Your #5 (this will change tomorrow) Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team got back at it yesterday afternoon, hosting the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers in a game that was chippier and more interesting than anyone expected coming into the matchup.
The Irish ultimately won 71-53, but not before a slow start, various flagrant and technical fouls, and a career game for Martinas “The Bird Whisperer” Geben. Let’s dive into the details, as I give my firsthand account of the events of this weird basketball game.
Pregame
Still somehow feeling the aftereffects of the Holly Jolly Trolley party I partook in on Friday evening in Chicago, I rolled into Purcell about half an hour until tipoff, ready to see the Irish get back on track after the shellacking they took at Michigan State on Thursday night.