National Basketball Association
Notre Dame 76, Boston College 73
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 1, 2014
Where: Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center, South Bend, Indiana
Officials:
# William Humes, # Les Jones, # Terry Wymer
Attendance:
8955
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Notre Dame 76, Boston College 73 (OT): Eric Atkins scored a game-high 24 points, including the
winning 3-pointer with one second left in overtime, to rally the host Irish to a
tough Atlantic Coast Conference victory over the Eagles.
Atkins, who had
only four points in the first half, shot 8-of-12 from the floor the rest of the
way for Notre Dame (12-10, 3-6 ACC), which snapped a three-game losing streak. Pat Connaughton added 17
points with a game-high four 3-pointers and nine rebounds while Zach Auguste
and V.J. Beachem chipped in 10 points apiece for the Irish, who never led in
the second half.
Ryan Anderson's
21 points and team-high five rebounds led Boston College (6-15, 2-6), which remained
winless at Notre Dame since 1997. Lonnie Jackson had 15 points and Joe Rahon
added 13 points and three steals while Olivier Hanlan, the third-leading
scorer in the ACC, finished with a season-low five points on 2-of-5 shooting from
the floor.
Rahon's layup
in the first minute of overtime gave the Eagles their last lead of the game at
68-66 after they had not trailed in the
second half. Beachem hit a 3-pointer to spark the Irish on a 7-1 run, but a
pair of Anderson free throws with 36 seconds tied it at 73 before Atkins won
it.
Atkins had sent
the game into overtime by hitting one of two free throws with 0.7 seconds left
in regulation after he was fouled by Hanlan. The Eagles had not trailed since
early in the game and still clung to a 66-63 lead on a pair of Jackson free
throws with 17 seconds remaining before Garrick Sherman's jumper with eight
seconds left and Atkins' free throw forced overtime.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Notre
Dame struggled in a close first half where it shot just over 37 percent and had
no scoring contributions from its bench, which finished with 15 points in the
second half and overtime. … Boston College G Alex Dragicevich, who transferred
from Notre Dame as a sophomore, made his first start against his former school and
his first start since Dec. 28, finishing with seven points. … The Irish beat
Boston College for the sixth time in seven meetings and posted their sixth straight
series win at home.
Top Game Performances
Boston College |
|
Notre Dame |
Ryan Anderson 21 |
Scoring |
Eric Atkins 24 |
Ryan Anderson 3 |
Assists |
Garrick Sherman 4 |
Ryan Anderson 6 |
Rebounds |
Pat Connaughton 9 |
Ryan Anderson 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Eric Atkins 4 |
Joe Rahon 3 |
Steals |
Eric Atkins 1 |
Alex Dragicevich 2 |
Blocks |
Zach Auguste 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Boston College
|
73 |
48.9 |
7-21 |
20-24 |
14 |
25 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
Notre Dame
|
76 |
46.0 |
9-23 |
9-15 |
12 |
32 |
3 |
3 |
9 |