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Notre Dame opens six-game homestand with overtime loss to Georgetown

This one slipped away.

Notre Dame likely won’t have many more wins this season, so any close loss will feel like a missed opportunity. Beginning a six-game homestand against former Big East rival Georgetown, the Irish had a few opportunities for the game to end in their favor. Instead, it was the Hoyas celebrating a 72-68 victory in overtime.

A game in which both the Irish (4-6) and Hoyas (7-4) had earlier nine-point leads was tied at 60 in the final minute of the second half. [autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] made a go-ahead layup with 8.7 seconds left, but that was enough time for Rowan Brumbaugh to make a basket with 1.2 seconds remaining.

Burton nearly made one of the most incredible buzzer beaters of all time from three-quarter court, but instead, free basketball was needed to decide this one:

An Ismael Massoud 3-pointer with 1:16 left put the Hoyas up, 70-68. Burton was fouled on the next possession but missed two free throws. The Irish made a defensive stop on the other end and called a timeout with nine seconds left to try and either tie or win the game.

Burton drove and dished out to [autotag]Kebba Njie[/autotag], whose game-winning 3-point attempt was blocked by Supreme Cook. [autotag]Braeden Shrewsberry[/autotag] was forced to foul Brumbaugh with 0.4 seconds on the clock, and Brumbaugh made two free throws to ice it for the Hoyas.

Drew Fielder came off the bench to lead the Hoyas with 16 points, most of which came on four 3-pointers. Brumbaugh scored 15 while making all six of his free throws, and Massoud had 13 points. Jay Heath and Dontrez Styles scored 10 points apiece

Burton was the game’s high scorer with 17 points despite making only six of 20 field-goal attempts. [autotag]J.R. Konieczny[/autotag] flirted with a double-double of 13 points and eight rebounds, and [autotag]Julian Roper II[/autotag] had a couple of highlight-reel moments while also scoring 13. Shrewsberry came off the bench to score 10.

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Ismael Massoud, former Rutgers basketball recruit, has entered the transfer portal

Ismael Massoud, a former Rutgers basketball recruit, has entered the transfer portal.

Offered by Rutgers basketball coming out of high school, Ismael Massoud is now in the transfer portal. Massoud played at Kansas State the last two seasons.

With one year of eligibility left, Massoud is a 6-foot-9 forward from New York City. As a member of the 2019 recruiting class out of MacDuffie (Bronx, N.Y.), Massoud was a three-star and the No. 2 player in New York according to 247Sports.

He originally committed to Wake Forest, where he spent his first two seasons of college basketball before transferring to Kansas State. He was offered by the Scarlet Knights and took an official to Rutgers in the fall of 2018 before committing to Wake Forest.

Last season at Kansas State, he averaged 5.4 points and 1.7 rebounds in 15.3 minutes per game. He made 32 appearances for Kansas State, all off the bench.

Two years ago in his first season at Kansas State, Massoud had 18 starts in 31 games played, averaging 6.8 points per game.

He announced his decision to enter the transfer portal on Wednesday.

 

So far, four Rutgers basketball players have entered the transfer portal or declared for the NBA draft. From that group, only center Cliff Omoruyi was a starter.

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Omoruyi declared for the NBA draft while maintaining his college eligibility.

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