WASHINGTON — Matt Allocco scored 17 points, Markus Burton added 16, and Notre Dame defeated Georgetown 84-63 on Saturday.
The Fighting Irish led 26-22 with five minutes left in the first half before Allocco and Nikita Konstantynovskyi scored the next eight points and Notre Dame finished on an 18-7 run. Allocco scored 15 points in the first half, including 4 of 5 3-pointers, and Notre Dame took a 44-29 lead at the break.
In the second half, Braeden Shrewsberry scored five points and Tae Davis had four in a 13-2 run that put the Fighting Irish up 69-45 with a little under eight minutes remaining.
The Fighting Irish led by at least 20 points the rest of the way, except for when Malik Mack hit a 3-pointer to make it 79-61 with two minutes left. Burke Chebuhar answered with a 3-pointer for Notre Dame.
Davis finished with 13 points for the Fighting Irish (3-0). Allocco had seven assists and five rebounds and Burton was 8-for-8 from the line.
Mack led Georgetown (2-1) with 16 points. Jayden Epps scored 13 points and Thomas Sorber added 12.
The Hoyas missed 15 of 18 3-pointers in the first half and finished 8 for 32 for the game.
Notre Dame 84, Georgetown 63
NOTRE DAME (3-0) — Davis 5-6 2-2 13, Njie 4-5 0-0 8, Allocco 6-10 1-2 17, Burton 4-11 8-8 16, Shrewsberry 4-8 0-0 9, Konieczny 1-4 0-0 2, Konstantynovskyi 4-5 0-0 8, Chebuhar 3-3 0-0 9, Roper 0-0 0-0 0, Imes 1-2 0-0 2, Sundra 0-0 0-0 0, Certa 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 32-54 11-12 84.
GEORGETOWN (2-1) — Burks 2-8 1-1 5, Fielder 1-3 0-0 2, Epps 5-17 0-0 13, Mack 5-15 2-3 16, Peavy 4-9 0-0 8, Sorber 3-9 6-8 12, Halaifonua 1-3 0-0 2, Ca.Williams 0-1 2-2 2, McKenna 1-2 0-0 3, Mulready 0-1 0-2 0, Cu.Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Montgomery 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 22-70 11-16 63.
Halftime—Notre Dame 44-29. 3-Point Goals—Notre Dame 9-21 (Allocco 4-8, Chebuhar 3-3, Davis 1-1, Shrewsberry 1-3, Imes 0-1, Njie 0-1, Burton 0-2, Konieczny 0-2), Georgetown 8-32 (Mack 4-8, Epps 3-9, McKenna 1-2, Mulready 0-1, Cu.Williams 0-1, Fielder 0-2, Halaifonua 0-2, Peavy 0-2, Sorber 0-2, Burks 0-3). Rebounds—Notre Dame 42 (Davis, Konstantynovskyi 8), Georgetown 27 (Mack 6). Assists_Notre Dame 20 (Allocco 7), Georgetown 15 (Mack 5). Total Fouls—Notre Dame 17, Georgetown 16.
