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FINAL
Dec 11, 2021

Game Recap

Wesley's late shot lifts Notre Dame over No. 10 Kentucky. Freshman and hometown hero Blake Wesley’s driving pull-up jumper in the lane with 11.7 seconds to go put Notre Dame ahead as the Irish stunned No. 10 Kentucky 66-62 on Saturday.

Box Score

12T
UK303262
ND283866
Kentucky Wildcats logoKENTUCKYMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
3TyTy Washington Jr.333-70-10-01500226
12Keion Brooks Jr.325-100-12-470110112
34Oscar Tshiebwe3711-140-03-471321125
2Sahvir Wheeler290-50-23-42200233
31Kellan Grady353-82-70-04100018
4Daimion Collins30-00-00-00001010
0Jacob Toppin81-20-10-01010002
23Bryce Hopkins50-20-20-00000000
10Davion Mintz182-70-52-34000016
TOTAL25-5545.5%2-1910.5%10-1566.7%2695451062
Notre Dame Fighting Irish logoNOTRE DAMEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
14Nate Laszewski293-81-50-03000127
20Paul Atkinson Jr.275-80-00-063001310
0Blake Wesley306-122-50-043101314
5Cormac Ryan313-41-20-05410227
23Dane Goodwin335-91-23-461001314
2Trey Wertz293-92-44-422001012
3Prentiss Hubb211-60-40-03210112
TOTAL26-5646.4%7-2231.8%7-887.5%29153081466

Play-by-Play

1st halfuknd
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (20:00) Jump Ball won by Kentucky
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (19:47) Keion Brooks Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Oscar Tshiebwe.
    20
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    +3 (19:32) Cormac Ryan made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Atkinson Jr..
    23
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (19:14) Kellan Grady made Jumper.
    43
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (18:52) Blake Wesley missed Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (18:52) Keion Brooks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (18:40) Sahvir Wheeler missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (18:40) Cormac Ryan Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    +2 (18:37) Cormac Ryan made Layup.
    45
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (18:09) Oscar Tshiebwe made Jumper. Assisted by TyTy Washington Jr..
    65
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    +3 (17:47) Blake Wesley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Atkinson Jr..
    68
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (17:27) Keion Brooks Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (17:27) Blake Wesley Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (17:02) Dane Goodwin missed Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (17:02) Keion Brooks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (16:50) Foul on Sahvir Wheeler.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (16:50) Sahvir Wheeler Turnover.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (16:32) Paul Atkinson Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (16:32) Keion Brooks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (16:15) TyTy Washington Jr. made Jumper.
    88
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (15:57) Dane Goodwin Turnover.
  • (15:57) Official TV Timeout
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (15:46) Keion Brooks Jr. made Layup.
    108
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (15:28) Paul Atkinson Jr. missed Layup.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (15:28) Oscar Tshiebwe Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (15:10) TyTy Washington Jr. made Jumper.
    128
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (14:40) Paul Atkinson Jr. Turnover.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (14:20) Kellan Grady missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (14:20) Oscar Tshiebwe Offensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (14:16) Foul on Dane Goodwin.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (14:11) TyTy Washington Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (14:11) Oscar Tshiebwe Offensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (14:07) Jump Ball won by Notre Dame
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (14:07) Oscar Tshiebwe Turnover.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (14:07) Prentiss Hubb Steal.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    +2 (13:38) Cormac Ryan made Layup.
    1210
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (13:29) Sahvir Wheeler missed Layup.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (13:29) Nate Laszewski Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (13:06) Nate Laszewski missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (13:06) Oscar Tshiebwe Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (13:00) Foul on Cormac Ryan.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (12:41) Oscar Tshiebwe made Jumper. Assisted by Kellan Grady.
    1410
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    +2 (12:20) Paul Atkinson Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Prentiss Hubb.
    1412
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (11:54) Oscar Tshiebwe made Jumper.
    1612
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    +2 (11:37) Paul Atkinson Jr. made Layup.
    1614
  • (11:37) Official TV Timeout
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (11:28) Keion Brooks Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (11:28) Paul Atkinson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (11:23) Foul on Daimion Collins.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (11:12) Blake Wesley missed Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (11:12) Paul Atkinson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (11:01) Prentiss Hubb missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (11:01) Keion Brooks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (10:49) Davion Mintz missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (10:49) Trey Wertz Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    +3 (10:42) Dane Goodwin made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Wertz.
    1617
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (10:21) TyTy Washington Jr. made Jumper.
    1817
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (10:03) Blake Wesley missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (10:03) Kentucky Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (9:46) Kellan Grady missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (9:46) Prentiss Hubb Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (9:23) Prentiss Hubb Turnover.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (9:23) Oscar Tshiebwe Steal.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (9:16) Foul on Blake Wesley.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (8:57) Davion Mintz made Jumper.
    2017
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (8:29) Nate Laszewski missed Layup.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (8:29) Oscar Tshiebwe Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (8:22) Sahvir Wheeler Turnover.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (8:22) Blake Wesley Steal.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    +2 (8:17) Blake Wesley made Dunk.
    2019
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (7:49) Bryce Hopkins missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (7:49) Jacob Toppin Offensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (7:41) Jacob Toppin made Layup.
    2219
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    +2 (7:22) Nate Laszewski made Layup. Assisted by Cormac Ryan.
    2221
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (7:15) Jacob Toppin missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (7:15) Cormac Ryan Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (6:47) Nate Laszewski missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (6:47) Davion Mintz Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (6:41) Davion Mintz missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (6:41) Trey Wertz Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (6:18) Blake Wesley missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (6:18) Davion Mintz Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (6:06) Sahvir Wheeler missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (6:06) Cormac Ryan Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (6:00) Cormac Ryan Turnover.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (6:00) Jacob Toppin Steal.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (5:47) Bryce Hopkins missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (5:47) Cormac Ryan Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (5:26) Trey Wertz missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (5:26) Davion Mintz Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (5:17) Oscar Tshiebwe missed Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (5:17) Prentiss Hubb Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    +3 (4:57) Trey Wertz made Three Point Jumper.
    2224
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (4:24) Oscar Tshiebwe made Layup.
    2424
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (4:03) Foul on Davion Mintz.
  • (4:03) Official TV Timeout
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (3:51) Prentiss Hubb missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (3:51) Kellan Grady Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (3:23) Oscar Tshiebwe made Jumper.
    2624
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (3:06) Nate Laszewski Turnover.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (3:06) Oscar Tshiebwe Steal.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (3:02) Oscar Tshiebwe made Dunk.
    2824
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (2:38) Cormac Ryan Turnover.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (2:38) Oscar Tshiebwe Steal.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (2:30) Keion Brooks Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (2:30) Dane Goodwin Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    +2 (2:18) Prentiss Hubb made Layup.
    2826
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    +2 (1:58) Keion Brooks Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Sahvir Wheeler.
    3026
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (1:29) Prentiss Hubb missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (1:29) Paul Atkinson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (1:26) Cormac Ryan missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (1:26) Oscar Tshiebwe Defensive Rebound.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (1:02) TyTy Washington Jr. Turnover.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (1:02) Cormac Ryan Steal.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (0:57) Notre Dame Timeout
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    +2 (0:43) Paul Atkinson Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Dane Goodwin.
    3028
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (0:29) Keion Brooks Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (0:29) Dane Goodwin Defensive Rebound.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (0:02) Trey Wertz missed Jumper.
  • Kentucky Wildcats logo
    (0:02) Daimion Collins Block.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo
    (0:02) Notre Dame Offensive Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

62Points66
25-55(45.5%)Field Goal(%)26-56(46.4%)
2-19(10.5%)3-Point(%)7-22(31.8%)
10-15(66.7%)Free Throw(%)7-8(87.5%)
28(5)Rebounds(Offensive)33(7)
9Assists15
5Steals3
4Blocks0
5Turnovers9
10(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)
5Largest Lead5

Game Details

Saturday, December 11, 2021 · 4:15 PM
Purcell Pavilion · South Bend, IN
attendance: 8,283 (90.5%)
tv: ESPN
spread: UK -4.5
over/under: 142.5