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Sonia Citron scored 26 factors, Hannah Hidalgo added 21 and each gamers made doubledigit free throws to assist No. 14 Notre Dame maintain off No. 24 Louisville on Friday within the ACC Match.
GREENSBORO, N.C.: Sonia Citron scored 26 factors, Hannah Hidalgo added 21 and each gamers made double-digit free throws to assist No. 14 Notre Dame maintain off No. 24 Louisville on Friday within the ACC Match.
Fourth-seeded Notre Dame (24-6) advances to the semifinals on Saturday.
Hidalgo and Citron scored the opening 5 factors of the third quarter to increase Notre Dame’s result in 22 factors. However the Preventing Irish turned it over six instances within the quarter, after simply 5 within the first half, and Louisville received inside 49-39 earlier than Kylee Watson grabbed an offensive rebound and put it again to present Notre Dame a 12-point lead coming into the fourth.
Jayda Curry saved Louisville shut within the fourth, finishing a three-point play, sinking a 3-pointer and hitting a jumper from the free-throw line on three straight possessions to get inside 58-49 with 6:47 left.
Notre Dame went 2 for 4 on consecutive journeys to the free-throw line and Louisville middle Olivia Cochran made a layup to get inside 71-68 with 30.9 left. Citron responded with two free throws for a five-point lead at 27.2.
Curry had it stolen with 18.3 seconds left. Louisville coach Jeff Walz argued the no-call and was given his second technical foul of the sport, resulting in an ejection. Citron made two extra on the stripe for a seven-point lead.
Maddy Westbeld added 13 factors for Notre Dame, which completed 24 of 30 from the free-throw line.
Curry scored a season-high 26 factors, 15 coming within the fourth quarter, for Louisville (24-9). Sydney Taylor added 13 factors, Cochran scored 10 and Nyla Harris grabbed 10 rebounds to go along with 9 factors. The Cardinals missed eight of their 27 free-throw makes an attempt.
Hidalgo and Citron mixed for 20 factors within the first half as Notre Dame constructed a 34-17 lead. The Preventing Irish scored 15 factors off 13 turnovers as Louisville was held to its fewest factors in a half this season.
The groups performed one another for the third time in a month and the second time in every week, with the house staff profitable every regular-season matchup.
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