Feb. 22, 1997
Notre Dame Scores 22 in Overtime for Win
SOUTH BEND, IND. — The Notre Dame men’s basketball team scored 22 points in overtime and defeated Providence 86-74 at the Joyce Center Saturday afternoon.
Providence used strong defense to earn a 35-28 lead at halftime, holding the Irish to 34.6 percent from the floor in the first half. Notre Dame battled back, shooting 55 percent from the field in the second stanza, forcing the overtime period. The Irish never relinquished control after that, outscoring the Friars 22-10 in the extra period and cruised to the win.
Notre Dame had five players score in double figures, led by Matt Gotsch’s 18 points. Providence was led by God Shammgod’s game-high 21 points.
Notre Dame improved to 13-11 overall, 7-9 in Big East play while Providence fell to 19-8, 10-6.
Notre Dame will play its last contest at home this season when it hosts Miami on Tuesday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m.
PROVIDENCE (74) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpD Brown 34 2-11 1-2 2-6 0 3 5Croshere 35 2-15 5-5 1-9 1 4 10Garces 29 4-9 1-2 2-5 0 4 9Shammgod 43 8-17 5-10 4-5 8 3 21Thomas 36 6-11 4-6 0-5 0 5 18Murdock 14 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0Wright 31 4-7 2-2 2-2 1 3 11N'diaye 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 225 26-71 18-27 11-33 10 24 74_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.366, FT-.667. 3-Point Goals:4-20, .200 (D Brown 0-5, Croshere 1-6, Shammgod0-3, Thomas 2-4, Wright 1-2). Team rebounds: 4.Blocked shots: 2 (Garces 2). Turnovers: 15 (DBrown 3, Shammgod 3, Wright 3, Croshere 2, Garces2, Murdock, Thomas). Steals: 7 (Wright 3,Croshere, Murdock, Shammgod, Thomas).NOTRE DAME (86) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpManner 25 3-6 1-2 3-6 1 2 7Garrity 41 5-14 2-6 3-5 6 2 13Gotsch 34 7-11 4-4 1-10 2 4 18White 42 3-11 5-9 2-10 8 4 13Miller 28 2-7 6-6 1-7 2 3 12Lalazarian 24 7-8 0-0 1-5 0 2 15Dillon 10 0-1 4-4 0-0 2 2 4Wyche 12 2-3 0-0 0-1 0 2 4Young 8 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 1 0Hickey 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 225 29-62 22-31 11-46 22 22 86_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.468, FT-.710. 3-Point Goals:6-17, .353 (Garrity 1-4, White 2-6, Miller 2-5,Lalazarian 1-1, Wyche 0-1). Team rebounds: 3.Blocked shots: 5 (Miller 3, Manner, Garrity).Turnovers: 15 (White 6, Lalazarian 3, Dillon,Garrity, Gotsch, Manner, Miller, Wyche). Steals:6 (Dillon 2, White 2, Miller, Young)._______________________________________Providence 35 29 10 - 74Notre Dame 28 36 22 - 86_______________________________________Technical fouls: Providence 1 (Thomas). NotreDame 1 (Young). A: 11,418. Officials: TimHiggins, Mike Foote, Reggie Greenwood.