(Notre Dame) — Despite the season Micah Shrewsberry’s basketball team has had, Purcell Pavilion was truly the home of March Madness Saturday afternoon.

Notre Dame and Cal slugged their way through four overtimes, before the Irish prevailed, 112-110, leaving coaches, players and fans exhausted.

Penn High alum and Irish sophomore Markus Burton scored a career-high 43 points, 21 of them coming  in the four overtime periods when he was 6-9 from the field, 4-4 from beyond the arc and 5-6 from the stripe.

Burton’s 43 points are the most by an Irish player in an ACC game. They are also the most points scored by an Irish player since Adrian Dantley recorded 49 against Air Force on Feb. 10, 1975. It’s also the most points scored by any ACC player in any game this season.

Matt Allocco tied his season high of 24 points. Allocco stepped up in the fourth OT after Burton fouled out, dropping 10 points including a clutch go-ahead three with 15 seconds remaining.

Former St. Joseph star J.R. Konieczny celebrated his Senior Day with 13 points, playing nearly 37 minutes off the bench.

Cal’s Jovan Blackshear drained two free throws with 17 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game at 67. Allocco missed a potential game-winning three and the game headed to overtime.

In the first overtime, Burton’s three with 39 second remaining tied the game at 79. The Irish squandered a six-point lead in the second overtime, and Cole Certa missed a three at the buzzer.

Burton buried three triples in the third overtime, but Cal’s Jeremiah Wilkinson scored two of his team-high 38 points on a layup with five seconds left to force the fourth extra session.

Allocco caught fire in the fourth overtime and Certa and Garrett Sundra iced the game at the foul line.

Notre Dame is now 14-17 overall, 8-12 in ACC play. The Irish are the 12th seed for the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament and meet 13th-seed Pitt Tuesday at 2 p.m.