December 7, 1996

Providence explodes to 82-59 Win Over Notre Dame

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Jamel Thomas poured in a game-high 27points on 11-for-18 shooting from the field to lead hostProvidence to an 82-59 victory over Notre Dame today at theProvidence Civic Center.

Thomas scored 18 of his 27 points in the first half asProvidence built up a convincing 42-24 halftime lead. GodShammgod added 10 points in the half and finished the game with18.

Pat Garrity paced Notre Dame in its Big East opener with 20points and eight rebounds. Garrity was 10-for-11 from the foulline. Derek Manner added 11 points and six rebounds for theIrish.

Notre Dame (2-2 overall, 0-1 Big East) shot just 35 percentfrom the floor for the game, while Providence (5-2 overall, 1-1Big East) shot 47 percent. Notre Dame also committed 23turnovers, compared to just 11 for Providence.

NOTRE DAME (59)                      fg    ft    rb               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tpMacleod         23   5-7   1-4   2-6  1  1   11Garrity         37  5-11 10-11   3-8  3  2   20Gotsch           9   0-1   0-0   0-1  1  2    0White           20   1-5   0-1   0-4  3  0    2Miller           6   0-0   0-0   0-1  0  1    0Wyche           14   2-5   0-0   1-3  1  5    5Lalazarian      24  3-10   0-0   4-7  0  2    7Friel           21  3-10   0-0   0-3  1  2    9Dillon          21   1-7   0-0   1-3  1  4    3Young           15   0-2   0-0   1-5  1  2    0Hickey          10   1-2   0-2   2-4  0  2    2_______________________________________________TOTALS         200 21-60 11-18 14-45 12 23   59_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.350, FT-.611. 3-Point Goals:6-20, .300 (Garrity 0-2, White 0-2, Wyche 1-3,Lalazarian 1-4, Friel 3-7, Dillon 1-2). Teamrebounds: 2. Blocked shots: None. Turnovers: 23(Wyche 4, Garrity 3, Macleod 3, White 3, Dillon2, Gotsch 2, Lalazarian 2, Miller 2, Friel,Hickey). Steals: 6 (White 2, Garrity, Gotsch,Macleod, Wyche).PROVIDENCE (82)                      fg    ft    rb               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tpD Brown         30   6-9   2-2   3-7  0  1   15Croshere        31   2-8   1-2   2-7  2  1    5Garces          22   4-9   2-3   3-5  1  5   10Shammgod        33  7-13   4-9   0-2  5  4   18Thomas          33 11-18   3-6   2-5  1  3   27Murdock         14   0-2   2-2   2-8  2  0    2Pointer          3   1-2   0-0   0-0  1  0    2Wright          20   1-4   1-2   0-1  6  0    3A Brown          3   0-2   0-0   1-2  0  1    0Adams            1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0N'diaye          9   0-1   0-1   0-3  0  4    0Cordella         1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0_______________________________________________TOTALS         200 32-68 15-27 13-40 18 19   82_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.471, FT-.556. 3-Point Goals:3-13, .231 (D Brown 1-3, Croshere 0-2, Shammgod0-1, Thomas 2-4, Murdock 0-1, Wright 0-2). Teamrebounds: None. Blocked shots: 4 (N'diaye 2,Shammgod, Thomas). Turnovers: 11 (Croshere 2,Shammgod 2, Thomas 2, D Brown, Garces, N'diaye,Pointer, Wright). Steals: 12 (Thomas 4, Croshere3, Shammgod 3, D Brown, Wright).__________________________________Notre Dame         24   35  -   59Providence         42   40  -   82__________________________________Technical fouls: None.  A: 11,758. Officials:Jodi Silvester, David Day, John Corbett.