Game Thread | No. 15 Kent State vs. No. 2 Notre Dame
No. 15 Kent State vs. No. 2 Notre Dame
Date: March 23th
Time: 2:15 PM ET
Where: Purcell Pavilion | South Bend, Ind.
TV: ESPN | Sam Gore & Tamika Catchings
Line: Notre Dame -29.5
O/U: 139.5
QUICK FACTS
- Notre Dame leads the all-time series 1-0
- The Irish won the last meeting 66-41 in South Bend during the 1996 season
- Freshman Hannah Hidalgo has scored 747 points this season, which is an ACC record
- Sonia Citron leads the ACC in free throw percentage at 90.2%
- Hidalgo has five games of at least 20-5-5-5, while the entire country has 14 all year
- Notre Dame is the a No. 2 seed for the fourth time in program history
- ESPN’s Matchup Predictor: 98.1% in favor of Notre Dame
PROJECTED STARTERS
NOTRE DAME
Name | Points | Rebounds | Assists |
Hannah Hidalgo | 23.3 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
Anna DeWolfe | 8.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
Sonia Citron | 16.6 | 5.2 | 2.6 |
Maddy Westbeld | 14.2 | 9.0 | 1.7 |
Nat Marshall | 5.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
KENT STATE
Name | Points | Rebounds | Assists |
Dionna Gray | 4.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
Katie Shumate | 15.0 | 7.6 | 1.9 |
Bridget Dunn | 7.1 | 7.3 | 1.0 |
Jenna Batsch | 13.4 | 2.7 | 1.7 |
Mikala Morris | 8.4 | 4.4 | 1.4 |
TEAM STATS
STAT | KENT STATE | NOTRE DAME |
Scoring Offense | 71.9 | 79.2 |
Scoring Defense | 62.2 | 60.8 |
FG% | 42.6% | 45.6% |
Rebounds | 40.5 | 40.9 |
Assists | 14.1 | 16.1 |
Blocks | 3.7 | 4.8 |
Steals | 7.6 | 11.2 |
Turnovers | 13.4 | 14.4 |
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