Tae Davis guides Notre Dame to skid-ending win over BC

Field Level Media|published: Mon 13th January, 21:37 2025

Jan 13, 2025; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Markus Burton (3) dribbles as Boston College Eagles guard Roger McFarlane (3) defends in the first half at the Purcell Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-Imagn Images

Tae Davis scored 26 points to help Notre Dame snap a four-game losing streak with a 78-60 victory over Boston College on Monday in South Bend, Ind.

Davis, who shot 9-for-14 from the field, had a chance to record a career high point total, but he dished to Kebba Njie (11 points, nine rebounds) for a successful 3-pointer in the final seconds.

The Fighting Irish (8-9 Atlantic Coast Conference, 2-4) went 14-for-28 from the floor in the second half while outscoring the Eagles 42-27.

Notre Dame's Markus Burton finished with 20 point, going 9-for-10 from the free-throw line to overcome a 5-of-15 shooting game. Notre Dame went 3-for-15 from 3-point range but was 23-for-27 at the line and outscored Boston College 40-18 in the paint.

Donald Hand Jr. had 17 points for the Eagles (9-8, 1-5), who went to the line just six times and committed 18 turnovers while losing their third straight contest.

Boston College trailed 36-33 at halftime but made its first four field-goal attempts out the break to lead 44-40.

However, after the game was tied 48-48, the Irish went on what a decisive run of eight consecutive points. Boston College, meanwhile, made just five of its final 17 shots.

Davis kicked off the Irish's surge with two free throws, and then he and Matt Allocco posted back-to-back three-point plays to put Notre Dame ahead 56-48. A Burton basket followed by Davis' thunderous dunk pushed the Irish's lead to 14 with 3:23 remaining.

Chad Venning's basket gave Boston College a 30-27 lead with 2:05 to go in the first half, but Venning was immediately slapped with a technical foul, apparently for taunting. Notre Dame scored the next nine points, including four straight from Davis, to lead 36-30.

Hand's 3-pointer just before the buzzer made it a three-point game to conclude a first half where there were nine lead changes and each team committed nine turnovers.

Boston College went 10-for-19 from 3-point range on the night but dropped to 0-3 in true road games this season.

--Field Level Media

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