Notre Dame Fighting Irish
ACC (26-5, 16-2)
Big Wins: 12/5 Texas (80-70), 12/12 Connecticut (79-68)
Bad Losses: 11/30 Utah (67-78), 2/27 Florida State (81-86)
Coach: Niele Ivey
Probable Starters:
Liatu King, Senior, Forward, 11.2 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 2.1 spg, 1.0 bpg
Maddy Westbeld, Senior, Forward, 7.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Hannah Hidalgo, Sophomore, Guard, 24.2 ppg, 3.7 apg, 5.2 rpg, 3.7 spg
Olivia Miles, Senior, Guard, 16.2 ppg, 5.8 apg, 5.9 rpg
Sonia Citron, Senior, Guard, 13.8 ppg, 2.89 apg, 5.3 rpg
Key Role Players:
Kate Koval, Freshman, Forward, 5.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg
Liza Karlen, Senior, Forward, 5.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg
Cassandre Prosper, Sophomore, Guard, 5.8 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 86.1 (4th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 62.1 (121, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.2 (4, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 35.9 (12, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.7 (57, 4)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 40.3 (1, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 77.3 (24, 2)
Rebound Margin: 9.6 (8, 1)
Assists Per Game: 17.9 (15, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.3 (137, 9)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2024 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Kent State |
2024 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Mississippi |
2024 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Oregon State |
2023 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Southern Utah |
2023 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Mississippi State |
2023 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Maryland |
2022 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Umass |
2022 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Oklahoma |
2022 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to NC State |
2019 | NCAA | First Round win over Bethune-Cookman |
2019 | NCAA | Second Round win over Michigan State |
2019 | NCAA | Third Round win over Texas A&M |
2019 | NCAA | Quarterfinal win over Stanford |
2019 | NCAA | Semifinal win over Connecticut |
2019 | NCAA | Championship loss to Baylor |
2018 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Cal State Northridge |
2018 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Villanova |
2018 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over Texas A&M |
2018 | NCAA | Regional Final win over Oregon |
2018 | NCAA | National Semifinal win over Connecticut |
2018 | NCAA | National Final win over Mississippi State |
2017 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Robert Morris |
2017 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Purdue |
2017 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over Ohio State |
2017 | NCAA | Regional Final loss to Stanford |
2016 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over North Carolina A&T |
2016 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Indiana |
2016 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Stanford |
2015 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Montana |
2015 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over DePaul |
2015 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over Stanford |
2015 | NCAA | Regional Final win over Baylor |
2015 | NCAA | National Semifinal win over South Carolina |
2015 | NCAA | National Final loss to Connecticut |
2014 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Robert Morris |
2014 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Arizona State |
2014 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over Oklahoma State |
2014 | NCAA | Regional Final win over Baylor |
2014 | NCAA | National Semifinal win over Maryland |
2014 | NCAA | National Final loss to Connecticut |
2013 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Tennessee Martin |
2013 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Iowa |
2013 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over Kansas |
2013 | NCAA | Regional Final win over Duke |
2013 | NCAA | National Semifinal loss to Connecticut |
2012 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Liberty |
2012 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over California |
2012 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over St. Bonaventure |
2012 | NCAA | Regional Final win over Maryland |
2012 | NCAA | National Semifinal win over Connecticut |
2012 | NCAA | National Final loss to Baylor |
2011 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Utah |
2011 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Temple |
2011 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over Oklahoma |
2011 | NCAA | Regional Final win over Tennessee |
2011 | NCAA | National Semifinal win over Connecticut |
2011 | NCAA | National Final loss to Texas A&M |
2010 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Cleveland State |
2010 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Vermont |
2010 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Oklahoma |
2009 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Minnesota |
2008 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Southern Methodist |
2008 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Oklahoma |
2008 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Tennessee |
2007 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over California |
2007 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to North Carolina |
*all team stats through 3/6