2 0-0 4-5 0 2 2 2 5 0 2 8
+Manhattan 9 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1
Loyola (Ill.) 12 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Duke 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 2
Providence 14 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 2
Northridge 23 1-2 0-1 6-8 0 1 1 9 2 0 4 8
UCLA 10 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 4
Georgia 16 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 2
Butler 9 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
Hofstra 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Marquette 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DePaul 15 0-3 0-2 2-2 0 2 2 5 1 0 1 2
North Carolina 5 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louisville 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2
Loyola (Ill.) 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Dayton DNP
Game-By-Game in '94-'95
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def Tot Ast PF BS ST Pts
Valparaiso 9 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 4
Indiana 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0
San Diego 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Loyola Marymount 3 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DePaul DNP
St. Bonaventure DNP
Oregon State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon 3 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Cornell 10 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1
Lehigh 15 2-5 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 1 0 3 5
Loyola (Md.) 6 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Louisville 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Columbia 8 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0
Missouri 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hofstra 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Dayton 4 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2
Xavier 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0
Duke 12 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 4 5 4 1 0 0 3
Boston College 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2
Iona DNP
UCLA 20 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 5 5 1 1 0 2 2
Duquesne 11 2-2 0-0 0-1 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 4
Kentucky 18 1-2 1-1 3-4 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 6
Butler 12 1-3 0-2 0-1 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 2
Fordham 10 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Marquette 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Loyola (Ill.) 19 3-4 1-1 3-4 3 3 6 4 1 0 2 10
Game-By-Game in '95-'96
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def. Tot Ast AF BS ST Pts
Akron 21 3-9 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 6
Indiana 16 2-5 2-3 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Rutgers 11 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5
+Connecticut 23 4-7 0-2 3-3 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 11
+Loyola (MD) 21 1-3 0-1 2-4 0 4 4 3 1 0 1 4
+UCLA 13 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3
Xavier (Ohio) DNP
San Diego 12 3-4 0-0 3-3 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 9
Loyola Marymount 13 0-4 0-3 2-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2
Villanova 16 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 2
Boston College 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh DNP
Georgetown 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rutgers DNP
Miami 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Virginia DNP
St. John's DNP
Georgetown DNP
Manhattan DNP
St. John's 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pittsburgh 8 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
Connecticut 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Providence DNP
Seton Hall DNP
Miami DNP
Syracuse 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Syracuse DNP
+ - Games Started
Game-By-Game in '96-'97
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def.Total Ast PF BS ST Pts
FGA FGA FTA
+ Monmouth 35 1-8 1-2 3-4 0 3 3 7 2 0 0 6
+ Youngstown State 30 2-7 0-1 0-3 0 3 3 6 1 0 4 4
+ Indiana 28 1-12 0-3 0-2 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 2
+ Providence College 20 1-5 0-2 0-1 0 4 4 3 0 0 2 2
+ New Hampshire 22 3-6 0-2 2-2 1 10 11 6 2 0 1 8
+ Kentucky 29 5-7 0-1 0-0 0 8 8 5 0 0 0 10
+ Loyola (Md.) 30 3-7 1-2 6-7 0 7 7 10 2 0 3 13
+ Nicholls State 28 4-8 1-1 3-4 1 6 7 6 2 0 0 12
+ Loyola Chicago 27 3-6 0-2 2-4 0 3 3 4 0 1 2 8
+ Syracuse 32 5-9 2-4 2-3 1 3 4 10 2 0 0 14
+ Rutgers 36 4-101-4 1-2 0 6 6 7 3 0 2 10
+ Georgetown 30 3-7 1-2 2-2 1 3 4 8 4 0 1 9
+ Boston College 27 2-5 1-3 4-4 1 3 4 7 4 0 2 9
+ Villanova 32 2-100-5 1-3 1 4 5 6 2 0 3 5
+ Syracuse 32 4-8 1-2 2-2 0 5 5 6 1 0 6 11
+ Seton Hall 27 6-102-3 2-4 0 4 4 6 5 0 1 16
+ West Virginia 37 6-9 2-3 1-1 1 4 5 7 3 0 2 15
+ Pittsburgh 27 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 5 1 0 2 2
+ St. John's 35 5-8 0-0 5-8 1 3 4 8 2 0 4 15
+ Connecticut 38 4-9 1-3 0-0 1 4 5 5 1 0 0 9
+ West Virginia 29 4-5 4-4 5-6 0 8 8 5 2 0 3 17
+ Villanova 36 5-102-3 0-2 1 1 2 10 4 0 2 12
+ Seton Hall 33 3-8 1-3 0-0 1 4 5 3 4 0 1 7
+ Providence College 41 3-112-6 5-9 2 8 10 8 4 0 2 13
+ Miami (Fla.) 34 2-110-6 7-8 0 3 3 7 4 0 0 11
+ Boston College 33 2-9 1-5 3-5 2 6 8 6 2 0 0 8
White’s Career Highs
- Points: 17 vs. West Virginia (2), 1996-97
- Field Goals: 6 in three games
- Field Goals Attempted: 12 vs. Indiana, 1996-97
- Field Goal Percentage: 1.000 on 10 occasions
- Free Throws: 7 vs. Miami, 1996-97
- Free Throws Attempted: 9 vs. Providence, 1996-97
- Free Throw Percentage: 1.000 on 14 occasions
- Rebounds: 11 vs. New Hampshire, 1996-97
- Assists: 11 vs. Valparaiso, 1993-94
- Blocked Shots: 1 on three occasions
- Steals: 6 vs. Syracuse (2), 1996-97
- Minutes: 41 vs. Providence (2), 1996-97
Marcus Young – 42
- Detroit, Mich. (St. Martin dePorres)
- Forward-Center
- 6’9″ 255 – Senior
1996-97 Season Highlights:
Finished his Irish career with 61 blocked shots — the sixth-highest ttoal in school history…strong post player who was counted on to be a defender, rebounder and shot blocker….finished his Irish career by shooting free throws underhand style and was four-for-eight in that effort.
AS A SENIOR:
Played in 29 games and started 10…tied his senior high in points and rebounds with eight and seven vs. Seton Hall (Feb. 25)…scored a season-high eight points vs. Loyola Chicago after scoring just two points combined in first nine games of season…had seven rebounds in win over New Hampshire (Dec. 10).
AS A JUNIOR:
Missed seven games last season in December and January due to a stress fracture in his foot. Returned to the starting lineup against Seton Hall (Feb. 24) for the first time due to injury to Phil Hickey…had a season-high 10 rebounds vs. Seton Hall…started the final four games at center…returned to action against Boston College (Jan. 9) after missing seven games due to a stress fracture in his foot that was diagnosed on Dec. 5…missed the Dec. 2 game against Rutgers to attend the funeral of his grandfather in North Carolina….had four points and tied a then season-high with seven rebounds vs. Providence (Feb. 17)… had a season-high 10 rebounds vs. Pittsburgh (Feb. 13) and also scored six points…came off the bench to score a season-high seven points with seven rebounds in win over St. John’s (Jan. 31)…had seven rebounds vs. West Virginia (Jan. 27)…broke a glass backboard during a practice session at Carnegie-Mellon University on Jan. 12 and injured his head when the falling rim hit him…had two cuts on his head that required stitches — one cut with five stitches the other with four…the next day, had a then season-high five points and five rebounds vs. Pittsburgh…spent part of the summer of ’95 as a member of the People-to-People Sports Committee team that toured Germany and Holland.
AS A SOPHOMORE:
Led the team in rebounding at 5.3 boards per game…had a career-high 13 rebounds vs. Duquesne…scored a career-high 13 points with four rebounds in win over Xavier and had seven points with six rebounds in win over Boston College…started nine games last season and has 12 career starts…his 28 blocked shots was the sixth-highest in school single-season history…had a career-high three assists vs. Dayton…grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds vs. Columbia in addition to scoring five points…tied a career-high with 10 points vs. Oregon and had seven rebounds vs. the Ducks…scored 10 points in the opener against Valparaiso.
AS A FRESHMAN:
Saw action in 28 games and made his first collegiate start in first game vs. Loyola (Ill.)…also started the Marquette game and vs. North Carolina…in win vs. Marquette, brought down two rebounds in 15 minutes of action…tied a career high with nine rebounds vs. Manhattan and scored four points…scored four points with five rebounds vs. Providence in 21 minutes…also had six points vs. Texas in Maui Classic.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA:
Averaged 12 points per game as a senior at St. Martin DePorres High School in Detroit…also averaged 9.5 rebounds, 6.5 blocks and seven assists as a senior…career averages were 12 points a game, 10 rebounds, six blocks and five assists…registered a triple-double in state playoff game with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks…was named to an All-America team by Van Coleman’s Future Stars…earned first team all-state honors and was team captain as a senior…attended same high school as former Irish football star Rodney Culver…team won state championship in his junior year as three of his teammates earned Division I scholarships…played in an exhibition game in Bloomington, Ind., after high school season and team was coached by actor Nick Nolte..carried a 3.28 grade point average in high school…has four sisters…full name is Marcus Dion Young…legally changed his last name from Hughes to Young during the summer of ’94…born 6-24-75 in Memphis, Tenn. …enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters with a major in sociology.
Young's Statistics
3-Point Rebounds
YEAR G-S MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O D TOT AVG. AST. STL BLK PF-D PTS/AVG
1993-94 28-3 328/11.7 25-58 .431 0-0 -- 5-25 .200 40 51 91 3.3 5 9 13 52-2 55/2.0
1994-95 27-9 533/19.7 53-83 .639 0-0 -- 9-35 .257 55 87 142 5.3 25 15 28 83-3 115/4.3
1995-96 19-4 342/18.0 29-51 .569 0-0 -- 8-23 .348 38 62 100 5.3 8 6 11 49-4 66/3.5
BIG EAST 15-3 291/19.4 26-43 .605 0-0 -- 5-17 .294 32 54 86 5.7 7 6 10 37-3 57/3.8
1996-97 26-10 360/13.8 17-28 .607 0-1 .000 3-11 .273 30 51 81 3.1 10 7 8 49-0 37/1.4
BIG EAST 18-5 234/13.0 12-21 .571 0-1 .000 3-6 .500 22 36 58 3.2 6 6 7 32-0 27/1.5
TOTALS 100-26 1563/15.6 124-220 .564 0-1 .000 25-94 .266 163 251 414 4.1 48 37 60 233-9 273/2.7
BIG EAST 33-8 525/15.9 38-64 .594 0-1 .000 8-23 .347 54 90 144 4.4 13 12 17 69-3 84/2.5
Game-By-Game in '93-'94
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def Tot Ast PF BS ST Pts
Valparaiso 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
Boston College 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Diego 5 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 2
Indiana 13 1-4 0-0 0-5 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 2
USC 12 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arizona 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Chaminade 4 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Texas 18 3-5 0-0 0-0 3 6 9 0 0 0 0 6
Fordham 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kentucky 18 1-3 0-0 1-3 3 4 7 0 2 0 3 3
LaSalle 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0
Missouri 14 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 0 3 1 0 4
Duquesne 15 2-3 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 4
St.Bonaventure DNP
Manhattan 24 2-5 0-0 0-1 4 5 9 0 3 2 2 4
+Loyola (Ill.) 24 3-7 0-0 0-1 4 4 8 0 0 1 0 6
Duke 9 0-2 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0
Providence 21 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 1 5 0 3 3 0 4
Northridge 14 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 2
UCLA 11 1-1 0-0 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Georgia 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 0
Butler 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Hofstra 11 0-3 0-0 1-2 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 1
+Marquette 15 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
DePaul 7 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
+North Carolina 31 3-5 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 1 3 3 1 6
Louisville 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0
Loyola (Ill.) 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Dayton 14 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 2
Game-By-Game in '94-'95
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def Tot Ast PF BS ST Pts
Valparaiso 13 5-5 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 0 3 1 1 10
Indiana 23 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 5 5 0 5 0 1 0
San Diego 12 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Loyola Marymount 18 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 3 3 0 5 0 1 0
DePaul 19 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 2
St. Bonaventure 17 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 3 4 0 0 2 0 2
Oregon State 17 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 0 3 2 0 2
Oregon 18 5-6 0-0 0-1 5 2 7 0 3 1 1 10
Cornell 16 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 0 3 1 0 0
Lehigh 17 4-5 0-0 1-2 3 3 6 1 3 0 0 9
Loyola (Md.) 29 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 3 4 4 0 4
Louisville 20 2-5 0-0 1-2 5 1 6 2 3 1 1 5
Columbia 18 2-4 0-0 1-2 5 6 11 2 2 1 2 5
Missouri 20 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 4 1 1 2
+ Hofstra 12 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 2
+ Dayton 17 2-3 0-0 0-2 2 2 4 3 5 1 0 4
+ Xavier 27 5-5 0-0 3-5 2 4 6 3 4 5 0 13
+ Duke 25 3-4 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 1 5 0 1 6
+ Boston College 32 3-3 0-0 1-3 1 5 6 2 4 1 2 7
+ Iona 21 2-4 0-0 0-4 2 3 5 2 3 2 2 4
+ UCLA 25 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 0 2 1 0 4
+ Duquesne 22 3-4 0-0 1-4 5 8 13 1 4 2 0 7
+ Kentucky 18 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 6
Butler 20 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 3 0 0 2
Fordham 19 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 1 1 1 0 0
Marquette 18 2-2 0-0 0-0 3 4 7 0 4 0 0 4
Loyola (Ill.) 20 2-5 0-0 1-2 6 3 9 2 1 0 0 5
Game-By-Game in '95-'96
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def Tot Ast PF BS ST Pts
Akron 11 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3
Indiana 11 1-3 0-0 1-2 3 1 4 0 5 0 0 5
Rutgers DNP
Connecticut DNP
Loyola (MD) DNP
UCLA DNP
Xavier (Ohio) DNP
San Diego DNP
Loyola Mary. DNP
Villanova DNP
Boston College 14 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 2
Pittsburgh 24 2-2 0-0 1-3 0 5 5 0 2 1 0 5
Georgetown 15 3-4 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 0 5 1 0 6
Rutgers 22 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 2
Miami 22 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
West Virginia 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 4 3 7 0 0 0 0 0
St. John's 27 3-4 0-0 1-2 3 4 7 0 2 2 2 7
Georgetown 19 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 1 0 4 0 6
Manhattan 10 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 1
St. John's 14 2-3 0-0 0-2 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 4
Pittsburgh 26 2-3 0-0 2-3 3 6 10 0 4 0 1 6
Connecticut 18 2-5 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 1 3 0 1 4
Providence 22 2-3 0-0 0-2 2 5 7 1 0 0 0 4
Seton Hall 21 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 8 10 0 4 0 1 2
+Miami 31 2-2 0-0 1-5 4 2 6 1 4 1 0 5
+Syracuse 10 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 7 5 0 0 4
+Syracuse 19 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 1 3 0 0 2
+ - Games Started
Game-By-Game in '96-'97
3Pt. Rebounds
Opponent Min. FG- FG- FT- Off Def. Total Ast PF BS ST Pts
FGA FGA FTA
Monmouth 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Youngstown State 14 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2
Indiana 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0
Providence College 15 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 2 0 0 0
+ New Hampshire 28 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 6 7 0 2 0 0 0
+ Kentucky 20 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 1 3 0 0 0
+ Loyola (Md.) 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0
+ Nicholls State 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
+ Loyola Chicago 27 4-5 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 8
+ Syracuse 19 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 3 1 0 2
+ Rutgers 11 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
+ Georgetown 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0
+ Boston College 25 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 4 2 0 2
+ Villanova 16 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 4 0 2 2
Syracuse 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Seton Hall 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
West Virginia 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh 12 1-2 0-1 1-2 1 4 5 0 1 1 0 3
St. John's 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
Connecticut 15 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
West Virginia 13 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2
Villanova 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Seton Hall 13 4-5 0-0 0-0 5 2 7 0 2 1 0 8
Providence College 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0
Miami (Fla.) 16 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 1 1 0 2 1
Boston College 26 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 3 6 0 4 2 0 4
Young’s Career Highs
- Points: 13 vs. Xavier, 1994-95
- Field Goals: 5 on two occasions
- Field Goals Attempted: 6 vs. Oregon, 1994-95
- Field Goal Percentage: 1.000 on 18 occasions
- Free Throws: 3 vs. Xavier, 1994-95
- Free Throws Attempted: 5 on three occasions
- Free Throw Percentage: 1.000 vs. DePaul, 1993-94
- Rebounds: 13 vs. Duquesne, 1994-95
- Assists: 3 on four occasions
- Blocked Shots: 5 vs. Xavier, 1994-95
- Steals: 3 vs. Kentucky, 1993-94
- Minutes: 32 vs. Boston College, 1994-95