Boston College defeats Notre Dame 77-69, looks to take last spot in ACC Tournament

BOSTON (AP) Fred Payne scored 24 factors, Boston College rallied late in the second half, and the Eagles defeated Notre Dame 77-69 on Saturday, the last day of the ACC common season.

The win moved Boston College (11-20, 4-14 ACC) into place to presumably take fifteenth place in the ACC standings. Still, the Eagles want Pittsburgh (4-13 ACC) to lose to Syracuse later in the day in order to take the spot. Boston College holds the tiebreaker with Pitt.

Notre Dame (13-18, 4-14) will not qualify for the 15-team ACC Tournament due to tiebreakers.

Boston College, which hadn’t led because it was 19-17 with 8 1/2 minutes left in the primary half, emerged in entrance 61-53 on the finish of an 11-0 run with 5 1/2 minutes left in the sport. The Eagles prolonged their lead to 65-56 with three minutes remaining.

The second of back-to-back three-point performs by Jalen Haralson acquired the Fighting Irish inside 4 factors with 1:16 to go, however Boston College wrapped it up by making seven free throws in the ultimate minute.

Boston College made 31 of 41 free-throw makes an attempt, and Notre Dame made 14 of 21 from the road.

Chase Forte scored 14, Jayden Hastings 12 and Boden Kapke 11 for Boston College.

Haralson, a freshman, scored 21 factors, and Brady Koehler had the second double-double of his freshman season with 11 rebounds and 10 factors for Notre Dame. Shrewsberry scored 14 factors, and Cole Certa added 10.

Shrewsberry buried three 3-pointers in the primary half, and Notre Dame led 33-30 on the break. Boston College didn’t make a shot in the ultimate 9 minutes of the half, lacking 13 in a row.

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