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IRISH AT PANTHERS – BY THE NUMBERS
.765 Junior forward Nate Laszewski’s NCAA-leading effective field goal percentage in 2020-21. The statistic accounts for the fact that a three-point field goal is more worth more than a two-point field goal – the formula is (FGM + 0.5 * 3PM) / FGA
.551 Nate Laszewski’s NCAA-leading three-point field goal percentage in 2020-21 (min 1.5 3PM/G, 8 GP).
.650 Nate Laszewski’s field goal percentage in 2020-21, which leads the ACC, is third among major conference players and sixth in the NCAA (min 5 FGM/G, 5 GP).
.559 Notre Dame career field goal percentage for graduate forward Juwan Durham, which would rank him fifth on the Irish career charts since 1996-97 for a player with at least 200 FGM.
2 Saturday night’s game matches the two best point guards in the ACC in terms of assists per game. Pitt’s Xavier Johnson is first at 6.3, followed by junior guard Prentiss Hubb at 5.1 – the only players in the league to average over five assists per game this season.
3 The opposing head coaches will be meeting for the third time on Saturday night, but Glenn and Stacey Murphy Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey and Jeff Capel go back to their days at Duke. Brey was on the Blue Devil staff that recruited Capel, then coached him during the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons before taking the Delaware head coaching position.
5 So far this season, Notre Dame has lost five scheduled games to COVID-19 safety guidelines, while two other games (this Saturday at Pittsburgh, Feb. 20 at Syracuse) are rescheduled contests that were also lost to COVID-19 issues.
12.1 Notre Dame’s NCAA-leading fouls per game number, as the Irish continue their tradition of not fouling the opponent to allow easy points late in a contest. The Irish are ahead of Appalachian State (13.0) and Virginia (13.3) for the national lead.
23 A recent project by CBSSports.com ranked the ‘Greatest College Basketball Programs Ever’ with Notre Dame placing 23rd on the list and sixth in the ACC. Notre Dame will face eight of the teams ranked above them this year a total of nine times: No. 19 NC State, No. 14 Michigan State (0-1), No. 12 Ohio State (0-1), No. 11 Syracuse, No. 6 Louisville, No. 3 Duke (0-1, twice), No. 2 North Carolina (0-1), No. 1 Kentucky (1-0).
66 Notre Dame and Pittsburgh will be meeting for the 66th time Saturday night, with the Irish holding a 34-31 advantage in the competitive all-time series. The Irish and Panthers were frequent opponents before they became BIG EAST (1995-96) then ACC (2013-14) conference members and the 65 previous meetings are the most for Notre Dame against any ACC opponent (followed by Syracuse with 52 and Louisville with 40).
The series dates back to February of 1927, when the Irish earned a 33-17 victory over the visiting Panthers at The Fieldhouse.
154 Career blocked shots for Juwan Durham, the sixth Notre Dame player to compile over 150 blocks in a career. Durham is one of just three Irish players to average over 2.0 blocks per game in a career (LaPhonso Ellis, current Irish assistant coach Ryan Humphrey).
365 Career assists for Prentiss Hubb, becoming the 17th Irish player to reach 360 career assists. Hubb’s 4.64 career assists per game average would place him in 10th place on the Notre Dame career list – and is in the top 15 for all active NCAA players (currently 13th).
442 School-record men’s basketball victories at Notre Dame for Mike Brey, the 10th most for any active NCAA Division coach at his current institution.
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