East Tennessee State Bucs at Notre Dame Fighting Irish

No. 6 Notre Dame pulls away after the half, tops ETSU 77-46

The Irish won by 31 anyway.

"I thought we were bad," McGraw said. "I don't think there's any way of looking around it. Passing was just abysmal, shot poorly from the 3-point line. Pretty much everything, I thought, was bad."

On film when the Irish break it down, all that will matter. On the scoreboard against an overmatched, smaller opponent, those things were overlooked.

Marina Mabrey scored 14 for Notre Dame (4-0), which got 13 from Jackie Young and 12 from Arike Ogunbowale. The Irish rode their size advantage to a 60-36 rebounding edge over the Bucs.

"In the past few games, we weren't rebounding well," Ogunbowale said. "So I thought we really rebounded and boxed, got a body on people."

Notre Dame never trailed, and held ETSU to 18 points in the second half. The Irish shot 4 for 17 in the third quarter against an aggressive ETSU zone, but still managed to extend their lead.

Erica Haynes-Overton scored 13 points and Shy Copney scored 12 for the Bucs (4-2).

A three-point play by Mabrey started the run for Notre Dame, she closed it with a layup, and the lead was 30 by the midpoint of the fourth.

BIG PICTURE

Notre Dame: The Irish played three games in the season's first two weeks, and now are playing three in a span of 48 hours at this tournament. ... This is part of what's essentially a seven-game road swing for Notre Dame, which played its opener at home on Nov. 11 and won't play at home again until Dec. 6, when it faces Michigan State. The Irish have been at Western Kentucky and Oregon State, and visit Michigan and UConn after this tourney.

HALL CALLS

DEEP STRUGGLES

NOVEMBER WINS

Notre Dame has now won its last 36 games played in November. The last time the Irish lost a November game was in 2011, when then-No. 2 Notre Dame was topped by then-No. 1 Baylor 94-81 in the Preseason WNIT.

UP NEXT

ETSU: Faces Washington State in Saturday's consolation round.

Notre Dame: Faces No. 17 South Florida in Saturday's semifinals.

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Venue: Hertz Arena

Location: Estero, FL
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