Basketball Game Recap: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Batavia Blue Devils

By Team Reports Jan 28, 2024, 8:01am

Recap: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Batavia Blue Devils

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They fell to Batavia 53-49. Notre Dame has not had much luck with Batavia recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.

Notre Dame lost on Saturday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jaden Sherwood, who scored 20 points along with eight rebounds. Sherwood hasn't dropped below 15 points for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Mavrik Hall, who scored nine points.

Notre Dame's defeat dropped their record down to 11-3. As for Batavia, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-4.

Notre Dame will be playing in front of their home fans against Alexander at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Batavia, they will head out on the road to challenge Notre Dame Academy at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday.