South bend, ind. -COLE CERTE has nailed a 3-point pointer with 18 seconds to do to raise Notre-Dame to a 56-54 victory compared to Stanford on Wednesday evening.
Notre Dame dragged 54-52 in the last minute, then Tae Davis made one of the two free throws to obtain the Fighting Irish in one point. Stanford’s Oziyah sellers missed a reversal and Matt Allocco de Notre Dame jumper bounced with 29 seconds.
After a dead time, Cera buried the green light 3. Ryan Agarwal from Stanford then missed a rider over time.
Markus Burton scored 24 points and was the only two-digit player for Notre Dame (13-17, 7-12 ACC).
Maxime Raynaud collected 20 points and 10 rebounds for Stanford (19-11, 11-8). Jaylen Blakes scored 13 points and Benny Gealer added 11.
Notre Dame dragged 46-37 with a little less than nine minutes to play in the match before a 15-0 race gives Fighting Irish their first advance in first half. Burton scored the last six points of the race and Notre Dame led 52-46 with 3 1/2 minutes to play.
After being aimless for almost six minutes, Stanford recovered and scored eight points on a Raynaud lay-up and 3 points from Agarwal and Blakes to lead 54-52 towards the last minute.
In the first half, Raynaud collected 10 points and eight rebounds and Stanford took a 24-21 lead in the break. The cardinal dragged 16-12 before Gealer buried two points at 3 points and Raynaud added four points to place Stanford in front of 22-16.
Stanford obtained at least one bye in the first round in the ACC tournament. Cardinal finished the regular season at n ° 14 Louisville on Saturday.
Notre Dame ends at home against Cal on Saturday.
Originally published:
California Daily Newspapers
