When Detroit Mercy coach Mark Montgomery scouted the video of Notre Dame's season-opening win over Long Island, he must've gotten a bad case of shooter envy.

That's because Montgomery's squad shot a collective 8 of 40 from 3-point range during their season-opening 91-71 loss at University of Illinois Chicago, while Notre Dame coach Micah Shrewsberry had the luxury of bringing sophomore Cole Certa and freshman Ryder Frost off the bench against Long Island.

Certa drilled 6 of 9 3-point attempts for a career-high 22 points and Frost hit 4 of 5 threes in his college debut to help the Irish roll to an 89-67 triumph.

Now it's on Montgomery and Detroit Mercy (0-1) to figure out how to improve their shooting in short order while also determining how to slow down Notre Dame (1-0) in Friday night

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