Game Thread | No. 2 Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
No. 2 Notre Dame (21-2, 12-0) at Pittsburgh (11-14, 3-9)
Date: February 13
Time: 8:00 PM ET
Where: Petersen Events Center | Pittsburgh, Pa.
TV: ACC Network | Jenn Hildreth & Brooke Weisbrod
ESPN Matchup Predictor: Notre Dame 99.0%
QUICK FACTS
- Notre Dame leads the all-time series 36-4.
- The Irish won the last meeting 78-53 in South Bend last February.
- Notre Dame has outscored its opponents 467-113 in fast break points this year (+354).
- Olivia Miles and Hannah Hidalgo have combined to hit 100 threes this season (50 each).
- Maddy Westbeld enters Thursday’s game with 918 career rebounds.
- Notre Dame has won its last two games by a combined 88 points, which is the largest combined differential over two conference games since 2012.
- Hidalgo has scored 20+ points in 45 of 56 career games.
- Liatu King will face Pitt for the first time since transferring to Notre Dame. King totaled 1,168 points and 830 rebounds for the Panthers.
PROJECTED STARTERS
Notre Dame
| Name | Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| Hannah Hidalgo | 25.9 | 5.6 | 3.9 |
| Olivia Miles | 16.5 | 6.0 | 6.4 |
| Sonia Citron | 13.0 | 5.2 | 3.0 |
| Liatu King | 12.0 | 10.8 | 1.5 |
| Maddy Westbeld | 9.1 | 3.7 | 0.8 |
Pitt
| Name | Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| Brooklynn Miles | 5.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| Marley Washenitz | 8.6 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Mikayla Johnson | 9.9 | 4.1 | 1.0 |
| MaKayla Elmore | 7.4 | 7.1 | 0.7 |
| Khadija Faye | 17.9 | 9.7 | 2.7 |
Preview
| Category | Pitt | Notre Dame |
| Points | 62.2 | 87.6 |
| Opponent Points | 65.6 | 61.0 |
| FG% | 38.2% | 50.4% |
| Rebounds | 37.1 | 44.2 |
| Assists | 12.7 | 18.5 |
| Blocks | 4.2 | 5.8 |
| Steals | 8.0 | 11.6 |
| Turnovers | 17.0 | 15.3 |
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