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NEW YORK -- It looked like Ohio States winning streak to start the season was over. The third-ranked Buckeyes were down eight points to Notre Dame with less than 2 minutes to play and their offence was nowhere to be found. They still had their tough defence and somehow they were able to turn the game completely around and beat the Fighting Irish 64-61 on Saturday night in the BlackRock Gotham Classic at Madison Square Garden. "I dont really know what happened. It was a big blur," Ohio State senior guard Aaron Craft said. "We never stopped. We never gave up. Guys were running around getting tips and guys made big free throws." While a few players did come up with big defensive plays, it was mostly one guy who made the free throws for the Buckeyes (12-0). Lenzelle Smith Jr. scored seven of his nine points in the final 33 seconds -- including going 5 of 5 at the line -- to lead the rally. "Im still trying to figure out what happened," Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. "My mind was fixated on if we wanted to foul with the time situation or do we play it out defensively and all of a sudden it was closer and closer and closer and we get the lead. It happened quick, It was a great win." The Buckeyes went 9:10 without a field goal and at one point were 6 of 21 from the field as Notre Dame (8-4) opened what seemed to be a comfortable lead late. Jerian Grant hit a 3-pointer as the shot clock was expiring to give the Fighting Irish a 58-50 advantage with 1:54 to play. "I am so thoroughly disappointed," Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said. "We had such a good chance at such a great win." The Buckeyes turned up the defensive intensity and they converted consecutive steals into a 58-56 deficit with 40 seconds to go. Demetrius Jackson made two free throws for Notre Dame a second later. Smith was fouled taking a 3-pointer and he made all three free throws to bring Ohio State within 60-59 with 32 seconds left. Steve Vasturia, who was in the game because point guard Eric Atkins had fouled out, missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 31 seconds left, his first free throw attempt of the season. Smith scored down low on a nice pass by Craft to give the Buckeyes a 61-60 lead with 16 seconds to go. After a Notre Dame turnover, Smith made two free throws for a 63-60 lead with 9.8 seconds left. Grant made one free throw with 6.7 seconds left and Craft made one free throw with 3.3 seconds left. Jackson missed a potential tying 3 as the buzzer sounded. "They really turned the heat up on us and flustered us. We had a hard time doing anything right," Brey said. "We didnt have Atkins but the other guys should have handled it better." LaQuinton Ross had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Ohio State while Amir Williams had 13 points and Shannon Scott and Craft both added 10. Grant had 18 points for Notre Dame, which committed five of its 13 turnovers in the final 2 minutes, while Garrick Sherman had 14 and Pat Connaughton 13. "Im a senior and I have to find a way to not turn the ball over when we didnt have our point guard in there," Grant said. The Buckeyes shot 34.5 per cent in the second half (10 of 29, including missing all nine 3-point attempts). They went 9:10 without a field goal in the second half, and thats when Notre Dame opened a 52-44 lead with 5:33 to play. Williams dunked on the next possession to end Ohio States long drought. "They packed that zone in and I dont think we were trusting the system as much as we needed to," Craft said. "We took some bad shots and didnt attack. We were letting the missing offensively affect us defensively and let that get tied together and thats not what good teams do." Notre Dame opened the second half on a 9-2 run that tied the game at 35. 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Taylor Hall raced up the left side and blasted a shot off the left shoulder of Smith, who was unable to control the rebound. Eberle was there to backhand it home 5:37 into the contest. Edmonton started the second period with 1:49 of power-play time due to a Shane Doan roughing penalty, but it was Arizona, particularly Rieder, that took advantage of it to spark a four-goal middle stanza. Rieder stripped an opposing player of the puck in the neutral zone and embarked on a breakaway before sliding the puck through Fasths pads for a tie game just 36 seconds into the second. It was the rookie forward again 58 seconds lateer.ddddddddddddHe received a stretch pass from Martin Hanzal, eluded a sliding defender and finished the play with a wrist shot to give Edmonton the lead. Moments later, Ekman-Larsson took a feed from Keith Yandle, skated across the top of the slot and slapped a shot past a screened Fasth for a 3-1 advantage on the power play. With just over eight minutes to play in the second, Nail Yakupov fired a shot just a few from the top of the crease, but Smith made a brilliant glove save to deny the Edmonton forward. Boedker tucked a rebound into the net with 17 seconds left in the second to cap the Coyotes impressive stanza. Erat continued Arizonas offensive outburst with the teams fifth straight goal 2:03 into the third, but Petrys shot from the point got past Smith for a 5-2 game over two minutes later. Game Notes Smith is now 10-1-1 in 14 career games against Edmonton ... Rieder tallied the first two short-handed goals of his career ... Edmonton has not won in regulation against Arizona since a 4-3 victory on Jan. 25, 2011 ... The Coyotes have registered at least a point in 16 straight games against the Oilers ... Coyotes defenseman Connor Murphy left the game with an upper-body injury ... The season series resumes Dec. 16 in Arizona. ' ' '