No. 17 Notre Dame upset 70-68 by Monmouth

Center Zach Auguste and guard Demetrius Jackson are the keys to the whole Notre Dame operation.

The defense also struggled a bit in its outings against both Monmouth and Milwaukee (the two solid mid-majors they’ve played), giving up 1.11 points per possession. Jackson had 20 points for Notre Dame (3-1).

Notre Dame vs. Monmouth: The 17th-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish found themselves in a tough fight against Monmouth Thursday in the Advocare Invitational and despite battling hard ended up being upset 70-68.

Notre Dame held a 37-29 halftime lead, but Monmouth was able to grab a 48-47 lead on a pair of Robinson free throws with 12:34 remaining. Macura helped the Xavier (5-0) overcome an early first-half deficit, while Bluiett was part of a second-half surge that gave Xavier a comfortable advantage. Jackson is averaging 20 points per game on 60 percent shooting. They shot 30.6 percent, but did enough to advance to the championship game today against Georgia Tech, which beat Arkansas, 83-73. Notre Dame leads the series 8-6, but the Hawkeyes have won five of the last six meetings. 2. Gbinije also had seven assists. And they gave us Thanksgiving dinner. The Orange then fought off several spurts by the Huskies (4-1).

No. 15 DUKE 74, IDAHO 68: In Cancun, Mexico, Azura Stevens scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Blue Devils to a win in the Cancun Challenge. Sterling Gibbs and Rodney Purvis each added 12.

Notre Dame: Plays Alabama in Sunday’s fifth-place game.

The Jayhawks (4-1) did what no other team in the field could do, take a lead over the Commodores (5-1). “They get really confident”. Junior guard Steve Vasturia scored 10 points in the first 10 minutes of the game, including two three’s – one a few feet behind the line – and a driving layup.

It took until the 13:27 mark of the second half for the Hawks to score.

CLEMSON 76, RUTGERS 58 (at Las Vegas) – Clemson’s big men carried most of the scoring load late Wednesday night as the Tigers prevailed in the consolation game of the Main Event tournament at MGM Grand. The three players were successful on 22 of 31 shots.

Jackson had nine first-half points, including a slam dunk during the final minute.