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Blue Demons Come Up Short At Notre Dame
2/11/2012 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S BASKETBALL
Feb. 11, 2012
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Jerian Grant and Jack Cooley scored 22 points each and Notre Dame held off DePaul 84-76 on Saturday for its sixth win in a row.
Cooley also had 14 rebounds and Grant scored 15 of his points in the second half when the Irish (17-8, 9-3 Big East) finally broke away from the Blue Demons.
The score was 68-all when DePaul's bench was charged with a technical foul. Notre Dame scored the next seven points to go up 75-68 with 5:30 to play.
DePaul (11-13, 2-10) got within three points twice in the final 3:28 but couldn't come closer than that.
Jeremiah Kelly led the Blue Demons with 17 points and Cleveland Melvin had 16 points and six rebounds.
Brandon Young and Jamee Crockett each added 13 points and the back-and-forth game featured 13 lead changes and a dozen ties. The Blue Demons led by as many as seven points midway through the first half.
