Feb. 2, 1997
Notre Dame Rolls Past St. John’s, 75-47
JAMAICA, N.Y. — Five Irish players scored in double figuresas No. 19 Notre Dame won for the ninth straight time, a 75-47 victoryover St. John’s at Alumni Hall on Sunday afternoon.
Notre Dame is 19-4 overall and 11-0 in BIG EAST action and has itslongest win streak since the 1994-95 Irish team won nine consecutivegames. St. John’s fell to 4-16 overall and 2-10 in league competition.
The Irish, who have not lost since a 74-67 setback at Ohio Stateon January 3, scored the first 10 points of the game and never lookedback. Notre Dame led 41-21 at the half on the strength of 60 percentfield goal shooting.
The Irish built the lead to 60-27 with 12:21 remaining beforesettling on the final 28-point margin of victory. Notre Dame led bydouble-digits the final 37 minutes of the game and enjoyed a 20-pointadvantage the last 24 minutes of the contest.
Irish senior forward Beth Morgan and junior guard Mollie Peirick ledall scorers with 15 points apiece. Morgan, who became the first NotreDame player to surpass 2,000 career points earlier in the week,connected on 6-of-9 attempts from the field while adding fourrebounds. Peirick posted six rebounds, five assists and four steals inaddition to her 15 points.
Senior center Katryna Gaither shook off a slow start to tally14 points and a team-high nine rebounds. Sophomore guard Sheila McMillencame off the bench to score 12 points while senior forward RosanneBohman added 10 points and six rebounds.
Notre Dame, which has not won 10 consecutive games since the1990-91 team claimed 15 straight wins, will be back in action onThursday when the Irish host Syracuse. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at theJoyce Center.
NOTRE DAME (75) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpMorgan 25 6-9 2-3 0-4 2 1 15Bohman 25 5-10 0-0 4-6 2 1 10Gaither 19 5-9 4-4 3-9 2 2 14Peirick 32 4-7 5-5 1-6 5 1 15Augustin 25 0-0 0-0 0-1 5 1 0Jordan 12 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2Mcmillen 26 4-9 3-5 0-1 1 0 12Henderson 17 2-4 1-4 1-2 0 3 5Hutchinson 19 1-3 0-0 2-4 3 1 2_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 28-53 15-21 11-33 20 11 75_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.528, FT-.714. 3-Point Goals:4-8, .500 (Morgan 1-2, Peirick 2-2, Mcmillen1-4). Team rebounds: 6. Blocked shots: 10 (Bohman3, Peirick 2, Hutchinson 2, Mcmillen, Henderson,Morgan). Turnovers: 15 (Augustin 3, Gaither 3,Morgan 3, Henderson 2, Hutchinson, Jordan,Mcmillen, Peirick). Steals: 11 (Peirick 4,Augustin 2, Mcmillen 2, Bohman, Henderson,Morgan).ST JOHNS (47) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpPericic 16 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 3 2Bedalov 32 2-13 0-0 2-3 0 1 4Mrdjen 24 1-4 2-2 2-4 1 4 4Wilson 34 3-16 0-0 2-5 2 2 8Gunnels 25 3-10 0-0 3-3 3 1 6Jones 18 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3Jorif 24 2-3 6-6 7-11 0 5 10Duggan 27 4-17 0-0 3-5 3 1 10_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 17-67 8-8 20-32 10 19 47_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.254, FT-1.000. 3-Point Goals:5-19, .263 (Pericic 0-1, Wilson 2-9, Gunnels 0-1,Jones 1-1, Duggan 2-7). Team rebounds: 9. Blockedshots: 1 (Bedalov). Turnovers: 18 (Duggan 5,Gunnels 4, Jones 3, Pericic 2, Wilson 2, Bedalov,Mrdjen). Steals: 8 (Bedalov 2, Gunnels 2, Pericic2, Jorif, Mrdjen).__________________________________Notre Dame 41 34 - 75St Johns 21 26 - 47__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 463. Officials: BillTitus, Mark Parker, Lawson Newton.