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Junior forward Nate Laszewski’s NCAA-leading effective field goal percentage in 2020-21.
The statistic accounts for the fact that a three-point field goal is more worth more than a two-point field goal – the formula is (FGM + 0.5 3PM) / FGA
.658
Nate Laszewski’s field goal percentage in 2020-21, which leads the ACC, is third among major conference players and ninth in the NCAA (min 5 FGM/G, 5 GP).
.590
Nate Laszewski’s three-point field goal percentage in 2020-21, which leads the ACC, is second among major conference players and fourth in the NCAA (min 1.5 3PM/G, 5 GP).
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The Irish are up to six games lost this season to COVID-19 safety protocols that affected the opposing team’s ability to play the scheduled game. The program has been able to adapt to the games missed, adding Detroit Mercy (to replace three different scheduled home openers) and Bellarmine (to replace a planned trip to Syracuse) North Carolina (to replace at planned trip to Pittsburgh). Th
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Notre Dame and Virginia are meeting for the 17th time on Wednesday evening, with the Irish looking to post their first victory over the Cavaliers in regular-season ACC play. Notre Dame’s two victories in the series came in 1981, a 57-56 win over top-ranked Virginia at the Rosemont Horizon, and a 71-58 victory in the 2017 ACC tournament in The Barclays Center.
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The Irish are fifth in the country in free throw percentage at .822. Trim the national list to teams that have played at least five games and Notre Dame is third in the country. The Irish are just head of Virginia (.809) for the ACC lead in free throw percentage.
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Bellarmine is in its first year of Division I competition as a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Knights have visited Notre Dame four times previously, including two exhibition games with the Irish last season and in 2006.
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The Irish and Knights share two mutual opponents this season. Bellarmine lost 76-54 to Duke in their season opener and defeated Howard 84-63.
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It took a little more than five hours for Notre Dame to schedule Bellarmine after the first ACC road trip of the season, set for Syracuse on December 22, was postponed due to contact tracing issues between the Orange and their previous opponent, Buffalo.
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Notre Dame has earned a victory in each of its last two visits to the Carrier Dome. The Irish will be going for three consecutive wins at Syracuse for the second time in school history (1986-1990-1992) and the first time in the Mike Brey era.
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The Irish are 10th in the country in free throw percentage at .818. Trim the national list to teams that have played at least five games and Notre Dame is fifth in the country. The Irish are just head of Virginia (.813) for the ACC lead in free throw percentage.
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Points scored off the bench by junior Nikola Djogo vs. Purdue last Saturday. Still fighting the effects of a sprained ankle suffered in the season opener at Michigan State, Djogo hit three three-point field goals to hit double figures in a game for the first time since his career-high 21 points at Boston College on Feb. 2, 2019.