In a surprising turn of events, Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-17, 5-11 ACC) defeated the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (18-9, 10-6 ACC) with a final score of 70-65 at Notre Dame. Despite leading 43-38 at halftime and shooting 65.4% in the last two halves of basketball, Wake Forest struggled in the second half, managing only 2-13 shooting, which allowed Notre Dame to take a one-point lead and ultimately secure the victory. This loss marks Wake Forest's first 'bad' loss of the season, dropping them to 2-7 in ACC road games. Markus Burton of Notre Dame was a standout player, scoring a season-high 31 points, while Wake Forest's Hunter Sallis was held to a season-low 7 points. The game was characterized by a significant number of missed opportunities for Wake Forest, including 27 wide-ass-open three-point attempts in the second half. This result comes just three days after Wake Forest secured one of their biggest wins in recent years. Their next game is at VT on Sat.
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Wake Forest loses 70-65 at Notre Dame. Deacons fall to 2-7 in ACC road games. Hunter Sallis held to season-low 7 points; ND's Markus Burton scores a season-high 31. Three days after the biggest win in years, WF suffers its first "bad" loss of the season. Next is at VT on Sat.
Wake Forest just played 20 minutes of disaster-ball to lose at Notre Dame. Marcus Burton was awesome for the Irish, but so many missed open shots for the Deacs.
Classic trap game for Wake Forest. Down by 3 at Notre Dame with 3 mins to play.
Notre Dame has unofficially missed 27 wide-ass-open, potential back-breaking 3s in the second half. Wake Forest is kinda lucky to be up 56-55.
Combined 7-for-37 in the 2nd half. *This* is Notre Dame basketball. First half looked like how Wake Forest wants to play; second half has been Notre Dame's game.
Wake is 2-13 in the second half and ND takes a 1 point lead.
Wake Forest leads Notre Dame 43-38 at halftime. A lot more scoring than ND is used to. Eight turnovers for WF is #NotGoodDino. The 17-for-29 shooting by the Deacons is pretty, pretty good -- they're 34-for-52 (65.4%) in the last two halves of basketball.
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (18-9, 10-6 ACC) at Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-17, 5-11 ACC) https://t.co/X6E26nRFbI