December 21, 1996

Garrity Leads Notre Dame Past Loyola

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Pat Garrity poured in a game-high 27 points as NotreDame raced to a 92-75 victory over Loyola (Md.) today at the JoyceCenter.

Garrity was 4-for-6 from three point range in leading the Irish to thevictory. The junior forward also pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds.

Senior guard Admore White added 13 points and 10 assists for the Irish,while junior forward Derek Manner also finished with 13 points.

Notre Dame took command of the game in the first half, jumping out to a43-27 halftime lead. The Irish wound up shooting 57 percent from thefield, including a sizzling 11-for-16 from three-point range, to defeatLoyola.

Notre Dame, which improved to 4-3 with the win, returns to the courtMonday night when it hosts Nicholls State at 7:30 p.m.

LOYOLA MD (75)                      fg    ft    rb               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tpCooper          28   4-9   2-2   0-2  0  4   13Hurd            29   1-4   2-3   1-6  0  4    4Platt           28   2-3   1-1   2-3  1  3    5Rowe            36 11-21   0-0   0-2  1  4   26Powell          36  5-10 14-16   1-3  7  4   25Williams         7   0-2   0-0   0-0  0  2    0Harris           1   0-0   1-2   1-2  0  0    1Langley          5   0-2   0-0   0-0  0  0    0Kelly           13   0-6   1-2   0-1  0  0    1Johnson         17   0-3   0-0   1-2  0  5    0_______________________________________________TOTALS         200 23-60 21-26  6-21  9 26   75_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.383, FT-.808. 3-Point Goals:8-22, .364 (Cooper 3-6, Rowe 4-9, Powell 1-2,Williams 0-2, Langley 0-2, Kelly 0-1). Teamrebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 2 (Hurd, Platt).Turnovers: 13 (Powell 4, Rowe 4, Hurd 2, Cooper,Platt, Williams). Steals: 8 (Rowe 4, Hurd,Johnson, Kelly, Powell).NOTRE DAME (92)                      fg    ft    rb               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tpGarrity         34  8-15  7-10  5-10  3  2   27Manner          30   5-7   3-5   2-3  3  3   13Young           13   0-0   0-0   1-4  0  1    0White           30   3-7   6-7   0-7 10  2   13Miller          22   3-4   0-0   0-1  0  5    8Gotsch          15   4-4   1-2   3-6  0  5    9Lalazarian      11   2-4   1-3   0-1  0  1    5Bell             5   1-2   1-2   0-0  1  1    3Dillon          10   1-2   0-2   0-2  4  0    3Friel           18   3-6   0-0   0-1  2  2    9Hickey          12   0-1   2-2   1-3  0  1    2_______________________________________________TOTALS         200 30-52 21-33 12-38 23 23   92_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.577, FT-.636. 3-Point Goals:11-18, .611 (Garrity 4-6, White 1-2, Miller 2-3,Lalazarian 0-1, Dillon 1-1, Friel 3-5). Teamrebounds: 8. Blocked shots: 2 (Garrity, Gotsch).Turnovers: 19 (Friel 4, Garrity 3, Lalazarian 2,Manner 2, Miller 2, White 2, Bell, Gotsch,Hickey, Young). Steals: 7 (Manner 3, White 3,Dillon).__________________________________Loyola Md          27   48  -   75Notre Dame         43   49  -   92__________________________________Technical fouls: None.  A: 7,968. Officials: JoeMingle, Jim Haney, Tom Grzywinski.