Notre Dame MBB vs. Duke Box Score
The University of Notre Dame men’s basketball team (14-7, 7-3) fell for the first time at home this season to No. 9/7 Duke (18-3, 8-2), 57-43, in Purcell Pavilion on Monday night. The Irish and Blue Devils both shot under 40 percent from the field in the game and combined to shoot six-for-37 (.162) from behind the three-point arc.
Graduate student Paul Atkinson Jr. led the Irish with 14 points and nine rebounds. He was the only Irish player to finish the game in double figures. Duke freshman Paolo Banchero led his team with 21 points and nine rebounds.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Notre Dame started the game missing 13 of their first 15 shots to fall into a 18-10 hole. At one point in the first half, both teams combined to miss 16 of 19 shots.
Atkinson Jr. gave the Irish a glimmer of hope with back-to-back buckets to cut the Blue Devil lead to 18-14 with just over four minutes left in the half. Duke responded with a nine-point run to end the half, however, as the Irish would not score again in the rest of the period.
Duke pushed the lead to 18 early in the half and the Irish offense was unable to put together a string of points to threaten the visitors.
NOTES
Senior Nate Laszewski became the third Notre Dame player this season to reach 1,000 points in a career, finishing the contest with four points and six rebounds • Notre Dame becomes the first program in the nation to have five 1,000-point scorers on their active roster – Prentiss Hubb, Paul Atkinson Jr., Laszewski, Dane Goodwin and Trey Wertz • Goodwin (20) and Wesley (17) both saw their double-digit game scoring streaks come to an end in today’s game.
UP NEXT
The Irish return to the road in ACC play at first-place Miami on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at 7 p.m. ET on the Regional Sports Network package.