No. 3 Notre Dame Women's Basketball Faces No. 17 TCU In Cayman Islands
No. 3 Notre Dame plays a pair of Thanksgiving weekend games in the Cayman Islands on Friday and Saturday. They take on No. 17 TCU on Friday and Utah on Saturday
Where: George Town, Cayman Islands - John Gray Gymnasium
When: Friday, Nov. 29 – 5:00 PM EST
Network: FloHoops.com – Matt Martucci (Play-by-Play), Anne O’Neil (Analyst)
Radio: ND Radio Network, 96.1 FM WSBT in South Bend all games also stream on the Audacy App/Audacy.com – Sean Stires (PBP)
Let's take a look at today’s matchup:
NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH (5-0, 0-0)
Head Coach: Niele Ivey (94-32 – 5th season at Notre Dame)
Notre Dame is coming off not only its biggest win of the season but also one of the biggest wins for any team so far after last Saturday’s 74-61 win over then No. 3 USC. The win moved the 5-0 Fighting Irish up to No. 3 in this week’s national polls.
Hannah Hidalgo and Olivia Miles put on a show in Los Angeles. Hidalgo scored 24 points with eight assists and five steals while Miles added 20 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Miles hit four 3-pointers as well. The dynamic Irish duo scored or assisted on 63 of Notre Dame’s points in their first win over a ranked team this season.
Liatu King returned to the lineup with 11 rebounds and four steals. Sonia Citron scored just seven points but she turned in a phenomenal defensive performance against USC All-American JuJu Watkins that was key to the Irish win.
Projected Irish Starting Lineup
G Olivia Miles - 5-10, Grad– 18.6 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 6.8 APG
G Hannah Hidalgo – 5-6, Soph – 24.8 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 3.6 APG, 5.2 SPG
F Liatu King- 6-0, Grad – 14.5 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 2.7 SPG
G Sonia Citron– 6-1, Jr – 10.3 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 3.7 APG
G Kate Koval – 6-5, Fr – 11.8 PPG, 11.8 RPG, 24 BLK
TCU Horned Frogs (6-0, 0-0 Big 12)
Head Coach: Mark Campbell (27-12 in 2nd season at TCU/105-35 4th season overall)
Second-year head coach Mark Campbell led a 13-game turnaround in his first season as head coach last year. The Horned Frogs went 8-23 a year before his arrival but they finished 21-12 last year. TCU is off to a 6-0 start after last week’s 86-46 win over Idaho State. Hailey Van Lith led TCU with 27 points thanks to four 3-pointers. Sedona Prince scored 19 points. The is a graduate student in her second season at TCU after beginning her career at Texas and spending two years at Oregon. Those two combined to shoot 17 of 27 to help the Horned Frogs hit 57% of their 54 attempts. TCU beat another ACC opponent, NC State, 76-73 on Nov. 17.
Projected Starting Lineup
G Hailey Van Lith - Stats – 19.2 PPG, 7.0 APG, 2.3 SPG
C Sedona Prince - Stats – 20.7 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 23 BLK
G Madison Conner - Stats – 15.8 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 5.0 APG
F Taylor Bigby – Stats – 8.7 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 1.3 APG
G Donovyn Hunter - Stats – 7.2 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 3.5 APG
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
TCU has one of the top inside-outside combinations in the nation in Van Lith and Prince. Van Lith played at LSU last year after playing her first three seasons at Louisville. Irish freshman Kate Koval leads the nation with 24 blocked shots, while Prince, who stands 6-7, is one behind her with 23. Prince and currently injured Fighting Irish forward Kylee Watson were teammates for a season at Oregon. Campbell was the associate head coach at Oregon when the two played there. Like Miles and Citron, Prince was recently picked to go in the first round of next year's WNBA Draft in an ESPN mock draft.
The Irish have the nation’s No. 4 scoring offense at 92.8 PPG and the No. 66 scoring offense, allowing 56.2 PPG. TCU’s ranks No. 18 in scoring offense with 86.3 PPG and No.17 in points allowed at 47.7 PPG.
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