UM downs Notre Dame 81-69 on the road, runs win streak to 10 games
ACC Player of the Week Tre Donaldson’s 23 points, five assists and three steals powered Miami to an 81-69 victory over Notre Dame on Tuesday in South Bend, Indiana. It was the Hurricanes’ 10th consecutive win.
The streak is the longest for Miami since the team won its first 10 games in the 2017-18 season. The Fighting Irish lost their third consecutive game.
Miami improved to 15-2 overall and 4-0 in the ACC. UM is one of three undefeated teams in the conference so far, along with sixth-ranked Duke (5-0) and 22nd-ranked Clemson (4-0), whom the Canes plays on the road Saturday afternoon.
“Overall, I think our guys did an excellent job competing, it’s always tough to win on the road,” said UM coach Jai Lucas.
Malik Reneau scored 17 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and collected a career-high five steals for the Hurricanes. Shelton Henderson also scored 17 points and Dante Allen added 11. Ernest Udeh Jr. went scoreless, playing a season-low 12 minutes due to foul trouble.
Lucas credited Allen for giving the team a spark off the bench and also praised Tru Washington as “the X factor” in the second half.
Jalen Haralson extended his double-digit scoring streak to 15 games as he scored 18 points for Notre Dame (10-7, 1-3). Sir Mohammed scored 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field off the bench.
The Hurricanes won the points-in-the-paint battle 40-28 as they were able to consistently get to the rim.
Notre Dame jumped out to an early 6-0 lead as Miami went scoreless for the first four minutes of the game.
The game was tied at 39 at halftime as Mohammed had 11 points. Henderson topped the Hurricanes with 10 first-half points.
Following the intermission, Miami held Notre Dame to three points over the first 5:48, building a double-digit lead that it never relinquished.
Donaldson scored 17 second-half points as the Hurricanes built a lead as large as 71-58 on a Henderson 3-pointer with 4:08 to play.
“In the first half Notre Dame outcompeted us, to be honest, and I let them know at halftime we were not competing to our standard,” Lucas said. “In the second half, we separated. The turnovers helped us get our offense flowing. As the second half went, we started to flow better and make plays down the stretch and get away.”
Lucas said he was most excited about the team’s free throwing, which had been a weakness earlier in the season. “Seventeen for 21 on the road is big time,” he said.
Notre Dame committed a season-high 18 turnovers against Miami’s pressure defense. The Hurricanes scored 19 points off the Fighting Irish’s giveaways, while Notre Dame managed just six points off eight Miami turnovers.
Notre Dame’s leading rebounder, Carson Towt, dealt with foul trouble throughout the evening and finished with seven boards and four points on three field-goal attempts.
This story was originally published January 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM.