Senior Marcus Paige entered Saturday’s game having shot 5-for-36 from behind the arc in his past six games.
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The Irish defense stymied the Wolfpack, who were held to 33 percent shooting as they repeatedly put up bad shots with two air balls, one shot hitting the side of the backboard and another hitting the bottom. Keep an eye on guard Demetrius Jackson for Notre Dame-he leads his team with 16 points and 5.2 assists per game.
According to 247 Sports rankings, the top 13 players in the 2016 class from North Carolina all signed with schools outside of the state.
Notre Dame (15-7, 6-4 ACC) twice defeated the Tar Heels (19-3, 8-1) last season – once by a point at Chapel Hill, N.C., and once by eight to win the ACC tournament in Greensboro, N.C.
Just hours after No. 1 Oklahoma lost against Kansas State on Saturday, No. 2 North Carolina lost 80-76 at Notre Dame.
The defeat spoiled a breakout game for Paige, who made five 3-pointers and finished with 21 points. It was the fourth straight double-double for Johnson and his 13th overall this season. The Irish eventually extended their advantage to 75-70 on a basket by Auguste. The Tar Heels have lost their first two games of a three-game road swing…. ESPN3 will stream the action live from the first coast at 4 p.m. The Dolphins are one of 12 teams (out of 17 games) on the regular season schedule that competed in the 2015 NCAA championship. The record is 51 straight set from 1998 to 2002…. The show was in the building on January 24, 2009, for a Notre Dame vs. CT matchup (a 69-61 victory for the Huskies) and for a 104-101 five-overtime victory for the Irish over Louisville on February 9, 2013.
Before those two victories past year, Notre Dame was 4-18 all-time against the Tar Heels.
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Jones is joining Eastern Alamance offensive lineman Jonah Melton, South Mecklenburg defensive end Jake Lawler, Cuthbertson wide receiver J.T. Cauthen and wide receiver Tyler Smith in the 2017 class. Smith, out of Powder Springs, Georgia, is the only member of the class not from North Carolina. “So I fully expect that we’ll even play at a higher level of intensity than we did on Monday night against Louisville just because we got it handed to ourselves last game”.
