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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Miami-Florida 62, Notre Dame 49
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 2, 2023
Where: Watsco Center, Coral Gables, Florida
Officials: # Bill Covington Jr., # AJ Desai, # Ted Valentine
Attendance: 7972

Norchad Omier scored 13 points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds as the eighth-ranked Miami Hurricanes defeated the visiting Notre Dame Fighting Irish 62-49 on Saturday afternoon in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.

Miami (6-1) also got a team-high 14 points and a game-high four steals from Matthew Cleveland and 13 points and a game-high seven assists from Nijel Pack.

Notre Dame (3-4), which has lost two straight games, was led by J.R. Konieczny, who had a team-high 14 points on 4-for-7 shooting on 3-pointers. The rest of the team shot just 2-for-25 from deep.

Tae Davis added 12 points and a team-high 10 rebounds for the Irish.

Freshman point guard Markus Burton, who entered the game as Notre Dame's leading scorer (16.3), was held to six points. He did, however, dish a team-high six assists.

In the first half, Notre Dame raced to a 12-7 lead. But Miami scored the next seven points and never trailed again. Miami eventually stretched its advantage to 31-20 on Wooga Poplar's drive to the hoop with 3:39 remaining before halftime.

Miami took a 33-26 lead into the break as Burton in-bounded the ball with one second left and found Davis cutting to the basket for a layup.

For the half, Miami shot 48.1 percent from the floor and 5-of-10 on 3-pointers. Notre Dame shot just 28.1 percent overall and 4-of-18 on 3-pointers (22.2 percent). Miami also had an 8-0 edge on fastbreak points.

But the Irish stayed in the game due to a 7-2 advantage on offensive rebounds.

Burton had just two points in the opening half, making 1 of 5 shots.

Early in the second half, a 6-0 Miami run that included a spectacular fastbreak dunk by Poplar gave the Hurricanes a 46-34 lead.

Then, with 1:46 left in the second half, a Cleveland fastbreak layup gave Miami its largest lead, 62-49, and that essentially put away the Irish.

For the game, Miami shot 46.3 overall and 7-for-18 on 3-pointers (38.9 percent).

Notre Dame shot just 28.6 percent overall and 6-for-32 on 3-pointers (18.8 percent).

A bright spot for the Irish was their 15-6 edge on the offensive boards.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Notre Dame   Miami-Florida
J.R. Konieczny 14 Scoring Matthew Cleveland 14
Markus Burton 6 Assists Nijel Pack 7
Tae Davis 10 Rebounds Norchad Omier 13
Kebba Njie 3 Free Throws Made Matthew Cleveland 4
Markus Burton 2 Steals Matthew Cleveland 4
Markus Burton 1 Blocks Nijel Pack 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Notre Dame 49 28.6 6-32 7-9 11 35 3 8 13
Miami-Florida 62 46.3 7-18 5-8 12 33 1 8 13