Jan. 11, 1997
23rd-ranked Boston College Handles Notre Dame, 73-61
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Antonio Granger scored 21 points and James “Scoonie” Penn added20 as 23rd-ranked Boston College continued its best Big EastConference start ever with a 73-61 victory over Notre Dame.
The Eagles (10-2) raced to a 48-29 halftime lead and cruisedhome as they improved to 5-1 in the Big East. They had neverwon more than four of their first six league games.
Pat Garrity scored 18 points and Gary Bell added 11 for NotreDame (7-6, 1-4 Big East), which has lost three straight games.The Fighting Irish are 5-7 all-time against BC.
Boston College (10-2,5-1) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDSNo. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN21 Granger, Antonio f 8 9 4 4 1 1 3 4 7 2 21 1 2 0 2 3024 Abrams, Danya f 3 13 0 0 7 8 1 6 7 2 13 6 7 0 3 3614 Curley, Mickey c 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 3 6 1 2 4 2 3111 Penn, Scoonie g 5 10 4 7 6 6 0 7 7 1 20 3 2 0 2 3520 Woodward, Duane g 3 6 2 4 0 1 0 3 3 3 8 6 1 0 2 3404 Thomas, Bevan 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 913 Bedard, Andy 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1222 Jourdon, Keenan 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 0 0 1 1232 Fox, Nate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+44 Christianson, Brad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1TEAM REBOUNDS................................ 1 1 2 1TOTALS 24 51 11 18 14 18 7 27 34 17 73 21 17 4 12 200TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-26 .615 2nd Half: 8-25 .320 Game: .471 DEADBALL3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 9-13 .692 2nd Half: 2- 5 .400 Game: .611 REBOUNDSF Throw % 1st Half: 7-10 .700 2nd Half: 7- 8 .875 Game: .778 1Notre Dame (7-6,1-4) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDSNo. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN03 Manner, Derek f 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 4 5 1 3 2 1 0 2 1953 Garrity, Pat f 6 16 1 3 5 5 1 3 4 3 18 2 4 3 0 3642 Young, Marcus c 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 2 0 2512 White, Admore g 2 5 1 3 4 4 1 3 4 4 9 7 5 0 2 2722 Miller, Pete g 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1905 Lalazarian, David 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 811 Bell, Gary 4 10 3 6 0 1 2 4 6 0 11 1 2 0 0 1433 Dillon, Jimmy 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1304 Wyche, Antoni 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 640 Gotsch, Matt 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 1314 Friel, Keith 2 5 1 3 3 5 0 1 1 2 8 0 1 0 2 1455 Hickey, Phil 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6TEAM REBOUNDS................................ 0 2 2TOTALS 20 54 6 17 15 19 9 23 32 18 61 14 17 6 8 200TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-29 .379 2nd Half: 9-25 .360 Game: .370 DEADBALL3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3- 7 .429 2nd Half: 3-10 .300 Game: .353 REBOUNDSF Throw % 1st Half: 4- 6 .667 2nd Half: 11-13 .846 Game: .789 2OFFICIALS: Ted Valentine, Bob Donato, Ed CorbettTECHNICAL FOULS: Boston College - Thomas, Bevan(1) Notre Dame - noneATTENDANCE: 8779SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd TOTALBoston College 48 25 73Notre Dame 29 32 61