Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Indiana Hoosiers Match Player Stats On Dec 16, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Dec 16, 2017

Juwan Morgan's dunk after a missed free throw in the waning seconds of overtime helped lift Indiana to an 80-77 upset win over No. 18 Notre Dame in the second game of the Crossroads Classic at Bankers' Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Saturday.

Morgan's basket and foul with 11.6 seconds to go pulled the Hoosiers to within one but the junior forward missed the subsequent free throw.

But teammate Zach McRoberts was there to grab the offensive rebound. He quickly passed back to the streaking Morgan, who threw down a two-handed slam to put Indiana up by two.

Notre Dame had a chance to go ahead but Matt Farrell's shot fell short. Devonte Green then hit two free throws with 2.3 seconds to go to push the Indiana lead to three. Bonzie Colson's game-tying halfcourt attempt at the buzzer rimmed out, giving the Hoosiers the win.

Notre Dame (8-3) led by as many as 14 points in the first half, but Indiana (6-5) slowly chipped away, cutting the margin to six at the half and tying the game on a Morgan layup with 13 seconds left in regulation.

Notre Dame's Austin Torres was fouled with less than a second to play in regulation but missed both free throws to send the game into overtime.

Morgan finished the game with a career-high 34 points on 13-of-17 shooting and had 11 rebounds while teammate Robert Johnson hit five 3-pointers and scored 20 points.

Colson scored 29 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead Notre Dame. T.J. Gibbs added 17 points and Farrell had 15 points.

NOTES: Indiana leads the overall series with Notre Dame 50-22, including 9-3 in Indianapolis. ... The Hoosiers go as fifth-year senior F Collin Hartman goes. Indiana is 50-23 in games in which he is healthy, 21-20 when he is not. ... Notre Dame F Bonzie Colson, the ACC preseason player of the year, has scored in double figures in 28 consecutive games and leads all ACC players in career double-doubles (29) and rebounds (795). ... Notre Dame coach Mike Brey remains three wins shy of tying Digger Phelps for most wins by an Irish coach. He is 390-189 in 18 seasons.