Goodwin, who had already knocked down a pair of triples Saturday, got a good look and let it fly as the Wahoo fans in attendance held their breath and then let out a collective sigh of relief as they watched the ball bounce off the rim and out as the final buzzer sounded.
Wertz intentionally missed his second shot, as the ensuing rebound wound up with Notre Dame and it kicked over on the wing to a wide-open Dane Goodwin, a graduate senior who has been known to bury a 3-pointer or two across his five seasons in South Bend (222 of them, to be exact).
Wertz converted the first free throw to cut it to two before the Irish’s Mike Brey - coaching in his final game at JPJ - called a timeout to set up a plan for Wertz’s second attempt. Gardner made up for his missed free throw, smartly fouling Trey Wertz with 3.9 ticks left, preventing a potential tying triple and forcing him to the charity stripe instead. Gardner stepped to the free-throw line with a chance to all but put the game away, but misfired on the front end of the one-and-one try, and the Fighting Irish (10-17, 2-14) secured the rebound, quickly moving up the floor with the intention of tying it up with a 3-pointer. The Cavaliers (21-4, 13-3 ACC) held a three-point lead, 57-54, with 9.3 seconds left, when Jayden Gardner was fouled while simultaneously hauling in his 12th rebound after a Notre Dame miss on the other end. 7 Virginia survived another close finish at John Paul Jones Arena Saturday, hanging on for a 57-55 win over Notre Dame to remain atop the ACC standings with four games to go. On a day in which Kihei Clark became the all-time assist leader in school history, No.
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