January 2, 1997
No. 17-Notre Dame Defeats Seton Hall
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — Katryna Gaither had a game-high 25 points to lead 17th-ranked Notre Dame to an 87-47 win over Seton Hall in BIG EAST women’s basketball action at Walsh Gym.
Gaither shot 11-for-16 from the field and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds to lead the Irish. Sheila McMillen tallied 17 points while Jeannine Augustin had nine points and handed out eight assists and Beth Morgan scored nine points.
Notre Dame stormed out to a 22-3 lead in the first 10 minutes and increased it to 36-15 by halftime. Seton Hall was held to under 10 points until 5:37 remained in the first half as it shot just 19 percent in the half and committed 17 turnovers while the Irish shot 44.1 percent from the field.
The Irish continued the pace in the second half, converting 19-of-24 field goals (79.2) and taking their biggest lead, 76-33, at the 5:22 mark.
Notre Dame converted 58.6 percent of its field goals in the game while Seton Hall was limited to 26.8 percent.
Senior Tahnee Heins (Valatie, NY) was the only Pirate in double figures, scoring 14 points. Sophomore Danielle Golay (Manassas, VA) had nine points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Senior Dana Wynne (Orange, NJ) was limited to nine points and four rebounds before fouling out.
It marked the worst defeat for Seton Hall since an 80-36 loss to Connecticut in 1994-95. It was the lowest point total for the Pirates since a 73-40 loss at Connecticut last season.
Notre Dame improves to 10-3 and 2-0 in the BIG EAST. Seton Hall suffers its third consecutive loss and drops to 3-8 and 0-3 in the conference.
NOTRE DAME (87) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpBohman 21 4-10 0-0 1-5 2 2 8Morgan 35 3-6 3-4 1-3 3 0 9Gaither 29 11-16 3-7 7-9 1 2 25Augustin 32 4-6 0-0 1-3 8 0 9Mcmillen 30 5-9 5-6 2-5 2 1 17Jordan 13 0-0 2-3 0-0 0 0 2Henderson 14 2-5 0-0 1-1 0 2 4Peirick 8 3-4 0-0 0-1 2 5 8Hutchinson 18 2-2 0-0 0-4 3 2 5_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 34-58 13-20 13-31 21 14 87_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.586, FT-.650. 3-Point Goals:6-12, .500 (Morgan 0-2, Augustin 1-1, Mcmillen2-6, Peirick 2-2, Hutchinson 1-1). Team rebounds:2. Blocked shots: None. Turnovers: 12 (Gaither 2,Henderson 2, Mcmillen 2, Peirick 2, Bohman,Hutchinson, Morgan). Steals: 16 (Augustin 5,Gaither 4, Bohman 3, Morgan 2, Jordan, Mcmillen).SETON HALL (47) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpBrookins 13 0-4 1-2 0-1 0 2 1Wynne 23 3-5 3-4 3-6 0 5 9Golay 32 3-10 3-3 8-15 1 1 9Koren 14 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0Mitchell 20 1-6 2-2 1-1 0 2 4Busichio 17 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 2 0Weir 11 1-1 4-4 1-3 0 1 6Allen 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Grant 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0Fisher 18 2-10 0-0 2-3 1 0 4Heins 30 5-12 0-0 4-6 2 0 14Davis 12 0-2 0-0 1-1 0 3 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 15-56 13-15 21-37 8 16 47_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.268, FT-.867. 3-Point Goals:4-26, .154 (Koren 0-3, Mitchell 0-5, Busichio0-2, Grant 0-1, Fisher 0-5, Heins 4-10). Teamrebounds: 3. Blocked shots: None. Turnovers: 27(Golay 6, Heins 6, Mitchell 5, Fisher 3, Weir 2,Wynne 2, Brookins, Busichio, Davis). Steals: 5(Brookins, Fisher, Golay, Heins, Weir).__________________________________Notre Dame 36 51 - 87Seton Hall 15 32 - 47__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 470. Officials: SallyBell, Jack Jones, Angie Lewis.