Hannah Hidalgo posted 20 factors, 9 rebounds and 6 assists as No. 3 Notre Dame halted a two-game skid, defeating No. 25 Louisville 72-59 to achieve a chunk of the Atlantic Coast Convention championship on Sunday at South Bend, Ind.
Notre Dame (25-4, 16-2 ACC) shares the regular-season title with NC State, which is able to maintain the No. 1 seed for the ACC event primarily based on defeating the Irish in double extra time final Sunday in Raleigh, N.C. Notre Dame would be the No. 2 seed.
Olivia Miles scored 15 factors and Sonia Citron and Maddy Westbeld each had 9 for the Irish. Jayda Curry scored 19 factors for Louisville (20-9, 13-5), which shot 30.1 % from the sphere.
Notre Dame’s 36-28 halftime lead dwindled to 40-35 earlier than the Irish went on an 18-5 stretch to finish the third quarter. Miles had seven factors throughout that run, capped by a 3-pointer earlier than the buzzer.
No. 9 NC State 69, SMU 45
Aziaha James and Zoe Brooks each scored 19 factors and the Wolfpack clinched the No. 1 seed for the ACC event by rolling previous the Mustangs at Fort Value, Texas.
Madison Hayes had 18 factors for NC State (24-5, 16-2 ACC), which overcame 15 turnovers. Brooks made 9 of 12 photographs from the sphere and Hayes shot 7 of 11.
Zanai Jones racked up 17 factors and Kylie Marshall notched 13 for SMU (10-20, 2-16), one in all three groups failing to qualify for the ACC event. The Mustangs shot 33.9 % from the sphere, together with 3 of 15 on 3-pointers.
Georgia 72, No. 11 Tennessee 69
Roxane Makolo’s layup broke a tie with 1:55 to go and the Bulldogs held on for the upset at Knoxville, Tenn.
Mia Woolfolk poured in 20 factors and De’Maun Flournoy notched 18 for Georgia (12-18, 4-12 Southeastern Convention), which received back-to-back video games for the primary time since mid-December. Asia Avinger and Trinity Turner each had 11 factors and Makolo completed with 10.
Jewel Spear’s 20 factors and Zee Spearman’s 19 paced Tennessee (21-8, 8-8), which shot 33.9 % from the sphere. The Volunteers, who stumbled Thursday at No. 15 Kentucky, fell behind 39-26 by halftime. Tennessee scored the primary 13 factors of the second half earlier than Georgia regrouped.
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