GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Miami 76, Notre Dame 65
(AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
By ANTHONY ANDERSON
Associated Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Nigel Pack scored 21 points in his home state to lead No. 14 Miami over Notre Dame 76-65.
A junior from Indianapolis, Pack made 5-of-8 3-pointers. The Kansas State transfer poured in 13 points in the game's opening 10 minutes to help stake the Hurricanes to a 25-16 lead.
Norchad Omier added 18 points, Isaiah Wong 15 and Jordan Miller 12 as Miami (13-1, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its ninth straight game.
Trey Wertz scored 15 points, Dane Goodwin 14 and Marcus Hammond 12 for the Fighting Irish (8-6, 0-3), who lost for the fourth time in their last five games.
The Hurricanes led most of the way, but a Hammond four-point play pulled Notre Dame to as close as 51-49 at 12:12 to go.
Miami responded with a 9-0 run to largely seize control and later led by as many as 14. The Irish got no closer than eight, that coming at 2:30 left in the game.
BIG PICTURE
Miami: The Canes' schedule is tough from here and their only league road wins are over a pair of teams that are winless in ACC play, but 4-0 in the conference is a good start. Miami will still have to face No. 17 Duke twice, plus visit No. 25 North Carolina, Clemson, NC State, Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech.
Notre Dame: The sinking Irish have a steep hill to climb to reach the NCAA tournament, considering they have a trio of double-digit nonconference losses to unranked clubs. Notre Dame visits both No. 13 Virginia and No. 17 Duke in February, and has a pair of meetings with No. 25 North Carolina.
December 30, 2022
| Miami (FL) | ||||||||||
| Player | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| I. Wong | 4-11 | 7-7 | 0-4 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| J. Miller | 4-9 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 4-8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| N. Pack | 8-13 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| N. Omier | 8-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| B. Joseph | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| W. Poplar | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| H. Beverly | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Casey | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Walker | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 29-57 (.509) |
13-20 (.650) |
5-17 (.294) |
12-35 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 76 |
| Notre Dame | ||||||||||
| Player | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Ryan | 2-10 | 2-2 | 2-8 | 0-9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| N. Laszewski | 3-8 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 2-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| D. Goodwin | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| T. Wertz | 6-9 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| M. Hammond | 4-8 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| J. Starling | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| V. Lubin | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| D. Campbell | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-56 (.446) |
6-7 (.857) |
9-24 (.375) |
9-32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 65 |
