Every night of the college basketball season, the Blue Zone will bring you updates on all of the important ACC matchups.
After a slow Monday night for matchups, eight ACC teams were in action Tuesday—and all but one came away victorious.
Notre Dame 97, Dartmouth 87
The Fighting Irish had lost three of their last five games and fallen out of the rankings altogether, but Bonzie Colson put a stop to the bleeding Tuesday night. The senior scored 37 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help push Notre Dame past a pesky Big Green team that didn't go away.
After holding several first half leads, Dartmouth let Notre Dame pull away for the beginning of the second half, but rallied back to within three points with less than five minutes remaining. Colson and the Irish eventually pulled away, but the defensive struggles continued to plague the Fighting Irish, which has given up nearly 80 points per game since falling to Michigan State in November, excluding a laugher against St. Francis (Brooklyn).
Clemson 64, South Carolina 48
The Tigers are making a top-25 case for themselves, pulling off their second straight strong win against a extremely strong defensive team in the Gamecocks. After downing then-No. 22 Florida Saturday, Clemson got 25 points from junior guard Marcquise Reed and limited South Carolina to shoot just 2-of-16 from deep.
The other scores:
No. 13 Virginia 78, Savannah State 47
Syracuse 81, Buffalo 74
North Carolina State 81, Robert Morris 69
Virginia Tech 63, Presbyterian 55
Pittsburgh 74, Delaware State 68
Georgia 80, Georgia Tech 59
Check back Wednesday night to see if Duke can bounce back against Evansville, the No. 1 3-point shooting team in the nation.
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A member of the class of 2020 hailing from San Mateo, Calif., Ben is The Chronicle's Towerview Editor and Investigations Editor. Outside of the Chronicle, he is a public policy major working towards a journalism certificate, has interned at the Tampa Bay Times and NBC News and frequents Pitchforks.