LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Braeden Shrewsberry scored 23 points, including a career-high seven 3-pointers, and Notre Dame rolled past Louisville 72-50 on Wednesday night.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Shrewsberry in a span of 28 seconds put Notre Dame ahead 59-45 with 7:17 remaining in the second half. Markus Burton scored the next five Notre Dame points, Carey Booth added a jumper and Shrewsberry connected on his seventh 3-pointer for a 69-47 lead near the four-minute mark. The lead reached 22 once more, when Thomas Crowe hit a 3-pointer in the final half-minute to cap the scoring.
Burton finished with 16 points, five rebounds, three steals and three assists. Booth had nine points and seven rebounds for Notre Dame (10-16, 5-10 ACC), which has won three in a row for the first time this season.
Skyy Clark led Louisville with 18 points on 7-for-8 shooting and he grabbed eight rebounds. Brandon Huntley-Hatfield added 16 points for the Cardinals (8-19, 3-13). Louisville shot 34% for the game.
After a 12-all tie, the Fighting Irish went on a 15-2 run, the last nine points coming on 3-pointers by J.R. Konieczny, Booth and Shrewsberry. Louisville bounced right back with an 8-0 run and Notre Dame missed 10 consecutive shots over the next several minutes. Notre Dame held on to lead 31-25 at halftime.
Notre Dame visits Syracuse on Saturday. Louisville visits No. 8 Duke on Feb. 28.
Notre Dame 72, Louisville 50
NOTRE DAME (10-16) — Booth 4-6 0-0 9, T.Davis 2-8 0-0 4, Njie 1-4 0-0 2, Burton 5-17 5-6 16, Shrewsberry 8-13 0-0 23, Roper 0-6 0-0 0, Imes 1-1 1-2 4, Konieczny 4-4 0-0 9, Zona 1-3 0-0 2, Sanders 0-1 0-0 0, Wade 0-1 0-0 0, Braiton 0-0 0-0 0, Crowe 1-1 0-0 3, Kelly 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 27-65 6-8 72.
LOUISVILLE (8-19) — Glenn 1-6 1-2 3, Huntley-Hatfield 7-16 2-4 16, Clark 7-8 0-0 18, White 2-8 4-6 8, James 1-7 0-0 2, Johnson 0-3 1-2 1, Williams 0-4 0-0 0, Okorafor 0-0 0-2 0, Payne 0-3 0-0 0, Jovanovich 1-1 0-0 2, McCool 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 19-56 8-16 50.
Halftime—Notre Dame 31-25. 3-Point Goals_Notre Dame 12-27 (Shrewsberry 7-11, Crowe 1-1, Imes 1-1, Konieczny 1-1, Booth 1-3, Burton 1-3, T.Davis 0-1, Njie 0-1, Sanders 0-1, Roper 0-2, Zona 0-2), Louisville 4-17 (Clark 4-4, Glenn 0-1, James 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Huntley-Hatfield 0-2, Payne 0-2, White 0-3, Williams 0-3). Rebounds—Notre Dame 40 (Booth 7), Louisville 37 (Clark 8). Assists—Notre Dame 12 (Burton 3), Louisville 10 (Johnson 3). Total Fouls—Notre Dame 11, Louisville 7.
