When Notre Dame and Boston College last met in early December, the Irish suffered a humiliating defeat to open ACC play. It appeared to be the validation everyone needed that this would be another long season in South Bend. Then, the Irish upset Kentucky in their next game, and they mostly have trended upward ever since. That means a completely different Irish team will be coming to play in this rematch.
The Irish will look to see if Blake Wesley can get off to another hot start like he did at Clemson. In the first 10 minutes, he scored 18 of his 21 points and made each of his first six field-goal attempts, four of which were from 3-point range. The true freshman is one of three nationwide with 300 points, 85 rebounds, 60 assists and 25 steals.
Each of the Irish’s past seven ACC opponents have been held to 65 or fewer points. That’s the best such streak for any team in a major conference. It also brings the number of conference opponents held to no more than 65 points to a program-record eight.
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