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Irish And Yellow Jackets Set For Sunday Evening Rematch

Game 24: Notre Dame (12-11, 2-8) vs. Georgia Tech (11-12, 3-7)
Date Sunday, February 10, 2019 | 6 p.m. ET
Location Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center | Notre Dame, IN
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Series History         19th meeting, Georgia Tech leads the all-time series 11-8
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IRISH FACE REMATCH WITH GEORGIA TECH 

The University of Notre Dame men’s basketball team (12-11, 2-8 ACC) returns home to take on Georgia Tech (11-2, 3-7) for the second time this season on Sunday evening (6 p.m. ET, ESPNU). The Irish fell by two points (63-61) in a battle at Georgia Tech on January 22 as the series tradition of holding serve on a home court continued. Notre Dame is 7-2 against Georgia Tech at Purcell Pavilion, but just 1-8 at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta. 

NOTRE DAME vs. GEORGIA TECH SERIES HISTORY

  • The Irish and Yellow Jackets will be meeting for the 19th time on Sunday evening, with Georgia Tech leading the all-time series 11-8. 
  • Georgia Tech and Boston College make up Notre Dame’s ACC home-and-home annual series. The Irish lead the ACC series 6-5 against Georgia Tech. 
  • Home court advantage means more in this series than possibly any other ACC opponent for the Irish, Notre Dame is 7-2 against Georgia Tech in Purcell Pavilion but just 1-8 in McCamish Pavilion (including losses in the four most recent visits to Atlanta). 
  • You can count on a close game between Notre Dame and Georgia Tech – as niether team has posted a double-digit victory in the series since the Yellow Jackets defeated the Irish in McCamish Pavilion 90-80 on February 25, 1989. 
  • The last 11 meetings between Notre Dame and Georgia Tech have been decided by an average of just 4.6 points. 
  • Both teams have held serve on their home court in the ACC series, as Notre Dame is 5-0 at home against Georgia Tech, while the Yellow Jackets are 5-1 against the Irish in McCamish Pavilion. The lone visiting team victory occurred by eventual ACC Champion Notre Dame at Georgia Tech on Jan. 14, 2015, 62-59. 

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 14  double-doubles this season that have pushed his season averages to 14.3 (ppg) and 10.7 (rpg) – the only ACC player averaging a double-double. He joins five other players across the country from a 1major 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

14.3

10.7

Jordan Murphy

Minnesota

14.9

12.1

Zylan Cheatham

Arizona State

11.6

11.1

Dedric Lawson

Kansas

19.4

10.8

Ethan Happ

Wisconsin

18.3

10.4

Bruno Fernando

Maryland

14.8

10.7

Add in Mooney’s .434 three-point field goal percentage – and he becomes the only major conference player to average over 10 points, 10 rebounds, .430 3FG% (minimum of 50 attempts). 

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 (10.7 per game) and double-doubles (14 in 23 games played). 

One of six major conference players averaging a double-double this season (14.3 ppg, 10.7 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

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 83 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 3.6 assist-per-game average, he could 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

Admore White

1993-94

96

PRENTISS HUBB

2018-19

83

* – Mike Brey era players

NOTRE DAME vs. GEORGIA TECH – BY THE NUMBERS

1

There is only one player in the country averaging 10-plus points, 10-plus rebounds and shooting better than .430 from three-point range – Notre Dame junior John Mooney (14.3 ppg, 10.7 rpg, .434 3FG%). 

4.6

Average margin of victory in the Notre Dame – Georgia Tech series since the Irish joined the ACC for the 2013-14 season and the Yellow Jackets were designated as one of ND’s two home-and-home opponents each season. Neither team has earned a double-digit victory in the 11 games played since 2013-14. 

5

Notre Dame is 5-0 in Purcell Pavilion against Georgia Tech as a member of the ACC, but the Yellow Jackets are just as proficient protecting their home court in McCamish Pavilion (5-1). The only visiting team victory in the ACC series between the two teams was a 62-59 win by eventual ACC Champion Notre Dame on 1/14/2015. 

8.7

Scoring 5.6 points per game last season, John Mooney has increased his scoring per game 8.7 points per game this season – the second-best improvement in the ACC (Louisville’s Jordan Nwora is first at 12.1). 

9

Freshman Prentiss Hubb has become one of nine true freshman since 1972-73 to reach 80 or more assists in their rookie season at Notre Dame. Hubb currently leads the team with 83 assists (see page 5 for more). 

9.7

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

10

Notre Dame is 10th in the country in blocked shots as of February 8, bolstered by junior Juwan Durham (2.94 per game, 50 total) and John Mooney (23 total, with 14 of them coming in ACC play). 

11

A victory on Sunday evening would push Notre Dame’s home court record against its designated ACC annual home-and-home opponents, Boston College and Georgia Tech, to 12-0. Currently the Irish are 6-0 vs. Boston College and 5-0 against Georgia Tech. 

12.5

John Mooney is averaging 12.5 rebounds per game in ACC competition – one of just six major-conference players to average 10 or more rebounds per game in league action. 

13.3

Notre Dame is committing just 13.3 personal fouls per game – the lowest average total in the country as of February 8. The Irish are ahead of Dayton (13.7) and Loyola Chicago (13.8).    

14

John Mooney leads the ACC (no other player has more than nine) and is tied for 10th in the country with 14 double-doubles (he is fifth in double-doubles among major conference players). He also paces the ACC in 10-rebound performances with 16 this season. 

21

Junior Nikola Djogo made the most of his first start of the season at Boston College (2/2/19), leading the Irish with a career-high 21 points on seven-of-10 shooting with four three-point field goals. Djogo entered the game averaging 1.9 points-per-game in 2018-19. 

1,820

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 sixth-most at Notre Dame since freshmen became eligible in 1972-73. 

1997

The last ACC player to record eight consecutive double-doubles before John Mooney? Tim Duncan for Wake Forest during the 1996-97 season. Mooney’s eight-game streak ended at Miami on Feb. 6.