Feb. 16, 1997
No. 17 Irish Run by Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Three Irish players tallied 21 or morepoints as No. 17 Notre Dame cruised to a 97-74 victory on Sunday afternoon.
Senior forward Rosanne Bohman scored a career high 21 points whileKatryna Gaither and Beth Morgan each added double-doubles as the Irishwon for the 12 time in 13 games.
Gaither, a senior from Mt. Vernon, N.Y., connected on 10-of-13shots from the field en route to a game-high 23 points and 10rebounds. It was Gaither’s 10th double-double of the season and the34th of her career.
Morgan had 20 points, a game-high 11 rebounds and six steals forthe Irish. The Bloomington, Ind. native recorded her fourth double-double ofthe season and the sixth of her career.
Providence was led by Nadine Malcolm who scored 23 points.
The Irish outshot (57-44 percent) and outrebounded (44-24) theLady Friars while improving to 22-5 overall and 14-1 in Big East play.Providence is now 12-11 overall and 7-8 in league play.
The Irish return home for a game against Villanova this Wednesdaynight at the Joyce Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
NOTRE DAME (97) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpPeirick 31 6-12 0-0 4-5 7 3 14Augustin 33 3-5 0-0 0-3 8 0 7Gaither 31 10-13 3-3 2-10 1 3 23Morgan 37 8-17 3-4 1-11 5 2 20Bohman 32 9-17 3-4 3-6 3 3 21Jordan 10 0-0 0-0 0-3 0 0 0Mcmillen 9 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 8Henderson 17 2-4 0-0 1-1 0 4 4_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 41-72 9-11 11-39 25 16 97_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.569, FT-.818. 3-Point Goals:6-13, .462 (Peirick 2-5, Augustin 1-1, Morgan1-4, Mcmillen 2-3). Team rebounds: 5. Blockedshots: 2 (Gaither, Morgan). Turnovers: 17(Peirick 5, Augustin 3, Morgan 3, Jordan 2,Bohman, Gaither, Henderson, Mcmillen). Steals: 13(Morgan 6, Augustin 2, Peirick 2, Gaither,Henderson, Mcmillen).PROVIDENCE (74) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpHorton 20 2-5 0-0 0-2 1 2 6Wheeler 33 1-10 0-0 1-4 4 0 3Chatten 36 9-13 2-3 1-6 5 2 21Malcolm 33 6-9 11-13 2-3 1 1 23Simonelli 22 2-7 2-4 2-5 0 3 6Saunders 30 5-9 0-0 1-1 3 1 12Davis 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Bresnahan 21 1-6 0-0 0-1 1 4 3_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 26-59 15-20 7-22 15 13 74_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.441, FT-.750. 3-Point Goals:7-21, .333 (Horton 2-2, Wheeler 1-8, Chatten 1-2,Saunders 2-4, Bresnahan 1-5). Team rebounds: 2.Blocked shots: 2 (Chatten, Malcolm). Turnovers:19 (Chatten 6, Bresnahan 3, Malcolm 3, Horton 2,Simonelli 2, Wheeler 2, Saunders). Steals: 10(Chatten 4, Malcolm 3, Wheeler 2, Davis).__________________________________Notre Dame 48 49 - 97Providence 36 38 - 74__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 1,078. Officials:Kevin Collier, Angie Lewis, Jack Riordan.