NOTRE DAME AT VIRGINIA

The University of Notre Dame men’s basketball team (15-8, 6-6) continues its three-game road swing at defending National Champion Virginia (15-6, 7-4) late Tuesday evening (9 p.m. ET, ESPN2) .

The contest continues a challenging three-game road swing for Notre Dame, facing Clemson (Sunday, W, 61-57), Virginia (Tuesday) and Duke (Saturday) before a Big Monday home match up with North Carolina. The Irish are the only ACC team scheduled for three away games over the course of seven days in league action this season.

Notre Dame is looking for its first win in Charlottesville, and trails Virginia 2-12 in the all-time series.

The Irish have battled the Cavaliers in the last two visits to John Paul Jones Arena, falling by 11 to No. 5 Virginia in 2016, then taking the No. 4 Cavaliers to the game’s final minutes last season in a six-point loss.

NOTRE DAME GAME DAY INFORMATION Date Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Time 9:00 p.m. ET Site: John Paul Jones Arena

• Charlottesville, VA

• Capacity 14,593 TV: ESPN2

• Mike Couzens (play-by-play)

• Cory Alexander (analyst)

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Radio: Notre Dame Radio Network

• Jack Nolan (play-by-play)

• Zach Hillesland (analyst)

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Notre Dame MBB at Virginia Game Notes (PDF)

BY THE NUMBERS: IRISH AT CAVALIERS

1 Notre Dame leads the country in least amount of fouls committed per game (12.3). 1 Notre Dame leads the country in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.74. The Irish are ahead of BYU (1.55) and Virginia Tech (1.53). Notre Dame has 396 assists this season compared to just 227 turnovers. 2 Senior John Mooney is second in the nation with 19 double-doubles (in 22 games played) this season behind William & Mary’s Nathan Knight (20 in 26 games) as of Monday, February 10. 2 John Mooney is second in the nation in rebounds-per-game with a 13.0 average. Mooney has recorded double-doubles in 19 of 22 games played this season. He is the only player in Division I averaging 16-plus points and 13-plus rebounds per game this season. 2 Notre Dame is second in the country in least amount of turnovers committed per game (9.9), behind Virginia Tech (9.8) and just ahead of Liberty (9.9). 3 Key shooting percentage categories in which T.J. Gibbs ranks among the best in the ACC (conference games). Gibbs is second in FG% (.540), tied for first in 3FG% (.500, min 2.5 3FGM/g) and first in FT% (.902). Since 1996-07, only Shane Battier in 1999-2000 (.541 FG%, .512 3FG%, .810 FT%) and Al Thornton in 2006-07 (.518 FG%, .537 3FG%, .821 FT%) have finished an ACC regular season with 50-50-80 percentages. 11.5 Sophomore Dane Goodwin is the only player in the ACC averaging double figures this season with less than three games started. He leads all major conference players in points per game off the bench and ranks sixth among all Division I players (see page 7 for more details). 15 Notre Dame and Virginia will be meeting for the 15th time Tuesday evening. The Cavaliers lead the all-time series 12-2. The Irish are looking to earn their first win in Charlottesville. 16/13/2/1 So far in 2019-20, John Mooney is averaging 16.5 ppg, 13.0 rpg, 2.0 apg and 1.2 spg. He is the only player in Division I to boast those number combinations and the first Division I palyer since Blake Griffin posted 22.7 ppg, 14.4 rpg, 2.3 apg and 1.1 spg in 2008-09. 17.2 Notre Dame is currently seventh in the country and first in the ACC in assists per game with a 17.2 average. The Irish have posted six 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). 18 Season-high points scored for gradaute student Rex Pflueger in Sunday night’s victory over Clemson. Pflueger matched his career-high with four three-point field goals – none more crucial than his 3FG with 1:07 remaining to seal the victory for the Irish. 23 Notre Dame leads all ACC teams with 23 1,000-point scorers since Mike Brey took over the program in 2000-01. Among all Division I teams, Notre Dame trails only Villanova (24) in amount of 1,000 point scorers during the Brey era. The Irish are tied for fourth all-time in 1,000 point scorers with 64. See page 3 for more details. 39 John Mooney has posted 39 of his 40 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 (34) and Colorado State’s Nico Carvacho (33). 50 Percentage T.J. Gibbs is shooting from three-point range in ACC play this season (32-64, .500). He is tied for second among major conference players in 3FG% in conference play (minimum 1.5 3FG/g, 10 GP) – Saddiq Bey, Villanova, .514; Gibbs, Jalen Cone, Virginia Tech, .500; Ryan McMahon, Louisville, .500, Jordan Nwora, Louisville, .500, Andre Wesson, Ohio State, .500. 86 Percentage of double-doubles in games played this season for John Mooney (19 of 22). That matches Blake Griffin from Oklahoma (30 of 35) and Kenny Adeleke (Hartford, 24 of 28) for the highest percentage in Divsion I over the past 20 years. 132 Career games played by Rex Pflueger, who could 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 ninth in the country for active players in games played. 407 Rex Pflueger surpassed 400 rebounds against Pittsburgh on February 5, becoming the 28th active NCAA player and eighth major conference player to score 700 points with 400 rebounds, 300 assists and 130 steals in a career. Only three Irish players have ever reached those statistical milestones (see page 9 for more details).

IRISH TO FACE CHALLENGING ACC ROAD SWING

After a 3-0 sweep of a three-game home stand, the Irish are in the midst of a three-game road trip at Clemson, Virginia and Duke over a seven-day span. The Irish are the only team in the ACC to face three conference road contests in a seven-day window this season.

Notre Dame joins Duke as the only team in the ACC required to play a game after one day of rest after a three-game road swing (Duke’s three-game road trip covers eight days).

ACC THREE-GAME ROAD TRIPS

Team Days 1st Opp 2nd Opp 3rd Opp Days Until Next Game Next Opponent NOTRE DAME 7 at Clemson (W) at Virginia at Duke 1 North Carolina Feb. 9, 6 p.m. Feb. 11, 9 p.m. Feb. 15, 4 p.m. Duke 8 at Syracuse (W) at Boston College (W) at North Carolina (W) 1 Florida State Feb. 1, 8 p.m. Feb. 4, 7 p.m. Feb. 8, 6 p.m. Boston College 8 at Syracuse (L) at Wake Forest (L) at Pittsburgh (L) 2 Virginia Tech Jan. 15, 6:30 pm. Jan. 19, 6 p.m. Jan. 22, 9 p.m. Louisville 8 at Notre Dame (W) at Pittsburgh (W) at Duke (W) 2 Georgia Tech Jan. 22 , 2 p.m. Jan. 14, 7 p.m. Jan. 18, 6 p.m. Miami 11 at Virginia Tech at Notre Dame at Georgia Tech 3 Virginia Feb. 19, 9 p.m. Feb. 23, 6 p.m. Feb. 29, 6 or 8 p.m.

MOONEY SECOND IN THE COUNTRY IN REBOUNDING

Senior forward John Mooney is second in the nation in rebounds per game with a 13.0 average. Mooney is the only Division I player in the country averaging 16-plus points and 13-plus rebounds per game (as of February 10, 2020).

NATIONAL REBOUNDING LEADERS:

Player School Reb/Game Kevin Marfo Quinnipiac 13.3 JOHN MOONEY NOTRE DAME 13.0 James Butler Drexel 11.9 Willie Jackson Toledo 11.8 Elyjah Goss IUPUI 11.7 Cletrell Pope Bethune Cookman 11.5 Daniel Orturu Minneosta 11.5 Tyrique Jones Xavier 11.1

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 15th).

BREY ERA REBOUNDING TOTALS

Player Seasons Rebounds Luke Harangody 2006-10 1,222 Torin Francis 2002-06 969 Bonzie Colson 2014-18 900 Pat Connaughton 2011-15 823 Zach Auguste 2012-16 822 JOHN MOONEY 2015-20 815 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.

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 65 PERCENT OF HIS CAREER STARTS

Up to 38 career double-doubles (ninth 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 40 of 62 starts – a .645 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 .645 percentage remains on the top of the charts.

Player Double-Doubles Starts Double-Double Percentage Seasons JOHN MOONEY 40 62 .645 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 10TH IRISH PLAYER WITH OVER 600 REBOUNDS IN FINAL TWO SEASONS

Currently the 15th 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 644 rebounds since the start of the 2018-19 season. Only nine other Notre Dame players have posted over 600 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 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 Bob Whitmore 1967-68, 1968-69 659 JOHN MOONEY 2018-19, 2019-20 655 Luke Harangody 2008-09, 2009-10 624 Troy Murphy 1999-2000, 2000-01 607

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 9.9 2 1 1.74 1 1

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.

NOTRE DAME FOULS PER GAME NATIONAL/CONFERENCE FINAL RANKING

Year Fouls Per Game NCAA Raking Conference Ranking 2009-10 15.1 10 2 2010-11 15.2 11 1 2011-12 13.8 1 1 2012-13 14.1 8 1 2013-14 16.2 15 5 2014-15 15.1 6 1 2015-16 15.1 1 1 2016-17 14.9 4 1 2017-18 13.1 1 1 2018-19 13.8 1 1 2019-20 12.3 1 1

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

Notre Dame faced its traditional ACC rivals – Boston College and Georgia Tech – three times so far this season. The Irish swept Georgia Tech and suffered a loss to Boston College in December (ND and BC will meet again in Chestnut Hill on Feb. 26). Notre Dame boasts a 21-6 record against these two opponents in league play since joining the ACC in 2013-14. That mark is the best in the conference against a team’s dedicated home-and-home opponents.

RECORD VS. ACC ANNUAL HOME-AND-HOME OPPONENTS

Team Opponent Opponent Record NOTRE DAME Boston College Georgia Tech 21-6 Duke North Carolina Wake Forest 18-7 North Carolina Duke NC State 17-8 Syracuse Boston College Pittsburgh 16-8 Virginia Virginia Tech Louisville 17-8*

* – Virginia repeated with Maryland in 2013-14

STATISTICAL MILESTONES

Notre Dame’s veteran players are approaching, or have reached, some noteworthy statistical milestones:

Player Milestone Current Stat All-Time ND Rank Brey-Era Rank Milestones Reached John Mooney 1000 points 1044 64 25 Rex Pflueger 130 games 132 8 8 Rex Pflueger 300 assists 314 21 11 T.J. Gibbs 350 assists 356 16 10 Milestones Ahead Juwan Durham 150 blocks 115 6 4 T.J. Gibbs 250 3FGM 222 7 5 John Mooney 900 rebounds 815 9 4 T.J. Gibbs 4000 minutes 3833 9 9 T.J. Gibbs 1500 points 1474 17 7

GOODWIN LEADS MAJOR CONFERENCE PLAYERS FOR PPG OFF THE BENCH

Sophomore Dane Goodwin has made just one start this season in place of graduate student Rex Pflueger who missed the NC State game (Jan. 8, 2019) with knee pain. Among major conference players who have appeared in 15 or more games this season and made less than five starts Goodwin leads the nation in points off the bench with a 11.5 average.

Player Seasons Total Games Games Started PPG off bench DANE GOODWIN NOTRE DAME 23 1 11.5 Miles McBride West Virginia 23 0 9.8 Izaiah Brockington Penn State 22 0 9.0 Jordan Tucker Butler 22 4 8.6 Jacob Young Rutgers 22 0 8.3

Among all Division I players, Goodwin’s ppg off the bench ranks sixth (15 games played, less than five starts).

Player Seasons Total Games Games Started PPG off bench Collin Welp UC-Irvine 23 2 14.0 Javonte Perkins Saint Louis 23 1 12.9 Majesty Brandon Canisius 19 4 12.7 Tray Boyd III East Tenn. State 22 2 12.6 Darius Williams Prairie View A&M 21 2 11.6 DANE GOODWIN NOTRE DAME 23 1 11.5

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 64 811 12.6 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 11th on the scoring list with 811 points. Luke Harangody (1,329) and Chris Thomas (1,099) pace the Irish record books 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 12th active Division I major conference player to reach that plateau.

Player Seasons School Conference Games Points PPG Markus Howard 2016-current Marquette BIG EAST 64 1384 21.6 Lamar Stevens 2016-current Penn State Big Ten 68 1127 16.6 Myles Powell 2016-current Seton Hall BIG EAST 65 1124 17.3 Tres Tinkle 2015-current Oregon State Pac-12 62 1101 17.8 Kamar Baldwin 2016-current Butler BIG EAST 65 1052 16.2 Anthony Cowan Jr. 2016-current Maryland Big Ten 68 997 14.7 Cassius Winston 2016-current Michigan State Big Ten 69 983 14.2 Breein Tyree 2016-current Mississippi SEC 63 937 14.9 Mustapha Meron 2016-current St. John’s BIG EAST 60 899 15.0 Payton Pritchard 2016-curent Oregon Pac-12 65 830 12.8 T.J. GIBBS 2016-current NOTRE DAME ACC 65 811 12.5 Luke Garza 2017-current Iowa Big Ten 50 805 16.1

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 2.3 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 2.3 LaPhonso Ellis 1988-92 2.1

Durham’s 115 total blocks at Notre Dame currently rank him ninth all-time (see sidebar, page 7). 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.