January 7, 1997

Notre Dame Loses On The Road To Georgetown

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Victor Page scored a game-high 27 points asGeorgetown sailed to a 70-57 victory over Notre Dame this evening.

Boubacar Aw added 12 points and eight rebounds, while Cheikh Ya-Ya Diachipped in with 10 points and a game-high 14 rebounds for the Hoyas.

Matt Gotsch paced Notre Dame (7-5) with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Pat Garrityadded 13 points, while Derek Manner chipped in with 11 points and eightrebounds.

Georgetown took a 38-33 lead into halftime in racing to the 13-point win.

Notre Dame returns to action next Thursday when it hosts Villanova in aBig East showdown at the Joyce Center.

                                                                               NOTRE DAME (57)                                                                                      fg    ft    rb                                                          min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp                                Manner          29   4-7   3-6   2-8  1  3   11                                Garrity         35  5-13   2-2   1-5  0  0   13                                Young           10   0-0   0-0   1-2  0  3    0                                Miller          21   0-3   0-0   0-3  2  4    0                                White           30   3-7   2-2   1-4  8  4    9                                Lalazarian      13   1-5   0-0   1-1  0  1    3                                Friel           18   0-6   0-1   0-2  2  2    0                                Dillon          11   1-1   0-0   1-1  2  0    3                                Gotsch          26  7-11   3-3  3-12  0  2   17                                Hickey           7   0-0   1-4   0-1  0  1    1                                _______________________________________________                                TOTALS         200 21-53 11-18 10-39 15 20   57                                _______________________________________________                                                                                                               Percentages: FG-.396, FT-.611. 3-Point Goals:                                  4-13, .308 (Garrity 1-2, Miller 0-3, White 1-2,                                Lalazarian 1-1, Friel 0-3, Dillon 1-1, Gotsch                                  0-1). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 7 (Gotsch                               5, Hickey 2). Turnovers: 24 (Manner 6, Garrity 5,                              Gotsch 4, White 3, Young 3, Friel 2, Miller).                                  Steals: 7 (Friel 2, Dillon, Garrity, Manner,                                   Miller, White).                                                                                                                                               GEORGETOWN (70)                                                                                      fg    ft    rb                                                          min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp                                Dia             32   5-9   0-0  5-14  1  3   10                                Aw              23  5-10   2-3   6-8  1  0   12                                White           15   0-2   0-2   2-7  0  2    0                                Sheffey         23  3-13   0-0   1-1  3  3    6                                Page            28 11-28   4-5   5-7  1  4   27                                Touomou         10   0-4   0-0   0-0  0  1    0                                Jackson         30   2-7   5-8   4-5  3  3    9                                Long            22   1-6   2-2   3-6  1  2    4                                Watkins          5   1-3   0-0   2-3  0  1    2                                Jones           12   0-5   0-0   3-5  0  0    0                                _______________________________________________                                TOTALS         200 28-87 13-20 31-56 10 19   70                                _______________________________________________                                                                                                               Percentages: FG-.322, FT-.650. 3-Point Goals:                                  1-16, .063 (Sheffey 0-5, Page 1-6, Touomou 0-4,                                Long 0-1). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots: 7                                  (Dia 4, White 2, Jackson). Turnovers: 13 (Jackson                              3, Dia 2, Page 2, Sheffey 2, Aw, Jones, Long,                                  Touomou). Steals: 13 (Sheffey 4, Dia 2, Jackson                                2, Long 2, Page 2, Aw).                                                        __________________________________                                             Notre Dame         33   24  -   57                                             Georgetown         38   32  -   70                                             __________________________________                                             Technical fouls: Notre Dame 2 (White, Team).                                   Georgetown 1 (Sheffey).  A: 8,438. Officials:                                  Frank Scagliotta, Ted Hillary, Reggie Greenwood.