 hang on.D. J. Harvey scored 18 points and Prentiss Hubb had 17 for Notre Dame (13-15, 3-12), which has dropped four straight games.The Fighting Irish went scoreless for nearly five minutes late in the game and made just one of their final 10 field-goal attempts.Vassell shot 5 of 6 from the floor, draining all three 3-point attempts, and had seven rebounds. He scored more points than he had in 14 prior ACC games.Christ Koumadje added 12 points, the fourth time in the last five games he has scored in double figures.John Mooney added 14 points and eight rebounds for Notre Dame, which had won three straight in the series - none of which were played in Tallahassee. The Seminoles are 44-3 at home in the last three seasons.Florida State had the rebounding edge, 40-26.BIG PICTURENotre Dame: The Fighting Irish have dropped all eight games against ranked opponents this season.Florida State: The Seminoles were sluggish most of the night but made enough big plays late to secure a seventh 10-win season in ACC play. Florida State has won a program-best 12 ACC games three times, most recently in 2016-17.UP NEXTNotre Dame plays at Louisville on Sunday.Florida State hosts North Carolina State on Saturday.---More college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/-Top25)
Feb 24, 2019The bad news for the Florida State men's basketball team heading into the final stretch of the Atlantic Coast Conference season is that its eight-game winning streak is over.The good news -- if there is any to come out of a loss -- is that the Seminoles' streak was snapped by one of the hottest teams in the country.The other piece of good news for Florida State (21-6 overall, 9-5 ACC) is that it will get a chance to fight its way back into the race for a top-four ACC Tournament seed when it hosts Notre Dame (13-14, 3-11) on Monday in Tallahassee.Florida State was trounced Saturday 77-59 by No. 8 North Carolina, which also beat No. 1 Duke earlier in the week and could soar to the top of the Associated Press Top 25 poll when the new one is released Monday. The Seminoles' lost hurt their chances at a top-four seed in the ACC tourney, which would be good for a double-bye when the event begins March 12 in Charlotte, N. C.Florida State is now fifth in the ACC standings, a half game behind No. 20 Virginia Tech (21-6, 10-5), which is in fourth place."We've got to have a quick recovery," Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said after Saturday's loss to North Carolina.The game Monday against the Fighting Irish -- who sit second-to-last in the ACC standings -- also marks the first of three contests in a row that Florida State will play at home before the regular-season finale at Wake Forest. The Seminoles went 2-1 on their recent three-game road trip.Florida State hosts N. C. State on March 2, followed by the Hokies on March 5.Notre Dame comes in having lost three in a row and four of its last five. The Fighting Irish's last game was a 67-59 defeat to the Hokies on Saturday, so they will also be on short rest come Monday.Despite all that, head coach Mike Brey likes some things he's seen out of his team during this rough stretch in February."The one thing about this group the whole time they come in every day," Brey told TV station WNDU in South Bend, Ind.. "They are really coachable. I think our leadership has been great. It's easy to lead when you are 8-2 or 7-3, but when you are 2-8 and swinging and scratching and clawing, that puts a little more pressure on your guys."We have great kids who come in and say, 'Okay coach us today and what do we need to do,' they are open to that." Florida State forward Mfiondu Kabengele is leading the team -- off the bench -- with 13.2 points per game, in addition to 5.6 rebounds.Notre Dame guard TJ Gibbs leads the Irish with 14.1 points per game, just ahead of forward John Mooney (14), who leads the team in rebounding (10.9).--Field Level Media
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