The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were in need of a somewhat pressure-free confidence-boosting win with the Dartmouth Big Green in town for a Wednesday night buy game, and for the most part, that’s what they got. Dartmouth had knocked off ACC rival Boston College a couple weeks back on the strength of a 17-for-31 shooting barrage from the three point line, so a win wasn’t a given.
Despite getting some GREAT looks from deep against the Irish defense, particularly in the first half, the Big Green could not repeat that performance, and that more or less sealed their fate against a physically superior team.