National Basketball Association
Notre Dame 80, Marquette 75
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 22, 2011
Where: Joyce Center, South Bend, Indiana
Officials:
# Ed Hightower, # Bill McCarthy, # Ray Natill
Attendance:
9149
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Ben Hansbrough scored a career-best 28 points and keyed a decisive second-half surge as No. 16 Notre Dame rallied for an 80-75 victory over visiting Marquette on Saturday night.
The Fighting Irish (16-4, 5-3 Big East) trailed by as many as 12 before making their big comeback. A 16-5 run evened the score at 53-53 and a fallaway 3-pointer by Hansbrough put Notre Dame in front 60-57 with 10:28 remaining.
Darius Johnson-Odom scored 25 points for the Golden Eagles (13-7, 4-3), who shot a torrid 61.5 percent from the field in the first half, but 29 percent in the second.
Carleton Scott added 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Tyrone Nash scored 13 points for Notre Dame, which avenged a 79-57 loss at Milwaukee on Jan. 10. Scott Martin added 10 points.
Top Game Performances
| Marquette |
|
Notre Dame |
|
Darius Johnson-Odom 25 |
Scoring |
Ben Hansbrough 28 |
|
Junior Cadougan 4 |
Assists |
Ben Hansbrough 6 |
|
Jae Crowder 8 |
Rebounds |
Carleton Scott 10 |
|
Darius Johnson-Odom 11 |
Free Throws Made |
Scott Martin 8 |
|
Jimmy Butler 1 |
Steals |
Eric Atkins 2 |
|
Jimmy Butler 1 |
Blocks |
Ben Hansbrough 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Marquette
|
75 |
44.6 |
10-20 |
15-17 |
17 |
20 |
3 |
4 |
|
| Notre Dame
|
80 |
53.5 |
6-14 |
28-36 |
13 |
27 |
4 |
4 |
|