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.