SOUTH BEND, Ind. (November 6, 2024) – The Stonehill College men's basketball team opened its road slate at the Purcell Pavilion, falling to Notre Dame 89-60 Wednesday night.  

LEADERS

• Sophomore Todd Brogna (Southborough, Mass.) led Stonehill with 16 points, shooting 8-9 from the free throw line while making both of his three-point attempts.
• Sophomore Louie Semona (Cincinnati, Ohio) and junior Ethan Meuser (Shavertown, Pa.) each scored 11 points while Meuser also had three steals and two blocks.
• Junior Chas Stinson (Charlotte, N.C.) led Stonehill with a career-high four blocks, and graduate student Amir Nesbitt (Newport News, Va.) matched his career-high of four steals.
• Notre Dame's backcourt duo of Markus Burton and Braeden Shrewsberry led all scorers with 18 points each.

FIRST HALF

• Stonehill scored the first bucket of the game as Meuser crashed the offensive glass, tipping in a miss to give the Skyhawks a 2-0 lead.
• A transition three from Semona off a Nesbitt steal tied the game at 10-10 as the Skyhawks opened the contest shooting 44% (4-9).
• The fighting Irish jumped out to a 13-point lead, 29-16, outscoring Stonehill 19-6 over the next six minutes.
• The Skyhawks responded, knocking down three consecutive three-pointers to make it a single-digit game, 33-25, with just over five minutes to play in the half.
• Notre Dame closed out the first half strong, finishing on a 13-4 run to take a 17-point lead into the break, 46-29.

SECOND HALF

• Stonehill made back-to-back threes to start the second half, but the Fighting Irish continued to build on their lead, making four straight shots to go up by 24, 61-37, with 15 minutes to go in the game.
• A three-pointer from last year's ACC Rookie of the Year, Markus Burton, gave Notre Dame its largest lead of the game, 77-49, with seven minutes left on the clock.
• Stonehill fought hard down the stretch, but the Fighting Irish would win the game 89-60, shooting the ball at a 50.8% (31-61) clip from the field.

NOTEWORTHY

• Meuser tallied a career-high 11 points after being held scoreless in Monday night's opener against Framingham State. He knocked down a career-high three shots from long range and had a career-high three steals.
• Stinson doubled his career high, blocking four shots.
• This was Stonehill's first meeting as a Division I opponent with Notre Dame, playing two exhibitions against the Fighting Irish, one in 2011, and the other in 2008.
• Notre Dame won the rebounding battle 50-23 and shot the ball 47.8% (11-23) from deep.

UP NEXT

• Stonehill men's basketball plays its second of a five-game road, traveling to the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, R.I. to take on the Friars at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9.

Before Saturday's game, there will be a pregame meet-up at Union Station Brewery beginning at 4 p.m. for parents, alumni, and friends of the Stonehill men's basketball program.  Attendees can RSVP for the event here: www.stonehillalumni.org/providence2024
 
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