After an enormous highway win over Georgetown, Notre Dame returns house Tuesday night time to tackle North Dakota in South Bend, Ind.
Matt Allocco performed a key function in that 84-63 win over the Hoyas, scoring 17 factors, and he is confirmed he’ll be a participant the Irish can depend on this yr. Allocco not solely scored in double figures, however he additionally grabbed 5 rebounds and dished out seven assists.
The grad switch from Princeton was a two-time All-Ivy League choice.
Apparently sufficient, he had performed 32 minutes in an 86-77 win in opposition to Buffalo and did not take a single shot. However he proved in opposition to Georgetown he isn’t a participant opponents can overlook.
“Allocco is only a gamer,” head coach Micah Shrewsberry mentioned in a postgame interview after the win over Georgetown. “When the lights come on the brightest, he is at his greatest. He was an absolute nice pickup for us this summer time.”
Allocco is averaging 9.3 factors this yr, one in all 5 gamers placing up 9 or extra factors per sport to date.
Markus Burton leads the Irish at 17.7 factors per outing. Tae Davis is pouring in 16.3 factors per contest and Braeden Shrewsberry is scoring 15.3 factors per sport.
North Dakota (2-1) is coming off a 77-71 win over Utah Valley final Thursday and faces one in all its largest highway exams of the yr when it takes on the Irish.
Treysen Eaglestaff led the best way within the Combating Hawks’ final win, scoring 31, the second 30-point sport of his profession.
“I wasn’t good,” Eaglestaff instructed the Grand Forks Herald. “I tousled a couple of performs. Fairly a couple of turnovers, however nothing’s fairly.”
Eaglestaff is the main scorer for the Combating Hawks, averaging 20 factors per sport. He is a constant scorer who has reached double figures 39 occasions in 68 profession video games.
Amar Kuljuhovic can be averaging in double figures (12.0) for the Combating Hawks, who’re 0-1 on the highway.
–Area Degree Media
