No. 5 Syracuse beats Notre Dame 84-71

AP News | 2010-01-19 02:39:20

<div id="subtitle">Johnson scores 22 to lead No. 5 Syracuse to 84-71 victory over Notre Dame</div><div><p>Wesley Johnson scored 22 points and Andy Rautins added 21 on 5-of-9 shooting from 3-point range to lead No. 5 Syracuse to an 84-71 victory over Notre Dame on Monday night, the Orange's third Big East road win in six days.</p><p>After shooting 54 percent in the first half, the Orange (18-1, 5-1) shot 44 percent in the second half. But the Orange were 20 of 25 from the free-throw line in the second half as they held on.</p><p>The Irish (14-5, 3-3) used an 8-1 run to close to 55-53 on two free throws by Tory Jackson after Rautins was called for an intentional foul for throwing an elbow. The Orange went on a 6-0 run to go up 65-56.</p><p>The Irish cut the lead to 67-62 when Tim Abromaitis, who scored 26 points, hit his second straight 3-pointer. But Syracuse put the game away with a 17-7 run.</p><p>Luke Harangody led the Irish with 31 points and 14 rebounds.</p><p>(This version CORRECTS Harangody's point total back to 31 as per school review of Notre Dame scoring).)</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=67230175&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>


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