(MCT) — SYRACUSE, N.Y. — At midcourt, with the place emptying and the tenor of the encounter long guaranteed, little brother spread his arms and waited for big brother to walk over. Jerian and Jerami Grant exchanged a handshake and hugged, and Jerami told his confidant and former tormentor he got this one, and it wasn’t luck.

“I just told him, ‘Congrats, finally you got to beat big brother,’ ” Jerian Grant said after his Notre Dame team watched a three-game winning streak end in a dreary 63-47 loss to Jerami and No. 9 Syracuse.