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USA Today
21-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Notre Dame crushes Stephen F. Austin in first game of NCAA Tournament
Notre Dame crushes Stephen F. Austin in first game of NCAA Tournament Notre Dame was on a mention to prove its late-season slump was an outlier. It did that at least for one day in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Stephen F. Austin. The Irish advanced to play Michigan in the second round after dominating the Ladyjacks, 106-54. The Irish (27-5) saw the Ladyjacks (29-6) take a quick 6-0 lead on a pair of 3-pointers. The score soon became 8-2, but that was as bad as it got for a team that had the backing of a packed Purcell Pavilion. The Irish outscored the Ladyjacks, 24-5, the rest of the quarter, and the lead just continued to balloon from there. Everybody who got in the game for the Irish got in the scoring column, including walk-ons Bella Tehrani and Luci Jensen, the latter of whom got her first collegiate points on a 3-pointer. Both players' baskets set off joyous celebrations from the Irish starters on the bench: Hannah Hidalgo and Sonia Citron tied for the game's scoring high with 24 points apiece. Hidalgo's game-high five steals were one more than the Ladyjacks had as a team. Liza Karlen had a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds. Maddy Westbeld scored 12 points, and Liatu King added 10 in her first NCAA Tournament game. Olivia Miles suffered an ankle injury early in the fourth quarter but was able to walk off the court under her own power. Before her afternoon ended, she dished out a game-high eight assists but was held without a field goal for the first time in her collegiate career. Contact/Follow us @IrishWireND on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Notre Dame news, notes and opinions. Follow Geoffrey on X: @gfclark89 More: Notre Dame alum has the perfect bracket for March Madness 2025 More: Three Notre Dame women's basketball players named All-Americans More: Notre Dame continues March Madness green nails tradition for 2025
USA Today
20-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Tale of the Tape: Team Leaders - Notre Dame vs. Stephen F. Austin
Tale of the Tape: Team Leaders - Notre Dame vs. Stephen F. Austin The reason Notre Dame has had such a successful season is the absurd amount of talent it possesses. So it should come as no surprise that many of the players leading the major statistical categories are among the best in women's basketball. Anyone not considered a star easily might be one as early as next season if they're returning. All of that talent will be on display when the Irish open the NCAA Tournament against Stephen F. Austin. While the leaders on the Ladyjacks deserve respect, they simply can't hold a candle to those on the Irish. One only needs to compare the leaders on both teams, and it's obvious which team is better. You likely already know the Irish have the far better team on paper if you're reading this story. But just for comparison's sake, let's see how the Irish and Ladyjacks match up as far as their top players: Scoring Hannah Hidalgo leads Notre Dame with 24.2 points a game. Faith Blackstone leads Stephen F. Austin with 14.9 points a game. Rebounding Liatu King leads Notre Dame with 10.4 rebounds a game. Trinity Moore leads Stephen F. Austin with 6.6 rebounds a game. Assists Olivia Miles leads Notre Dame with 5.8 assists a game. Ashlyn Traylor-Walker leads Stephen F. Austin with 4.7 assists a game. Field-goal percentage King leads Notre Dame with a .538 field-goal percentage. Moore leads Stephen F. Austin with a .527 field-goal percentage. Free-throw percentage Hidalgo leads Notre Dame with a .860 free-throw percentage. Blackstone leads Stephen F. Austin with a .755 free-throw percentage. Steals Hidalgo leads Notre Dame with 3.7 steals a game. Traylor-Walker leads Stephen F. Austin with 2.3 steals a game. Blocks Kate Koval leads Notre Dame with 1.7 blocks a game. Moore leads Stephen F. Austin with 1.5 blocks a game.
USA Today
17-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Notre Dame to open March Madness 2025 vs. Stephen F. Austin
A few weeks ago, Notre Dame was the No. 1 team in women's basketball and certainly never thought it would slip to a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. But a 2-3 finish to the season and not even reaching the ACC Tournament title game made that happen. The Irish will host the first two rounds of March Madness for the third straight season. Their first-round opponent will be Stephen F. Austin, the No. 14 seed in the Birmingham 3 regional. A win over the Ladyjacks, whom they haven't played before, will allow them to play either Michigan or the winner of a First Four game between Iowa State and Princeton. It's hard to blame the selection committee for having reservations about the Irish after the late-season slump. Still, the Irish can use this as motivation, and having a lot of time off between games only can help this talented group: The best part of March has arrived. Time to savor it. Contact/Follow us @IrishWireND on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Notre Dame news, notes and opinions. Follow Geoffrey on X: @gfclark89
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Newark Valley's Cha Gardner heading to March Madness
LAKE CHARLES, LA (WIVT/WBGH) – One time Newark Valley Cardinal Cha Gardner is heading to March Madness, as she and the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks took home the Southland Conference Championship. The Ladyjacks finished the regular season 28-5, 16-4 in conference, and went into the Conference Tournament as the 3 seed. In the tournament, their first game was against #7 Nicholls, where they won 77-65. In the semifinal they faced #2 Lamar to a 61-53 win, and it all came down to the championship game, against SE Louisiana, whom they had not beaten this season. Gardner posted 1 rebound and scored 1 point in the game, and SFA is heading to the Big Dance with the 65-57 win. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
