Irish Win in Fourth Overtime

Matt Carroll scored seven of his 30 points in the fourth overtime and Notre Dame won its fifth in a row, outlasting Georgetown, 116-111, Saturday in the highest-scoring game in Big East history.

This was the first four-overtime game for Notre Dame, and Georgetown’s first in 48 years.

Carroll scored the final seven points for Notre Dame, 17-6 overall and 7-3 in the Big East, He had a three-point basket and four free throws over the final 46 seconds.

Notre Dame freshman point guard Chris Thomas was the only player to go all 60 minutes and he finished with 22 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds. His jumper with just under two minutes left in the fourth overtime gave the Irish the lead for good at 109-108.

Ryan Humphrey had 23 points and 14 rebounds for Notre Dame. Harold Swanagan had the third double-double by an Irish player with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Mike Sweetney had career-highs of 35 points and 20 rebounds for Georgetown (14-8, 5-5) but was one of four Hoyas to foul out.

Wesley Wilson (26 points), Kevin Braswell (12 points, 10 assists) and Gerald Riley (eight points) all fouled out, leaving Georgetown with an inexperienced lineup over the final two minutes of the fourth overtime.

The Hoyas had chances to win at the end of regulation and each of the first three overtimes. Braswell made a jumper in the final seconds of the third overtime, but it was waved off because the shot clock had expired.

The record for points in a game was 219 in 1990, when Pittsburgh beat Providence, 117-102, in regulation.

The Division I record for overtime periods is seven set Dec. 21, 1981, when Cincinnati beat Bradley.