Nov. 27, 2007
Notre Dame, Ind. – Irish sophomore Luke Harangody (Schererville, Ind.) was one of five players named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll following performances last week against Georgia Tech and Youngstown. In the two contests, the 6-8 forward averaged 23.5 points and 12.0 rebounds while shooting 55.6 percent from the field.
In a 70-69 loss to the Yellow Jackets in the final game of the Paradise Jam, Harangody matched his career-high (set the previous night versus Baylor) as he scored 22 points, hitting 8-19 shots, and grabbed 11 rebounds for the first double-double of the season. Harangody followed that up another career-best outing with 25 points and 13 rebounds (one shy of a personal) best in Notre Dame’s 87-75 win over Youngstown State. In the contest, he was 12-17 from the field.
Harangody has scored in double figures in all but one game this season and his three consecutive 20-plus point outings versus Baylor, Georgia Tech and Youngstown State were a first in his career as was his back-to-back double-double outings against the Yellow Jackets and Penquins.
Harangody currently leads the Irish in scoring and rebounding averaging 17.2 points and 8.3 rebounds.
Last year, Harangody was a member of the BIG EAST all-rookie team, and was named the league’s top rookie on three occasions and garnered honor was named to the weekly honor roll once.