Notre Dame pulls away from Idaho, wins 80-65 despite missing leading scorer Markus Burton

SOUTH BEND Ind AP Jalen Haralson scored points Carson Towt had points and rebounds and Notre Dame pulled away late to beat Idaho - despite playing without leading scorer Markus Burton on Wednesday night Burton who leads the Fighting Irish at ppg was to have had surgery Wednesday on his left ankle after suffering an injury in Notre Dame s previous meeting an - overtime win over TCU He is expected to be out for the foreseeable future according to the school Haralson was -of- shooting and Towt was of in collecting his third double-double this season Cole Certa had a trio of -pointers and points and Braeden Shrewsberry made four s and scored The Irish - shot and made of from the arc in winning their third straight championship and improving to - at home Biko Johnson made three s and scored points and Jackson Rasmussen added points though the pair combined for only eight second-half points for Idaho - Brody Rowbury added points The Vandals shot and made of -pointers Tied -all at halftime Notre Dame never trailed in the second half going up - with nine minutes to go after Certa scored the first seven points in an - run The Vandals got back within four with six minutes left on a Johnson -pointer but that was their final field goal Shrewsberry and Certa hit -pointers in a game-ending - run Up next Idaho is home against Evergreen State on Sunday Notre Dame is home against Evansville on Sunday Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here and here AP News mobile app AP college basketball https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-basketball-poll and https apnews com hub college-basketball Source