1st Half:19:09 ND is trying to get their bad shooting against St. Johns out of their head, but two quick missed threes by KMac and Tory are a bad sign.
16:57 Tory Jackson gets a massive block. Jay Bilas says Tory "could be the best point guard in the Big East." He's done a great job of improving his offense this offseason
15:38 ND is being much more aggressive defending the rim as Hillesland blocks a shot. However, the players often continue not to box out on rebounds.
14:16 Nylon! By the point guard! Tory drains a floater off an Ayers assist.
11:20 Irish fail to box out and allow Henry Sims a dirty put back dunk that merits #3 on the Sportscenter Top Ten. Send it in!
10:34 Zeller comes off a screen to hit a 3 pointer with A little fortuitous kiss!
8:50 Harangody is playing like a mad man despite being in foul trouble. Gody comes across the middle with a pretty sky hook to put the Irish up one. Big Fella!
7:35 Talk about Rannggge! KMac decides to get ridiculous and nail a three from about 5 feet beyond the three point line. The guy is the biggest gym rat on the team, and it shows with shots like that.
4:59 Zeller juggles the ball on his way to the rim and finishes with A little rat-tat-tat-tat-tat.
4:01 Harangody makes a jumper to give him his 43rd straight game with 10+ points.
2:55 Announcers reveal the ESPN Big Monday schedule. Every game is between two top 25 teams. The Big East is either really good or really overrated.
1:27 Gody hits a jumper to move ND up 37-26. He scored the last 13 points of the half for Notre Dame.
2nd Half:
18:06 Bilas refers to Jackson as "Tory the Terrible." It's not quite as good as "Minnesota Slim," but I could see it catching on.17:03 I think Hillesland is normally a good complimentary player on offense, but this game it looks like he is trying to do a little too much on offense; he already has two turnovers from poor dribbling.
16:48 Ayers drills a 3 (FillenItUp!) en route to scoring the next 8 Irish points, keeping the team in the game while Gody is on the bench with 4 fouls.
13:50 Nickledimae! Rafrety shouts some inaudible gibberish as Chris Wright reaches in on Tory Jackson in what would later be ruled a meaningless possession.
10:43 Gody steps back and swishes a jumper, prompting this gem: Soft, Deft, Delivery By the Big Fella! A little Beef on the Deck!
7:15 McAlarney hits his 4th three pointer by landing an impressive fade away (He Drills It!) to stretch the Irish lead to 10.
6:04 KMac hits his fifth three of the night on the next possession, but poor boxing out allows the Hoyas 2 offensive boards and a four point possession to keep them in the game.
4:07 Harangody throws down a dunk with such force that it almost gets John Thompson III T'd up.
0:32 Up to this point in the game, GU only converted 12 of their 23 free throw attempts, and Notre Dame, who has only shot 65% this year, had drilled 13 of 13.
0:26 McAlarney misses the team's first free throw on the front end of a 1 and 1, and paid for it by getting his eye cut on the next possession. Not wanting to wreck his other eye, he promptly made the final 2 to ice the game and extend ND's winning streak to a nation leading 44 straight games.
Dribbles:
- With this win, Notre Dame has now beaten every team in the Big East at home during their win streak.
- Zach Hillesland looks very ballin' with his black eye from the DePaul game. Also, check out his blog he has been writing for The Quad. Very good stuff.
- Brey on his decision to play Harangody with four fouls with 15:17 left in the game: "He's a veteran now and I think he can play with fouls so I didn't want him to sit out too long. He did a great job of playing with fouls."
- With Wake Forest beating BYU at home on Jan. 3rd, the Irish now have the longest active home win streak in the NCAA.
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