| Game 12: Notre Dame (8-3) vs. Jacksonville (7-5) | |
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| Date | Thursday, December 20, 2018 | 7:00 p.m. ET |
| Location | Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center | Notre Dame, IN |
| Tickets | und.com/buytickets |
| Event | Final pre-Christmas home game of 2017-18 |
| TV | ACC Network Extra with Tony Simeone, Luke Zellar and Ally Sturm |
| Radio | Notre Dame Basketball Network (also available on the Notre Dame app) – with Jack Nolan and Zach Hillesland |
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| 2018-19 Stats | Notre Dame | Jacksonville |
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IRISH TO FACE JACKSONVILLE IN FINAL PRE-CHRISTMAS CLASH
The University of Notre Dame men’s basketball team (8-3) caps its pre-Christmas schedule with a Thursday evening matchup with Jacksonville (7-5) in Purcell Pavilion.
NOTRE DAME VERSUS JACKSONVILLE
- The Irish and Dolphins will be meeting for the first time Thursday evening.
- Located in Jacksonville, Florida, the Dolphins are a member of the Atlantic Sun (ASUN) Conference. They finished 15-18 in 2017-18 and 8-6 in the ASUN.
- Jacksonville head coach Tony Jasick was named the Hugh Durham Coach of the Year bo CollegeInsider.com as the top Division I Mid-Major coach in college basketball while at IPFW in 2014.
- Mike Brey is 1-0 all-time against Tony Jasick, as the Irish defeated Fort Wayne (then known as IPFW) 74-62 on December 17, 2012.
- Notre Dame is 7-0 all-time against teams from the ASUN and 6-0 in the Mike Brey era.
- Jacksonville is the first ASUN team to make the trip to Purcell Pavilion since Stetson in 2013.
2018-19 SCHEDULE BRINGS FOUR FIRST-TIME OPPONENTS
Notre Dame’s 2018-19 non-conference schedule will feature four match ups with teams the program has never faced before. UIC (W, 84-67) and Radford (L, 60-63) visited Purcell Pavilion during the 2018 Gotham Classic, the Irish played on Oklahoma (L, 80-85) in the Jimmy V Classic in Madison Square Garden and Jacksonville will make a holiday visit to Notre Dame Thursday evening.
Mike Brey is 45-5 (.938) at Notre Dame in games featuring first-time program meetings. He also is 130-39 (.778) against all first-time opponents at Notre Dame.
MOONEY LEADS ACC IN DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Junior forward John Mooney has raised his level of play to an all-conference level in 2018-19 and currently stands second in the ACC in rebounding (9.6 per game) and leads the league in double-doubles (six in 11 games played).
Close to averaging a double-double this season (12.5 ppg, 9.6 rpg), Mooney entered the season with 4.5 ppg and 3.3 rpg averages.
MOONEY DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN 2018-19
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Radford |
11/14/18 |
24 |
12 |
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William & Mary |
11/17/18 |
13 |
11 |
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Duquesne |
11/20/18 |
16 |
10 |
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vs. Oklahoma |
12/4/18 |
15 |
14 |
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at UCLA |
12/8/18 |
12 |
11 |
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Binghamton |
12/18/18 |
12 |
12 |
DURHAM SHOT BLOCKING MAKES EARLY IMPRESSION
Even though Juwan Durham is listed as a junior on the Notre Dame roster, he is really just experiencing the first significant minutes in a series of collegiate games this season. Durham saw limited minutes in his freshman season at UConn (2016-17) after sitting out his senior year of high school to recover from an ACL tear in his right knee. He also had wrist surgery while sitting out during his transfer season last year with the Irish.
In his first game in a Notre Dame uniform against UIC (11/6/18) he became the first Notre Dame player since 2012 to block six shots in a game. Durham also sparked the Irish with 10 points and five blocks in the second half of a victory over Illinois (11/27/18) and has 28 blocks in his first 10 games (has one DNP-CD this year) at Notre Dame.
During the Mike Brey era (2000-01 – present) only six other players have blocked five or more shots multiple times, putting the Tampa, Florida, native – with two full years of eligibility remaining after this season – among some notetworthy Irish players early in his career.
MULTIPLE GAMES WITH FIVE OR MORE BLOCKED SHOTS
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Players |
Years |
Games |
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Ryan Humphrey |
2000-2002 |
7 |
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Jordan Cornette |
2001-2005 |
4 |
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Torin Francis |
2002-2006 |
4 |
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Bonzie Colson |
2014-2018 |
2 |
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Luke Harangody |
2006-2010 |
2 |
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Juwan Durham |
2018-present |
2 |
NOTRE DAME vs. JACKSONVILLE – BY THE NUMBERS
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0 |
For the third time in the Mike Brey era at Notre Dame an opponent failed to connect on a single free throw in a game Tuesday night. Binghamton finished 0-for-2 from the stripe, joining Loyola Chicago (12/13/15) and Charleston Southern (11/26/04) to finish the game without a converted free throw. |
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1 |
Notre Dame and Jacksonville are meeting for the first time in men’s basketball on Thursday evening. It is the fourth opponent of the season the Irish have or will meet for the first time and Notre Dame hopes to even its record against those teams (W vs. UIC, Ls vs. Oklahoma and Radford). |
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2 |
Juwan Durham and senior John Mooney posted individual double-doubles for the first time this season against Binghamton. It is the first time two players have posted a double-double in the same game since at Virginia last season (3/3/18) and first time at home and in a victory since Mount St. Mary’s (11/13/2017). |
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2.8 |
Junior Juwan Durham leads the ACC in blocked shots per game with a 2.80 average (28 total in 10 games played). Durham has blocked three or more shots in six of 10 games played this season. |
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3 |
Notre Dame is the only ACC team with three players among the top 10 in the league for assist/turnover ratio. Junior T.J. Gibbs is third (2.85), senior Rex Pflueger is fifth (2.69) and freshman Prentiss Hubb is eighth at 2.13. The Irish are 25th in the nation in assist/turnover ratio at 1.47. |
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5 |
Only five major conference teams have completed a season with a free throw percentage over .742 six ore more times since the start of the Mike Brey era. Villanova (10), Arizona (9) lead the way, followed by Notre Dame, Michigan and Oregon with six seasons each. |
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6 |
Junior John Mooney leads the ACC in double-doubles (6) – no other ACC player has more than three double-doubles this season. Six double-doubles also lands Mooney tied for ninth in the NCAA. |
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7 |
In the first game without Rex Pflueger in the line up (who led the team in assists), freshman Prentiss Hubb stepped up against Binghamton to dish out a career-high seven assists. |
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8 |
The Irish have lost three players out of the top 11 on their roster entering the season to transfer or injury. Senior Elijah Burns left the team in November (has since announced intention to transfer to Siena), senior guard Rex Pflueger tore the ACL in his left knee against Purdue on December 15, 2018, and freshman Robby Carmody will miss the remainder of the season with a left shoulder injury – announced on December 14, 2018. |
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11 |
Notre Dame is tied for 11th in the country in the least amount of fouls committed, on average whistled for just 14.7 fouls per game. Furman leads the country at 13.3. |
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43 |
With 44 points in the second half against Binghamton, Notre Dame increased its run of 40-point second halfs to six games dating back to the 56-point second half against DePaul on 11/24/18. The Irish have failed to reach 40 points in the second half just three times this season (vs. UIC, Radford and Duquesne) and are averaging 43 points in the second 20 minutes of each game this season. |
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73.1 |
Since the start of the Mike Brey era (2000-01) Notre Dame is third among major-conference schools in team free throw percentage at .731. Villanova ranks first (.744), followed by Arizona (.731). |
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75.2 |
Notre Dame is shooting .752 from the free throw line this season, ranked third in the ACC and 38th in the NCAA. The Irish are on a four-year run of finishing the season with a team free-throw percentage of .742 or higher – including a team-record, ACC-record and NCAA-high .800 in 2016-17. |
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510 |
With 510 career wins, Mike Brey is the 11th active coach to reach 500 wins coaching at just one or two institutions. |