Early Run Not Enough As Men’s Basketball Falls At Notre Dame

Eastern Illinois opened the game on an 11-0 run with Gavin Welch hitting his first three 3-pointers of the game. Notre Dame responded with a 24-0 run of their own as the Fighting Irish beat EIU 94-70 on Monday night as the Panthers played their third straight game against a power conference opponent. Devin Davenport snapped a seven-minute scoreless streak by the Panthers with a 3-pointer and EIU was still within striking distance at 27-19 with 7:51 to play. Davenport had seven points off the bench. Notre Dame led 46-33 at the half but opened the second half hitting 5-of-8...