(MCT) — SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Jerian Grant issued a quick fake, took one dribble and drained a rather nondescript jumper in the context of a Notre Dame offensive detonation. As he backpedaled, backcourt mate Eric Atkins smiled, duly noting that his assist on the play had made him double-doubly productive as well.

There was plenty to go around Monday, and go around it did, with the Irish’s 92-65 victory over Chicago State an efficient, unselfish throttling led by two guards whose recovery from early-season sputtering couldn’t have had better timing.