San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
FRESHMAN LEADS IRISH OVER UCONN
Freshman sensation Hannah Hidalgo scored a season-high 34 points and No. 15 Notre Dame beat No. 8 Uconn 82-67 on the road Saturday night.
Hidalgo hit 14 of her 24 shots and had 10 rebounds for Notre Dame (15-4), which shot 55 percent from the floor against the Huskies (17-4).
Maddy Westbeld added 23 points and Sonia Citron had 15 as Notre Dame handed Uconn its first home loss of the season.
Aaliyah Edwards had 23 points and 11 rebounds for Uconn, which came into the game on a 13-game winning streak. Paige Bueckers added 17 points.
Notre Dame trailed by as many as 12 points in the first half. The Fighting Irish then outscored the Huskies 26-5, led by Hidalgo who had 19 first-half points, and went into the locker room up 44-35.
Bueckers opened the second half with a 3-pointer, igniting a Husky run that saw Uconn tie the game at 50 on a layup by Edwards and take the lead on a 3-pointer from the left corner by KK Arnold.
The game was tied at 60 after an Ice Brady free throw. But the Irish outscored the Huskies 22-7 over the last
Notre Dame 82, Uconn 67
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nine minutes.
No. 4 Kansas State 67, BYU 65:
Gisela Sanchez led Kansas State with 18 points as the Wildcats outlasted BYU at home. Serena Sundell scored 14 points for Kansas State (20-1, 9-0 Big 12) and Gabby Gregory added 10.
Lauren Gustin led BYU (12-9, 2-6) with 25 points and 21 rebounds.
No. 5 Iowa 92, Nebraska 73:
Caitlin Clark had 38 points, 10 rebounds and six assists to lead host Iowa over Nebraska. Clark, the nation’s leading scorer at 31.7 points per game, had the 53rd double-double of her career. She was 12 of 22 from the field, including 8 of 15 on 3-pointers. Kate Martin had 16 points and Sydney Affolter added 12 points for Iowa (19-2, 8-1 Big Ten).
Jaz Shelley had 19 points to lead the Cornhuskers (13-7, 5-4).
No. 10 Texas 67, Cincinnati 50:
Shaylee Gonzales had 13 points and six rebounds while subbing for Madison Booker at point guard, and host Texas beat Cincinnati. Aaliyah Moore had 16 points for Texas (19-3, 6-3 Big 12).
Reagan Jackson and A’rieal Jackson led Cincinnati (10-9, 2-6) with 10 points each.
No. 17 Gonzaga 73, San Francisco 54:
Yvonne Ejim scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, Maud Huijbens had her first career doubledouble and Gonzaga defeated host San Francisco for the Bulldogs’ 14th straight win.
Brynna Maxwell was 5of-8 shooting with four 3pointers
and scored 20 points for Gonzaga (20-2, 7-0 WCC).
Ava Keita had 14 points for the Dons (8-12, 4-3).
No. 24 West Virginia 84, Iowa State 78: JJ Quinerly scored 22 of her career-high 31 points in the second half, including West Virginia’s last 11 points, and made a critical defensive play in the last minute as the Mountaineers (17-2, 6-2 Big 12) defeated Iowa State (12-7, 6-3).
Kylee Blacksten and Lauren Fields both had 14 points for the Mountaineers and Jordan Harrison had 13 with six assists and three steals. Quinerly had four 3-pointers, six rebounds, five steals and three assists after being honored before the game for surpassing 1,000 career points.
Audi Crooks matched her career high with 25 points in a second straight game and had a career-high 16 rebounds for the Cyclones.