SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame men’s basketball led from start to finish against Dartmouth on Wednesday night, winning its second straight via a 77-65 victory. The Fighting Irish (6-5) not only improved to 5-1 inside Purcell Pavilion, but also kept up their historical dominance over Ivy League competition, moving to 48-4 all-time.
Braeden Shrewsberry kept riding his career high streak of double-digit scoring games, pushing it to seven consecutive games with 22 tonight. Shrewsberry also recorded back-to-back 20+ point performances for the first time of his career.
The sophomore went 4-for-9 from behind the arc tonight. He’s now gone 10-for-20 from three and combined for 47 points over the last two games.
Tae Davis recorded his sixth straight game in double figures with his first double-double performance of 20 points and 10 rebounds. Davis shot an efficient 9-of-13 from the field.
Matt Allocco rounded out the double-digit scorers with 16 points on 6-for-10 shooting, while also dishing out five assists for the Irish.
Overall, Notre Dame shot 52.5 percent from the floor (31-59). Defensively, the Irish held the Big Green to 18.2 percent from three (6-33).
HOW IT HAPPENED
Braeden Shrewsberry and Tae Davis continued to do Braeden and Tae things to kickstart the game. Shrewsberry started 4-for-6 from the field and was the first to reach 10 points, pushing the Irish ahead 30-23 with his second trey with 4:31 remaining.
Davis proved impossible to defend in the first half, going 7-for-8 from the field to lead all players with 14 points at halftime.
Spearheaded by the duo, the Irish shot 17-of-27 (.630), shooting over 60 percent in the first half for the second time this season. Notre Dame ended the half by making its last 7-of-8 from the field to garner a 39-28 halftime lead. Twenty-eight of Notre Dame’s points were scored in the paint.
The trio of Roper II, Davis and Shrewsberry started the second half on a 6-0 Irish run, prompting a Dartmouth timeout with the home squad up 45-28 at 17:36.
Notre Dame went on to record a stretch in which they made six straight from the field, which was capped by back-to-back three-pointers from Matt Allocco, all resulting in a 55-37 lead at 15:03. Allocco would put up 10 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half to put the Irish in front at 68-50.
The Irish continued to lead by 18 after back-to-back buckets from Nikita Konstantynovskyi, but a 9-0 Dartmouth run made it a nine-point ballgame with 2:12 remaining.
The Irish knocked down five free throws and were followed by one last pair of Big Green free throws to close out the second win in a row at home, winning it 77-65.
UP NEXT
The Fighting Irish will have an extended break due to finals and will return to action on Sunday, December 22, wrapping up non-conference play with Le Moyne. That matchup will tip off at 6 p.m. ET on ACC Network.
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