It has been greater than two weeks since Syracuse gained a recreation. Notre Dame hasn’t fared a lot better.
The Orange look to keep away from a fifth straight defeat after they host the Combating Irish, who’ve one win this month, on Saturday night time in ACC play.
After shedding to Clemson in its ACC opener, Syracuse (12-9, 3-5) rattled off three straight wins from Jan. 6-13. Nevertheless, the Orange are winless in 4 video games since, and coming off an 88-68 drubbing at North Carolina State on Tuesday.
They shot simply 38.8%, had been outrebounded 45-33 and allowed the Wolfpack to make 50.8% of their pictures.
“(NC State) capitalized on each (one in every of our errors),” Syracuse coach Adrian Autry mentioned.
“We hold preventing. Get again, watching movie, solely attempting to get higher and get ready for the subsequent recreation.”
Syracuse is 13-of-45 from 3-point vary during the last two video games. On the different finish of the court docket, the Orange have allowed their final three foes to shoot a mixed 52.4% from the ground.
Syracuse’s Donnie Freeman (19.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg) had 24 factors with 10 rebounds Tuesday. He scored 20 with 11 rebounds through the Orange’s 69-64 loss at Notre Dame final season.
Teammate JJ Starling (11.5 ppg), who started his profession at Notre Dame, didn’t play in that contest, however scored 21 through the Orange’s 77-69 residence win over the Irish later that season.
Notre Dame (11-10, 2-6), which has dropped 4 straight at Syracuse, is simply 1-6 this month.
Nevertheless, the Irish confirmed struggle throughout Tuesday’s 100-97 double-overtime residence loss to No. 17 Virginia. Cole Certa had a career-high 34 factors, whereas Jalen Haralson and Braeden Shrewsberry mixed for one more 38, however the Irish blew a 19-point first-half lead and couldn’t maintain a six-point edge within the last two minutes of regulation.
“Not into ethical victories, however we’re concerning the course of,” Notre Dame coach Micah Shrewsberry mentioned.
“These dudes hold coming, hold preventing, hold competing and attempt to play their greatest basketball because the season goes on.”
With Irish star Markus Burton nonetheless injured, freshman Haralson is averaging 15 factors on 49.1 % taking pictures. In the meantime, Braeden Shrewsberry has totaled 40 factors within the final two video games, and averaged 19.0 on 14-of-24 taking pictures from deep in three video games all-time versus Syracuse.
–Subject Stage Media
