National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Notre Dame 84, Brown 57
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 8, 2012
Where: Joyce Center, South Bend, Indiana
Officials: # Tim Clougherty, # Bill McCarthy, # Lamar Simpson
Attendance: 8360

No. 25 Notre Dame 84, Brown 57: Freshman Cameron Biedscheid scored a season-high 17 points to lead the host Fighting Irish to victory.

Jack Cooley finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season, Scott Martin contributed 14 points and eight rebounds, Jerian Grant had 12 points and seven assists and Eric Atkins finished with 10 points a season-high 12 assists for Notre Dame (8-1).

Matt Sullivan scored 18 points to lead the Bears (3-5), Sean McGonagill had 15 points and Tucker Halpern finished with 10.

Notre Dame never trailed, outscoring Brown 35-12 over the final 9:11 of the first half to take a 42-27 lead. The Bears never cut the deficit back to single digits.

Notre Dame entered the week No. 6 in NCAA Division I in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.55), totaling 146 assists and 94 turnovers through the first eight games. The Fighting Irish finished with 22 assists and three turnovers against Brown. The Bears, by contrast, had 11 assists and 12 turnovers.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Cooley came into the week averaging 11.3 rebounds, ninth-most in Division I. … Atkins came into the week averaging 6.4 assists, which was 17th-most in Division I. … Notre Dame came into the game holding opponents to 37.6 percent from the field. Brown shot 36.8 percent (21-for-57).
Top Game Performances
 
Brown   Notre Dame
Matt Sullivan 18 Scoring Cameron Biedscheid 17
Matt Sullivan 3 Assists Eric Atkins 12
Cedric Kuakumensah 9 Rebounds Jack Cooley 12
Cedric Kuakumensah 2 Free Throws Made Austin Burgett 2
Tucker Halpern 1 Steals Jerian Grant 4
Cedric Kuakumensah 2 Blocks Scott Martin 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Brown 57 36.8 9-25 6-9 11 31 4 3 12
Notre Dame 84 50.0 9-26 7-12 22 38 5 11 3