Notre Dame rallies for 2OT win over Boston College

Markus Burton scored a career-high 32 points to help Notre Dame overcome a 14-point second-half deficit and earn a 97-94 double-overtime victory against Boston College on Wednesday night in Chestnut Hill, Mass.Notre Dame (11-13, 5-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) took the lead for good on a Kebba Njie basket that made it 95-94 with 16.9 seconds left. After two Burton free throws, Boston College’s Donald Hand Jr. missed a desperation 3-point attempt at the buzzer.Tae Davis added 20 points for Notre Dame, which ended a three-game losing streak. Njie finished the game with seven points and 12 rebounds, while Braeden Shrewsberry contributed 16 points.BC (10-14, 2-11) received a season-high 21 points from Chad Venning before he fouled out on Njie’s layup in the second overtime. Hand finished with 17 and Roger McFarlane added 15 points with nine rebounds. Dion Brown also scored 15 as the Eagles lost their third straight game.The hosts took their first double-digit lead when Venning’s three-point play made it 50-38 with 18:20 left. BC stretched its lead to 55-41 on Hand’s three-point play with 15:42 remaining.The Fighting Irish cut the Eagles’ lead to four points, 72-68, on a Burton layup with 5:59 left, but BC scored the next four points to extend its advantage to 76-68. Notre Dame responded with an 8-0 run and the game was tied following a Davis layup with 1:36 remaining.Burton made two free throws to tie the game, 80-80, with 26 seconds to play in regulation, and the game went to overtime after Venning missed BC’s only shot on the ensuing possession.