Feb. 9, 1997
Top-Ranked Huskies Down Irish
STORRS, Conn. – Top-ranked Connecticut held 15th-ranked NotreDame to just 28 percent field goal shooting and a 54-36 reboundadvantage to defeat the Irish 72-49 in a Big East game Sunday afternoonat Gampel Pavilion.
Center Kara Walters led four Connecticut players in double figureswith 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Huskies improved to 22-0 overalland 13-0 in Big East play.
The Irish were paced by senior center Katryna Gaither who had agame-high 19 points and 12 rebounds. Notre Dame, which had won 10consecutive games entering the contest, is 20-5 overall and 12-1 inconference play after losing its first game since January 4. The losssnapped the Irish longest win streak since the 1990-91 season.
The Huskies shot just 31 percent from the field in the first halfbut used a 10-1 free throw advantage to build a 35-25 halftime lead. TheIrish went cold in the second half, connecting on just 6-of-33 shots, asConnecticut outscored Notre Dame 37-24 in the second half.
Notre Dame hosts Boston College Wednesday night at the Joyce Center.Game time is set for 7 p.m
NOTRE DAME (49) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpMorgan 34 3-15 2-4 0-5 3 3 8Bohman 13 1-5 1-1 0-3 0 2 3Gaither 37 9-22 1-3 5-12 1 2 19Peirick 29 1-4 2-2 0-2 1 2 4Augustin 29 3-5 2-2 0-0 1 2 8Jordan 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Mcmillen 26 1-7 3-4 0-1 0 3 5Ervin 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0Henderson 21 0-4 0-0 1-4 0 3 0Hutchinson 7 0-2 2-2 1-2 0 3 2_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 18-65 13-18 7-29 6 21 49_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.277, FT-.722. 3-Point Goals:0-11, .000 (Morgan 0-6, Peirick 0-1, Augustin0-1, Mcmillen 0-3). Team rebounds: 7. Blockedshots: 4 (Gaither 3, Peirick). Turnovers: 20(Gaither 4, Peirick 4, Augustin 3, Henderson 2,Mcmillen 2, Morgan 2, Bohman). Steals: 7 (Peirick3, Mcmillen 2, Augustin, Morgan).CONNECTICUT (72) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpBerube 26 1-8 3-6 2-7 4 3 5Duran 31 5-8 0-0 1-4 3 0 13Wolters 26 7-13 2-3 2-10 2 2 16Sales 27 3-13 1-2 2-6 2 4 7Williams 26 3-8 3-5 1-4 3 2 10Arnold 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Rose 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Hansmeyer 3 1-1 1-2 0-0 0 0 3Gaine 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Ralph 25 2-5 6-8 2-5 3 2 10Hunt 4 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 0Sauer 20 3-5 2-2 1-8 1 1 8Northway 3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 25-63 18-28 11-47 19 15 72_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.397, FT-.643. 3-Point Goals:4-12, .333 (Duran 3-4, Sales 0-2, Williams 1-3,Arnold 0-1, Ralph 0-2). Team rebounds: 7. Blockedshots: 7 (Wolters 5, Duran, Sauer). Turnovers: 21(Williams 5, Ralph 4, Duran 2, Sales 2, Sauer 2,Arnold, Berube, Gaine, Hunt, Rose, Wolters).Steals: 6 (Duran 2, Sales 2, Ralph, Williams).__________________________________Notre Dame 25 24 - 49Connecticut 35 37 - 72__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 10,027. Officials:Sally Bell, Angie Lewis, Dennis Demayo.