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RECAP | BOX SCORE
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame coach Mike Brey keeps telling
the Irish that it should hurt when an opponent gets an offensive
rebound. It sure did Saturday against Miami of Ohio.
|  | | Notre Dame's Matt Carroll attempts to steal the ball away from Eugene Seals on Saturday. |
The RedHawks repeatedly scored off their own misses, grabbing 18
offensive rebounds compared to just eight for the Irish, as Miami
handed No. 10 Notre Dame its second straight loss, 73-64.
"If you can defensive rebound, you're going to win that game,"
Brey said. "Defensive rebounding is a dirty work thing. I think
we're still in the mode of hoping they miss."
The RedHawks (4-4) outhustled the Irish throughout, especially
on the boards, where they had a 44-26 advantage. Mike Ensminger and
Rich Allendorf had six offensive rebounds each. Notre Dame (4-2)
had a total of eight.
"Rebounding is all about effort. Offensive rebounding is all
about effort and wanting the ball. If you do that, you've got a
chance to win the game," Ensminger said.
Engminger finished with 10 rebounds and Allendorf had eight.
Miami's guards even did better than Notre Dame on the boards with
Jason Grunkemeyer grabbing eight and Matt Jameson pulling down six.
Ryan Humphrey led Notre Dame with six.
"We've got to box out," Humphrey said. "I don't care if it's
five midgets out there, we've got to box out and we haven't been
doing that."
The 64 points was the fewest scored this season by the Irish,
who had been averaging 87 points a game. Notre Dame lost to Indiana
86-78 on Tuesday.
"We're out of the Top 25 so fast our heads are spinning. Maybe
that's the best thing for us," Brey said. "The preseason
expectations are out the window now."
Miami, which upset Temple earlier this season, has held
opponents to 68 points or less in every game this season.
Ensminger and Alex Shorts led the RedHawks in scoring with 16
points each.
Notre Dame All-American Troy Murphy, who did not start for the
first time ever as part of a punishment for using a fake
identification to get into a bar, cut Miami's lead to 60-59 with a
basket underneath with 4:45 left.
But Allendorf scored on a rebound off his own miss and Ensminger
scored on an inbounds pass from under the basket with five seconds
left on the shot clock to give the RedHawks a five-point lead.
Grunkemeyer then made a pair of free throws for the RedHawks and
then stole the ball from Martin Ingelsby and scored on a fastbreak
layup to make it 68-61. The RedHawks hit four of five free throws
in the final 64 seconds to extend the lead.
Grunkemeyer had 12 points, eight rebounds, five assists and
three steals, Julius Jones added 12 points and Allendorf had 10
points and eight rebounds.
Murphy, wearing a brace on his right ankle after spraining it
Monday, had 22 points and just four rebounds, Ryan Humphrey had 17
points, David Graves scored 13 and Matt Carroll 12. No one else
scored for the Irish.
Brey said he thinks the Irish have tried too hard the past two
games.
"We can fall off the radar screen a little bit and try to
improve," he said.
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