Nov. 7, 1996
Notre Dame Wins Exhibition Opener
Pat Garrity was fouled on a 3-point attempt with three seconds to play in overtime and made 2-of-3 free throws to lift Notre Dame past Northwest Basketball Camps, 80-78, in the exhibition opener attended by 9,516 at Joyce Center.
Garrity scored six of his game-high 19 points in the overtime period. The score was tied 64-64 after regulation.
Northwest Basketball Camps trailed 78-74 after Keith Friel connected on two free throws for Notre Dame with 55.2 seconds to play in overtime, but NBC tied it on a layup by Dave Wilson and two free throws by Kyle Dixon with 14.5 seconds remaining.
The Fighting Irish trailed by six points (30-24) at halftime, but outscored NBC 25-11 over the first nine minutes of the second half.
Friel scored 13 points off the bench and Pete Miller had 11. They combined to hit on 5-of-9 three-point attempts for Notre Dame. The rest of the team shot 2-of-10 from beyond the arc.
Garrity, who scored all of his points after intermission, also had a team-high seven rebounds. Notre Dame was outrebounded, 50-40.
NW Basketball 3-pt FG-A FG-A FT-A REB PF TP A TO BK ST MINLewis Lofton 5-14 1-3 0-1 6-6-12 4 11 2 3 0 2 31Brian Kasbar 3-3 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 5 8 1 2 0 0 17Dave Wilson 3-10 0-2 2-2 1-9-10 3 8 1 4 1 0 41Todd Doolittle 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 3 0 2 3 0 0 14Shann Ferch 5-14 2-9 4-4 1-1-2 5 16 1 3 0 1 31Kyle Dixon 5-10 0-0 8-11 3-6-9 0 18 6 2 0 1 32Tim Schooland 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7Jon Kinloch 6-11 1-4 4-6 1-3-4 4 17 2 3 0 1 24Nate Dunham 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-4-6 0 0 1 0 1 1 17Scott Harrison 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0-0 2 0 0 3 0 0 11TEAM 3-1-4TOTALS 27-67 4-20 20-27 18-32-50 29 78 16 24 2 6 225FG%: 1st Half 12-32, .375; 2nd Half 15-35, .429; Game .403; 3-PT%: 1stHalf 1-10, 1.00; 2nd Half 3-10, .300; Game .200; FT%: 1st Half 5-6,.833; 2nd Half 15-21, .714; Game .741; Deadball: 2.Notre Dame 3-pt FG-A FG-A FT-A REB PF TP A TO BK ST MINDerek Manner 3-9 0-0 2-5 3-2-5 4 8 0 1 0 1 31Pat Garrity 6-17 0-2 7-9 3-4-7 4 19 3 2 1 0 30Matt Gotsch 2-4 0-0 5-6 1-4-5 3 9 0 1 2 0 29Antoni Wyche 3-9 1-4 1-3 0-3-3 1 8 1 3 0 1 30Admore White 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-2-2 5 5 4 5 0 1 13David Lalazarian 2-7 0-2 0-0 2-1-3 1 4 1 0 0 0 15Keith Friel 3-7 3-6 4-4 1-0-1 4 13 2 2 0 1 18Pete Miller 3-4 2-3 3-4 0-1-1 1 11 2 0 0 2 19Jimmy Dillon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 2 0 0 9Marcus Young 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-3-4 1 0 1 1 1 0 15Phil Hickey 1-3 0-0 1-2 2-1-3 1 3 0 0 1 1 16TEAM 0-5-5 TOTALS 25-64 7-19 23-35 13-27-40 26 80 14 17 5 7 225FG%: 1st Half 8-26, .308; 2nd Half 17-38, .447; Game .391; 3-PT%: 1stHalf 3-8, .375; 2nd Half 4-11, .364; Game .368; FT%: 1st Half 5-8, .625;2nd Half 18-27, .667; Game .657; Deadball: 6.SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 OT FNorthwest Basketball 30 34 14 78Notre Dame 24 40 16 80OFFICIALS: Tom Grzywinski, Keith Herring, Tim HutchinsonTECHNICALS: NoneATTENDANCE: 9,516