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Ryan scores 21 to help Notre Dame hold off Boston University

AP
Dec 07, 2022

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Cormac Ryan scored 21 points, including five free throws down the stretch, and Notre Dame held off Boston University 81-75 on Wednesday night.

Ryan continued his hot 3-point shooting, making all four of his attempts. In his last three games, Ryan is 14 of 19 from the arc. Trey Wertz added three more treys and had 16 points with JJ Starling adding 15 for Notre Dame (7-1), which shot 49% and was even better from 3-point range at 9 of 17 for 53%.

Ethan Brittain-Watts, averaging seven points per game, made 5 of 10 3-point tries and scored a career-high 19 points to lead the Terriers (6-4). Walter Whyte and Nevin Zink added 13 points each for a Boston University team playing its sixth game in a seven-game road trip. The Terriers made 12 of 29 from the arc and shot 44% overall.

The Fighting Irish looked to have the game well in hand, leading by as many as 16 in the second half and still up by double figures with five minutes to go. But the Terriers put together an 8-0 run capped by a Caelan Jones 3-pointer to close within six by the final media timeout.

The Terriers cut the margin to five but got no closer with the Fighting Irish making 9 of 12 free throws over the final three minutes. Notre Dame didn't have a field goal over the final 5:41.

Brittain-Watts opened the second half hitting consecutive 3-pointers and Whyte added another in a 11-2 run to begin the period and give BU a brief lead.

Ryan answered with a 3-pointer and Wertz added consecutive 3s in a 16-2 run to put the Fighting Irish up 54-42. The lead stayed in double figures until the Terriers made their late run.

Notre Dame led 36-29 at halftime behind 11 points from Ryan.

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1st Half
BU
Terriers
29
ND
Fighting Irish
36

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Malcolm Chimezie vs. Nate Laszewski (Terriers gains possession)
19:46		Malcolm Chimezie misses two point layup
19:44		Fighting Irish defensive rebound
18:53		Fighting Irish turnover (shot clock violation)
18:53		Ethan Brittain-Watts misses two point layup
18:51		Nate Laszewski defensive rebound
18:30	+2	Nate Laszewski makes two point jump shot	0-2
18:11	+3	Ethan Brittain-Watts makes three point jump shot (Walter Whyte assists)	3-2
18:01		Dane Goodwin misses three point jump shot
17:59		Malcolm Chimezie defensive rebound
17:52		Walter Whyte misses three point jump shot
17:50		Dane Goodwin defensive rebound
17:38	+2	Cormac Ryan makes two point jump shot	3-4
17:15		Fletcher Tynen misses two point jump shot
17:13		Nate Laszewski defensive rebound
17:03		Cormac Ryan misses two point jump shot
17:01		Ethan Brittain-Watts defensive rebound
16:36		Malcolm Chimezie misses two point layup
16:34		Nate Laszewski defensive rebound
16:24		JJ Starling misses two point layup
16:22		Malcolm Chimezie defensive rebound
16:04		Walter Whyte misses two point layup
16:02		Walter Whyte offensive rebound
15:58		Walter Whyte misses two point layup
15:56		Malcolm Chimezie offensive rebound
15:56		Ethan Brittain-Watts misses three point jump shot
15:56		Dane Goodwin defensive rebound
15:56		Malcolm Chimezie personal foul
15:35	+3	Cormac Ryan makes three point jump shot (Nate Laszewski assists)	3-7
15:17		Cormac Ryan blocks Walter Whyte's two point layup
15:15		Dane Goodwin defensive rebound
15:01		Dane Goodwin misses two point jump shot
14:59		Nevin Zink defensive rebound
14:52		Nevin Zink turnover
14:40		Trey Wertz misses two point layup
14:40		Fighting Irish offensive rebound
14:40		Jump ball. Trey Wertz (Fighting Irish gains possession)
14:40		Fighting Irish offensive rebound
14:34	+3	Cormac Ryan makes three point jump shot (Trey Wertz assists)	3-10
14:30		Terriers 30 second timeout
14:16		Nevin Zink turnover (Trey Wertz steals)
14:04		Marcus Hammond misses two point jump shot
14:02		Nic Nobili defensive rebound
13:52	+2	Nevin Zink makes two point jump shot (Miles Brewster assists)	5-10
13:40		Nate Laszewski misses three point jump shot
13:38		Anthony Morales defensive rebound
13:31		Nevin Zink offensive foul
13:31		Nevin Zink turnover (offensive foul)
13:13		Dane Goodwin misses three point jump shot
13:11		Miles Brewster defensive rebound
13:03		Ven-Allen Lubin blocks Nevin Zink's two point layup
13:01		Terriers offensive rebound
12:49		Dane Goodwin blocks Nic Nobili's three point jump shot
12:47		Trey Wertz defensive rebound
12:32	+2	Trey Wertz makes two point layup	5-12
12:19	+3	Anthony Morales makes three point jump shot	8-12
11:58	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point jump shot (Trey Wertz assists)	8-14
11:38	+2	Miles Brewster makes two point layup	10-14
11:22		Marcus Hammond turnover (Miles Brewster steals)
11:12	+2	Nevin Zink makes two point layup (Anthony Morales assists)	12-14
10:43		Miles Brewster shooting foul (Ven-Allen Lubin draws the foul)
10:43		TV timeout
10:43	+1	Ven-Allen Lubin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-15
10:43	+1	Ven-Allen Lubin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-16
10:17	+2	Walter Whyte makes two point layup	14-16
9:50	+3	JJ Starling makes three point jump shot (Nate Laszewski assists)	14-19
9:30		Jonas Harper turnover (Cormac Ryan steals)
9:26		Cormac Ryan turnover (Jonas Harper steals)
9:21		Walter Whyte misses three point jump shot
9:19		Fighting Irish defensive rebound
9:06		Jonas Harper shooting foul (JJ Starling draws the foul)
9:06	+1	JJ Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-20
9:06	+1	JJ Starling makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-21
8:38		Jonas Harper misses three point jump shot
8:36		Nate Laszewski defensive rebound
8:30	+3	Cormac Ryan makes three point jump shot (JJ Starling assists)	14-24
8:10		Fletcher Tynen misses two point layup
8:08		Nate Laszewski defensive rebound
8:03		JJ Starling misses three point jump shot
8:01		Malcolm Chimezie defensive rebound
7:53		Jonas Harper misses three point jump shot
7:51		Malcolm Chimezie offensive rebound
7:44		Malcolm Chimezie misses two point layup
7:42		Cormac Ryan defensive rebound
7:24	+3	Dane Goodwin makes three point jump shot (Cormac Ryan assists)	14-27
7:06	+3	Ethan Brittain-Watts makes three point jump shot (Malcolm Chimezie assists)	17-27
6:48	+2	JJ Starling makes two point layup	17-29
6:31		Ethan Brittain-Watts misses three point jump shot
6:29		Nate Laszewski defensive rebound
6:17		JJ Starling misses two point layup
6:15		Malcolm Chimezie defensive rebound
6:11		Walter Whyte misses three point jump shot
6:09		Nate Laszewski defensive rebound
5:51		Dane Goodwin misses two point jump shot
5:49		Malcolm Chimezie defensive rebound
5:29	+2	Walter Whyte makes two point layup	19-29
5:09	+2	Nate Laszewski makes two point jump shot	19-31
4:45	+2	Ethan Brittain-Watts makes two point layup	21-31
4:19		JJ Starling misses two point jump shot
4:17		Fletcher Tynen defensive rebound
4:07		Dane Goodwin blocks Fletcher Tynen's two point jump shot
4:05		Nate Laszewski defensive rebound
4:05		Fighting Irish 30 second timeout
3:40		Nate Laszewski offensive foul
3:40		Nate Laszewski turnover (offensive foul)
3:40		TV timeout
3:22	+3	Anthony Morales makes three point jump shot (Ethan Brittain-Watts assists)	24-31
2:45	+2	Nate Laszewski makes two point jump shot	24-33
2:45		Anthony Morales shooting foul (Nate Laszewski draws the foul)
2:45	+1	Nate Laszewski makes regular free throw 1 of 1	24-34
2:27	+2	Nevin Zink makes two point layup	26-34
2:05		Dane Goodwin misses two point layup
2:03		Miles Brewster defensive rebound
2:03		Dane Goodwin personal foul
1:37		Caelan Jones misses three point jump shot
1:35		Trey Wertz defensive rebound
1:24		JJ Starling misses three point jump shot
1:22		Miles Brewster defensive rebound
1:15		Nate Laszewski personal foul
1:06		Miles Brewster turnover (Ven-Allen Lubin steals)
1:00		Caelan Jones blocks Ven-Allen Lubin's two point layup
0:58		Fighting Irish offensive rebound
0:58	+2	Dane Goodwin makes two point jump shot (Trey Wertz assists)	26-36
0:38		Ven-Allen Lubin shooting foul (Ethan Brittain-Watts draws the foul)
0:38	+1	Ethan Brittain-Watts makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-36
0:38	+1	Ethan Brittain-Watts makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-36
0:08		Fighting Irish turnover (shot clock violation)
0:03		Ven-Allen Lubin shooting foul (Miles Brewster draws the foul)
0:03	+1	Miles Brewster makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-36
0:03		Miles Brewster misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:03		Dane Goodwin defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
BU
Terriers
46
ND
Fighting Irish
45

Time		Play	Score
19:33	+3	Ethan Brittain-Watts makes three point jump shot	32-36
19:13		Nate Laszewski turnover (Ethan Brittain-Watts steals)
18:58	+3	Ethan Brittain-Watts makes three point jump shot (Nevin Zink assists)	35-36
18:38	+2	JJ Starling makes two point layup	35-38
18:18	+2	Fletcher Tynen makes two point jump shot (Nevin Zink assists)	37-38
17:50		JJ Starling misses two point jump shot
17:48		Fletcher Tynen defensive rebound
17:39	+3	Walter Whyte makes three point jump shot (Fletcher Tynen assists)	40-38
17:15		Ethan Brittain-Watts personal foul
16:57	+3	Cormac Ryan makes three point jump shot (Dane Goodwin assists)	40-41
16:43		Jonas Harper misses two point layup
16:41		Cormac Ryan defensive rebound
16:35	+3	Trey Wertz makes three point jump shot (Cormac Ryan assists)	40-44
16:11		Nevin Zink turnover (Cormac Ryan steals)
16:04	+3	Trey Wertz makes three point jump shot (Cormac Ryan assists)	40-47
15:43	+2	Nevin Zink makes two point jump shot (Fletcher Tynen assists)	42-47
15:27	+2	Nate Laszewski makes two point layup (Trey Wertz assists)	42-49
15:12		Walter Whyte offensive foul
15:12		Walter Whyte turnover (offensive foul)
15:12		TV timeout
14:56	+2	Trey Wertz makes two point layup	42-51
14:56		Miles Brewster shooting foul (Trey Wertz draws the foul)
14:56	+1	Trey Wertz makes regular free throw 1 of 1	42-52
14:41		Fletcher Tynen turnover (Cormac Ryan steals)
14:18		Marcus Hammond misses two point jump shot
14:16		Cormac Ryan offensive rebound
14:10	+2	Cormac Ryan makes two point layup	42-54
13:55	+2	Anthony Morales makes two point layup (Miles Brewster assists)	44-54
13:40		Miles Brewster blocks Trey Wertz's two point layup
13:38		Fighting Irish offensive rebound
13:21	+3	Trey Wertz makes three point jump shot	44-57
13:07		Cormac Ryan personal foul
13:01		Ven-Allen Lubin blocks Ethan Brittain-Watts's two point layup
12:59		Anthony Morales offensive rebound
12:55		Walter Whyte misses three point jump shot
12:53		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
12:41	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point layup (JJ Starling assists)	44-59
12:24		JJ Starling personal foul
12:14		Walter Whyte misses two point layup
12:12		Malcolm Chimezie offensive rebound
12:08	+2	Malcolm Chimezie makes two point layup	46-59
11:53		Ethan Brittain-Watts shooting foul (Dane Goodwin draws the foul)
11:53		TV timeout
11:53	+1	Dane Goodwin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-60
11:53		Dane Goodwin misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:53		Walter Whyte defensive rebound
11:27		Jonas Harper misses three point jump shot
11:25		Marcus Hammond defensive rebound
11:20	+2	Trey Wertz makes two point layup (Marcus Hammond assists)	46-62
10:57		Jonas Harper turnover (Marcus Hammond steals)
10:57		Miles Brewster personal foul
10:46		Marcus Hammond turnover (Anthony Morales steals)
10:41	+2	Miles Brewster makes two point layup (Anthony Morales assists)	48-62
10:20	+2	Marcus Hammond makes two point layup	48-64
10:04	+3	Jonas Harper makes three point jump shot (Miles Brewster assists)	51-64
9:38		Trey Wertz misses three point jump shot
9:36		Anthony Morales defensive rebound
9:27		Dane Goodwin personal foul
9:13		Trey Wertz shooting foul (Jonas Harper draws the foul)
9:11		Jonas Harper misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:11	+1	Jonas Harper makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-64
8:59		Jonas Harper personal foul
8:47	+2	JJ Starling makes two point layup	52-66
8:29		Ethan Brittain-Watts misses three point jump shot
8:27		Nate Laszewski defensive rebound
8:11		Jonas Harper personal foul
8:11	+1	JJ Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-67
8:11	+1	JJ Starling makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-68
8:01	+3	Caelan Jones makes three point jump shot (Ethan Brittain-Watts assists)	55-68
7:33		Fletcher Tynen personal foul
7:33		TV timeout
7:33	+1	JJ Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-69
7:33	+1	JJ Starling makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-70
7:05		Fletcher Tynen misses three point jump shot
7:03		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
6:41		Trey Wertz misses three point jump shot
6:39		Terriers defensive rebound
6:39		Ven-Allen Lubin personal foul
6:25		Cormac Ryan personal foul
6:21	+3	Ethan Brittain-Watts makes three point jump shot	58-70
5:46		Dane Goodwin misses two point jump shot
5:44		Ven-Allen Lubin offensive rebound
5:38	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point layup	58-72
5:19	+2	Nevin Zink makes two point jump shot	60-72
5:03		Trey Wertz misses three point jump shot
5:01		Fletcher Tynen defensive rebound
4:58		Cormac Ryan shooting foul (Fletcher Tynen draws the foul)
4:58	+1	Fletcher Tynen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-72
4:58	+1	Fletcher Tynen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-72
4:32		JJ Starling misses two point jump shot
4:30		Nevin Zink defensive rebound
4:16		JJ Starling shooting foul (Fletcher Tynen draws the foul)
4:16	+1	Fletcher Tynen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-72
4:16		Fletcher Tynen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:16		Walter Whyte offensive rebound
4:08	+3	Caelan Jones makes three point jump shot (Fletcher Tynen assists)	66-72
4:05		Fighting Irish 30 second timeout
3:45		Marcus Hammond misses two point layup
3:43		Caelan Jones defensive rebound
3:27		Caelan Jones misses three point jump shot
3:25		Nevin Zink offensive rebound
3:18		Nevin Zink misses two point layup
3:16		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
3:02		Dane Goodwin misses two point jump shot
3:00		Ethan Brittain-Watts defensive rebound
2:49		Fletcher Tynen turnover (Cormac Ryan steals)
2:48		Walter Whyte personal foul
2:48		TV timeout
2:48	+1	Cormac Ryan makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-73
2:48	+1	Cormac Ryan makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-74
2:33	+2	Nevin Zink makes two point jump shot	68-74
2:01		Walter Whyte shooting foul (Dane Goodwin draws the foul)
2:01	+1	Dane Goodwin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-75
2:01		Dane Goodwin misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:01		Walter Whyte defensive rebound
1:46		Cormac Ryan shooting foul (Walter Whyte draws the foul)
1:46	+1	Walter Whyte makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-75
1:46	+1	Walter Whyte makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-75
1:27		Dane Goodwin misses two point jump shot
1:25		Cormac Ryan offensive rebound
1:25		Fletcher Tynen personal foul
1:25	+1	Cormac Ryan makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-76
1:25	+1	Cormac Ryan makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-77
1:25		Fighting Irish 30 second timeout
1:16		Ethan Brittain-Watts misses two point jump shot
1:14		Nevin Zink offensive rebound
1:14		Trey Wertz personal foul
1:14		Nevin Zink misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:14	+1	Nevin Zink makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-77
1:11		Dane Goodwin turnover (Walter Whyte steals)
1:11		Dane Goodwin personal foul
1:11	+1	Walter Whyte makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-77
1:11		Walter Whyte misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:11		Dane Goodwin defensive rebound
0:43		Trey Wertz misses two point jump shot
0:41		Terriers defensive rebound
0:32		Ven-Allen Lubin blocks Ethan Brittain-Watts's three point jump shot
0:31		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
0:31		Ethan Brittain-Watts personal foul
0:31	+1	Ven-Allen Lubin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-78
0:31		Terriers 30 second timeout
0:31		Ven-Allen Lubin misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:21		Walter Whyte defensive rebound
0:21		Ethan Brittain-Watts misses three point jump shot
0:19		Fletcher Tynen offensive rebound
0:15		Fletcher Tynen turnover (Dane Goodwin steals)
0:15		Nevin Zink personal foul
0:15	+1	Dane Goodwin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-79
0:15	+1	Dane Goodwin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-80
0:10	+3	Walter Whyte makes three point jump shot (Ethan Brittain-Watts assists)	75-80
0:09		Terriers 30 second timeout
0:07		Fletcher Tynen personal foul
0:07	+1	Cormac Ryan makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-81
0:07		Cormac Ryan misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:07		Miles Brewster defensive rebound
0:02		Jonas Harper misses three point jump shot
0:00		Cormac Ryan defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Cormac Ryan defensive rebound