Notre Dame vs Louisville in 5OT

On February 10, Notre Dame took on the Louisville Cardinals in what seemed to be a quite epic game. Starting off as an average game Louisville was beating Notre Dame with a 56-48 lead. The Cardinals had a chance to win until they lost control of the ball and couldn’t get a shot off. Into the first of 5 overtimes, both teams had a tough time getting a shot off. However at the end of the second overtime with only 16 seconds left in the game Cameron Biedscheid hit a 3 pointer forcing a third OT. As Louisville and Notre Dame went into their third overtime, it was a cat and mouse game with Chane Behanan scoring inside in the last 15 seconds causing and 83 point tie. With both teams missing a good percentage of their foul shots the scores remained close into the fourth OT. Atkins and Zach Aguste missed a majority of their shots for the Irish however Sherman tipped in an intense rebound with the score now being tied at 93. Into the 5^th OT Biedscheid scored a layup with 1:19 left as well as the added free throws made by Atkins and Pat Connaughton in the final 19 seconds. Smith made an attempt to get a three point shot off but it was a miss ending the game with a score of 104-101, Notre Dame. Atkins played a fill 60 minutes and helped lead his team to a fierce, 5 OT victory!