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1986-87 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 24-8 (Independent)

Rank: 18th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Digger Phelps

PS/G: 65.1 (259th of 290)

PA/G: 59.4 (3rd of 290)

SRS: 11.72 (32nd of 290)

SOS: 6.03 (45th of 290)

NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in East)
Won East First Round (84-71) versus #12 Middle Tennessee
Won East Second Round (58-57) versus #4 TCU
Lost East Regional Semifinal (74-68) versus #1 North Carolina

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
David Rivers	JR	G	6-0	15.7 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 5.1 Ast
Donald Royal	SR	F	6-8	15.8 Pts, 7.0 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Mark Stevenson	SO	F	6-6	10.6 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Scott Hicks	SR	G	6-3	11.0 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 2.1 Ast
Sean Connor	SO	F	6-7	5.8 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Gary Voce	JR	F	6-9	4.7 Pts, 6.3 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Jamere Jackson	FR	G	6-2	2.2 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Scott Paddock	FR	C	6-9	1.6 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Joe Fredrick	FR	G	6-4	1.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Tony Jackson	FR	F	6-6	0.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Michael Smith	SO	G	6-3	0.4 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Chris Nanni	JR	G	5-11	0.6 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Steve Nicgorski	JR	F	6-7	0.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		23.7	48.7	.486	22.3	44.9	.496	1.4	3.8	.367	16.4	21.4	.765	32.6	11.9	5.2	1.7	13.1	16.2	65.1
Opponent	32		23.5	50.7	.463	21.8	45.3	.482	1.6	5.3	.304	10.9	15.7	.695	26.5	11.0	5.2	1.9	12.6	19.3	59.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		757	1558	.486	713	1438	.496	44	120	.367	525	686	.765	1043	380	166	54	420	519	2083
Opponent	32		751	1621	.463	699	1450	.482	52	171	.304	348	501	.695	847	351	167	62	404	616	1902

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Donald Royal	F	28	28	36.7	4.7	8.2	.576	0.0	0.0		4.7	8.2	.576	.576	6.4	7.8	.820	7.0	1.3	1.0	0.4	3.3	15.8
2	David Rivers	G	32	31	36.8	5.4	11.9	.453	0.7	1.9	.383	4.7	10.0	.466	.483	4.2	5.0	.843	3.6	5.1	1.4	0.1	2.4	15.7
3	Scott Hicks	G	30	30	33.8	4.7	9.6	.486	0.1	0.3	.300	4.6	9.3	.493	.491	1.6	2.5	.640	4.1	2.1	1.2	0.3		11.0
4	Mark Stevenson	F	32	31	32.9	4.2	9.0	.470	0.0	0.2	.200	4.2	8.8	.475	.472	2.2	2.8	.775	4.0	1.5	0.5	0.2		10.6
5	Sean Connor	F	26	4	17.9	2.4	5.2	.459	0.5	1.3	.364	1.9	3.9	.490	.504	0.6	0.8	.727	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.0		5.8
6	Gary Voce	F	32	32	28.2	1.7	3.2	.524	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.2	.524	.524	1.3	1.8	.754	6.3	0.5	0.5	0.5		4.7
7	Jamere Jackson	G	28		9.5	0.8	1.9	.404	0.2	0.4	.500	0.6	1.5	.381	.452	0.5	0.8	.636	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.0		2.2
8	Scott Paddock	C	31	3	10.3	0.7	1.1	.600	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.1	.600	.600	0.2	0.5	.467	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.2		1.6
9	Joe Fredrick	G	23	1	5.4	0.6	1.1	.538	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.560	.538	0.1	0.2	.600	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0		1.3
10	Chris Nanni	G	7		1.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	.000	.000	0.6	0.9	.667	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.6
11	Steve Nicgorski	F	8		1.0	0.1	0.8	.167	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.8	.167	.167	0.3	0.6	.400	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.0		0.5
12	Tony Jackson	F	20		2.6	0.2	0.3	.600	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.3	.600	.600	0.2	0.3	.500	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.1		0.5
13	Michael Smith	G	21			0.1	0.5	.200	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.4	.222	.200	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0		0.4
	Team Totals		32			23.7	48.7	.486	1.4	3.8	.367	22.3	44.9	.496	.500	16.4	21.4	.765	32.6	11.9	5.2	1.7	16.2	65.1

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	David Rivers	32	31	1179	172	380	.453	149	320	.466	23	60	.383	134	159	.843	116	163	45	4		78	501
2	Donald Royal	28	28	1028	132	229	.576	132	229	.576	0	0		178	217	.820	196	37	29	10		92	442
3	Mark Stevenson	32	31	1054	135	287	.470	134	282	.475	1	5	.200	69	89	.775	127	48	16	6			340
4	Scott Hicks	30	30	1013	140	288	.486	137	278	.493	3	10	.300	48	75	.640	122	62	36	9			331
5	Sean Connor	26	4	465	62	135	.459	50	102	.490	12	33	.364	16	22	.727	44	22	8	1			152
6	Gary Voce	32	32	903	54	103	.524	54	103	.524	0	0		43	57	.754	200	16	17	16			151
7	Jamere Jackson	28		265	21	52	.404	16	42	.381	5	10	.500	14	22	.636	23	12	5	1			61
8	Scott Paddock	31	3	319	21	35	.600	21	35	.600	0	0		7	15	.467	88	7	1	6			49
9	Joe Fredrick	23	1	124	14	26	.538	14	25	.560	0	1	.000	3	5	.600	6	6	5	0			31
10	Tony Jackson	20		52	3	5	.600	3	5	.600	0	0		3	6	.500	9	0	1	1			9
11	Michael Smith	21			2	10	.200	2	9	.222	0	1	.000	4	8	.500	9	7	2	0			8
12	Chris Nanni	7		7	0	2	.000	0	2	.000	0	0		4	6	.667	0	0	0	0			4
13	Steve Nicgorski	8		8	1	6	.167	1	6	.167	0	0		2	5	.400	4	0	1	0			4
	School Totals	32			757	1558	.486	713	1438	.496	44	120	.367	525	686	.765	1043	380	166	54	420	519	2083

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Chris Nanni	7		7	0.0	11.4	.000	0.0	11.4	.000	0.0	0.0		22.9	34.3	.667	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		22.9
2	Steve Nicgorski	8		8	5.0	30.0	.167	5.0	30.0	.167	0.0	0.0		10.0	25.0	.400	20.0	0.0	5.0	0.0		20.0
3	Donald Royal	28	28	1028	5.1	8.9	.576	5.1	8.9	.576	0.0	0.0		6.9	8.4	.820	7.6	1.4	1.1	0.4	3.6	17.2
4	David Rivers	32	31	1179	5.8	12.9	.453	5.1	10.9	.466	0.8	2.0	.383	4.5	5.4	.843	3.9	5.5	1.5	0.1	2.6	17.0
5	Sean Connor	26	4	465	5.3	11.6	.459	4.3	8.8	.490	1.0	2.8	.364	1.4	1.9	.727	3.8	1.9	0.7	0.1		13.1
6	Scott Hicks	30	30	1013	5.5	11.4	.486	5.4	11.0	.493	0.1	0.4	.300	1.9	3.0	.640	4.8	2.4	1.4	0.4		13.1
7	Mark Stevenson	32	31	1054	5.1	10.9	.470	5.1	10.7	.475	0.0	0.2	.200	2.6	3.4	.775	4.8	1.8	0.6	0.2		12.9
8	Joe Fredrick	23	1	124	4.5	8.4	.538	4.5	8.1	.560	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	1.6	.600	1.9	1.9	1.6	0.0		10.0
9	Jamere Jackson	28		265	3.2	7.8	.404	2.4	6.3	.381	0.8	1.5	.500	2.1	3.3	.636	3.5	1.8	0.8	0.2		9.2
10	Tony Jackson	20		52	2.3	3.8	.600	2.3	3.8	.600	0.0	0.0		2.3	4.6	.500	6.9	0.0	0.8	0.8		6.9
11	Gary Voce	32	32	903	2.4	4.6	.524	2.4	4.6	.524	0.0	0.0		1.9	2.5	.754	8.9	0.7	0.8	0.7		6.7
12	Scott Paddock	31	3	319	2.6	4.4	.600	2.6	4.4	.600	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.9	.467	11.0	0.9	0.1	0.8		6.1
13	Michael Smith	21					.200			.222			.000			.500