SOUTH BEND, Ind. \u2013 The Fighting Irish (9-4) fell 72-69 to the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (8-6) in their final non-conference game of the season. It marked their first defeat inside Purcell Pavilion this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Irish were led by Jalen Haralson, who finished with season highs in points (21) & rebounds (9), plus 4 assists. The freshman finished shooting 6-13 from the floor and 9-11 from the charity stripe. It marked his third game with 20+ points.<\/p>\n
He was followed by Braeden Shrewsberry, who finished with 13 points, three rebounds, and an assist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan Imes recorded a career-high 12 points on 5-10 shooting from the floor, recording four rebounds and career-best four steals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both teams shot identically from the floor as the Irish finished shooting 24-60 and the Mastodons finished shooting 24-59. With both teams shooting 40% from the floor, the Mastodons were able to shoot 11-35 from three in comparison to Notre Dame\u2019s 7-27 from three.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Irish out-rebounded the Mastodons 43-28.\u00a0<\/p>\n
HOW IT HAPPENED<\/p>\n
The Mastodons had the early momentum, opening up on 4-6 shooting while the Irish were struggling offensively with a 3-10 start from the floor. Purdue Fort Wayne led 10-6 heading into the first media timeout.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Mastodon offensive flurry continued, extending their run to 15-2 over a 4:30 span until Braeden Shrewsberry stopped the bleeding with his first three of the day to make 15-9 at 13:40.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both teams traded baskets to make it 17-11 before each team went into an almost three-minute scoring drought. Another Shrewsberry three would bring some life back to the offense to make it 17-14, but Fort Wayne responded with an and-one for the three-point play to spark a 10-2 run.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A pair of Haralson free throws brought the Irish within single digits to make it a 27-18 ballgame with 2:51 left in the half.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The final three minutes of the half were simple for the Irish: stops and buckets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Irish followed with a big defensive stop as they forced a shot clock violation and followed with a Towt finish at the rim.<\/p>\n
Continuing to build some momentum, the Irish got another stop and followed by a layup from Haralson. Defensively, Haralson then had a monster block at the rim, resulting in a fast-break layup from Imes to close out the first on an 8-0 run to cut the deficit to just three at 27-24 at halftime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite having their lowest scoring half of the season, the Irish came out swinging to start the half. A layup and a three from Imes combined with a layup from Haralson gave the Irish their first lead since the beginning of the game at 17:26 when the Irish led 4-2. With the Irish in front 31-30, both teams traded baskets up to the first media timeout as it was still a one-possession game with Fort Wayne in the lead at 36-34.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was back and forth between the Irish and Mastodons, with neither team really able to pull away. Back-to-back threes from the Irish had Purcell on their feet as threes from Imes and Koehler made it a tied ballgame at 41-all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was a game of runs as the Notre Dame 6-0 run was followed by a Fort Wayne 5-0 run to make it 46-41 at 11:57.\u00a0 Four straight points from Shrewsberry brought the Irish within one as the two squads continued to swap buckets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Sundra layup at 6:19 brought the Irish within three at 54-51. He was followed by a pair of Certa free throws to make it a point game with just under five minutes left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both teams would go into a two minute scoring drought, but it remained a one-possession game with 1:39 left as the Irish trailed 56-55.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A 6-0 Fort Wayne run surged the Mastodons to a 62-55 lead with just 45 seconds left. A Certa three would bring the Irish within four as it then turned into a fouling game in hopes to regain possession.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Between both teams, 17 free throws were shot in the final 37 seconds of play, but the Irish would ultimately come up just short as they fell 72-69 to Fort Wayne.\u00a0<\/p>\n
UP NEXT<\/p>\n
The Irish open up conference play in California next week as they take on Stanford on December 30 and Cal on January 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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