Think back to the end of February 2018 real quick. What were you doing?
Personally I was only a couple months into being a first-time home owner and adjusting to life as that and (finally) having a dog to call my own for the first time in my life (shoutout to Ned).
The end of February 2018 was the last time Notre Dame won two straight ACC contests, by beating Wake Forest and Pittsburgh. At last we can now say that unfortunate streak is done.
Notre Dame’s offense was again lights out Saturday, being key in an 80-72 win over Georgia Tech. Graduate senior Rex Pfluger tied his season-high 13 points with a couple of those field goals being huge down the stretch.
John Mooney did what John Mooney tends to do, putting up a double-double with 28 points and 10 rebounds while Temple Gibbs had a huge offensive showing, putting up 19 points himself.
Georgia Tech head coach Josh Pastner left impressed with the Fighting Irish offense after seeing it up-close for a second time this season:
“A really, really good offense” Pastner said after the game, “maybe the best offensive team in this league”.
If I only saw this team play twice and they scored 158 in those two games I would probably think similarly.
Dane Goodwin added 14 points for that Notre Dame offense while also being lock-down defensively.
Notre Dame improved to 13-8 overall and 4-6 in ACC with the victory. The Irish return to the court Wednesday to host Pitt who a win over would mean Notre Dame’s first three game ACC winning streak since the first week of 2018. Pitt will bring an identical 4-6 conference mark to Purcell Pavilion on Wednesday.