Big second half helps Irish overcome Bearcats
Notre Dame used a blistering second half to win their 31st straight home game, defeating Cincinnati 91-74 on Tuesday night. Luke Harangody scored a game and team-high 25 points, 24 coming in the second half, a half in which the Irish shot 69 percent from the field after shooting a miserable 24 percent in the first 20 minutes.
Notre Dame (13-3, 3-1) also got 22 points from Kyle McAlarney and Rob Kurz added 17 points and 10 rebounds. Notre Dame trailed Cincinnati at halftime 34-27, but the Irish came out of the break smoking hot. Notre Dame seized control with a 17-2 run in the first four minutes of the second half and never trailed again in the remaining 16 minutes.
Cincinnati (8-9, 3-2) got 10 points each from Deonta Vaughn, John Williamson, and Larry Davis. Vaughn, the Big East reigning player of the week, was just 3-of-13 and the Bearcats took more than a healthy amount of 3’s, but didn’t connect on many of them. Cincinnati was just 6-of-29 from beyond the arc, good for just 20.7 percent.
Cincinnati will look to get back in the win column this Saturday at home against Pittsburgh at 4 p.m. Notre Dame will travel to Georgetown on Saturday at noon.
Tags: Big East Basketball, Cincinnati Bearcats, NCAA Men's basketball, Notre Dame Fighting Irish