The Notre Dame Men’s Basketball (4-5) team faced the Western Michigan Broncos (4-6) tonight at Purcell Pavilion. The Fighting Irish were looking to rebound after their 64-56 loss to Indiana over the weekend, and the Broncos came into the game looking to build on their 67-56 win over Aquinas. The meeting between Notre Dame and Western Michigan tonight was the 29th matchup between the two teams, and the first time they’ve met since 2016 (they were scheduled to play twice last year but both meetings were cancelled due to COVID-19). The series between the two teams dates back to 1916 and before the 2016 meeting, the two programs had not met for close to 25 years (March of 1992 through December of 2016).