December 7, 1996
No. 7 Notre Dame Wins Big East Opener
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Four Notre Dame players scored indouble figures to lead seventh-ranked Notre Dame to a 91-75victory over Providence in the Big East opener for the FightingIrish. The Irish are now 7-2 overall and 1-0 in the Big East,while the Lady Friars fall to 3-4 and 0-2.
Notre Dame, which lost to Purdue on Thursday night to snap afour-game win streak, was led by Mollie Peirick’s season-high18 points. Rosanne Bohman and Beth Morgan added 17, whileKatryna Gaither added 16. Bohman’s 18 points marked acareer-high for the senior forward.
Gaither, Notre Dame’s leading scorer was in foul troublethroughout the contest and played only 14 minutes. Morgan addeda game-high 10 rebounds for the Irish.
Providence was led by Nadine Malcolm and Kerri Chatten, whocombined for 57 points. Malcolm had a game-high 32 points andgrabbed 10 rebounds, while Chatten had 25.
Notre Dame led by 10 at halftime after shooting 61.1 percentfrom the field. The Irish jumped out to an early 19-10 leadwith 13:22 left in the first half on Bohman’s four-foot jumperin the lane.
The Lady Friars then went on a 15-5 run to take a 25-24 leadon Malcolm’s 15-foot jumper with 10:20 remaining. Notre Dameoutscored Providence 10-0 over the next two minutes to take a52-42 lead at the half.
Notre Dame led by as many as 16 points in the second half.
The Irish outrebounded Providence 38-34 in the game andforced 22 turnovers and limited the Lady Friars to 39.1 shootingfor the game and just 31.1 percent in the second half.
Providence hit on seven three pointers in the first half,but was missed all six of its attempts in the second half.
Notre Dame returns to action at the Joyce Center on Monday,December 9 when the Irish host Wisconsin at 7 p.m.
PROVIDENCE (75) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpChatten 30 8-14 6-10 0-4 0 5 25Hinds 34 2-7 0-0 1-3 0 2 4Malcolm 36 8-16 15-16 4-10 0 1 32Saunders 23 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 1 5Wheeler 40 3-12 0-0 1-5 9 4 8Davis 19 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 0Sullivan 7 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 1 0Simonelli 11 0-2 1-2 1-5 0 3 1_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 23-58 22-28 7-30 14 18 75_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.397, FT-.786. 3-Point Goals:7-19, .368 (Chatten 3-6, Hinds 0-1, Malcolm 1-1, Saunders 1-1,Wheeler 2-10). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 1(Malcolm). Turnovers: 22 (Chatten 6, Wheeler 5, Malcolm4, Davis 2, Hinds 2, Saunders, Simonelli, Sullivan).Steals: 8 (Malcolm 3, Wheeler 2, Chatten, Hinds,Simonelli).NOTRE DAME (91) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpMorgan 37 7-19 1-1 0-10 8 1 17Bohman 26 7-10 3-6 1-4 3 5 17Gaither 14 7-10 2-3 1-6 1 5 16Peirick 27 5-7 5-6 2-5 5 2 18Augustin 32 1-2 0-0 0-2 5 1 2Jordan 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Mcmillen 22 3-5 2-3 0-1 0 0 8Henderson 15 3-5 0-0 2-5 1 5 6Hutchinson 24 2-5 2-2 1-3 4 3 7_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 35-63 15-21 7-36 27 22 91_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.556, FT-.714. 3-Point Goals:6-12, .500 (Morgan 2-4, Peirick 3-3, Augustin 0-1, Mcmillen 0-2,Hutchinson 1-2). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots:3 (Morgan, Jordan, Hutchinson). Turnovers: 20 (Morgan 5,Augustin 3, Peirick 3, Bohman 2, Gaither 2, Henderson 2,Hutchinson 2, Mcmillen). Steals: 9 (Gaither 3, Morgan 2,Peirick 2, Augustin, Mcmillen).__________________________________Providence 42 33 - 75Notre Dame 52 39 - 91__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 687. Officials: RayBomeli, Dennis Taylor, Mark Parker.