Notre Dame had a tough time getting anything to work the final 36 or so minutes of Wednesday night’s loss at No. 3 Maryland, as the Irish fell 72-51.
The worst part of the night came in the games final minute when sophomore guard Robby Carmody suffered what appeared to be a significant knee injury that could very-likely cost him the rest of the season.
The Mars, Pennsylvania product had been averaging 5.5 points per game for Mike Brey’s Fighting Irish but it would appear his 2019-20 season is done almost as soon as it began.
The only way any news about Robby Carmody's left knee injury is newsworthy Thursday would be if it's NOT season ending….given everything we saw/know/heard from tonight, it's probably not going to end well.
— Tom Noie (@tnoieNDI) December 5, 2019
#NotreDame radio play by play man Jack Nolan reports Robby Carmody taken off court in wheelchair….color commentator Zach Hillesland says Carmody was saying about his knee, "I tore it. I tore it."
— Tom Noie (@tnoieNDI) December 5, 2019
The one good thing to be seen from this moment was a classy showing of sportsmanship from the entire Maryland team right after the game went final.
When Notre Dames Robby Carmody went down with a devastating knee injury with half a minute to play, t4he Irish lost a great kid. When the horn sounded, every Maryland player went to the end of the Notre Dame bench to wish Robby Well, something I've never seen before in a game.
— Johnny Holliday (@hollidaykid) December 5, 2019
For Notre Dame an already thin bench gets that much thinner as the Irish have now lost two players in the last two days, after Chris Doherty announced he was leaving the team Tuesday.