Jan. 29, 1997
Pitt Shoots Down Notre Dame
PITTSBURGH — Vonteego Cummings scored 16 points in the first half,12 on 3-pointers, as the hot-shooting Panthers raced out to a big early lead onthe way to a 88-64 BIG EAST victory at Civic Arena Wednesday night.
Cummings, who finished with 19 points, hit all four of his 3-point attemptsin the first half as Pitt took a commanding 43-29 lead. Kellii Taylor led Pittwith 20 and added six steals.
The Panthers (11-9, 5-4) connected on 7-of-11 shots (.636) from beyond the arc inthe first half and 16-of-23 (.696) in the game.
Matt Gotsch scored 14 points to lead Notre Dame (9-9, 3-7). Pat Garrityfinished with 12 points, nine below his average.
The 24-point defeat equaled the worst Notre Dame has suffered this season.The Irish also lost by 24 points to Kentucky on Dec. 14.
Notre Dame sophomore Antoni Wyche tied his career high with 10 points offthe bench.
Pittsburgh, which was coming off an 18-point win over Georgetown onSaturday, committed only six turnovers and shot .508 from the floor.
Notre Dame made 18-of-19 free throws in the second half.
NOTRE DAME (64) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpManner 18 2-4 0-0 1-2 1 1 4Garrity 29 4-13 2-2 3-6 1 2 12Gotsch 24 5-7 4-4 2-6 0 2 14White 27 1-4 0-0 0-3 5 1 2Miller 19 1-5 1-1 0-1 0 3 3Wyche 20 2-3 6-6 0-0 0 2 10Lalazarian 10 1-3 2-2 1-1 0 0 4Bell 12 1-4 1-2 1-2 3 0 4Friel 7 0-2 2-2 0-1 2 0 2Dillon 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0Young 12 1-2 1-2 1-5 0 1 3Hickey 16 3-3 0-0 0-1 0 2 6_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 21-50 19-21 9-28 13 14 64_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.420, FT-.905. 3-Point Goals:3-16, .188 (Garrity 2-5, White 0-2, Miller 0-1,Wyche 0-1, Lalazarian 0-1, Bell 1-3, Friel 0-2,Young 0-1). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 4(Gotsch 3, Young). Turnovers: 23 (Garrity 5,Wyche 4, Bell 3, White 3, Gotsch 2, Hickey 2,Miller 2, Dillon, Manner). Steals: 10 (Friel 2,Miller 2, White 2, Bell, Gotsch, Hickey, Wyche).PITTSBURGH (88) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpMaile 26 5-7 2-2 0-2 1 2 17Varga 22 3-9 2-2 0-2 1 2 9Blount 26 4-8 0-0 3-9 3 4 8Cummings 35 7-9 0-0 3-6 7 2 19Taylor 27 7-13 2-4 0-1 3 2 20Gardella 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0Lockhart 13 2-6 0-0 1-3 0 1 5Willard 17 0-0 0-0 0-0 6 1 0Jordan 17 3-8 0-0 3-4 0 3 6Murray 2 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 0 2Hawkins 13 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 1 2_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 33-65 6-8 11-29 21 19 88_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.508, FT-.750. 3-Point Goals:16-23, .696 (Maile 5-5, Varga 1-3, Cummings 5-6,Taylor 4-6, Lockhart 1-2, Murray 0-1). Teamrebounds: 1. Blocked shots: 7 (Blount 4, Varga,Hawkins, Taylor). Turnovers: 19 (Cummings 7,Blount 4, Jordan 3, Gardella, Lockhart, Maile,Taylor, Willard). Steals: 13 (Taylor 6, Cummings3, Blount, Jordan, Varga, Willard).__________________________________Notre Dame 29 35 - 64Pittsburgh 43 45 - 88__________________________________Technical fouls: Notre Dame 1 (Team). A: 13,240.Officials: John Cahill, Donnie Gray, TedValentine.