Nothing is easy on the road in ACC play. Unfortunately, Virginia Tech learned this lesson the hard way on Saturday, falling 74-66 to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. It was Virginia Tech’s third consecutive loss, dropping them to 13-10, with a 5-7 record in ACC play. Notre Dame improves to 8-16, with a 3-10 mark in conference play.
In the first half, it looked like the Hokies were well on their way to victory, making six of 11 3-point attempts before heading into intermission with a 39-35 lead. Tech made 54.5% of its shots from the field in the first 20 minutes and played well enough defensively to give you hope things would be fine in the second half.