Basile leads Virginia Tech against Notre Dame after 33-point game
Virginia Tech Hokies (14-10, 4-9 ACC) at Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-14, 2-11 ACC)
South Bend, Indiana; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Notre Dame -5; over/under is 143
BOTTOM LINE: Virginia Tech visits the Notre Dame Fighting Irish after Grant Basile scored 33 points in Virginia Tech's 82-76 loss to the Boston College Eagles.
The Fighting Irish have gone 10-6 in home games. Notre Dame has a 5-8 record in games decided by 10 points or more.
The Hokies are 4-9 in conference play. Virginia Tech is eighth in the ACC shooting 35.2% from deep. Hunter Cattoor paces the Hokies shooting 41.8% from 3-point range.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nate Laszewski is averaging 14.2 points and seven rebounds for the Fighting Irish. JJ Starling is averaging 11.9 points over the last 10 games for Notre Dame.
Justyn Mutts is averaging 13 points, 7.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.7 steals for the Hokies. Basile is averaging 15.3 points over the last 10 games for Virginia Tech.
LAST 10 GAMES: Fighting Irish: 2-8, averaging 70.6 points, 29.0 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 5.3 steals and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 42.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.7 points per game.
Hokies: 3-7, averaging 72.0 points, 29.4 rebounds, 16.5 assists, 5.5 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.9 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
