Miles leads No. 7 Notre Dame wins 70-58 over Syracuse

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Olivia Miles scored 13 of her game-high 23 points during the second half of No. 7 Notre Dame’s 70-58 victory over Syracuse on Sunday.

After three quarters of back-and forth, the Fighting Irish scored an 11-2 run to begin the fourth quarter. Despite Syracuse and Notre Dame trading baskets in the final minute of the fourth quarter the Irish held on to their double-digit win.

Dara Mabrey scored 15 points for the Irish (12-4, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), after a dominating 86-47 win against Wake Forest. Miles also had seven boards, seven assists and seven boards.

Dyaisha Fair’s 14 points led the way for the Orange (13-5, 4-3), who entered Sunday on a three-game winning streak.

The game was low scoring for both teams, with each team scoring an average of 80 points. The Irish were at 48.4% and 38.9% respectively from the field. The Orange were kept at 35.8% in the field and 19% in the 3.

BIG PICTURE

Notre Dame: Following a difficult loss to No. 22 North Carolina last Sunday. Notre Dame has won quality games over No. 4 UConn, No. 13 Virginia Tech.

Syracuse: Syracuse has only faced one other ranked opponent in this season’s Orange League, and that was No. 11 N.C. State on New Year’s Day.

NEXT

Notre Dame: At Clemson on Thursday.

On Thursday, Syracuse will be at Georgia Tech.

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