Oluchi Okananwa scored 14 points off the bench and No. 11 Duke knocked off regular-season co-champion and sixth-ranked Notre Dame 61-56 in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals Saturday afternoon in Greensboro, N.C. Ashlon Jackson added 12 points for third-seeded Duke (25-7), which meets No. 7 North Carolina State (26-5), the tournament's top seed, in Sunday's title game. Hannah Hidalgo, the ACC Player of the Year, poured in 23 points and Olivia Miles had 10 for second-seeded Notre Dame (26-5). The Fighting Irish shot 3-for-15 on 3-pointers. The Blue Devils trailed 31-29 at halftime, but ended the third quarter with a late surge before Okananwa's 3-pointer to begin the fourth frame made it 50-42.
ACC tournament roundup: No. 11 Duke upsets No. 6. Notre Dame
