Key Highlights
- – The Fighting Irish dropped an 85-47 road defeat in Gampel Pavilion on Monday evening against the No.
- 1 UConn Huskies in Notre Dame’s final non-conference contest of the regular season.
- The loss drops Notre Dame’s record to 12-6 on the season. Hannah Hidalgo led the Irish in scoring with 16 points while adding four rebounds, three steals and two assists.
- Cassandre Prosper also finished in double-figure scoring with 12 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals. HOW IT HAPPENEDThe top-ranked team flexed their muscles early, jumping out to an 11-1 advantage 6 minutes into the contest.
- The Irish offense then scored six of the next eight points to trim the score to 13-7 before the Huskies finished the quarter with the final three points to take a 16-7 lead into the second stanza. Notre Dame and UConn played an even second quarter, both sides scoring 16 points to make it a 32-23 game at the halftime intermission.
