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.