GAME NOTES: The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets begin their ACC slate and take on their first Top-25 opponent of the season, as they hit the road to take on the 14th-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday afternoon at Purcell Pavilion.

Mike Brey's Irish opened league play a couple of weeks ago with an 83-63 rout of Florida State and have won three game since, as part of a larger nine-game win streak to date. The team's lone loss on the year was by a single point to Providence (75-74). Notre Dame moved to 13-1 overall with Tuesday's 87-60 blowout of Hartford.

Brian Gregory's Yellow Jackets had a strong non-conference run, as they enter league play at 9-3 overall. Georgia Tech has won three of its last four games and is coming off a narrow 67-66 victory over Charlotte at home on Tuesday.

This is just the 11th meeting in a series that dates back to the 1940-41 campaign. Georgia Tech holds a 7-3 series advantage. These two split a pair of games a year ago, each winning at home.

Junior swingman Marcus Georges-Hunt scored the final basket for Georgia Tech, leading the Yellow Jackets to the one-point win over Charlotte last time out. Georges-Hunt had a huge game, netting a career-high 25 points, on 9-of-16 shooting. Junior forward Charles Mitchell and sophomore forward Quinton Stephens were a distant second in the scoring column, posting nine points apiece in the victory.

The Yellow Jackets aren't the flashiest offensive squad around. In fact, the team's numbers at that end of the floor are modest at best. Georgia Tech enters league play averaging just 66.8 ppg, on a rather bland .429 shooting. The team's efficiency could be much better if not for a dreadful .233 effort from behind the arc. Georges-Hunt leads the team in scoring with 12.9 ppg. Mitchell is next at 10.3 ppg, and tops the team in rebounding (10.3 ppg). Senior center Demarco Cox (9.1 ppg. 6.2 rpg) adds some support up front.

There is nothing modest about the way Notre Dame is performing on the offensive end of the floor. The Irish lead the entire nation in field-goal percentage (.554), rank 10th in 3-point accuracy (.414) and fifth in overall scoring (86.1 ppg). The scoring depth on the roster is impressive with four of the five starters averaging at least 14.0 ppg. Star guard Jerian Grant is a do-it-all type of player, averaging 17.4 points and 6.2 assists per game. Zach Auguste is next in the scoring column at 14.9 ppg, followed closely by Demetrius Jackson (14.4 ppg) and Patt Connaughton (14.0 ppg), who also leads the way on the boards (8.2 rpg).

It was once again of too much offensive proficiency for an opponent to deal with, as Notre Dame converted 53.2 percent from the floor, including a 13- of-30 effort from behind the arc (.433) en route to a 27-point romp over Hartford. Jackson led the Irish with 18 points. Connaughton poured in 16, while Auguste and Grant each posted 15. Notre Dame won the battle on the boards (37-25) and outscored Hartford in the paint, 38-16.

Notre Dame's 13-1 record matches the best 14-game start in Brey's time in South Bend (15 years). Expect many more victories to come for the Irish, who simply have too much firepower for most opponents to contend with.