Feb. 18, 1997
Seton Hall Rallies to Defeat Notre Dame
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Shaheen Holloway finished with 21 points andfive assists as Seton Hall rallied back from a nine-point halftimedeficit to knock off Notre Dame 85-74.
Rimantas Kaukenas added 16 points, while Duane Jordan chipped in with 12for the Pirates, who improved to 9-15 overall and 4-11 in the Big East 7.
Notre Dame’s Pat Garrity led all scorers with 27 points. The juniorforward also finished with a game-high nine rebounds.
Matt Gotsch and Antoni Wyche contributed 11 points apiece for the Irish,who fell to 12-11 overall and 6-9 in the Big East 6.
Notre Dame played a solid first half, taking a 39-30 lead into halftime.
But the Pirates recovered in the second half, outscoring Notre Dame 55-35in the final 20 minutes.
Seton Hall went to the foul line 11 more times than the Irish. ThePirates shot 82 percent from the line (28-for-34), while the Irish shotjust 61 percent (14-for-23).
Notre Dame also committed 18 turnovers to just 10 for Seton Hall.
The Irish fell despite shooting 52 percent from the floor in thecontest.
NOTRE DAME (74) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpManner 37 2-4 1-5 1-5 3 2 5Garrity 39 10-17 5-6 2-9 2 2 27Gotsch 18 5-6 1-2 0-2 0 5 11Miller 21 0-4 0-0 1-2 1 5 0White 33 3-8 0-0 1-5 3 4 7Wyche 20 3-6 4-4 0-0 1 3 11Lalazarian 2 0-0 1-2 0-0 1 0 1Dillon 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 0Young 13 4-5 0-0 5-7 0 2 8Wills 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Hickey 9 1-1 2-4 0-2 0 1 4_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 28-54 14-23 10-32 13 25 74_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.519, FT-.609. 3-Point Goals:4-12, .333 (Garrity 2-4, Miller 0-2, White 1-3,Wyche 1-3). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 3(Gotsch 2, Young). Turnovers: 18 (Garrity 4,Wyche 4, White 3, Gotsch 2, Manner 2, Miller 2,Young). Steals: 7 (Wyche 2, Garrity, Gotsch,Lalazarian, Manner, White).SETON HALL (85) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpJordan 27 3-6 6-7 1-3 0 3 12Kaukenas 25 5-8 6-6 1-3 4 4 16Taty 24 4-7 2-2 3-7 1 4 10Sanders 35 2-7 6-6 0-3 7 2 11Holloway 31 5-14 6-8 0-1 5 4 21Codey 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Yablonski 19 3-5 1-1 0-0 0 0 9Morrison 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0Johnson 1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0Leath 10 1-3 0-0 0-3 0 0 3Kaba 26 1-2 1-4 0-3 0 2 3_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 24-52 28-34 5-24 17 20 85_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.462, FT-.824. 3-Point Goals:9-20, .450 (Kaukenas 0-2, Sanders 1-3, Holloway5-11, Yablonski 2-3, Leath 1-1). Team rebounds:3. Blocked shots: 4 (Taty 2, Leath, Kaba).Turnovers: 10 (Taty 3, Holloway, Jordan, Kaba,Kaukenas, Leath, Morrison, Yablonski). Steals: 9(Holloway 2, Jordan 2, Yablonski 2, Kaukenas,Leath, Sanders).__________________________________Notre Dame 39 35 - 74Seton Hall 30 55 - 85__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 8,510. Officials: JodiSilvester, Curtis Shaw, Donnie Gray.