Durham 2/19/19

Irish Face Rematch With Virginia Tech On ESPN

Game 27: Notre Dame (13-13, 3-10) vs. No. 20/18 Virginia Tech (20-6, 9-5)
Date Saturday, February 23, 2019 | 4:00 p.m. ET
Location Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center | Notre Dame, IN    
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Series History         12th meeting, Notre Dame leads the all-time series 8-3, including 3-1 at Purcell Pavilion
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IRISH FACE REMATCH WITH VIRGINIA TECH ON ESPN 

The University of Notre Dame men’s basketball team (13-13, 3-10 ACC) looks for its first victory over a ranked team this season in a rematch of its first ACC game of the season with No. 20/18 Virginia Tech (20-6, 9-5) Saturday afternoon (4 p.m. ET) on ESPN. 

MR. MOONEY ONE OF SIX MAJOR CONFERENCE PLAYERS AVERAGING A DOUBLE-DOUBLE

Junior forward John Mooney (dubbed Mr. Mooney by Notre Dame Basketball Radio Network Analyst Zach Hillesland) has compiled 15  double-doubles this season that have pushed his season averages to 14.1 (ppg) and 10.9 (rpg) – the only ACC player averaging a double-double. He joins five other players across the country from a major college basketball conference to average 10+ points and 10+ rebounds per game. 

MAJOR CONFERENCE PLAYERS AVERAGING A DOUBLE-DOUBLE

Player

Team

Points

Rebounds

JOHN MOONEY

NOTRE DAME

14.1

10.9

Jordan Murphy

Minnesota

15.0

11.9

Zylan Cheatham

Arizona State

11.8

10.7

Dedric Lawson

Kansas

19.2

10.3

Ethan Happ

Wisconsin

17.9

10.2

Bruno Fernando

Maryland

14.4

10.6

MOONEY LEADS ALL MAJOR CONFERENCE PLAYERS IN REBOUNDS PER GAME IN LEAGUE PLAY

Junior forward John Mooney has boosted his ACC rebound average to 12.5 – just missing out on his 17th double-double of the year against Wake Forest with 15 points and nine rebounds. That average leads all major conference players in league play this season. 

MAJOR CONFERENCE REBOUNDS PER GAME AVERAGE

Player

Team

RPG

JOHN MOONEY

NOTRE DAME

12.5

Bruno Fernando

Maryland

11.8

Zylan Cheatham

Arizona State

11.3

Jordan Murphy

Minnesota

11.0

Derek Culver

West Virginia

9.9

Luke Maye

North Carolina

9.8

Tyler Bey

Colorado

9.6

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 leads the ACC in rebounding (10.9 per game) and double-doubles (16 in 26 games played). 

One of six major conference players averaging a double-double this season (14.1 ppg, 10.9 rpg), Mooney entered the season with 4.5 ppg and 3.3 rpg averages. 

MOONEY DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN 2018-19

Opponent

Date

Points

Rebounds

Radford

11/14/18

24

12

William & Mary

11/17/18

13

11

Duquesne

11/20/18

16

10

vs. Oklahoma

12/4/18

15

14

at UCLA

12/8/18

12

11

Binghamton

12/18/18

12

12

Syracuse

1/5/19

14

14

Boston College

1/12/19

27

12

at North Carolina

1/15/19

16

19

NC State

1/19/19

19

16

at Georgia Tech

1/22/19

22

14

Virginia

1/26/19

15

10

Duke

1/28/19

14

11

at Boston College

2/2/19

15

13

Georgia Tech

2/10/19

11

14

at Virginia

2/16/19

11

15

MOONEY CLIMBING SINGLE-SEASON ACC-ONLY DOUBLE-DOUBLE LIST

John Mooney recorded his 16th overall double-double at Virginia on February 16, but also his 10th double-double in ACC play. Since Notre Dame joined the ACC in 2013-14, the single-season high for double-doubles in ACC play is 13 by UNC’s Brice Johnson in 2015-16. 

SINGLE SEASON ACC-ONLY DOUBLE-DOUBLE LEADERS SINCE 2013-14

Double-Doubles

Season

Player

School

13

2015-16

Brice Johnson

North Carolina

12

2017-18

Marvin Bagley III

Duke

12

2016-17

Bonzie Colson

Notre Dame

11

2015-16

Zach Auguste

Notre Dame

10

2018-19

JOHN MOONEY

NOTRE DAME

10

2016-17

John Collins

Wake Forest

10

2015-16

C. Onuaku

Louisville

10

2014-15

Tony Jekiri

Miami

10

2013-14

Jabari Parker

Duke

9

2017-18

Luke Maye

North Carolina

9

2017-18

Wendell Carter

Duke

9

2017-18

Doral Moore

Wake Forest

9

2015-16

Abu Abdul-Malik

NC State

MOONEY BOASTS NOTABLE ACC-ONLY REBOUND AVERAGE

Entering this week’s conference action, John Mooney is averaging 12.5 rebounds per game in ACC play. Should he maintain that average, he would be the first ACC player to average over 12.3 rebounds per game since TIm Duncan recorded a 14.9 average in 1997. 

If Mooney can keep is rebound per game average above 12.0 – he would be the first ACC player to accomplish that since Sean May (12.3) in 2005. 

REBOUND PER GAME AVERAGE, ACC PLAY (since 1988)

Avg

Player

Team

Year

14. 9

Tim Duncan

Wake Forest

1997

12.5

JOHN MOONEY

Notre Dame

2019

12.3

Sean May

North Carolina

2005

12.2

Tim Duncan

Wake Forest

1995

11.9

Marvin Bagley III

Duke

2018

11.9

Dale Davis

Clemson

1992

11.7

Dale Davis

Clemson

1990

HUBB MOVING UP THE ROOKIE ASSIST BOARD

Freshman Prentiss Hubb has been the main ball handler for the Irish throughout his rookie season and paces the team with 97 assists. He is the ninth true freshman since the class became eligible to play to post 80-or-more assists during their rookie season.  

Should Hubb maintain his 3.7 assist-per-game average, he will become the fourth Mike Brey-era rookie to reach 100 assists in a season. 

TRUE FRESHMAN SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTS (since 1972-73)

Player

Season

Assists

Chris Thomas*

2001-02

252

Doug Gottlieb

1995-96

154

Martin Ingelsby

1997-98

150

Tory Jackson*

2006-07

139

Rich Branning

1976-77

138

David Rivers

1984-85

127

Eric Atkins*

2010-11

110

PRENTISS HUBB*

2018-19

97

Admore White

1993-94

96

* – Mike Brey era players

HUBB AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS IN FRESHMAN PLAYING TIME

Rookie Prentiss Hubb has started 22 of 26 career games in his first season at Notre Dame and has logged heavy minutes in most of his appearances. As of February 21, Hubb is seventh in the country among major conference teams in true freshman playing time. 

TRUE FRESHMAN PLAYING TIME (as of February 17)

Player

Team

Minutes

R.J. Barrett

Duke

887

Tyrese Haliburton

Iowa State

874

Romeo Langford

Indiana

860

Devon Dotson

Kansas

853

Xavier Johnson

Pittsburgh

845

Michael Devoe

Georgia Tech

839

PRENTISS HUBB

Notre Dame

838

Andrew Nembhard

Florida

824

NOTRE DAME vs. VIRGINIA TECH – BY THE NUMBERS
 

1

Junior John Mooney leads all major conference players in rebounds per game in league action with a 12.5 average.  

3

John Mooney is on pace to become the third Notre Dame player in the past four seasons to lead the ACC in rebounding in all games (currently at the top of the league with a 10.9 average). Zach Auguste (10.7, 2016) and Bonzie Colson (10.1, 2017) also led the ACC in rebounding. Should Mooney maintain his league-leading status, Notre Dame would become the first ACC program to have a player lead the league in rebounding three out of four seasons (and three out of six since ND joined the ACC) since Tim Duncan did it three straight years for Wake Forest from 1995-97. 

3

Notre Dame is set to face three consecutive ranked teams (No. 20/18 Virginia Tech; No. 16/17 Florida State and No. 18/22 Louisville) in the regular season for the first time since 2010-11. The Irish went 2-1 against a three-game run of No. 9/9 Georgetown, No. 5/5 Syracuse and No. 8/9 UConn in 10-11. 

6

John Mooney has grabbed 14 or more rebounds six times in ACC action – the most of any major conference player in league competition. Arizona State’s Zylan Cheatham has four such games. 

7

Freshman Prentiss Hubb is seventh in the country in playing time for a true freshman from a major conference team (see page 7 for more). 

8

Prentiss Hubb is poised to become the eighth true freshman since 1972-73 to dish out 100 or more assists in a season (see page 7 for more). He would join Chris Thomas, Tory Jackson and Eric Atkins as the fourth Brey-era guard to reach 100 (or more) assists in their rookie season.  

9.7

With a 9.7 average, Notre Dame is fifth in the country in turnovers committed per game.  

12.6

John Mooney is averaging 12.5 rebounds per game in ACC competition – one of just five major-conference players to average 10 or more rebounds per game in league action. Should he maintain that average, he would be the first ACC player to average over 12.5 rebounds per game since Tim Duncan (14.9) in 1997 (see page 5 for more). 

13.5

Notre Dame is committing just 13.5 personal fouls per game – the lowest average total in the country as of February 21. The Irish are ahead of Loyola Chicago (13.7) and Dayton (14.0).    

16

John Mooney leads the ACC (no other player has more than 10) and is tied for eighth in the country with 16 double-doubles (he is tied for third in double-doubles among major conference players). He also paces the ACC in 10-rebound performances with 18 this season. 

60

Junior T.J. Gibbs has scored 60 points in the past three games (20 vs. Georgia Tech; 17 at No. 4/4 Virginia; 23 vs. Wake Forest) while shooting .487 from the floor and .380 from three-point range. 

200

John Mooney is the latest in a long line of juniors to make a significant leap in statistical performance during their third year in the Notre Dame program. He is on pace to become the ninth player to increase their scoring (among other statistics) 200 points or more during their junior season. See page 12 for a full breakdown. 

2,025

Minutes played by the Notre Dame freshman class (Robby Carmody, Chris Doherty, Dane Goodwin, Prentiss Hubb, Nate Laszewski) – the most for any rookie class in the Mike Brey era. It is the fifth-most at Notre Dame since freshmen became eligible in 1972-73.