Although Notre Dame barely trailed while beating North Dakota by 17, the game’s direction wasn’t made clear until early in the second half. Before that, the Irish let the Hawks hang around, and [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] didn’t hide his disappointment for that in his postgame news conference.
Shrewsberry said in his opening statement that the maturity the Irish displayed in their blowout win over Georgetown was replaced with “a lot of immaturity” against the Hawks.
Shrewsberry called out his team’s preparation and expressed dissatisfaction for their rebounding. Indeed, the Hawks won the offensive rebounding battle, 14-7, and ultimately outrebounded the Irish, 38-36. Six of the Hawks’ offensive rebounds came from Eli King.
In the Irish’s defense, they had little preparation time ahead of this game between traveling, a day off and classes earlier in the day. But Shrewsberry said such circumstances “can’t be an excuse” in college basketball. He promised a better showing for Friday’s game against Elon.
You can view Shrewsberry’s news conference in full here starting at 8:01 after words from [autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] and [autotag]Julian Roper II[/autotag], two of the stars in this game:
Here’s hoping Shrewsberry won’t have to say these things after a win again.
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