Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-3) at Miami Hurricanes (5-1)
Coral Gables, Florida; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Hurricanes -15; over/under is 146.5
BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Miami (FL) plays the Notre Dame Fighting Irish after Norchad Omier scored 20 points in Miami (FL)’s 95-73 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats.
The Hurricanes are 3-0 on their home court. Miami (FL) has a 4-1 record against teams over .500.
The Fighting Irish are 0-1 on the road. Notre Dame allows 66.8 points to opponents and has been outscored by 2.8 points per game.
Miami (FL) makes 51.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 10.4 percentage points higher than Notre Dame has allowed to its opponents (40.6%). Notre Dame’s 41.2% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.1 percentage points lower than Miami (FL) has allowed to its opponents (44.3%).
The Hurricanes and Fighting Irish square off Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Wooga Poplar is shooting 51.4% and averaging 18.2 points for the Hurricanes. Nijel Pack is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers for Miami (FL).
Braeden Shrewsberry averages 1.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Fighting Irish, scoring 7.0 points while shooting 26.5% from beyond the arc. Markus Burton is averaging 16.3 points and 3.2 assists for Notre Dame.
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