NOTRE DAME at WAKE FOREST

The University of Notre Dame men’s basketball team finishes up its 2019-20 Atlantic Coast Conference road schedule against Wake Forest (12-15, 5-12) on Saturday afternoon (4 p.m. ET, Regional Sports Networks) at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The Irish and Demon Deacons will be meeting for the 11th time on Saturday afternoon. Notre Dame leads the all-time series 6-4, including a 90-80 victory over Wake Forest on Jan. 29, 2020. T.J. Gibbs paced the Irish in that contest with 23 points on 7-of13 shooting, while John Mooney put up 19 points and 13 rebounds. Brandon Childress led Wake Forest with 24 points.

Saturday will mark Notre Dame’s fourth trip to Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum and the Irish will be looking for their third victory in the building.

NOTRE DAME GAME DAY INFORMATION Date Saturday, February 29, 2020 Time 4:00 p.m. ET Site: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum

• Winston-Salem, NC

• Capacity 14,665 TV: Regional Sports Networks

• Tom Werme (play-by-play)

• Mike Gminski (analyst)

Available on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, Fox Sports Regional (Arizona, Detroit, Florida, Midwest Plus, North Plus, South, Southwest, Sun, Wisconsin), NBC Sports Washington, NESN Plus and YES Network.



Radio: Notre Dame Radio Network

• Jack Nolan (play-by-play)

• Zach Hillesland (analyst)

Available locally on WSBT AM/FM and worldwide on und.com. Tickets: Tickets available via the Notre Dame Vivid Ticket Exchange

Notre Dame MBB at Wake Forest Game Notes (PDF)

BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH AT DEMON DEACONS

1 Notre Dame leads the country in least amount of fouls committed per game (12.2). 1 Notre Dame leads the country in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.72. The Irish are ahead of BYU (1.58) and Belmont (1.57). Notre Dame has 468 assists this season compared to just 272 turnovers. 1 Senior John Mooney leads the nation with 23 double-doubles this season (in 27 games) ahead of William & Mary’s Nathan Knight (22 in 30 games) as of Thursday, February 27. 2 John Mooney is second in the nation and leads all major conference players in rebounds-per-game with a 12.7 average. Mooney has recorded double-doubles in 23 of 27 games played this season. He is the only player in Division I averaging 16-plus points and 12-plus rebounds per game this season. 3 Notre Dame is third in the country in least amount of turnovers committed per game (9.71), just behind Liberty (9.65) and Virginia Tech (9.60). 14 Since 1997-98 John Mooney is the only ACC player with 13 or more double-doubles in league play in consecutive seasons (or over any two seasons). Mooney had 13 double-doubles in the ACC last season and has followed up with 14 so far in 2019-20. 16.7 Notre Dame is currently eighth in the country and first in the ACC for assists per game with a 16.7 average. The Irish have posted seven games this season with over 20 team assists (22 vs. Howard, 24 vs. FDU, school-record tying 33 vs. Detroit Mercy, 23 vs. Alabama A&M, 26 at Syracuse, 23 vs. Syracuse, 21 vs. Miami). 20 With 23 double-doubles so far this season – and finishing 2018-19 with 20 total – John Mooney joins Tim Duncan and Sheldon Williams as the only ACC players to post consecutive seasons with 20 or more double-doubles in the past 25 years. Since 1996-97, Mooney joins Angel Delgado, Jordan Murphy, Emeka Okafor, Josh Hawkinson and Williams as the only major conference players with multiple seasons of 20 or more double-doubles. 29 As in February 29 – Leap Day – Notre Dame has played eight times on Leap Day and won seven of them – the most recent a 79-70 victory over St. John’s at home in 1992. Saturday will mark Mike Brey’s first game at Notre Dame he will coach on February 29. The program boasts a 4-0 road record on Leap Day, with wins at Michigan State (1924), Wabash (1928), Butler (1936) and Marquette (1956). 40-50-90 Senior T.J. Gibbs is currently doing something no ACC player has done since 1996-97, averaging 40% FG (.486), 50% 3FG (.500) and 90% FT (.902) in league play. In fact, only Shane Battier and Al Thornton have posted 40-50-80 in ACC play since 96-97. See page 7 for more details. 43 John Mooney has posted 43 of his 44 career double-doubles in the last two seasons. He leads all Division I players in double-doubles since the start of the 2018-19 season, ahead of Bethune Cookman’s Cletrell Pope (37). The closest major conference player to Mooney is Colorado’s Tyler Bey with 28. 57% Shooting percentage in ACC competition this season for Juwan Durham (.573), which would place him first on the Notre Dame single-season list (minimum of 50 attempts). Currently he is ahead of Zach Auguste (.570 in 2014-15) and Martinas Geben (.568 in 2017-18). 85% Percentage of double-doubles in games played this season for John Mooney (23 of 27, .852). That percentage is the best in the country and threatens Blake Griffin from Oklahoma (30 of 35, .857) and Kenny Adeleke (Hartford, 24 of 28, .857) for the highest percentage in Division I over the past 20 years. 137 Career games played by graduate student Rex Pflueger, who is on pace to become the most experienced player, in terms of games played, in Notre Dame history. Pat Connaughton (2011-15) currently holds the school record with 139 games played. Pflueger is tied for seventh in the country for active players in games played. The Dana Point, California, native is on pace to set the school record for games played in his final home game against Virginia Tech on March 7. 1898 Total victories in the history of Notre Dame men’s basketball, as the Irish close in on becoming the eighth program to reach 1,900 victories (Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, Temple, Syracuse and UCLA have all reached that plateau). 4012 Career minutes played by T.J. Gibbs, becoming the seventh player in Notre Dame men’s basketball history to reach 4,000 minutes played.

IRISH BOAST SOLID RECORD FOR ANNUAL HOME-AND-HOME ACC SERIES

Since joining the ACC for the 2013-14 season, Boston College and Georgia Tech have been designated as the ‘traditional’ yearly rivals for Notre Dame in the league. Each season, the Irish have met the Eagles and Yellow Jackets for home-and-home series. Notre Dame boasts the best record in the league against its designated repeat opponents since 2013-14 (records below are regular-season meetings only):

RECORD VS. ACC ANNUAL HOME-AND-HOME OPPONENTS SINCE 2013-14

Team Opponent Opponent Record NOTRE DAME Boston College Georgia Tech 22-6 Duke North Carolina Wake Forest 19-8 Florida State Miami Clemson 18-8 Syracuse Boston College Pittsburgh 19-8 North Carolina Duke NC State 18-9 Virginia Virginia Tech Louisville 18-9*

* – Virginia repeated with Maryland in 2013-14

Each season since 2013-14, ACC teams have faced their designated home-and-home opponents each year, two other league opponents on a rotating home-and-home basis, five opponents on the road only and five opponents at home only.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTED BY 1,000 POINT SCORERS

Notre Dame has produced 64 1,000 point scorers throughout the history of the program with 23 of those players reaching that statistical milestone during the Mike Brey era (2000-01 – current). Of the 85 players who have suited up for Notre Dame under Mike Brey, 36 of them were recruited by the staff and exhausted their eligibility with the Irish – 20 of those players have scored more than 1,000 points in a career.

Since 2000-01, Notre Dame leads all ACC teams in 1,000 point scorers (23) and is second in the country over that time frame to Villanova.

School All-Time 1,000 Point Scorers 1,000 Point Scorers since 2000-01 North Carolina 77 20 Louisville 69 18 Duke 67 20 NOTRE DAME 64 23 Villanova 64 24 Syracuse 62 19 Kansas 61 19

IRISH TRADITIONALLY AMONG BEST IN THE COUNTRY AT TAKING CARE OF THE BALL

Notre Dame finished third in the NCAA last season in turnovers per game – posting the fifth consecutive season of ranking in the nation’s top-10 for least amount of turnovers in a game. The Irish are also perennially one of the top teams in the country in assist to turnover ratio.

The Irish have not averaged over 10.0 turnovers per game since a 10.3 mark in 2013-14 (which was still good enough for 26th nationally).

NOTRE DAME TURNOVERS PER GAME, LAST FIVE SEASONS

Season Turnovers/Game National Rank Conf. Rank Ast/Turnover National Rank Conf. Rank 2014-15 9.4 5 2 1.61 4 2 2015-16 10 10 3 1.34 43 5 2016-17 9.5 2 1 1.66 2 1 2017-18 9.9 7 2 1.46 14 3 2018-19 9.3 3 2 1.38 18 3 2019-20 9.7 3 2 1.72 1 1

MOONEY SUPERLATIVES

John Mooney’s production over the past two seasons has been remarkable and is chronicled over the next three pages. Here are his major superlatives (with additional informational support for the statistics in the following notes) –

The only Division I player averaging 16-plus points and 12-plus rebounds. Since 1995-96, only Tim Duncan and Blake Griffin have posted similar numbers from a major conference player.

Second in the nation with 12.7 rebounds per game and first among major conference players.

Has collected 712 rebounds over the past two years, which leads all major conference players and is second in the NCAA.

Over the past two years, he leads all major conference players in rebounds per game at 11.9 – and is the only such player averaging double-figure rebounds over the past two seasons.

Over the past 25 seasons, the only ACC players to post consecutive seasons with 20 or more double-doubles are Mooney, Sheldon Williams and Tim Duncan.

23 double-doubles leads the nation and his 43 double-doubles over the past two seasons is the most in Division I.

14 double-doubles in 17 ACC games this season puts the conference record of 15 from Tim Duncan (1996-97, 16 games) in reach.

Mooney is the first player since Tim Duncan to post 12 or more double-doubles in consecutive ACC seasons.

28 double-doubles in 57 career ACC games puts Mooney behind Travis Watson from UVA for the most in the ACC since 1995-96.

One of six major conference players since 1996-97 with two or more seasons with 20 or more double-doubles.

Mooney posted 12 straight double-doubles earlier this season and joins Walt Sahm (four) and LaPhonso Ellis (three) as the only Notre Dame players with three-or-more streaks of five-or-more consecutive double-doubles.

MOONEY SECOND IN THE COUNTRY IN REBOUNDING

Senior forward John Mooney is second in the nation in rebounds per game with a 12.7 average. Mooney is the only Division I player in the country averaging 16-plus points and 12-plus rebounds per game (as of February 16, 2020).

NATIONAL REBOUNDING LEADERS:

Player School Reb/Game Kevin Marfo Quinnipiac 13.1 JOHN MOONEY NOTRE DAME 12.7 Cletrell Pope Bethune Cookman 11.9 Willie Jackson Toledo 11.8 Elyjah Goss IUPUI 11.7 James Butler Drexel 11.6 Daniel Orturu Minnesota 11.4

MOONEY CLIMBING THE BREY-ERA CAREER REBOUND CHART

Passing 800 career rebounds against Pittsburgh, John Mooney became the sixth Mike Brey-era (2000-01- current) player to collect 800 or more rebounds. The see sidebar on page 4 for the all-time rebounding chart (Mooney currently ranks 11th).

BREY ERA REBOUNDING TOTALS

Player Seasons Rebounds Luke Harangody 2006-10 1,222 Torin Francis 2002-06 969 Bonzie Colson 2014-18 900 JOHN MOONEY 2015-20 872 Pat Connaughton 2011-15 823 Zach Auguste 2012-16 822 Jack Cooley 2009-13 792 Rob Kurz 2004-08 650

MOONEY GRABS 200 REBOUNDS IN JUST 15 GAMES

John Mooney reached the 200 rebound plateau in just his 15th game played against Louisville on Jan. 11. That matches Blake Griffin (2008-09) for the fastest to 200 rebounds in a season since Tim Duncan did it in 14 games during the 1996-97 season.

FEWEST GAMES TO 200 REBOUNDS, SINCE 1996-97, MAJOR CONFERENCES

Tim Duncan Wake Forest 1996-97 14 JOHN MOONEY Notre Dame 2019-20 15 Blake Griffin Oklahoma 2008-09 15 Luke Harangody Notre Dame 2008-09 16 Seven Others 16

FEWEST GAMES TO 200 REBOUNDS, SINCE 1996-97, ALL DIVISION I

Tim Duncan Wake Forest 1996-97 14 Adonal Foyle Colgate 1996-97 14 JOHN MOONEY Notre Dame 2019-20 15 Five Others 15

MOONEY SETS CONSECUTIVE DOUBLE-DOUBLES MARK

With 12 consecutive double-doubles this season, a streak that ended on Saturday at No. 5/6 Florida State, senior John Mooney set the school record for consecutive games with a double-double. Luke Harangody previously held the mark with 11 straight in 2008-09. Mooney is the only Notre Dame player to ever record two double-double streaks over eight games in a career.

Currently on a five-game run of double-doubles, Mooney joins Walt Sahm (four) and LaPhonso Ellis (three) as the only Notre Dame players to own three different streaks of five or more consecutive double-doubles.

Player Consecutive Double-Doubles Year JOHN MOONEY 12 2019-20 Luke Harangody 11 2008-09 Armand Reo 10 1961-62 LaPhonso Ellis 9 1991-92 John Mooney 8 2018-19 Walt Sam 8 1964-65

MOONEY POSTING DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN 66 PERCENT OF HIS CAREER STARTS

Up to 44 career double-doubles (sixth all-time at Notre Dame), John Mooney has posted nearly all of his career double-doubles in the past two seasons. He has earned a double-double in 44 of 67 starts – a .656 percentage that has not been seen since game starts became an official stat in the 1978-79 season. Expand to just games played against some of the top double-double performers in school history and the .656 percentage remains on the top of the charts.

Player Double-Doubles Starts Double-Double Percentage Seasons JOHN MOONEY 44 67 .656 2016-current Walt Sahm 43 68* .632 1962-65 Luke Harangody 64 108 .592 2006-10 Bob Whitmore 47 84* .559 1966-69 Ron Reed 33 61* .540 1962-65 Bob Arnzen 44 82* .536 1966-69 Ryan Humphrey 32 60 .533 2000-02

* – career game starts unavailable, total games played statistic used

MOONEY BECOMES FOURTH IRISH PLAYER WITH OVER 700 REBOUNDS IN FINAL TWO SEASONS

Currently the 12th leading rebounder in Notre Dame history, John Mooney has posted much of that production over the past two seasons. In fact, Mooney has pulled down 700 rebounds since the start of the 2018-19 season. Only four other Notre Dame players have posted over 700 rebounds throughout their final two seasons in an Irish uniform:

600 REBOUNDS – FINAL TWO SEASONS AT NOTRE DAME

Player Final Two Seasons Total Rebounds Tom Hawkins 1957-58, 1958-59 834 Collis Jones 1969-70, 1970-71 741 JOHN MOONEY 2018-19, 2019-20 712 Walt Sahm 1963-64, 1964-65 708 Mike Graney 1958-59, 1959-60 687 John Shumate 1972-73, 1973-74 684 Ron Reed 1963-64, 1964-65 675

GIBBS IN RARE CONFERENCE SHOOTING TERRITORY

Entering this week’s ACC action, senior guard T.J. Gibbs is shooting .487 from the floor, .500 from three-point range and .902 from the free throw line in league play. Since 1996-97, no ACC player has posted a 40-50-90 line for those three shooting percentages. Among major conference players, only three other players have posted those numbers since 1996-97 (min 25 3FGA):

Player School Year FG% 3FG% FT% T.J. GIBBS Notre Dame 2019-20 .487 .500 .902 Salim Stoudamire Arizona 2004-05 .520 .521 .909 William Buford Ohio State 2010-11 .497 .521 .907 Hollis Price Oklahoma 2002-03 .464 .509 .935

Expand the parameters to .800 at the FT line and T.J. Gibbs is among some noteworthy names in ACC history:

Player School Year FG% 3FG% FT% T.J. GIBBS Notre Dame 2019-20 .487 .500 .902 Shane Battier Duke 1999-2000 .541 .512 .810 Al Thornton Florida State 2006-07 .518 .537 .821

GIBBS SETS NOTRE DAME CAREER ACC SCORING MARK

Senior T.J. Gibbs set the ACC career scoring mark on February 2, 2020, with a game-high 23 points against Wake Forest, surpassing the mark held by Steve Vasturia (72 games, 739 points).

Player Seasons ACC Games Points PPG T.J. GIBBS 2016-current 70 859 12.3 Steve Vasturia 2016-20 72 739 10.3 Bonzie Colson 2014-18 54 696 12.9 V.J. Beachem 2013-17 71 619 8.7 Zach Auguste 2013-16 53 575 10.8 Demetrius Jackson 2013-16 51 549 10.8 Matt Farrell 2014-18 47 491 10.4 John Mooney 2016-current 46 499 10.8 Pat Connaughton 2013-15 36 455 12.6 Jerian Grant 2014-15 18 295 16.4

In terms of all conference action for the Irish, Gibbs ranks 5th on the scoring list with 859 points. Luke Harangody (1,329) and Chris Thomas (1,099) pace the Irish record books, followed by Troy Murphy (999) and Matt Carroll (920) in terms of all-time point totals in conference play.

GIBBS AMONG THE NATION’S TOP CAREER CONFERENCE SCORERS

Senior T.J. Gibbs has surpassed 800 points in regular season ACC play in his career – the 15th active Division I major conference player to reach that plateau.

Player Seasons School Conference Games Points PPG Markus Howard 2016-current Marquette BIG EAST 68 1489 21.9 Lamar Stevens 2016-current Penn State Big Ten 73 1217 16.7 Myles Powell 2016-current Seton Hall BIG EAST 69 1197 17.3 Tres Tinkle 2015-current Oregon State Pac-12 66 1157 17.5 Kamar Baldwin 2016-current Butler BIG EAST 69 1107 16.0 Anthony Cowan Jr. 2016-current Maryland Big Ten 73 1073 14.7 Breein Tyree 2016-current Mississippi SEC 68 1069 15.7 Cassius Winston 2016-current Michigan State Big Ten 73 1052 14.4 Payton Pritchard 2016-current Oregon Pac-12 69 926 13.4 Luka Garza 2017-current Iowa Big Ten 54 911 16.9 Mustapha Heron 2016-current St. John’s BIG EAST 60 899 15.0 Skylar Mays 2016-current LSU SEC 69 865 12.5 Alpha Diallo 2016-current Providence BIG EAST 69 859 12.4 T.J. GIBBS 2016-current NOTRE DAME ACC 70 859 12.3 Desmond Bane 2016-current TCU Big 12 69 850 11.6

HUBB REACHES 200 CAREER ASSISTS… QUICKLY

Sophomore Prentiss Hubb led the Irish with nine assists in the victory at Syracuse on January 4, 2020, reaching 203 career assists in his 47th game in an Irish uniform. Since 1996-97, that is the fifth-quickest for any player at Notre Dame.

Player Games to 200th Assist Date of 200th Assist Career Assists Chris Thomas 27 2-23-02 at Miami (FL) 833 Martin Ingelsby 38 12-21-98 Stetson 526 Jerian Grant 41 11-26-12 Chicago State 690 Tory Jackson 43 12-29-07 Brown 694 PRENTISS HUBB 47 1-4-20 at Syracuse 203

DURHAM POSTS TWO NOTEWORTHY DOUBLE-DOUBLES

Senior Juwan Durham responded to the loss of John Mooney (illness) on the front line against Presbyterian with 11 points, 15 rebounds and four blocked shots to record his second career double-double. He followed up with 12 points, 11 rebounds and four more blocks against Fairleigh Dickinson. It was just the seventh and eighth time a Mike Brey era player has recorded 10+ points, 10+ rebounds and 4+ blocks – and the first time since John Mooney did it at North Carolina last season.

Others who have accomplished such a double-double include current Irish assistant coach Ryan Humphrey (2001), Torin Francis twice (2003, 2004), Luke Harangody (2008) and Bonzie Colson (2017).

DURHAM ALREADY AMONG TOP SHOT BLOCKERS IN NOTRE DAME HISTORY

Blocked shots are one of the youngest official NCAA official statistics, only becoming a part of the game boxscore for the 1985-86 season. With that in mind, it is still noteworthy that senior Juwan Durham (who still retains a year of eligibility after 2019-20) has already established himself as one of the top shot blockers in Notre Dame history.

In his first full season at Notre Dame in 2018-19, Durham swatted 63 shots which ranks fifth on the Notre Dame single-season blocked shots list.

This season, Durham pushed his career blocked-shot average to 2.2 and is one of just three Notre Dame players to average over 2.0 blocks per game in their career:

Player Seasons Blocks Per Game Ryan Humphrey 2000-02 2.8 JUWAN DURHAM 2018-current 2.2 LaPhonso Ellis 1988-92 2.1

Durham’s 122 total blocks at Notre Dame currently rank him seventh all-time (see sidebar, page 8). Jordan Cornette is the Notre Dame blocked shots record holder with 201 from 2001-05.

PFLUEGER APPROACHING NOTEWORTHY CAREER MILESTONE COMBINATION

Graduate student Rex Pflueger is approaching a combination of career statistical totals that would make him one of just four Irish players to ever reach a unique combination of statistical marks.

Pflueger is approaching 700 points, 400 rebounds, 300 assists and 150 steals in his Notre Dame career – only Chris Thomas (2002-05), David Graves (1999-02) and Tory Jackson (2007-10) have reached those plateaus in combination.

Player Years Points (700+) Rebounds (400+) Assists (300+) Steals (150+) Chris Thomas 2002-05 2,195 528 833 244 David Graves 1999-02 1,746 620 340 202 Tory Jackson 2007-10 1,231 526 694 211 REX PFLUEGER 2015-current 740 427 337 139

A DECADE OF ‘NO FOUL’ CONTINUES

One of the mantras of Notre Dame basketball under Mike Brey has been to keep the amount of opponent foul shots down. Defend without fouling is a way of life for Irish basketball and the statistics bear out that trend.

In the last 10 years, Notre Dame has failed to finish among the top 10 in least amount of personal fouls committed just twice. They have also led the country in least amount of personal fouls three times.

The NCAA has been tracking the least amount of fouls committed in a season since 1993. Notre Dame is the only team since 1993 to lead the country in least amount of fouls more than twice (four times) and are on pace to make it five times this season.

NOTRE DAME FOULS PER GAME NATIONAL/CONFERENCE FINAL RANKING