Kyle McAlarney has been referred to as a gym rat. Well, the kid out of Moore Catholic High has come a very long way in his junior season at South Bend. The Notre Dame guard lit up the Syracuse Orangemen connecting on nine three-pointers en route to a game high 30 in a 94-87 home win, improving the No.21 ranked Fighting Irish (21-5) to 11-3 in the Big East. 

He finished 9-for-11 from beyond the arc including draining a 26-footer which gave his team a seven-point lead.

“I’m going to call Colin (Falls) up tonight and rub it in his face,” the Staten Island product remarked to reporters of breaking his former teammate’s three-point school record which was shared by two other players.

Notre Dame coach Mike Brey wasn’t too surprised that McAlarney’s record-breaker came at the expense of Jim Boeheim’s patented Syracuse zone.

“All my guys I’ve had, when they see that zone, they start drooling. You almost need a towel to wipe their chin off because they can cut and move,” he later pointed out.

McAlarney also hit both free throws down the stretch as a furious Orangemen rally fell short due to Notre Dame sinking nine of 12 from the charity stripe in the final 84 seconds.

Sophomore forward Luke Harangody finished with a double double (14 pts & 14 rebs). Five Irish hit for double digits in the win.

McAlarney also contributed four rebounds and three assists while playing a team high 38 of 40 minutes. 

He is a deadly outside shooter who entered over 44 percent from downtown. That percentage went up yesterday thanks to a brilliant performance.