Technical Tidbits 1/16: The Irish Escape the Thrillerdome Late

Photo by Mark Box/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesTech and Notre Dame kept it close all night, but the Irish were able to pull away by the slimmest of margins late. Despite shooting better than Notre Dame on the night, the Jackets could not stop Prentiss Hubb and TJ Gibbs from taking over the second half for the Irish and riding a hot shooting streak to the buzzer. Notre Dame’s John Mooney added a double-double to bolster his teammates’ performances, and with it, he tied the Notre Dame all-time record (at 11 for his career). Michael Devoe led Tech with 22 points, and a surging Moses Wright added 16 of his own. Jordan Usher added eight more to the tally in his 31 minutes, including this thunderous highlight-reel dunk. The Jackets must get better at closing out these close games versus good conference opponents — they did everything else right last night, but just couldn’t seal the deal at the end. Tech hosts a struggling Virginia team on Saturday (8:00pm ET, ACCN) in a match-up of two ACC teams that would really appreciate a conference win to help get their seasons back on track.

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