Feb. 8, 1997
| Pat Garrity (53) scores two of his game-high 25 points. |
Garrity Again Leads Way As Irish Down Huskies
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Pat Garrity scored 25 points and grabbed 15rebounds to lead Notre Dame to a 71-65 overtime victory over Connecticut in aBig East game.
Connecticut (12-9, 5-7) shot just 24 percent (19-of-80)from the field. But the Huskies were 11-of-24 from three-pointrange and a woeful 8-of-56 (14 percent) from inside thethree-point arc.
Notre Dame improved to 11-9 overall and 5-7 inthe conference.
Ricky Moore led Connecticut with 22 points.Connecticut forwards Kevin Freeman and Richard Hamilton combinedto hit 5-of-28 shots from the field. Huskies guard Dion Carsonwas 1-of-10 from the field.
The Irish return to the hardwood Tuesday when they host West Virginiain another Big East matchup.
CONNECTICUT (65) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpFreeman 35 2-14 5-6 3-9 0 4 9Hamilton 27 3-14 5-5 3-5 1 4 12Voskuhl 35 1-6 1-3 7-11 0 5 3Moore 45 7-20 2-3 1-4 7 3 22Carson 45 1-10 0-0 5-14 2 3 3Leblanc 9 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 6Klaiber 10 0-1 0-0 1-3 1 3 0Hardnett 10 2-9 3-3 2-2 1 1 8Funches 9 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 2_______________________________________________TOTALS 225 19-80 16-20 22-50 12 24 65_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.238, FT-.800. 3-Point Goals:11-24, .458 (Hamilton 1-2, Moore 6-12, Carson1-4, Leblanc 2-4, Hardnett 1-2). Team rebounds:3. Blocked shots: None. Turnovers: 17 (Moore 6,Hardnett 3, Voskuhl 3, Carson 2, Freeman,Hamilton, Leblanc). Steals: 12 (Klaiber 3, Moore3, Carson 2, Hamilton 2, Freeman, Hardnett).NOTRE DAME (71) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpManner 33 5-5 0-1 2-7 1 4 10Garrity 43 7-16 11-12 3-15 5 2 25Gotsch 9 0-2 0-0 0-1 2 2 0White 38 4-9 0-0 1-5 5 1 9Miller 28 1-6 2-2 0-3 1 3 4Bell 14 1-3 2-2 0-1 0 1 4Dillon 7 0-3 1-3 0-0 3 0 1Wyche 16 1-4 2-2 0-0 0 3 5Young 14 0-0 1-2 0-4 0 1 1Friel 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Hickey 21 4-4 4-7 1-7 0 3 12_______________________________________________TOTALS 225 23-52 23-31 7-43 17 20 71_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.442, FT-.742. 3-Point Goals:2-12, .167 (Garrity 0-1, White 1-3, Miller 0-3,Bell 0-1, Dillon 0-1, Wyche 1-3). Team rebounds:4. Blocked shots: 7 (Hickey 3, Garrity 2, Gotsch,Wyche). Turnovers: 26 (Garrity 4, White 4, Wyche4, Hickey 3, Manner 3, Miller 3, Dillon 2, Bell,Gotsch, Young). Steals: 8 (Garrity 2, Miller 2,Wyche 2, Dillon, Manner)._______________________________________Connecticut 29 28 8 - 65Notre Dame 30 27 14 - 71_______________________________________Technical fouls: Connecticut 1 (Bench). A:10,196. Officials: Ted Valentine, Jodi Silvester,Dave Dodge.