Mitchell, Foster help No. 9 Duke push past Notre Dame 71-53 to regroup from UNC loss
Associated PressDURHAM, N.C. — Jon Scheyer got more of the intensity he wanted form his ninth-ranked Duke team after an emotional rivalry loss, even as the Blue Devils hardly played at lights-out level in beating Notre Dame 71-53 on Wednesday night. “They just beat us up on the glass at times.” Markus Burton scored 19 points for the Fighting Irish, who went 8 1/2 minutes without a basket early as Duke ran out to its big early lead and shot just 33.9% overall. “We need him to be better, and he’s hard on himself and he wants to be better,” Scheyer said, adding: “We won the game by 19 points when he’s in there, but he’s only in there for half the game.” POKER FACE At one point, Scheyer knelt down to talk to a seated Filipowski on the bench after he had picked up his fourth foul, with Filipowski saying Scheyer was making sure he was “doing good mentally.” “I was trying not to overreact to nothing,” Filipowski said. “I didn’t, but sometimes my face can still show a different expression that I’m not really trying to show.” UP NEXT Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish host Virginia Tech on Saturday.