Final
No. 4 Notre Dame rallies to beat Tennessee
Jan 21, 2014 - 2:27 AM Knoxville, TN (SportsNetwork.com) - Kayla McBride scored 22 points and No. 2 Notre Dame remained unbeaten with an 86-70 victory over No. 11 Tennessee on Monday.Natalie Achonwa and Michaela Mabrey chipped in 15 points apiece for the Irish (17-0), who took a brief break from their ACC schedule to play their final non-conference game of the season.
They trailed by as many as 12 points with 5 1/2 minutes to play in the first half but held Tennessee to just 25 percent shooting in the second half and led by as many as 17.
The Irish were 10-of-20 on 3-pointers in the game. McBride, Mabrey and Madison Cable, who had 12 points, each made three 3s.
Meighan Simmons had 23 points to lead the Lady Volunteers (14-4), who have lost two of their last three.
- NOTRE DAME: 86
TENNESSEE: 70
Final
Jan 20 8:56 PM - 74
rootsRUWTbot Took away 24 roots (Ranked Teams)
Notre Dame(2) 58, Tennessee(11) 51 3rd - 11:59Jan 20 8:20 PM - 98
rootsRUWTbot Added 10 roots (Upset, Ranked Teams)
Notre Dame(2) 52, Tennessee(11) 51 3rd - 13:18Jan 20 8:16 PM - 88
rootsRUWTbot Added 11 roots (Upset, Ranked Teams)
Notre Dame(2) 49, Tennessee(11) 50 3rd - 13:55Jan 20 8:14 PM - NOTRE DAME: 41
TENNESSEE: 46
Halftime
Jan 20 7:45 PM - 72
rootsRUWTbot Added 6 roots (Upset, Ranked Teams)
Notre Dame(2) 41, Tennessee(11) 46 2nd - 0:24Jan 20 7:43 PM - 66
rootsRUWTbot Took away 22 roots (Upset, Ranked Teams)
Notre Dame(2) 27, Tennessee(11) 39 2nd - 5:22Jan 20 7:33 PM - 88
roots - 81
roots - 73
roots - NOTRE DAME: 0
TENNESSEE: 0
1st Half - 20:00
Jan 20 7:03 PM - 65
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