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STREAKING ALONG
•Notre Dame's c
urrent six-game BIG EAST win streak is the third longest in program history. The
record is eight games by the 2000-01 team during Mike Brey's first campaign along the Irish sidelines. Last season's squad put together a seven-game win streak en route to a 14-4 final regular-season conference record.
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Three of Notre Dame's
victories during the current six-game win streak
have come on the road. The Irish also have
defeated three ranked teams during the streak.
•The Irish are
allowing just 55.7 points per game during the streak. Notre Dame limited those six teams (Syracuse, Seton Hall, Connecticut, Marquette, West Virginia, DePaul) to a
combined 38.2% (131-343)
shooting from the field, including 26.3% (25-95) from three-point range.
IRISH GET OFFENSIVE
•Notre Dame's
84 points against DePaul on Saturday were the most for the Irish in a BIG EAST game this season and the most overall since scoring 106 points versus Sacred Heart on Dec. 19.
•The Irish
shot 59.6% (31-52)
from the field against the Blue Demons. That percentage is the highest for Notre Dame in BIG EAST play this season.
PLAYING WELL IN PURCELL
•The Fighting Irish are
97-7 in their last 104 games played at home. That .933 home winning percentage over the course of the last six seasons ranks third nationally.
•The Irish are
32-1 in their last 33 home games.
LOGGING MAJOR MINUTES
•Three Irish players - Eric
Atkins (39.1), Scott
Martin (37.8) and Jerian
Grant (37.7) - are
averaging over 37 minutes a game in BIG EAST play.
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Atkins has played 40-plus minutes nine times this season, including six times in league play. He ranks fourth in the BIG EAST in minutes played (league games only), while Martin is seventh and Grant is eighth.
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Martin has played all 40 minutes in each of the past four games.
LOCKDOWN DEFENSE
•The Fighting
Irish defense ranks first in the BIG EAST by surrendering just 59.2 points per game in league play.
•The Irish boast the
top three-point defense (25.4%) in BIG EAST play.
•In league play,
ND opponents are shooting just 40.2% (272-676) from the field. That percentage ranks sixth in the conference.
•West Virginia's 16 first-half points last Wednesday tied the fewest ever allowed by Notre Dame against a BIG EAST opponent in the first half of play.
PROTECTING THE ROCK
•Notre Dame
ranks 12th nationally - and second among all BIG EAST teams - with a
1.38 assist-to-turnover ratio this season.
•The Fighting Irish
rank fifth nationally - and first in the BIG EAST -
in fewest turnovers per game (10.4). Notre Dame committed only five turnovers in last Wednesday's victory at West Virginia. That is a season-low total for the Irish in a BIG EAST game.
•The Irish have had fewer than 10 turnovers in a game nine times this season (three times in BIG EAST play). Notre Dame had a season-low four turnovers against Sacred Heart (Dec. 19).
