Jackson, Irish bounce back to beat Youngstown State 87-78

Our squad stands with our Head Coach, Mike Brey, during a moment of silence to honor his dad, Paul. “We wanted to come out and give him all we had and bounce back and get a win for him”. “Good to see him back in a rhythm”. Bonzie Colson also reached double figures with 14 points. Sidney Umude had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Penguins (5-8).

Notre Dame (8-3) is off for the next eight days before a final nonconference game against Liberty on December 29.

The Penguins open Horizon League play against Detroit, Saturday, Jan. 2. The Irish had a 16-point lead in the second half against in on Saturday before falling to the Hoosiers at the Crossroads Classic.

“We have just been trying to uplift him and be there for him, and play as hard as we could today”, Beachem told UND.com after the game. Latin Davis’ layup with 38 seconds left got Notre Dame’s lead down to eight, but Auguste hit 3 of 4 free throws down the stretch to seal the win. Auguste made the two free throws to close out the 16-2 run.

“Somebody asked me if I was going to coach the game, and yes, absolutely”, Brey said. She got in foul trouble and played just 8 minutes. Notre Dame closed out the half scoring nine of the next 11 points to take a 41-33 lead into halftime. “I think we gotta push him through a threshold of being confident with cutting and things of that nature, because he’s had enough time to be where we need him to be”. “He’s been an intriguing one in practice”.

In March, it was the death of Betty, Brey’s mother, just before a second-round game against Butler in the NCAA tournament.

Youngstown State: The Penguins, who were coming off their worst loss of the season, a 59-point drubbing at MI on Saturday, play four straight on the road.

A Notre Dame official says Brey will coach the Irish in their next game, 7 PM Monday against Youngstown State.

Youngstown State travels to Detroit on January 2.

PHILADELPHIA – Lindsay Allen had 16 points, nine assists and seven rebounds to help No. 3 Notre Dame beat Saint Joseph’s 91-55 on Monday night.