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Shrewsberry goes 5-8 from deep for team-best 21 points
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-15, 5-10) fell 97-73 to the SMU Mustangs (20-6, 11-4) on Wednesday evening in Purcell Pavilion.
Braeden Shrewsberry finished the evening with a team-best 21 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor, knocking down 5-8 from deep. It marked his fourth 20+ point performance of the season and seventh of his career.
Tae Davis followed him with 13 points and led in rebounds with five. Davis was 5-8 from the field.
Freshman Garrett Sundra tied his career high of 11 points. He was 3-4 from the field, 2-3 from deep and 3-3 from the free-throw line. Fellow freshman Sir Mohammed started in his fifth straight game and tallied eight points, two rebounds and two assists.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
The Irish struggled to score in the first half as they trailed 20-5 early, shooting 1-for-9 with six turnovers in the first 10:00 of play.
Mohammad knocked down the second Irish field goal of the night at 9:26 in hopes to spark the Irish offense. Later on, Shrewsberry recorded a stretch in which he scored seven of their next 10 points, making it a 42-21 ballgame with 2:29 remaining.
However, the Irish trailed 50-25 heading into halftime as SMU shot a blistering 72.4 percent, going 21-for-29 from the floor.
The Irish were just 7-22 from the field in the first half. Shrewsberry led the offensive charge with 12 points on 3-of-5 shooting and a perfect 4-4 from the charity stripe.
Notre Dame and SMU opened up the second-period exchanging baskets as the margin stayed at 25 points at 63-38 with 14:55 remaining. The Mustangs would go on to take their largest lead of the night as Notre Dame trailed by 34 at 82-48.
The Irish offense ultimately found its way in the second half, edging SMU 48-47. Notre Dame received a spark from Sundra who scored all 11 of his points in the second half. As a team, Notre Dame shot 48.5 percent in the second half.
UP NEXT
The Irish conclude their three-game homestand with Pitt on Saturday at 2:15 p.m. ET on the CW. That game is presented by Beacon Health System.
