The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won another game to continue the momentum this Wednesday in a win over Dartmouth, 77-65. The Irish won their second game in a row. The Irish sit at 6-5 (1-0 in ACC play).
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Braeden Shrewsberry led the Irish in scoring with 22 points. Shrewsberry shot 8-14 from the field, and 4-9 from three. Tae Davis had 20 points, and Matt Allocco had 16 points. Davis shot 9-13 from the field. Allocco shot 6-10 from the field and 2-4 from three.
The Irish took an early 11-6 lead at the 15:31 mark in the first half. Shrewsberry had the hot hand with five early points. The Irish shot 5-7 from the field at this point. Dartmouth had been shooting a lot of threes, and were 2-5 from beyond the arc.
At the 10:02 mark, The Irish held onto the lead and led 17-13 after making several layups in a row, compounded by a strong defensive effort. Davis led the Irish with 6 points early, and he continued to drive the ball to the post.
Heading into the half, Notre Dame was up 39-28. The Irish were shooting 63% from the field and 22.2% from three. Davis continued to lead the Irish in scoring with 15, followed by Shrewsberry with 10. Notre Dame did not have a great half, but maintained a double digit lead.
Shrewsberry and Davis both came out of the half carrying the momentum, and continued to score with ease. Notre Dame would start the half on a 6-0 run, now leading 45-28.
Allocco made back-to-back threes to put the Irish Ahead 55-37 at the 15:03 mark. Dartmouth got hot and went on a 7-0 run to make it an eleven point game, 57-46, at the 11:18 mark.
The Irish came out of the 12:00 media timeout hot, and took a 68-50 lead at the 7:19 mark.
Notre Dame headed into the final media timeout at the 4:00 mark after Dartmouth made a couple of nice shots and had some defensive stops against the Irish, and Notre Dame maintained a lead at 72-58.
Dartmouth would eventually have to play the foul game, and that allowed the Irish to pull away and win by twelve points, 77-65. Allocco and Shrewsberry both had strong second halves to lead the Irish to victory.
The Irish were able to stay ahead most of the game, and win another to hopefully turn the ship around. Shrewsberry, Davis, and Allocco all had double figures for the Irish in the victory. Notre Dame shot the ball well from close range, as they finished 52.5% from the field. Three point shooting left something to be desired, however, as they could only manage to shoot 6/21. Regardless, Notre Dame earned a solid victory to stay on the right track, as they will look to continue the win streak at home against Le Moyne on Sunday at 6:00 PM EST on the ACC Network.
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