The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team (7-3) hosted legendary rival UCLA Bruins (7-3) in the Purcell Pavilion this afternoon. Today’s game was the 50th meeting between the Irish and the Bruins, with UCLA leading the all-time series 29-20. Notre Dame is 12-11 against UCLA at home. The game today was called by former Irish head coach Digger Phelps, and legendary UCLA legendary player Bill Walton. Hopefully you didn’t miss that! How did the Irish do today? Let’s take a look.
The Irish came right out and scored the first bucket, with John Mooney being the first player on the board.