Knoxville Catholic won the last time they faced Notre Dame and things went their way on Saturday too. The Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish put the hurt on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish with a sharp 73-52 win. Knoxville Catholic pushed the score to 64-35 by the end of the third, a deficit Notre Dame cut but never quite recovered from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Knoxville Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cade Murphy, who went 8 for 16 on his way to 21 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tj Tipton, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 boards.
When it comes to explaining why Notre Dame lost, don't look at Gaas Herman. Despite the final result, he posted 17 points. The game was Herman's 14th in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Aidan Redner, who earned ten points.
Fighting Irish
| 01/18/25 vs Notre Dame | 73-52 |
| 01/17/25 vs Cocke County | 78-69 |
| 12/17/24 vs King's Academy | 77-60 |
| 12/14/24 vs York Institute | 80-31 |
| 12/03/24 vs Bradley Central | 66-61 |
| + 3 more games |
Knoxville Catholic's victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-4. As for Notre Dame, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-12 record this season.
Knoxville Catholic has already played their next contest (against Cleveland), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Notre Dame will head out to challenge Collegedale Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Notre Dame is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.1 points per game this season.
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