Mar. 17, 1997
Sixth-seed Irish Upset Third-Seeded Texas, Advance to Sweet 16
AUSTIN, Texas – Beth Morgan and Katryna Gaither scored 29 points apiece assixth-seeded Notre Dame outlasted third-seeded and host Texas,86-83 in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament EastRegion at Austin.
The Fighting Irish (29-6), who are advancing to the Sweet 16 forthe first time in school history, will play second-seededAlabama in the regional semifinals in Columbia, South Carolinaon Saturday. Rosanne Bohman was the only other player in doublefigures for Notre Dame, finishing with 16 points on 8-of-8shooting from the field.
Danielle Viglione scored 19 points and Vanessa Wallace added 11points and 13 assists for Texas (22-8), which shot 66 percentfrom the field in the second half but was outscored 23-10 at thefoul line.
Notre Dame led 58-51 with 14:20 to play, but Texas stormed backinto the game on an 11-2 run, giving the Longhorns a 62-60 leadwith 9:37 left. The Irish then regained the lead and Morganiced the victory with five free throws in the final minute.
The Fighting Irish made 14-of-21 from the field in the secondhalf and held a 34-27 rebounding edge. Morgan made 14-of-18free throws.
NOTRE DAME (86) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpMorgan 36 6-16 14-18 2-6 5 2 29Bohman 31 8-8 0-0 3-5 0 2 16Gaither 40 11-19 7-7 6-11 2 2 29Peirick 31 0-2 2-2 0-4 8 3 2Augustin 21 1-1 0-0 0-1 2 3 2Mcmillen 30 2-6 0-0 0-3 0 2 6Henderson 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2Hutchinson 4 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 2 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 29-53 23-27 12-32 17 16 86_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.547, FT-.852. 3-Point Goals:5-12, .417 (Morgan 3-6, Peirick 0-2, Mcmillen2-4). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 1(Gaither). Turnovers: 12 (Morgan 4, Augustin 3,Gaither 3, Mcmillen, Peirick). Steals: 6(Augustin 2, Morgan 2, Gaither, Mcmillen).TEXAS (83) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpA Smith 35 7-12 0-0 2-5 1 2 14Wallace 26 4-9 3-6 0-2 13 4 11Jackson 17 3-5 0-0 1-1 0 4 6Viglione 40 6-13 2-2 1-5 1 1 19Hasenmyer 19 2-5 3-4 0-1 2 1 7Ogletree 22 4-8 0-0 0-0 3 2 8E Brown 15 1-3 0-0 2-2 2 3 2Lummus 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Littleton 14 7-8 0-0 3-5 0 3 14Bailey 11 0-1 2-2 1-4 0 0 2_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 34-65 10-14 10-25 22 20 83_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.523, FT-.714. 3-Point Goals:5-11, .455 (Wallace 0-1, Viglione 5-9, Lummus0-1). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 4(Littleton 3, Jackson). Turnovers: 9 (Wallace 4,A Smith 2, E Brown 2, Littleton). Steals: 7 (ASmith 2, Bailey, Hasenmyer, Littleton, Ogletree,Viglione).__________________________________Notre Dame 42 44 - 86Texas 40 43 - 83__________________________________Technical fouls: None. Officials: Sally Bell,