National Basketball Association
Notre Dame 65, Georgia Tech 62
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Where: Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center, South Bend, Indiana
Officials:
# Roger Ayers, # Ed Corbett, # Raymond Stayons
Attendance:
8127
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Notre Dame 65, Georgia Tech 62: Garrick Sherman scored 21 points to help the host Fighting Irish snap a two-game slide.
Eric Atkins tallied 17 points and Pat Connaughton added nine points and eight rebounds for Notre Dame (15-14, 6-10 ACC), which tied a season low with five turnovers. Tom Knight had eight rebounds and a pair of blocked shots off the bench as the Irish ended a five-game losing streak in the series.
Robert Carter Jr. led the Yellow Jackets (13-15, 4-11) with 19 points and 11 rebounds while Marcus Georges-Hunt added 13 points. Leading scorer Trae Golden missed all 10 of his shots - five from long range - in going scoreless for the second time in his last four games.
Georgia Tech trimmed a nine-point deficit down to 53-50 when Chris Bolden hit a pair of 3-pointers midway through the second half and received two more from Carter to get within 63-62 with just over a minute left. Connaughton missed on the other end to give the Yellow Jackets a chance to go ahead, but Sherman made a steal, Connaughton hit two free throws and Carter missed two potential game-tying 3-pointers in the closing seconds.
Carter's trey with less than eight minutes left in the first half gave Georgia Tech its largest lead at 22-11. The Irish outscored the Yellow Jackets 22-9 over the remainder of the half to take a two-point lead into the locker room and went up 47-38 on one of Atkins' four 3-pointers with just under 14 minutes remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Bolden hit all three of his 3-point tries off the bench. ... Georgia Tech was 10-for-20 from beyond the arc but just 12-for-39 inside it. ... Sherman had scored in single digits in each of his last four games.
Top Game Performances
Georgia Tech |
|
Notre Dame |
Robert Carter 19 |
Scoring |
Garrick Sherman 21 |
Marcus Georges-Hunt 3 |
Assists |
Pat Connaughton 6 |
Robert Carter 11 |
Rebounds |
Pat Connaughton 8 |
Marcus Georges-Hunt 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Pat Connaughton 2 |
Marcus Georges-Hunt 1 |
Steals |
Pat Connaughton 1 |
Daniel Miller 3 |
Blocks |
Tom Knight 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Georgia Tech
|
62 |
37.3 |
10-20 |
8-11 |
16 |
33 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
Notre Dame
|
65 |
46.6 |
5-20 |
6-8 |
14 |
35 |
5 |
3 |
5 |