Dec. 3, 1999
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-3) vs. VANDERBILT Commodores (3-0)
Date: Sat., December 4, 1999
Place: Joyce Center, Notre Dame, IN (11,418)
Time: 2:00 p.m. EST
Television: None
Radio: Host Communications Inc. (Jack Lorri, Jack Nolan) originates the Notre Dame Radio Network (includes WNDV-1490 AM and WNDV-92.9 FM in South Bend, WEFM-95.9 FM in Michigan City and selected games on WMAQ-670 AM or WAUR-930 AM in Chicago).
NOTRE DAME/VANDERBILT SERIES
Series: ND leads, 3-2
Current Streak: VU, 1
At Notre Dame: 1-0, VU
At Vanderbilt: 2-0, VU
Last Meeting: 1998-99, at VU, 68-63 VU
TODAY’S GAME: The University of Notre Dame basketball team plays host to Vanderbilt of the Southeastern Conference this afternoon at the Joyce Center. Notre Dame brings a 3-3 record into the contest and is coming off three-straight losses to Arizona (76-60 in Preseason NIT semifinals), Maryland (72-67 in Preseason NIT third place game) and Indiana (81-64 in overtime).
The Irish began the season by defeating Ohio State (59-57) and Siena (107-96) in the opening rounds of the NIT and topping St. Francis (Pa.) by a 73-60 count.
Of the six games the Irish have played this season, four of them have been against ranked opponents at the time of the game.
Sophomore forward Troy Murphy (Morristown, N.J.) posted his fifth double-double of the season against Indiana with 22 points and 16 rebounds.
The Hoosiers went out to a 17-0 lead in that game and led by as many as 22 points in the first half. The Irish cut the lead to 37-24 at halftime and took the lead, 52-51, with 6:30 left to play on a driving layup by freshman forward Jere Macura (Split, Croatia).
Indiana then built up a five-point lead, 62-57, with 1:00 left to play, but senior guard Jimmy Dillon (Philadelphia, Pa.) hit a three-point field goal with 48.2 seconds left and a layup with two seconds left to force the overtime.
Indiana scored the first 15 points of overtime to seal the victory. The 17-point victory by Indiana was the second-highest overtime margin of victory in NCAA history – only topped by an 85-67 victory by Nebraska against Iowa State on Dec. 30, 1949.
The Irish return to action on Wednesday when they play host to Valparaiso at 7:30 p.m. EST in the Joyce Center.
Notre Dame begins its fifth season of BIG EAST play at 7:30 p.m. EST on Wed., January 5, against defending national champion Connecticut at the Hartford Civic Center. The BIG EAST home opener is at 7:30 p.m. EST on Wed., January 12, against Boston College.
THE NOTRE DAME-VANDERBILT SERIES: Today’s game is the sixth meeting between Notre Dame and Vanderbilt and the Commodores hold a 3-2 series lead. Vanderbilt won the only meeting between the two teams in the Joyce Center , a 75-66 victory in 1987-88. The two teams have met in the NCAA tournament twice, both Irish wins , the consolation game of the Midwest regional in ’74 and the first round of the ’89 event.
Last season, Vanderbilt defeated the Irish in Nashville by a 68-63 count on Nov. 21, 1998. Notre Dame went out to leads of 9-2 and 22-13 in that game, but the Commodores rallied to take a 29-28 halftime lead. Notre Dame led by two, 58-56, with 4:49 left to play for its last lead of the game.
AGAINST THE SEC: Notre Dame has an overall record of 46-33 against the current members of the Southeastern Conference, with 53 of those contests coming against Kentucky. The last time Notre Dame posted a win over an SEC team was Feb. 6, 1994 , an 88-85 win over Georgia in Atlanta.
3-0 START: Notre Dame started the season with a 3-0 record for the first time since the 1988-89 season when the Irish won their first four games of the season (wins over St. Bonaventure, Kentucky, Indiana and Creighton). That team wound up with a 21-9 record and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: Notre Dame received 18 points in the ESPN/USA Today college basketball poll, which was released on Nov. 21, to fall sixth in the also receiving votes category, and received one point in the latest poll released last Sunday night.
The Irish were second in the Associated Press ranking of Nov. 22 in the also receiving votes category with 160 points, eight in back of Miami (168). Notre Dame received four points in this week’s AP voting. The last time Notre Dame appeared in the national poll rankings was a No. 19 spot in the first Associated Press poll of the 1989 season.
PRESEASON NIT: Notre Dame’s trip to the Preseason NIT in ’99 marked the third appearance for the Irish in the event. In 1986, Notre Dame lost at home in the first round to Western Kentucky by an 80-63 score. In 1990, Notre Dame defeated Fordham (56-46) and Iowa (77-68) at home to advance to the finals in New York and lost to Arizona (91-61) in the semifinals and Duke (85-77) in the consolation game.
As an assistant at Kansas, Notre Dame head coach Matt Doherty participated in the event twice. The Jayhawks won both the 1993 and 1997 events.
HEAD COACH MATT DOHERTY: Notre Dame head basketball coach Matt Doherty is in his first year in charge of the Fighting Irish program and his first season as a collegiate head coach.
Doherty previously served as an assistant coach at Kansas for seven seasons from 1992-99 as the Jayhawks advanced to the NCAA tournament in each year, including a trip to the 1993 Final Four.
Doherty previously served as an assistant coach at Davidson for three seasons from 1989-92.
Doherty is a 1984 graduate of North Carolina and helped lead the Tar Heels to the 1982 NCAA title. Doherty became just the second player in Atlantic Coast Conference history, joining North Carolina’s Walter Davis, to accumulate 1,000 points, 400 rebounds and 400 assists in a career.
THE OHIO STATE WIN: Notre Dame’s win over Ohio State (ranked fourth at the time in Associated Press poll and sixth in the ESPN/USA Today poll) in the first round of the Preseason NIT marked a number of milestones for the Irish,
* The first win over a ranked team since defeating No. 15/15 Syracuse on Jan. 21, 1998, by an 83-63 score
* The first win over a ranked team on the road since defeating No. 20/21 West Virginia on Jan. 15, 1998, by a 74-72 score
* The first win over a top-10 team since defeating No. 4/T2 UCLA on Feb. 5, 1994, by a 79-63 score
* The first win over a top-10 team on the road since defeating No. 4/3 Syracuse on Feb. 17, 1990, by a 66-65 score
* The first Notre Dame road win over a Big Ten team since defeating Northwestern on Dec. 5, 1979, by a 73-56 score
HITTING THE CENTURY MARK: Notre Dame’s win over Siena on Nov. 18 in the second round of the Preseason NIT marked the first time Notre Dame scored over 100 points in a game since a 101-98 win at Syracuse on Feb. 15, 1992. The 107 points scored by the Irish were the most since they also scored 107 vs. Miami (Fla.) on Jan. 27, 1990. The 48-point differential for Notre Dame from Ohio State (59 points) to Siena was the most in back-to-back games since a 50-point differential in the ’74 NCAA tournament with a 77-68 loss to Michigan and a 118-88 win over Vanderbilt in a regional consolation game.
GRAVES HAS HOT GAME: Not only did Notre Dame sophomore forward David Graves (Lexington, Ky.) score the winning basket against Ohio State, but overall had one of the top games of his Irish career as he scored 18 points (tied for career third-best) on a seven of 12 effort from the field along with eight rebounds, to tie a career high. Graves added 16 points in the win over Siena on Nov. 18 and had 12 against St. Francis (Pa.) on Nov. 21.
Graves has started 34 of the 36 collegiate games he has played in and has scored in double figures in 25 of those contests. He has scored in double figures in all but two game this season.
Graves scored 370 points as a freshman last year , the fourth-highest in school history behind Murphy (519 last year), Adrian Dantley (511 in 1973-74) and David Rivers (474 in 1984-85).
MURPHY GETS FIFTH DOUBLE DOUBLE: Murphy had his fifth double double of the season against Indiana last Tuesday with a game-high 22 points and 16 rebounds. In the third place game of the NIT against Maryland on Nov. 26 he had 25 points and 11 rebounds and in the NIT semifinals against Arizona, he scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
The sophomore forward has led the Irish in scoring in all six games this season and has been the leading rebounder on five occasions. He scored 35 points against St. Francis (Pa.) on Nov. 20 along with 13 rebounds. The 35 points was a career-high topping his previous mark of 32 set against West Virginia last year.
Murphy has now played in 33 games as a collegiate performer and has scored in double figures in all but one of them. He has posted double-doubles in 17 games and has scored 20 or more points in 17 games and 30 or more points in five games.
MURPHY NAMED BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Murphy was named the BIG EAST player of the week for his games in the first two rounds of the Preseason NIT and the Irish win over St. Francis (Pa.) on Nov. 22. The announcement was the first weekly BIG EAST award of the season.
Murphy was named the BIG EAST rookie of the year in 1999 and won the BIG EAST rookie of the week award eight times , the second-highest in league history. The award marked the first time Murphy has won player of the week honors.
PRESEASON BIG EAST HONORS FOR MURPHY: Murphy was picked first team preseason all-BIG EAST for the 1999-2000 season by the league coaches. The honor was announced at BIG EAST Conference Media Day on Wed., October 25, 1999, and was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
Also named to the first team was: Khalid El-Amin of Connecticut, Johnny Hemsley of Miami, Erick Barkley of St. John’s and Etan Thomas of Syracuse.
The second team was Kevin Freeman of Connecticut, Isaac Hawkins of Pittsburgh, Bootsy Thornton of St. John’s, Jason Hart of Syracuse and Marcus Goree of West Virginia.
The preseason player of the year was El-Amin and the preseason rookie of the year was Ajou Deng of Connecticut.
MORE PRESEASON HONORS FOR MURPHY: In addition to the BIG EAST honors, Murphy garnered a number of preseason accolades heading into the 1999-2000 campaign, including:
* Second Team All-America, Dick Vitale’s College Basketball
* Second Team All-America, Basketball News
* Honorable Mention All-America, Athlon
* Ranked second in country among centers, Dick Vitale’s College Basketball
* Ranked fourth in country among power forwards, Lindy’s
* Ranked 11th in country among power forwards, The Sporting News
* First Team All-BIG EAST, Dick Vitale’s College Basketball
* First Team All-BIG EAST, Dick Vitale’s College Basketball
* First Team All-BIG EAST, The Sporting News
* First Team All-BIG EAST, Lindy’s
* Best NBA Prospect in BIG EAST, Lindy’s
* Best Rebounder in BIG EAST, The Sporting News
* All-Windex Team (The kids can really clean the glass), Dick Vitale’s College Basketball
CARROLL IN DOUBLE FIGURES: Notre Dame freshman guard Matt Carroll (Horsham, Pa.) has come off the bench in all six games this season and has scored in double figures in two games — 16 points vs. Siena and 11 vs. Maryland.
Carroll is eight for 22 from three-point field goal range this season and hit on three three-point field goals vs. Maryland.
He spent the summer as a member of the USA Basketball Junior National Team that played in the FIBA World Championships, which were held in Portugal in August. The United States won the silver medal in the event.
Carroll played in seven of the eight games the United States played and scored a combined 16 points to go along with three rebounds and four steals. He scored eight points in the United States’ opening round win over China.
Carroll is the only player in the history of Pennsylvania high school basketball to win the Associated Press player of the year twice.
MACURA NETS CAREER HIGH VS. HOOSIERS: Freshman forward Jere Macura (Split, Croatia) registered a career-high 13 points, including two three-point field goals, vs. Indiana on Tuesday night. Macura played a career-high 33 minutes off the bench and also added eight rebounds.
Macura scored nine points coming off the bench in 18 minutes of play against Maryland (Nov. 26). Macura scored all his points on three-point field goals as he was three for four from that range for the game.
BACK TO THE FUTURE: Ever since Matt Doherty was named the head basketball coach at Notre Dame, he has stressed the tradition of winning that the program has. He has worked hard to include former players in the program:
* Bruce Flowers, a member of the ’78 Irish Final Four team, served as a counselor at the Irish summer basketball camp, while Ken Barlow, who scored 1,342 career points for the Irish from 1982-86, was a guest speaker
* Collis Jones, who scored 1,367 career points for the Irish from 1968-71, has visited with the Irish coaching staff and practice sessions during his trips to campus as a member of the University’s Advisory Council for the College of Business Administration.
* Austin Carr, the all-time leading scorer in the history of Irish basketball with 2,560 points, was a special guest at “Friday Night Live,” a series of events that led to the first Irish practice at midnight on Oct. 16. Carr was joined at the event by ESPN and ABC announcer Dick Vitale and fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger.
* Dwight Clay, who hit the game-winning shot against UCLA on Jan. 19, 1974, for a 71-70 victory over the Bruins to end their record 88-game winning streak, spoke to the Irish before their practice on Nov. 15 , the day before they beat Ohio State in the first round of the Preseason NIT.
IRISH ON ESPN: Notre Dame will make four appearances on ESPN this season and one on espn2. The Irish game against Ohio State in the first round of the preseason National Invitation Tournament was televised on espn2 and the semifinal game against Arizona was on ESPN.
Notre Dame games scheduled for ESPN are: Sat., February 19, at Seton Hall, 9:00 p.m. EST, Sat., February 26, at Miami (Fla.), 7:00 p.m. EST, Wed., March 1, vs. Syracuse, 9:00 p.m. EST.
IRISH SIGN THREE
University of Notre Dame basketball coach Matt Doherty announced on Nov. 12 that three players have signed national letters of intent and plan on enrolling at Notre Dame in the fall and playing for Doherty’s squad. The three are: Torrian Jones, a 6-4, 185-pound guard from Fairless Hills, Pa., and Pennsbury High School, Tom Timmermans, a 6-11, 235-pound center from Driehuis, Netherlands and the Blue Ridge School in Dyke, Va., and Chris Markwood, a 6-5, 185-pound guard from South Portland, Maine and South Portland High School.
Jones averaged 17 points per game last year at Pennsbury for head coach Frank Sciolla as the team won 26 games , the most in school history. The team played in the District One championship game and lost in the second round of the state tournament. Jones earned first team all-conference and all-area honors and averaged 22 points per game in seven post season contests. In his junior year, Jones shot 50.2% from the field and 43.8% from three-point field goal distance.
Markwood earned first-team all-state honors last season at South Portland, averaging 21.5 points, 6.3 assists, 4.9 rebounds and four assists for head coach Tony DiBiase. Markwood earned first team all-conference honors last year and was named conference MVP. His AAU team in Maine has been the state champions for the past three years.
Timmermans averaged 12.5 points per game last year at Blue Ridge for head coach Bill Ramsey along with 10 rebounds. The team finished 19-6 on the season , third in the state among independent schools.
IRISH ON THE RADIO
Host/USA originates the Notre Dame Basketball Radio Network for the 12th consecutive year in 1999-2000.
Jack Lorri will handle the play-by-play of all Notre Dame basketball games and this season marks his 31st year announcing Irish games. Lorri spent his first 14 years with Notre Dame as sports director of WTRC-AM in Elkhart, Ind., and then five years doing games on WGN-AM in Chicago before teaming up with Host/USA. He served as sports director for WSJV-TV in Elkhart for 13 years beginning in 1967 and did play-by-play for Kentucky football and basketball on WLAP in Lexington in 1961-63. Lorri also served as sports director of the Tribune Radio Network in Chicago.
Jack Nolan handles the color commentary on the network. He has been a sports anchor at WNDU-TV, the NBC affiliate in South Bend, for more than a decade. He has done play-by-play of Irish basketball on both television and radio as well as on live telecasts of Notre Dame football. He is also the host of WNDU’s highly successful Saturday and Sunday morning news broadcasts.
Stations scheduled to be on the Notre Dame Basketball Radio Network this season are: WMAQ 670 AM in Chicago, WAUR 930 AM in Chicago, WNDV 1490 AM and 92.9 FM in South Bend, WEFM 95.9 FM in Michigan City, Ind., WLUV 96.7 FM and 1520 AM in Rockford, Ill., KHEP 1280 AM in Phoenix, Ariz., KATD 990 AM in San Francisco, Calif., KSAR 92.7 FM in Conway, Ark., and KIND 1010 AM in Independence, Kan.
All radio broadcasts of Notre Dame basketball games can also be heard through the World Wide Web at www.und.com.
CHICAGO RADIO
WMAQ-AM radio will carry Notre Dame basketball games in the Chicago market again this season as part of the Notre Dame Basketball Radio Network originated by Host/USA. In addition, Chicago’s WAUR-AM will also broadcast selected Irish games.
WMAQ-AM (670), with its 50,000-watt clear channel signal, covers a larger geographic area than any other radio station in Chicago. The station’s other sports properties include the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Blackhawks and the station is also affiliated with CNN Radio.
Notre Dame basketball games on WMAQ this season include: Dec. 4 against Vanderbilt, Dec. 11 at Miami (Ohio), Dec. 18 vs. VMI, Jan. 16 at Syracuse, Jan. 22 vs. Pittsburgh, Jan. 25 vs. Miami (Fla.), Jan. 29 vs. St. John’s, Feb. 6 at Pittsburgh, Feb. 8 at Villanova, Feb. 12 vs. Connecticut, Feb. 19 at Seton Hall, Feb. 26 at Miami (Fla.) and March 4 at Georgetown.
Six more Irish games will be carried in the Chicago area on WAUR-AM (930). They include: Nov. 16 at Ohio State, Nov. 30 at Indiana, Dec. 8 vs. Valparaiso, Jan. 5 at Connecticut, Feb. 23 vs. Providence and March 1 vs. Syracuse.
NOTRE DAME STARTING LINE:
No. Player Pos Ht. Wt. Class PPG RPG 3 Troy Murphy PF 6-10 237 So. 26.0 11.3 34 David Graves SF 6-6 208 So. 12.3 4.0 42 Harold Swanagan C 6-7 252 So. 5.7 5.021 Jimmy Dillon PG 6-2 178 Sr. 3.3 2.7 24 Martin Ingelsby PG 6-0 182 Jr. 7.8 1.0
NOTRE DAME OFF THE BENCH:
No. Player Pos Ht. Wt. Class PPG RPG 11 Ivan Kartelo C 6-11 247 Fr. 1.0 0.8 13 Matt Carroll SG 6-6 200 Fr. 7.3 2.5 15 Jere Macura F 6-9 218 Fr. 5.0 3.8 22 Mike Monserez G 6-6 192 Fr. 1.2 0.7 43 Sklyard Owens F 6-4 220 Sr. 2.0 1.0 44 Todd Palmer F 6-6 216 Sr. 1.7 1.3
TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets are currently on sale for the 1999-2000 basketball season.
Pro-rated season tickets for all remaining home games are available in the bleacher seats.
A special four-game Saturday package is available and includes the Vanderbilt (Dec. 4), Pittsburgh (Jan. 22), St. John’s (Jan. 29) and Connecticut (Feb. 12) games. That package is priced at $30 (plus $15 for handling per order).
Single game tickets are now on sale at $15 for the lower arena (when available) and $8 for bleachers.
13 Matt Carroll
Guard, Freshman, 6-6, 200, Horsham, PA (Hatboro-Horsham)
Has come off the bench in all six games to see action..scored 16 points vs. Siena (Nov. 18), including a two-for-two performance from three-point field goal range…scored 11 points, including three three-point field goals vs. Maryland (Nov. 26)…had a career-high five rebounds vs. Indiana on Tuesday…the only player in the history of Pennsylvania high school basketball to be named state player of the year twice…a member of the USA Junior National Team last summer, which won the silver medal at the FIBA World Championship.
Season and Career Highs
16 points vs. Siena, 11/18/99
5 rebounds vs. Indiana, 11/30/99
1 assist in two games
21 Jimmy Dillon
Guard, Freshman, 6-2, 178, Philadelphia, PA (Holy Ghost Prep)
Has started all six games this season at point guard…hit a layup with two seconds left on Tuesday night to send Indiana game into overtime…hit a three-point field goal with 42 seconds left in regulation as he scored final five points of regulation…scored a season-high seven points vs. Hoosiers…leads the team in assists with 42 and has turned the ball over 27 times…dished out a career-high 12 assists in win over Siena (Nov. 18)…had nine assists and just one turnover vs. Maryland (Nov. 26).
Season Highs — Career Highs
7 points vs. Indiana, 11/30/99 — 9 points in two games
5 rebounds vs. Siena, 11/18/99 — 5 rebounds on two occassions
12 assists vs. Siena, 11/18/99 — 12 assists vs. Siena, 11/18/99
34 David Graves
Forward, Sophomore, 6-6, 208, Lexington, KY (Lexington Catholic)
Has started all six games for the Irish, scoring in double figures in four…hit game-winning jump shot at buzzer at Ohio State (Nov. 16) in season-opener…scored 18 points vs. the Buckeyes….scored 17 points vs. Arizona (Nov. 24) in semifinals of Preseason NIT…has now played 38 collegiate games, scoring in double figures in 25 of them…scored 370 points as a freshman last year, the fourth-highest in school history behind Troy Murphy, Adrian Dantley and David Rivers…has 405 career points.
Season Highs — Career Highs
18 points vs. Ohio State, 11/16/99 — 29 points vs. Alaska-Anchorage, 11/27/98
8 rebounds vs. Ohio State, 11/16/99 — 8 rebounds in four games
6 assists vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 11/21/99 — 7 assists vs. Rutgers, 1/23/99
24 Martin Ingelsby
Guard, Junior, 6-0, 192, Philadelphia, PA (Archbishop Carroll)
Has started all six games as a combination guard working with Jimmy Dillon…scored 14 points in win over Ohio State (Nov. 16) and hit two key three-point field goals with 2:25 left to cut the OSU lead to 1 and at 1:30 to give the Irish a two-point lead…scored a season-high 15 points vs. Siena (Nov. 18)….had three three-point field goals in 11 point effort vs. Maryland…has 463 career points and 283 career assists.
Season Highs — Career Highs
15 points vs. Siena, 11/18/99 — 22 points vs. Rutgers, 1/23/99
4 rebounds vs. Ohio State, 11/16/99 — 6 rebounds vs. Seton Hall, 1/19/99
4 assists in two games — 8 assists in four games
11 Ivan Kartelo
Center, Freshman, 6-11, 247, Split, Croatia (Winchendon, MA School)
Has come off the bench in all six games this season…scored his first collegiate points with four point effort vs. Arizona (Nov. 24)…after playing three mintues in the first three games of the year, played 15 minutes vs. Arizona, 11 vs. Maryland and 12 vs. Indiana…injured his leg in the first exhibition game of the season, which slowed his progress…Croatian product who spent the 1998-99 academic year at the Winchendon School, a prep school in Massachusetts…was the first player to commit to the Notre Dame program after Matt Doherty had been named head coach.
Season and Career Highs
4 points vs. Arizona, 11/24/99
2 rebounds in two games
1 assist vs. Indiana, 11/30/99
15 Jere Macura
Forward, Freshman, 6-9, 218, Split, Croatia
Has come off the bench in all six games…had a career-high 13 points, including two three-point field goals, and eight rebounds vs. Indiana on Tuesday…played a career-high 33 minutes vs. the Hoosiers… scored nine points with a three-for-four effort from three-point range vs. Maryland (Nov. 26)…scored seven points against Siena (Nov. 18) and added seven rebounds…had three rebounds and two assists vs. St. Francis (Pa.)…Crotian native that the Irish coaching staff recruited off film and did not actually met him until he arrived on the Notre Dame campus in August.
Season and Career Highs
13 points vs. Indiana, 11/30/99
8 rebounds vs. Indiana, 11/30/99
2 assists vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 11/21/99
22 Mike Monserez
Guard, Freshman, 6-6, 192, Cincinnati, OH (Moeller)
Has come off the bench in all six games…scored his first collegiate field goal with a three-pointer against Siena (Nov. 18)…also had two rebounds vs. the Saints…had three assists vs. St. Francis (Pa.) (Nov. 21) and four points vs. Indiana on Tuesday…led Moeller High School to the Ohio class AAA championship last year and was named tournament MVP.
Season and Career Highs
4 points vs. Indiana, 11/30/99
2 rebounds vs. Siena, 11/18/99
3 assists vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 11/21/99
3 Troy Murphy
Forward, Freshman, 6-10, 237, Morristown, NJ (Delbarton)
Has scored in double figures in all six games this season and with five double-doubles , 21 points and 12 rebounds vs. Ohio State (Nov. 16), a career-high 35 points and 13 rebounds vs. St. Francis (Pa.) (Nov. 21), 22 points and 10 rebounds vs. Arizona (Nov. 22), 25 points and 11 rebounds vs. Maryland (Nov. 26) and 22 points and 16 rebounds vs. Indiana on Tuesday … was named the BIG EAST player of the week on Nov. 22 for the Ohio State, Siena and St. Francis games…has now played in 33 collegiate basketball games, scoring in double figures in all but one and posting 17 double-doubles…has scored 20 or more points 17 different times and 30 or more points five times…a preseason first team all-BIG EAST pick by the conference coaches and a second-team preseason All-America pick by the Basketball News and Dick Vitale’s College Basketball Yearbook … the 1999 BIG EAST rookie of the year, who set the Notre Dame school record for freshman scoring with 519 points…has 675 career points…one of three Irish captains along with Skylard Owens and Todd Palmer.
Season Highs — Career Highs
35 points vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 11/21/99 — 35 points vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 11/21/99
16 rebounds vs. Indiana, 11/30/99 — 17 rebounds vs. Alaska-Anchorage, 11/27/98
4 assists vs. St. Francis (Pa.,), 11/21/99 — 4 assists in two games
43 Skylard Owens
Forward, Senior, 6-4, 220, Shreveport, LA (Loyola College Prep)
One of three captains along with Troy Murphy and Todd Palmer…has been sidelined this season with a toe injury…scored two points in one minute against Arizona (Nov. 24).
Career Highs
7 points vs. Connecticut, 1/12/99
7 rebounds vs. Providence, 1/30/99
2 assists vs. Providence, 1/30/99
44 Todd Palmer
Forward, Senior, 6-6, 216, Harrington Park, NJ (Don Bosco Prep)
One of three captains along with Skylard Owens and Troy Murphy…had six points in win over St. Francis (Pa.) (Nov. 20)..also had three rebounds…came off the bench to score four points against Siena (Nov. 18) along with two rebounds and a career-high three assists.
Season Highs — Career Highs
6 points vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 11/21/99 — 9 points vs. Villanova, 1/16/99
3 rebounds vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 11/21/99 — 6 rebounds vs. Stetson, 12/21/98
3 assists vs. Siena, 11/18/99 — 3 assists vs. Siena, 11/18/99
42 Harold Swanagan
Center, Sophomore, 6-7, 252, Hopkinsville, KY (University Heights Academy)
Has started all six games this season at center…scored nine points to go along with six rebounds and four assists (to tie career high) vs. Siena (Nov. 18)…set key screen in David Graves’ game-winning shot vs. Ohio State (Nov. 16).
Season Highs — Career Highs
9 points vs. Siena, 11/18/99 — 22 points vs. Villanova, 1/16/99
6 rebounds vs. Siena, 11/18/99 — 15 rebounds, 1/16/99
4 assists vs. Siena, 11/18/99 — 4 assists vs. Siena, 11/18/99