The Notre Dame men’s basketball team moved to 2-1 on the young season Tuesday night, dismantling Howard 79-50.
Pre-season All-ACC John Mooney led the way with a monster night, scoring 18 and pulling down 16 rebounds.
Juwan Durham (11), Dane Goodwin (11) and Rex Pflueger (10) all wound up with double-digit points as well in the dominating Irish victory.
Leading 15-9 early on the Irish went on an 8-0 to stretch the lead to 14 before eventually going to the half up 41-21.
26 of those 41 came in the paint where Notre Dame dominated all night, also eventually winning the rebounding battle 45-32.
For all intents and purposes, the game was over at halftime but the Irish still did well down low, “only” putting up 20 of their 38 second half points in the paint.
The double-double was Mooney’s second in three games this season and the 23rd of his Notre Dame career.
The Irish, who forced 17 Howard turnovers Tuesday, return to action Friday night when they host Marshall at Purcell Pavillion.