SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Cameron Biedscheid scored a season-high 18 points, 15 in the second half, and Jack Cooley added 17 points and 16 rebounds to lead Notre Dame to a 65-60 win over Villanova on Wednesday night.
After going 1 of 2 from 3-point range in the first half, Biedscheid was 4 of 5 in the second. Overall, the Fighting Irish (17-4, 5-3 Big East) were 9 of 21 from 3-point range and survived going more than 13 minutes without scoring a 2-point basket. Villanova (13-8, 4-4), coming off back-to-back victories last week against then-Top 5 teams Syracuse and Louisville, was just 3 of 11 from 3-point range.
Mouphtaou Yarou led Villanova with 20 points, Darrun Hilliard scored 14 and JayVaughn Pinkston had 11.
Biedscheid, a freshman, scored in double figures in a Big East game for the first time to spark the Irish, who had lost two of three at home.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Villanova (13-8) | 31 | 29 | 60 |
| Notre Dame (17-4) « | 29 | 36 | 65 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Yarou, F | 31 | 8-12 | 4-4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| D. Ochefu, F | 21 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| R. Arcidiacono, G | 37 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| D. Hilliard, G | 34 | 4-9 | 5-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| J. Bell, G | 31 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Pinkston | 27 | 4-7 | 3-3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| A. Yacoubou | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Chennault | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-50 | 15-17 | 34 | 14 | 16 | 60 | |
| 42% | 88.2% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Cooley, F | 38 | 6-12 | 5-6 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| T. Knight, F | 33 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| J. Grant, G | 40 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| E. Atkins, G | 36 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| P. Connaughton, G | 20 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Biedscheid | 24 | 5-8 | 3-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| Z. Auguste | 6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| G. Sherman | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-57 | 8-11 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 65 | |
| 42.1% | 72.7% | ||||||
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