Notre Dame MBB flexes newfound depth in road win at Georgetown

While Notre Dame’s Micah Shrewsberry goes about gathering early-season information about his rebuilding project, his collection of new players and returners are reducing a lot of the game-day angst.

It’s much too early to tell if Saturday’s performance will eventually be regarded as a season statement of sorts, but there was no denying the promise in a slick 84-63 victory over a likewise rebuilding Georgetown (2-1) program.

“Road wins are gold, man,” Shrewsberry said in the post-game media conference. “It doesn’t matter who you beat … We have to be good in our non-conference games.”

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From Matt Allocco’s 15-point first half performance to backup center’s Nikita Konstantynovskyi’s eight points and eight rebounds, to backup forward Burke Chebuhar’s nine points on 3-for-3 shooting on threes — all new members of the Irish roster — the options and depth for Shrewsberry appear real.

“When those guys (Konstantynovskyi and Chebuhar) got in there in the first half, I thought they really settled us,” Shrewsberry said. “Because we use our bigs as ball handlers, as passers, everything else. To have two seniors come in like they did, they weren’t shook by the pressure. And that’s when we started really taking the lead out a little bit.

“In the first half, when those two guys subbed in, they played with great effort. They handled the ball, they didn’t turn it over, and then Burke’s shooting is something that you know you’re worried about.

“Allocco is just a gamer. When the lights come on and are the brightest, he’s at his best. And he was an absolutely great pickup for us this summer.”

Ed Cooley’s second Georgetown team figures to improve on last season’s 9-23 mark — and had pocketed wins over Lehigh and Fairfield prior to Saturday’s match in Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. — but the Irish (3-0) appeared well ahead of a Georgetown program that nicked the…

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Publish date : 2024-11-16 22:35:00

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