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South Bend, IN (SportsNetwork.com) - Zach Auguste scored 26 points and No. 25 Notre Dame pulled away in the second half for an 83-63 win over short-handed Florida State on Saturday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams. Conference scoring leader Jerian Grant added 18 points, including 14 in the second half, and Demetrius Jackson also scored 18 as Notre Dame (10-1, 1-0 ACC) picked up its sixth consecutive win since a one-point loss to Providence on Nov. 23. Florida State played without leading scorer Aaron Thomas, who was declared ineligible by the school on Friday. The junior guard was averaging 14.8 points and 3.5 rebounds this season. Somebody else just has to step up, FSU coach Leonard Hamilton said. For us, we just have a lot of moving parts this season. We have a young squad. We have some youngsters there that I think will continue to work hard. Well get a few more games under their belt and develop a little better identity and be more consistent. I think that will definitely help us. Montay Brandon had 14 points to lead the Seminoles (4-5, 0-1) and Devon Bookert scored 11. It was Notre Dames first win in three all-time games against Florida State, which beat the Irish in the 2011 NCAA Tournament and won the first meeting between the teams as ACC foes last season. Notre Dame had 10 dunks in the game. The Irish are throwing down, baby. The Irish are throwing down, Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said. How about that? We got some guys that can finish dont we? But to get a league win under your belt before Christmas is huge. Auguste scored 14 of his 26 points to help Notre Dame take a 36-30 lead at halftime. But the Irish didnt pull away until the second half when Auguste, Grant and Jackson scored seven straight points to stretch a six-point lead to 13. The Seminoles never got it back to single digits after that despite hitting five 3-pointers in the second half and trailed by as many as 28 down the stretch. Notre Dame shot 50 percent from the field in the second half and almost 52 percent in the game. Game Notes Boris Bojanovsky had a game-high 10 rebounds for Florida State ... Notre Dame takes on Purdue next Saturday ... The Seminoles play North Florida on Wednesday. John Tavares Jersey .com) - The Ottawa Senators will try to keep their slim playoff hopes alive when they face the Chicago Blackhawks who are trying to secure their place in the post-season. Matt Martin Jersey . Jeter doubled high off the left-field wall and scored on Jacoby Ellsburys first hit in pinstripes in the fifth. Hiroki Kuroda (1-1) pitched 6 1-3 sharp innings in the Yankees 112th opener in New York. In what manager Joe Girardi said would be a season-long lovefest for Jeter, the shortstop was cheered every step of the way by an adoring crowd of 48, 142 -- even when his double-play grounder back to Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez (0-2) scored Solarte in the third inning for the first run. http://www.islanderssale.com/customized/. Defenceman Tessa Bonhomme was among three players released from the team Tuesday morning along with defenceman Brigette Lacquette of Waterhen, Man. Denis Potvin Jersey . Peko, a fourth-round pick in 2006, started all 16 games and a playoff loss to San Diego last season. He was second on the line with 72 tackles and had a career-high three sacks. Pat LaFontaine Jersey . The 25-year-old Lu, a regular on the Japan LPGA Tour after giving up her LPGA Tour membership in 2010, shot an 8-under 64 in windy, wet conditions at Kintetsu Kashikojima.NEW YORK, N.Y. - Aware that the New York Knicks are still learning a new offensive system, the Washington Wizards wanted to put pressure on Carmelo Anthony.It worked especially well in the third quarter.Paul Pierce and Garrett Temple each scored 17 points, and the Wizards beat the Knicks for the fourth straight time, 98-83 on Tuesday night.Trailing 45-40 at halftime, the Wizards dominated a quarter that cost them a few games last season. They forced New York to miss 16 of 22 shots while limiting Anthony to just 2 for 6 from the floor.Washington broke open the game with a 14-0 run in the quarter, when it outscored New York 32-15.I thought we established our defence. We picked up our pressure, said Pierce, who had eight points in the period.I think we did a great job of mixing up our coverages on (Anthony) at times. I was putting pressure on him. Then when he moved, Otto (Porter) had a chance to guard him. A number of guys that gave him different looks.Kevin Seraphin came off the bench and had 15 points for Washington, which won its third straight game. Backup guard Andre Miller added 12 points.Iman Shumpert had 19 points for the Knicks (2-2), who had won their last two games. Anthony chipped in 18 points despite shooting 8 for 23 from the floor.I thought they sped us up tonight on the offensive end, took us kind of out of our rhythm, our flow of offence, Anthony said. I think that was a big key, especially coming out in that third quarter. They made their run in the third quarter and seemed to take control of the game.The Wizards swept the series last season and havent lost to New York since April 9, 2013.After Amare Stoudemires layup made it 56-all with 6:33 remaining in the third, Pierce started Washingtons run with a 19-foot jumper. After John Walls free throw, the Wizaards started to pull away on a 3-pointer by Temple and a finger roll layup from Wall that extended the lead to 64-56 with 3:19 left.ddddddddddddBackup centre Seraphin then hit a pair of jumpers to extend the lead to 70-56 with 1:13 left to play in the quarter before Tim Hardaway Jr. stopped the run with a jumper with 51 seconds left in the period.New York missed 10 shots from the field and committed three turnovers during its scoreless drought.We wanted to take them out of the triangle. Make them catch the ball in places we wanted them to catch the ball in, Temple said.The Knicks drew within 77-71 with 7:53 play after Shumperts fourth 3-pointer of the night, but Seraphin and Miller added a pair of baskets that pushed the lead back up to 81-71 with 6:56 to go.In the third quarter, they wanted it more than we did to start that third quarter and it was tough to get the momentum back after they got control of it, Knicks coach Derek Fisher said.___TIP-INSWizards: Guard Bradley Beal, whos been out due to a fractured left wrist, took some shots before the game while sporting a cast on his left hand.Knicks: Shumpert, whose contract was not extended at the Oct. 31 deadline, played 31 minutes and made all four 3-pointers. ... The Knicks play their next three games on the road.BENCH MOBThe Wizards reserves, called the Bench Mob by Wall, contributed six points during the 14-0 run. Overall, Washingtons bench outscored New Yorks 41-32. They grabbed 16 of the teams 41 rebounds and dished out 10 of 26 assists on the night.ON THE MENDQuincy Acy, who had been starting at power forward for New York, sat out due to a sore right wrist. Fisher said Acy was available but played it safe by resting him.UP NEXTWizards: Host Indiana on Wednesday.Knicks: Visit Detroit on Wednesday. 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