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Sharp-shooting Notre Dame MBB wins at Virginia for first time
Sharp-shooting Notre Dame MBB wins at Virginia for first time
Don’t blame Micah Shrewsberry for being uncomfortable with a 12-point halftime lead in Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena.
The head coach of Notre Dame’s men’s basketball program saw his team squander a 10-point lead at NC State and a 17-point lead at Syracuse in the past three weeks. And no Notre Dame coach had ever left a road game in Charlottesville with a victory over Virginia in nine previous tries.
“We haven’t played well on the road,” Shrewsberry said. “We’ve had opportunities. We were up double figures in NC State. We’re up double figures in Syracuse. We gotta finish games. We gotta capitalize better.”
Notre Dame put those troubles behind with a 74-59 win Saturday night. A sharp-shooting offensive performance, which included 12 3-pointers, allowed the Irish (9-10, 3-5 ACC) to pick up their first ACC road win of the season.
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Notre Dame looked pretty good in the first half when star guard Markus Burton led the way with 15 points. The Irish shot 14-of-34 from the field in the first 20 minutes with half of those made field goals coming from behind the 3-point arc on 15 attempts. Burton made four 3s in the first half and his other three points came at the free throw line.
Notre Dame committed only one turnover in the first half while assisting on eight of its made baskets. The Irish played sound defense on everyone but Isaac McKneely. The 6-foot-4 guard scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers, while none of his teammates tallied more than three points in the half. The Cavaliers (9-11, 2-7 ACC) made just 37.9% of their shots from the field and didn’t attempt a free throw.
The Irish showed they were going to stay hot from 3 from the start of the second half. Braeden Shrewsberry and Matt Allocco scored the first two buckets of the half for the Irish from 3-point land. Then even 6-10 forward Kebba Njie drilled a 3-pointer to extend Notre Dame’s lead to 48-31 with 16:30 remaining.
“I thought we had great effort defensively in the first half,” Micah Shrewsberry said. “I thought those guys really followed the game plan. The start of the second half, I thought was big. I thought we came out with lot of great energy. To be able to go on a run instead of the other team going on the run against us, I think was really big for our kinda psyche as a team.”
Notre Dame led by as many as 27 points when Burton made a breakaway layup with 8:11 remaining. That lead was sizeable enough that a 10-run from Virginia didn’t cause too much concern.
The biggest scare of the second half came when Burton briefly went to the locker room to get his ankle examined. He returned to action later in the game.
“Just kind of rolled his ankle at the end of a drive,” Micah Shrewsberry said. “He went to stop and just kind of rolled it. He just ran back, got re-taped, and came back and finished.
“My heart stops, though, when you see that. I ask him every few minutes, are you OK? When he’s asking to come out, you know something has happened. But it was very, very minor where he was able to come back and finish.”
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Freshman forward Jacob Cofie tried to get Virginia close with 15 points in the second half. But the Irish completely blanked McKneely with him missing all four of his 3-point attempts in the second half after his first half success. Notre Dame made a point to stick to McKneely in the second half.
“I’m yelling at Braeden the whole second half, stay with him,” Shrewsberry said. “Like he’s at the logo, and I’m like, stay with him. Just because he can make one or two and get going and now the place gets loud, teammates start getting going, they start guarding more.
“We made a small adjustment, but I think just not helping as much helped us.”
Notre Dame entered Saturday ranked No. 50 out of 355 Division I teams in 3-point shooting percentage at 36.8. But the Irish only attempted 21.6 3-pointers per game, which is good for 228th nationally. That’s why Micah Shrewsberry encouraged his team to shoot them more frequently.
With Burton, who dished three assists while scoring a game-high 21 points, and forward Tae Davis, who led the Irish with five assists with six rebounds and 16 points, continuing to be threats off the dribble, their drives helped open opportunities for others. Notre Dame finished 12-of-23 from 3 against Virginia.
“We need to find a way to get more attempts than we did,” Micah Shrewsberry said. “I think that’s a credit to Markus and Tae really getting into the paint, and it forces a lot of people and forces a lot of attention on them. I thought they did a great job of finding guys and kicking it out.”
Braeden Shrewsberry hit three 3-pointers on his way to 13 points. Allocco buried a pair with eight points.
The Irish may be able to stack a few wins together when they host Georgia Tech (9-11, 3-6) on Tuesday and visit Miami (4-16, 0-9) on Saturday. Both teams are below Notre Dame in the conference standings, but the Yellow Jackets beat the Irish, 86-75, in Atlanta on Dec. 31.
Notre Dame needs to continue to emphasize defensive intensity, but the signs of progress with the Irish offense may have been the most encouraging result against a Virginia team that allows just 64.5 points per game. Micah Shrewsberry didn’t have to draw up opportunities for individuals Saturday night. The ball moved where it needed to rather than where it was designed to go.
“Now we’re getting to the point, hopefully we can keep getting to this point, where it’s the number’s getting called for Notre Dame,” Shrewsberry said. “Let’s get the best shot for Notre Dame. I think that’s what happened. I think they just unselfishly turned one down to just keep finding the open guy.”
BOX SCORE: Notre Dame 74, Virginia 59
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — West Virginia has plenty of state symbols, be it the black bear as the state animal, the cardinal as the state bird or the rhododendron as the state flower, but did you know that the Mountain State also has its own official gun?
The Hall Flintlock Model 1819 was first manufactured in Harpers Ferry by John H. Hall in 1811 and was adopted by the United States Army in 1819, making it the first breech-loading rifle ever adopted by a country’s military.
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Model 1819 Hall Breechloading Rifle presented by Congress to Gustavous A. Bird for his participation in the Battle of Plattsburgh 9/11/1814 by John C. Bird via the Smithsonian Institution -
Model 1819 Hall Breechloading Rifle presented by Congress to Gustavous A. Bird for his participation in the Battle of Plattsburgh 9/11/1814 by John C. Bird via the Smithsonian Institution
All of this information is listed in Senate Concurrent Resolution 7, which was introduced and passed during the 2013 West Virginia Legislative session, and officially recognizes the Model 1819 as the official firearm of the State of West Virginia.
On top of being created in West Virginia, the resolution also points out that the rifle saw use during the Civil War, an event that directly led to West Virginia’s statehood.
While having an officially recognized state firearm may seem far-fetched, West Virginia is not the only state that has one. As a matter of fact, a fifth of the states in the country have officially designated a state firearm, including West Virginia’s neighbors in Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In this world of college football, with the transfer portal and recruiting battles, bad blood is present more than ever before between head coaches.
That’s not the case between the Virginia Tech head coach and Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, however. In fact, Franklin revealed at ACC Kickoff on Thursday that the two are actually close friends, dating back to their time at the Nike trip that various coaches take over the summer.
“Dabo’s my guy,” Franklin said on Thursday. “We go way back. We’ve been on the Nike trip for a long time. His wife and my wife are friends.”
The long-time Penn State head coach is making the move to the ACC after being fired from the Nittany Lions in October. 12 seasons of being with the program had Franklin hold a 44-21 record against top 10 opponents, an impressive record for a new conference foe of Swinney’s.
But when that trip comes around, there’s a camaraderie between Swinney and Franklin and both of their wives. In fact, the two hang out with each other instead of the other coaches at times. It simply comes to an “edgy” time in college athletics that raises tempers.
“I’m going to be honest, I wouldn’t say we’re necessarily like the type of people that love a lot of other coaches and a lot of other programs,” Franklin said. “It’s hard when you just compete year-round.”
On Swinney’s end, there are a few who could immediately come to mind among Clemson fans. Perhaps the most recent would be Ole Miss coach Pete Golding, who played the most significant role in the tampering of former linebacker Luke Ferrelli.
It’s a select list of coaches who make the good side of the Tigers’ head coach, and Franklin is certainly on that list. On the other hand, Hokies’ head coach has Swinney on his own shortlist.
“Obviously, tremendous respect for what he has built at Clemson and what he’s done at Clemson, and what he’s done for the ACC,” he said.
The two will see that close relationship face off at Memorial Stadium this upcoming season. Clemson will host the Hokies on Oct. 24 in what could be a potential title-eliminator for the ACC Championship.
Of course, the last game that we’ve seen the Tigers play in was against Franklin’s former team in Penn State at the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. That game ended in a 22-10 contest that saw a foundation of Franklin players end Clemson’s season in disappointment.
Swinney will see many of those players once again in October, including starting quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer, in that contest. The anticipated Hokie starter recorded 260 yards and two passing touchdowns on the Tigers in the Bronx that day.
Although friends become foes, another ACC coach has given Swinney his flowers for what he’s been able to do for the conference. In the upcoming moments, Franklin will look to prepare his team to prove itself on one of the biggest stages in the ACC, while Swinney looks to put his team back at the top of a conference he’s dominated for over 15 years.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. (WSET) — Extreme drought conditions in parts of Virginia have prompted an emergency drought warning for a wide swath of the region, including Bedford, Campbell, Charlotte, Franklin, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Patrick, Pittsylvania and Roanoke counties, along with the cities of Danville, Roanoke, Salem and Martinsville.
The governor has warned that if conditions worsen, she will activate mandatory nonessential water-use restrictions.
In Martinsville, city leaders have issued a voluntary water conservation notice and are urging residents and businesses to cut back where they can. The request comes as local businesses that rely heavily on water say the drought is already affecting day-to-day operations.
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John Hughes, owner of John’s Car Wash, said the dry conditions have hit his business hard in recent weeks. “For the last 3 weeks, it’s been hitting pretty hard. We done three yesterday and haven’t done anything today with the drought and hot weather. Yeah, I’m really concerned about it,” Hughes said.
Restaurants are also feeling the strain. David Kitzmiller, an owner of Be Wiched, said water is essential for routine tasks such as washing dishes and preparing some menu items.
“We use a lot of water for washing dishes and some of our recipes if they limit us in anyway defiently can’t produce and its a scary aspect,” Kitzmiller said.
Kitzmiller added that cutting back is not always realistic for businesses that must meet sanitation needs. “Not really feasible for a business that depends solely relies on water to wash their dishes, so that can’t definitely be an impact there,” he said.
City leaders emphasized that the conservation request is voluntary for now, but they are encouraging everyone to do their part by taking shorter showers, turning off the faucet when it is not in use, washing only full loads of laundry, and limiting outdoor watering whenever possible.
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