SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Dan Goodwin scored a season-high 21 points and Notre Dame made a season-high 16 3-pointers in defeating Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 83-73 on Wednesday.
Goodwin made 5 of 7 3-point attempts with the Fighting Irish sinking 16 of 29 from the arc for 55% - better than their 49% overall - as they overcame a fast start by the Islanders then pulled away late.
Blake Wesley added 15 points and a career-high nine assists for Notre Dame (6-5). Paul Atkinson Sr. and Cormac Ryan scored 14 points each with Prentiss Hubb adding 11 with five assists. Notre Dame's 27 field goals came off a season-high 21 assists while besting their previous season-high of 14 3-pointers made in a victory over Western Michigan in its previous game.
Trailing by five at halftime, the Islanders took their only lead of the second half on a Tennyson 3-pointer. Ryan had a pair of 3-pointers in an 8-0 run to go up by 10 and a Goodwin 3-pointer gave the Irish their largest lead of 11 with 2 1/2 minutes left. A Wesley dunk with a minute to go made it 82-71.
Notre Dame was 8 of 10 from 3-point range in the second half.
Only six Notre Dame players saw action with its other usual rotation player, guard Trey Wertz, missing his first game this season with a sprained right ankle. He is expected back for the Irish's game at Pittsburgh on Tuesday.