The No. 19 Notre Dame Fighting Irish had lost two of their last three and were coming off a 26-point loss to No. 3 Louisville, but bounced back Thursday night at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta by defeating the defensively dominant Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (No. 16) 72-66 in overtime.
With the win, the Fighting Irish moved a game ahead of the Yellow Jackets in the ACC standings. Notre Dame currently occupies fourth place and the top four teams receive double byes in the ACC Tournament.
Yellow Jacket guard Lotta-Maj Lahtinen made a jumper to tie the game with 18 seconds left and then stole the ball from Olivia Miles with two seconds remaining to complete a 10-point fourth-quarter comeback and force overtime.
OT was close throughout, with Lahtinen missing a 3-point attempt that would have cut it to one at 19 ticks to go. After that Notre Dame’s Dara Mabrey made 1-of-2 free throws with 13 seconds left, Georgia Tech’s Sarah Bates missed a three with five seconds remaining and…
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