Fourteen-seeded Wake Forest will face 11-seeded Notre Dame in the first round of the ACC tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 (3/9/21).
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Here’s what you need to know:
What: ACC tournament, 1st round
Which: Wake Forest vs. Notre Dame
When: Tuesday March 9, 2021
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Or: Greensboro Coliseum
TV: ACC network
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This time, Notre Dame made enough plays to take out a ranked team.
It had been a while.
Prentiss Hubb scored 22 points, Dane Goodwin scored 15 and Notre Dame beat the 11th Florida State 83-73 on Saturday.
The Seminoles (15-5, 11-4 wasted a chance to win a second straight Atlantic Coast Conference title, losing the title when No. 21 Virginia defeated Louisville later Saturday to win the regular season championship .
The Fighting Irish (10-14, 7-11) had five players scored in double digits in the program’s first win against a ranked team since a 67-66 victory over Wichita State in November 2017. They had lost 28 games of that time. type in a row. .
“I thought we had some advantage over ourselves to get loose balls and put our noses in and take the lead, and that helped us,” said coach Mike Brey. “You’re not really going to do anything pretty against an athletic, changeable defense, (but) I think we’ve done a good job the last two days of training just talking about opening up the floor and cutting more. . “
Cormac Ryan, Nikola Djogo and Nate Laszewski each had 11 points for Notre Dame, who had lost four in a row. Juwan Durham had nine points and nine rebounds.
The Fighting Irish got 28 for 34 on the free throw line, compared to 15 for 20 for the Seminoles.
“I thought Notre Dame did a better job being extremely aggressive and hitting open shots and challenging our defensive discipline by making the extra pass,” said Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton. “Then at the end, they made a success of their free throws. “
Scottie Barnes led Florida State with 17 points. RaiQuan Gray added 15 points and 10 rebounds. MJ Walker had 12 points on a 4v16 shot.
Notre Dame led up to 20 points before taking a 47-31 lead at halftime. Florida State closed at 74-70 on Anthony Polite’s 3 point with 2:34 remaining. But Laszewski managed four free kicks down the home stretch to help the Irish finish.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
