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Notre Dame Basketball
Date: December 4, 2016
Where: Purcell Pavilion
Time: 5:00 p.m. ET.
TV: ACC Network
- North Carolina A&T has made the NCAA Tournament 10 times, including in 2013 as they lost to No. 1 seed Louisville.
- Aggies assistant coach Ray ‘Dice’ Martin played at Notre Dame under Digger Phelps and was a captain on the 1974 team that ended UCLA’s 88-game winning streak
- Notre Dame is second in the nation in free throw percentage at 84.5 percent.
- North Carolina A&T’s starting backcourt did not record an assist in Friday night’s 85-67 loss to North Dakota State.
Matt Farrell: 12.1 ppg, 1.4 rpg and 5.6 apg.
Steve Vasturia: 16.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 3.1 apg.
VJ Beachem: 16.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg and 1.1 apg.
Bonzie Colson: 18.1 ppg, 10.7 rpg and 1.6 apg.
Martinas Geben: 3.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg and 0.4 apg
North Carolina A&T
Eliel Gonzalez: 8.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 2.5 apg
Raymon Pratt: 6.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg and 0.3 apg
Sam Hunt: 13.1 ppg, 1.4 rpg and 1.9 apg
Davaris McGowens: 11.3 ppg, 7.7 rpg and 0.7 apg
Aaron Scales: 3.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 0.2 apg
Scoring Offense: NC A&T 58.7 ppg (344) – Notre Dame 86.6 ppg (18)
Scoring Defense: NC A&T: 69.1 ppg (139) – Notre Dame 64 ppg (52)
Rebound Margin: NC A&T: -4.1 (297) – Notre Dame 5.4 (77)
Field-Goal Percentage: NC A&T: 42.3% (254) – Notre Dame 47.2% (83)
Three-Point Percentage: NC A&T: 28.1% (329) – Notre Dame 40.6% (27)
Three-Pointers Made: NC A&T: 4.9 (330) – Notre Dame 9.9 (24)
Free-Throw Percentage: NC A&T: 56% (347) – Notre Dame 84.5% (2)
This game should be a quick tune up game for the Irish and it won’t be close from the start. The Aggies struggle in just about every aspect of the game, so it’s hard to pinpoint an area of concern in this game. As we stated above, the North Carolina A&T starting backcourt didn’t record an assist on Friday night, which is kind of remarkable when you add in the fact they start three guards.
The Aggies have also started different players on the year, but that shouldn’t worry Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey.
Bonzie Colson is likely to have a very productive day when he is in. I’d look for Brey to try to give Elijah Burns and John Mooney some quality minutes in this game to keep them in game shape and hopefully find a little confidence that can carry them into the tougher parts of the season.
Hoops Preview: North Carolina A&T (1-6) at Notre Dame (7-0)
December 4, 2016
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North Carolina A&T (1-6) vs Notre Dame (7-0)
Date: December 4, 2016
Where: Purcell Pavilion
Time: 5:00 p.m. ET.
TV: ACC Network
Quick Facts
- Sunday will be the first ever meeting between the two programs.- North Carolina A&T has made the NCAA Tournament 10 times, including in 2013 as they lost to No. 1 seed Louisville.
- Aggies assistant coach Ray ‘Dice’ Martin played at Notre Dame under Digger Phelps and was a captain on the 1974 team that ended UCLA’s 88-game winning streak
- Notre Dame is second in the nation in free throw percentage at 84.5 percent.
- North Carolina A&T’s starting backcourt did not record an assist in Friday night’s 85-67 loss to North Dakota State.
The Starters
Notre DameMatt Farrell: 12.1 ppg, 1.4 rpg and 5.6 apg.
Steve Vasturia: 16.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 3.1 apg.
VJ Beachem: 16.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg and 1.1 apg.
Bonzie Colson: 18.1 ppg, 10.7 rpg and 1.6 apg.
Martinas Geben: 3.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg and 0.4 apg
North Carolina A&T
Eliel Gonzalez: 8.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 2.5 apg
Raymon Pratt: 6.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg and 0.3 apg
Sam Hunt: 13.1 ppg, 1.4 rpg and 1.9 apg
Davaris McGowens: 11.3 ppg, 7.7 rpg and 0.7 apg
Aaron Scales: 3.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 0.2 apg
How They Matchup
(National Ranking)Scoring Offense: NC A&T 58.7 ppg (344) – Notre Dame 86.6 ppg (18)
Scoring Defense: NC A&T: 69.1 ppg (139) – Notre Dame 64 ppg (52)
Rebound Margin: NC A&T: -4.1 (297) – Notre Dame 5.4 (77)
Field-Goal Percentage: NC A&T: 42.3% (254) – Notre Dame 47.2% (83)
Three-Point Percentage: NC A&T: 28.1% (329) – Notre Dame 40.6% (27)
Three-Pointers Made: NC A&T: 4.9 (330) – Notre Dame 9.9 (24)
Free-Throw Percentage: NC A&T: 56% (347) – Notre Dame 84.5% (2)
This game should be a quick tune up game for the Irish and it won’t be close from the start. The Aggies struggle in just about every aspect of the game, so it’s hard to pinpoint an area of concern in this game. As we stated above, the North Carolina A&T starting backcourt didn’t record an assist on Friday night, which is kind of remarkable when you add in the fact they start three guards.
The Aggies have also started different players on the year, but that shouldn’t worry Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey.
Bonzie Colson is likely to have a very productive day when he is in. I’d look for Brey to try to give Elijah Burns and John Mooney some quality minutes in this game to keep them in game shape and hopefully find a little confidence that can carry them into the tougher parts of the season.
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