Friday, March 29

Freshmen Banchero and Griffin lead No. 9 Duke route of Irish


SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — In his last visit with his Duke basketball team to Notre Dame’s Purcell Pavilion. coach Mike Krzyzewski couldn’t have been more pleased with the defensive effort of his No. 9 Blue Devils.

“We played really good defense, and to me that was the story of the game,” Krzyzewski said after freshman Paolo Banchero scored 21 points, classmate AJ Griffin added 13 and each had a team-high nine rebounds as Duke handed Notre Dame its first home loss of the season in a 57-43 Atlantic Coast Conference route Monday night.

The Blue Devils (18-3, 8-2 ACC) pulled into a first-place tie with idle Miami with their fourth straight victory for Krzyzewski, who dominated almost from the start, especially on the boards against his former protégé, Mike Brey. Notre Dame, which entered the game 9-0 at home this season with victories over Kentucky and North Carolina, saw its four-game winning streak end and fell to 14-7 overall and 7-3 in the ACC.




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