The midwestern team hailing from the Atlantic Coast Conference needed heroism from a Californian to survive a team from Texas in a thrilling match-up in Brooklyn.
Prior to opening the tournament in Brooklyn, Nortre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Mike Brey talked about how his freshmen had gleaned enough experience from a challenging ACC season to be relied upon. On Sunday afternoon, one of those freshmen put himself in the right place at the right time to make the right play to save Notre Dame's season. Down 1 to the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks with 1.