Somehow, someway, when it looked like the Irish were going to choke away the game, it didn’t. Notre Dame (4-0) overcame inconsistent play as graduate student guard Dane Goodwin dragged them across the finish line to beat Lipscomb by a score of 66-65.
It was a slow start for the home team. The Irish found themselves down 5-0 before a three-pointer by Goodwin got them going. But even still, Notre Dame didn’t take its first lead until the 10:16 mark of the first half. Before a three by graduate student guard Trey Wertz put Notre Dame up 15-14, the Irish were shooting just 5-14 from the field and 2-9 from beyond the arc.