Luke is the Big Man on Campus

Luke Harangody led the Fighting Irish to a win over Georgetown on Monday night and no one was going to stop him. It was all Harangody in the first half. Greg Monroe guarded him most of the time and the dude was just eating Georgetown up. What’s crazier is that Harangody played most of the second half with four fouls. He picked up the 4th foul with about 15 minutes left and Notre Dame took him out for a short while. When he came back, they mixed up the defenses to keep him out of trouble. He’s just a really smart kid, a very mature individual. It was even until late in the first half until Notre Dame pushed ahead and Georgetown never came back. Kyle McAlarney lit things up in the second half. Notre Dame has a crazy home winning streak. They’re just a different team at home.

This performance probably says more about Georgetown than it does Notre Dame. Monroe did have a good game. Notre Dame mixed things up with zone and man defense, but it didn’t faze him. He is really improving with his interior passing. Chris Wright really hasn’t been showing up in the games recently. He only had four assists in this one. They didn’t really get much from the guards as a whole, which is a bad sign for the tournament. The team shot about 42% from the floor and the main guard trio was responsible for that number being rather low. DaJuan Summers had a good first half, but then got lost in the second. I really thought Georgetown was going to bounce back from the loss against Pittsburgh, but it didn’t happen.