GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Notre Dame 70, Michigan State 52
(AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
By ANTHONY ANDERSON
Associated Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Cormac Ryan scored 20 of his 23 points in the first half as Notre Dame cruised to a 70-52 win over No. 20 Michigan State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
He went 6-of-7 on 3's, missing his last one, to keep him from tying a school single-game record for most 3-pointers without a miss. Ryan helped the Fighting Irish (6-1) jump out to a 42-24 halftime lead.
JJ Starling added 14 points and Dane Goodwin 12 for the Irish, who led 39-16 by the 4:33 mark of the first half and didn't commit their first turnover until more than 17 minutes into the game.
The Spartans (5-3) were paced by A.J. Hoggard with 15 points. Joey Hauser and Tyson Walker added 12 apiece.
BIG PICTURE
Michigan State: In their first true road test, the Spartans faltered, appearing far less energetic than the hosts. Regardless, they've shown plenty of promise early in the season with a neutral-site double-overtime win over then-No. 4 Kentucky and a one-point neutral-site loss to then No. 2-Gonzaga. Without senior forward Malik Hall - expected to be out another two-plus weeks due to a stress reaction in his left foot - MSU has slipped of late, though, going 2-2.
Notre Dame: The Irish, coming off a 63-51 loss to St. Bonaventure last weekend, delivered an authoritative bounce-back. MSU represented potentially ND's only opportunity outside of conference play to take down a ranked team. The win moved them to 4-30 against rated opponents over the last five-plus seasons.
November 30, 2022
| Michigan State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Hauser | F | 35 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| M. Sissoko | C | 22 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| T. Walker | G | 37 | 4-13 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| A. Hoggard | G | 32 | 5-13 | 4-4 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| P. Brooks | G | 28 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Whitens | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T. Holloman | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| C. Cooper | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| J. Kohler | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| D. Smith | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 21-54 (.389) |
6-6 (1.000) |
4-12 (.333) |
3-29 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 52 | |
| Notre Dame | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| N. Laszewski | F | 38 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| C. Ryan | G | 40 | 8-11 | 1-2 | 6-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| T. Wertz | G | 38 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Goodwin | G | 36 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Starling | G | 32 | 6-14 | 2-3 | 0-7 | 1-4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| V. Lubin | 15 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Totals | 199 | 27-54 (.500) |
5-8 (.625) |
11-26 (.423) |
4-30 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 70 | |
