Jan. 25, 1997
Irish Can't Get Over Mountain At West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.-- West Virgina held off a furious second half Irish rally for a thrilling
67-66 victory in front of 12,621 spectators in Morgantown, W.Va.
Pat Garrity poured in a team-high 22 points and seven rebounds and
Admore White and three-point specialist Pete Miller each scored 15, but
18 Notre Dame (9-8 overall, 3-6 Big East) turnovers, which the Mountaineers converted into 25
points, were too much for the Irish to overcome.
It was Notre Dame's fifth loss in its last seven games.
Damian Owens led West Virginia (11-5, 5-4) with 25 points, including hitting 6-6 from the line.
NOTRE DAME (66)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Garrity 38 9-16 4-4 1-7 2 4 22
Manner 29 1-6 1-2 3-5 2 3 3
Gotsch 20 3-4 0-0 2-5 0 4 6
White 37 6-9 1-1 1-5 7 3 15
Miller 28 6-13 0-0 1-2 3 3 15
Hickey 15 1-1 1-1 2-6 0 3 3
Wyche 12 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 0
Bell 11 0-4 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
Young 7 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0
Dillon 3 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
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TOTALS 200 27-57 7-8 11-34 15 21 66
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Percentages: FG-.474, FT-.875. 3-Point Goals:
5-18, .278 (Garrity 0-3, White 2-3, Miller 3-9,
Wyche 0-1, Bell 0-1, Dillon 0-1). Team rebounds:
3. Blocked shots: 3 (Gotsch 3). Turnovers: 18
(White 6, Garrity 3, Dillon 2, Manner 2, Young 2,
Miller, Wyche). Steals: 8 (Miller 3, Hickey 2,
White 2, Manner).
WEST VIRGINIA (67)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Owens 37 9-17 6-6 3-8 3 3 25
Solheim 32 3-5 2-2 1-3 1 4 8
Varejao 23 3-8 2-4 2-3 0 1 8
Jefferson 29 1-8 2-4 0-2 2 0 5
West 27 2-7 0-0 0-2 2 2 4
Pledger 20 4-6 3-4 1-1 0 1 11
Malone 20 0-5 1-2 5-9 1 2 1
Liguori 5 1-2 2-3 1-1 0 1 5
Lewin 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Jones 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Goree 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0
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TOTALS 200 23-58 18-25 13-29 9 16 67
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Percentages: FG-.397, FT-.720. 3-Point Goals:
3-15, .200 (Owens 1-3, Jefferson 1-5, West 0-4,
Malone 0-1, Liguori 1-2). Team rebounds: 3.
Blocked shots: 3 (Malone 2, Solheim). Turnovers:
12 (Solheim 3, Malone 2, Owens 2, Goree,
Jefferson, Lewin, Varejao, West). Steals: 8
(Owens 4, West 2, Jefferson, Pledger).
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Notre Dame 25 41 - 66
West Virginia 32 35 - 67
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Technical fouls: None. A: 12,621. Officials:
Mike Kitts, John Corbett, Rick Hartzell.
