NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Notre Dame needed a hot shooting night to get past the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball program Wednesday in an 83-73 final at Purcell Pavilion.
A&M-Corpus Christi (10-3) led as late as the 11:26 mark of the second half, but Notre Dame (6-5) shot 16-of-29 (.552) from three-point range, including 8-of-10 (.800) in the second half.
The Islanders led in many statistical categories including points off turnovers (20-13), points in the paint (26-18), fast break points (7-4) and bench scoring (27-14).
Junior
Trevian Tennyson tallied 18 points, including four three-pointers. Junior
Isaac Mushila neared a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds.
Off the bench, senior
San Antonio Brinson and
Terrion Murdix scored 12 points apiece. It was Brinson's first game back after missing the previous five.
The Irish only used six student-athletes. Dane Goodwin ended with a game-high 21 points and was 5-of-7 from three.
Mushila scored the first four points of the game to put the Islanders up 4-0 and they increased it to 12-5 after a lay-up by senior
Simeon Fryer. A&M-Corpus Christi took its biggest lead of the game 19-10 with 11:36 left after a move in the post by junior
Stephen Faramade.
Notre Dame responded with a 9-1 run to cut it to 20-19, but buckets by Murdix and Mushila kept the Islanders ahead 24-19 with 7:17 remaining. However, the Irish reeled off eight straight points to take a 30-26 edge and carried a 42-37 lead into the break.
The Islanders fell behind 54-46 when they rallied in the second. A lay-up by Murdix sparked a 7-0 run as they trailed just 54-53 with 13:14 to go after a lay-up by Brinson. A&M-Corpus Christi took the lead 58-57 on a three by Tennyson with 11:26 left.
The Fighting Irish answered with a 10-2 run to jump back ahead 67-60 at the 8:28 mark. A&M-Corpus Christi trimmed it down to 67-65 after a bucket by Mushila with 6:45 remaining, but Notre Dame went on an 8-0 spurt to go back up 75-65 at the 5:04 mark.
A&M-Corpus Christi will have nine days off from competition before returning home to play Sul Ross State on Friday, Dec. 31 at 12 p.m. in the Dugan Wellness Center.
NOTES
- It was the first-ever meeting between A&M-Corpus Christi and Notre Dame.
- With a 7-4 edge in transition, A&M-Corpus Christi has not been outscored in fast breaks this season.
- Tennyson was 4-of-8 from long range and has hit a three in every game this season. It was his sixth double-figure scoring game of the year and fourth in a row.
- Mushila tallied his 10th double-digit scoring performance in the last 11 games. He was one rebound away from his fifth double-double of the season.
- Murdix dished out four assists and ranks second in the SLC in assists per game with 3.9. It was his fourth double-figure scoring game and third in the last four contests.
- After missing the last five games, Brinson came back and recorded a season-high 12 points. He was a perfect five-for-five from the field and surpassed his previous best of 10 points against St. Mary's (TX).
- The Islanders have already doubled their win total from last season when they finished 5-19 overall.
- Notre Dame entered the game limiting the opposition to just 64.5 points per game but gave up 73 to A&M-Corpus Christi
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