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.