Jan. 22, 1997
Irish Make it Two in a Row
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Admore White scored 16 points leading Notre Dame past Seton Hall, 86-72, in Big East action.
Pat Garrity and Pete Miller added 13 apiece as the Irish recorded their first back-to-back Big East wins ever.
With the victory, Notre Dame improved to 9-7, 3-5 in conference play.
The Irish trailed by four at the half, but outscored Seton Hall (7-10, 2-6) by 18 in the second 20 minutes.
Donnell Williams led Seton Hall with 18, while Shaheen Holloway had team-highs with eight boards and 10 assists for the Pirates.
Matt Gotsch collected a game-high 13 rebounds for Notre Dame in front of a crowd of 8,726.
SETON HALL (72) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpTaty 28 2-7 2-4 1-4 0 4 6Jordan 33 4-6 0-0 2-6 1 4 8Payton 19 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0Holloway 36 5-19 4-7 3-8 10 4 17Sanders 37 3-7 6-9 1-6 3 3 13Williams 26 6-15 4-6 3-4 0 4 18Yablonski 4 1-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 2Kaukenas 17 2-8 4-5 2-4 0 3 8_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 23-64 20-32 12-32 14 25 72_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.359, FT-.625. 3-Point Goals:6-21, .286 (Holloway 3-10, Sanders 1-3, Williams2-4, Kaukenas 0-4). Team rebounds: 9. Blockedshots: 4 (Jordan 2, Williams 2). Turnovers: 17(Holloway 4, Sanders 4, Payton 3, Taty 3, Jordan2, Kaukenas). Steals: 9 (Sanders 4, Holloway 2,Jordan 2, Kaukenas).NOTRE DAME (86) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpManner 28 2-6 3-4 0-7 3 2 7Garrity 28 5-11 1-4 2-5 5 4 13Gotsch 30 4-6 0-2 4-13 1 3 8White 27 6-10 2-4 0-4 6 5 16Miller 20 3-6 5-9 1-1 2 2 13Lalazarian 7 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 1 2Bell 5 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 2Dillon 13 3-4 2-4 0-0 2 1 8Wyche 20 1-3 7-8 0-1 2 1 10Young 10 0-0 0-0 0-3 0 2 0Hickey 12 3-5 1-2 2-4 0 3 7_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 29-57 21-37 10-39 22 27 86_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.509, FT-.568. 3-Point Goals:7-13, .538 (Garrity 2-3, White 2-3, Miller 2-3,Bell 0-1, Wyche 1-3). Team rebounds: 4. Blockedshots: 5 (Gotsch 4, Wyche). Turnovers: 17 (Manner4, Hickey 3, Miller 2, White 2, Young 2, Dillon,Garrity, Gotsch, Wyche). Steals: 6 (Garrity,Gotsch, Manner, Miller, White, Wyche).__________________________________Seton Hall 33 39 - 72Notre Dame 29 57 - 86__________________________________Technical fouls: Seton Hall 1 (Williams). A:8,726. Officials: Tim Higgins, David Day, CurtisShaw.