For the most part, Notre Dame men’s basketball has played the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets fairly closely, but on Tuesday, that wasn’t quite the case.
The Irish fell behind early, and trailed the Yellow Jackets 43-24 at the half, but they weren’t completely out of the game. A furious comeback attempt saw the lead cut to just 3-points with a little under 6 minutes remaining.
Unfortunately, Notre Dame couldn’t complete the comeback, as Georgia Tech quickly took back control of the game and resulted in a 86-75 victory in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Irish now have a 7-6 record on the year, as they have sorely missed star point guard Markus Burton, who has been out with an injury. Notre Dame was led by forward Tae Davis, who scored 27 points on 9-of-16 shooting. He also chipped in 7 rebounds, a team-high as well.
Notre Dame will be off for a few days before they host the North Carolina Tar Heels on Jan. 4 at 12:00 p.m. ET.
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