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.