ND places nine scorers in scoring column, rolls to 63-45 win over ISJ

Story byThe Portsmouth Daily Times, OhioKevin Colley, The Portsmouth Daily Times, OhioThu, December 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM UTC·5 min readPORTSMOUTH — When a team as deep and talented as the Notre Dame Titans' boys basketball program is plays with a ball on a string, the results are usually going to be successful. Matt Mader's group certainly controlled the pace of play from the second quarter on in an SOC I contest against the Ironton St. Joseph Flyers' boys basketball program. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementNotre Dame placed nine different players in the scoring column and, following an uplifting buzzer-beating heave by sophomore Archie West that broke a 16-all tie at the end of the first quarter, went on a 47-29 run the rest of the way in a convincing 63-45 win over Ironton St. Joseph, moving to 5-2 overall and 2-0 in SOC I competition Tuesday evening in a contest that was held at Notre Dame High School in Portsmouth. It was yet another compete effort for Mader's group, who has won four of its five contests by double-figures and won its opening pair of SOC I contests against New Boston Glenwood and Ironton St.