No. 10 Notre Dame Women Visit Syracuse To Open ACC Play
No. 10 Notre Dame hits the road to face Syracuse in the ACC opener for both teams. Here is all the information to know for Thursday’s matchup:
Where: Syracuse, NY. - JMA Wireless Dome
When: Sunday, Dec. 8 – Noon EST
Network: ACC Network– Pam Ward (Play-by-Play), Hellen Williams (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 (6-2, 0-0 ACC)
Head Coach: Niele Ivey (95-34– 5th season at Notre Dame)
Notre Dame downed No. 3 Texas 80-70 in overtime Thursday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge. The Fighting Irish outscored the Longhorns 12-2, scoring the last 12 points of the game in the process, to pick up their second win over a top five team in less than two weeks.
The Fighting Irish backcourt of Hannah Hidalgo, Olivia Miles and Sonia Citron led the way in a game that saw just six players take the floor for Notre Dame. Hidaldo led all scorers with 30 points. She and Citron hit back-to-back 3s in overtime to seal the win. The trio combined to score 66 of the team's 80 points while making 8 of 17 from 3-point range (all of the teams 3-point attempts), with 11 assists, and 11 steals.
Projected Irish Starting Lineup
G Olivia Miles - 5-10, Grad – 16.9 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 6.3 APG
G Hannah Hidalgo – 5-6, Soph – 24.6 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 3.3 APG, 4.3 SPG
F Liatu King- 6-0, Grad – 13.1 PPG, 10.9 RPG, 2.2 SPG
G Sonia Citron– 6-1, Jr – 13.4 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 2.2 APG, 2.8 SPG
G Kate Koval – 6-5, Fr – 7.9 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 2.0 APG, 31 BLK
SYRACUSE ORANGE (4-5, 0-0 ACC)
Head Coach: Felicia Legette-Jack (48-26 in 3rd season at Syracuse/401-305 23rd season overall)
After leading Syracuse to its first NCAA Tournament since 2021 last season, third-year head coach Felicia Legette-Jack's team is off to a 4-5 start after losing All-ACC guard Dyaisia Fair, who averaged 22.3 points and generally set the tone for a team that was 25-9 overall and 16-4 in conference play. Fair transferred to Syracuse when Legette-Jack, a Syracuse alum, brought her with her from Buffalo where Legette-Jack coached for 10 years and had four NCAA berths.
Georgia Woolley, another Buffalo transfer, leads the Orange at 15.3 points per game. She is one of three former Buffalo players who are still on the Syracuse roster. Syracuse’s most recent loss came in the ACC/SEC Challenge when they fell 57-45 to Texas A&M. The 45 points is their lowest scoring total this season, while the 57 points allowed is the second-fewest they have given up.
Projected Starting Lineup
G Georgia Woolley - Stats – 15.3 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 3.4 APG
F Keira Scott - Stats – 16.0 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 2.1 APG
F Kyra Wood - Stats – 11.4 PPG, 7.1 RPG
G Sophie Burrows – Stats – 8.8 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 2.1 APG
G Angelica Velez - Stats – 3.0 PPG, 1.2 RPG, 2.4 APG
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
Hidalgo enters Sunday’s game just 13 points shy of 1,000 in her career. If she gets that mark against the Orange she will accomplish the feat in a new program record 44 career games. Beth Morgan holds the current Irish program record by doing it in 60 games during the 1993-1994 season. Hidalgo will be the sixth current Irish player to join the 1,000-point ranks. Miles is the most recent by scoring her 1,000th point against Southern Cal.
Going back to their days together in the Big East Conference, Notre Dame has played Syracuse 45 times previously The Fighting Irish have won 39 of those meetings but the Orange swept the home-and-home series from Notre Dame last year for the first time ever. The two teams met twice every season under the old ACC scheduling format but this will be the only game between the two in the regular season. Louisville is now Notre Dame’s only repeat regular season opponent after the additions of Stanford, Cal and SMU to the ACC. Notre Dame is the first ranked opponent Syracuse will play this season.
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