ACC Player of the Week Tre Donaldson’s 23 points, five assists and three steals powered Miami to a 81-69 victory over Notre Dame on Tuesday in South Bend, Ind., the Hurricanes’ 10th consecutive win.
The streak is the longest for Miami since the team won its first 10 games in the 2017-18 season. The Fighting Irish lost their third consecutive game.
Malik Reneau scored 17 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and collected a career-high five steals for the Hurricanes (15-2, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Shelton Henderson also scored 17 points and Dante Allen added 11, but Ernest Udeh Jr. went scoreless, playing a season-low 12 minutes due to foul trouble.
Jalen Haralson extended his double-digit scoring streak to 15 games as he scored 18 points for Notre Dame (10-7, 1-3). Sir Mohammed scored 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field off of the bench.
The Hurricanes won the points-in-the-paint battle 40-28 as they were able to consistently get to the rim.
Notre Dame jumped out to an early 6-0 lead as Miami went scoreless for the first four minutes of the game.
The game was tied at 39 at halftime as Mohammed had 11 points. Henderson topped the Hurricanes with 10 first-half points.
Following the intermission, Miami held Notre Dame to three points over the first 5:48, building a double-digit lead that it never relinquished.
Donaldson scored 17 second-half points as the Hurricanes built a lead as large as 71-58 on a Henderson 3-pointer with 4:08 to play.
Notre Dame committed a season-high 18 turnovers against Miami’s pressure defense. The Hurricanes scored 19 points off the Fighting Irish’s giveaways, while Notre Dame managed just six points off eight Miami turnovers.
Notre Dame’s leading rebounder, Carson Towt, dealt with foul trouble throughout the evening and finished with seven boards and four points on three field-goal attempts.
–Field Level Media
