Duke holds off Notre Dame for second straight road win

In addition, the Blue Devils stopped a 1-5 slump against Notre Dame that had unfolded over the previous three seasons.

Notre Dame is coming off a 62-60 loss at Georgia Tech for its second straight loss and third defeat in four games.

After Monday night’s 84-74 loss to Duke at Purcell Pavilion, coach Mike Brey’s Irish have lost three straight games and four of their last five. That’s an offense that’s running through Kennard, the star of the offense in the season’s first 10 games and the star on Saturday when Duke needed a hero.

Georgia Tech would flip momentum on that made jumper, closing the first period on a 26-12 run to take its first lead.

Since losing Coach K, the Blue Devils have found trouble in nearly every game they’ve played.

Duke’s got Pittsburgh and Clemson at home, but the upcoming stretch of games also includes North Carolina and Virginia.

Tennessee 76, No. 4 SC 74: Jamie Nared had a career high 27 points including two tie-breaking free throws with 5.9 seconds left to help the Lady Volunteers (14-7, 5-3) end the Gamecocks’ 29-game home win streak in the Southeastern Conference. “We have to get the attitude that we want to defend”.

If it’s safe to say that Notre Dame has exceeded expectations, is it also okay to say they haven’t done so by much? Brey is one of the best offensive coaches in the country, so expect things to get ironed out sooner than later. Allen is #3 (15.3 PPG) with three others scoring between 8.3-12.2 PPG. The aforementioned Allen led Duke with 21 points, none bigger than his five consecutive scored after the Irish had trimmed the Blue Devils lead to one.

Of Duke’s final seven regular-season games, only two are against teams that had a winning ACC record following Sunday’s games.

Okogie, who scored 35 in the upset over Florida State, finished with only eight points.

Tatum set the tone for a strong defensive performance with an emphatic block of point guard Matt Farrell’s driving layup just more than three minutes into the game, and he hustled for loose balls all night, grabbing 14 rebounds in his first double-digit game on the glass. “We scored 49 points in the second half”.

“If the tournament is today, we’re in”, Pastner said.

“We didn’t want to give up straight line drives”, Capel said, “and then we didn’t want to over-help when they did drive, because they are such a risky (perimeter) shooting team”. Every game now we see more and more of what Harry Giles can do.

V.J. Beachem scored 20 points and Bonzie Colson had 17 points for Notre Dame (17-6, 6-4).

Duke is stacked whether they play like it or not. Duke converted its two free throws, which was a common theme for the Blue Devils on the night, as they finished 23-of-24 from the line.

Notre Dame spotted Duke an early lead on Monday and was never able to fully recover.

NOTRE DAME (17-6) Beachem 7-14 4-4 20, Geben 0-0 0-0 0, Colson 8-12 1-3 17, Vasturia 1-9 5-6 7, Farrell 3-9 3-4 11, Ryan 0-0 0-0 0, Burns 0-0 0-0 0, Torres 0-0 0-4 0, Mooney 0-1 0-0 0, Pflueger 2-4 2-3 7, Gibbs 3-7 4-4 12.