SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Hannah Hidalgo broke the Notre Dame program record for career steals and became the seventh player in program history to reach 2,000 career points in Notre Dame’s 74-66 win over Miami.
The victory improves Notre Dame’s record to 13-6 on the season and 5-3 in ACC play.
Hidalgo had a stellar performance, scoring a game-high 27 points while adding a remarkable 10 steals, five assists and two rebounds.
Three other Irish players joined Hidalgo in double figures, as Iyana Moore poured in 19 points, Cassandre Prosper finished with 12 and Vanessa de Jesus added 10.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The visitors managed to build a double-digit lead in the first frame, leading by as many as 12 points with less than a minute to play with a score of 25-13. The Irish got back-to-back buckets from de Jesus and Hidalgo to cut the lead to eight after the opening 10 minutes of play at 25-17.
Miami held a 10-point lead with 7 minutes remaining in the half before the Irish ripped off a 10-0 run to level the score at 29-29 with 4:44 left in the second stanza. Miami answered back and outscored Notre Dame by five the rest of the half to take a 41-36 lead into the halftime break.
Hidalgo led the Irish with 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting in the opening 20 minutes while adding four steals and two assists.
The Irish came out of the intermission dialed from beyond the arc, connecting on three unanswered three-pointers from Prosper, Hidalgo and Moore to take their first lead of the night at 45-41.
After the score moved to 50-46 with 5 minutes to play in the third quarter, Miami scored six straight points to go on top by two and went on to take a two-point lead into the final 10 minutes of action at 56-54.
Miami held a four-point lead with 8 minutes remaining in the game and then the Irish took over. Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish went on an 11-1 run over the next 5 minutes of play to take a 68-62 lead with 2:49 left on the clock. Miami never got closer than five points the rest of the way as the Irish closed out the win by a score of 74-66.
NOTRE DAME STATS OF THE NIGHT
Hidalgo not only became the seventh player in program history to reach the 2,000-point milestone but she was by far the quickest to reach the mark, doing it in just 86 career games. She broke the previous record held by Beth Morgan, which was 109 games to achieve the feat. She also broke the ACC record for fastest player to 2,000 points, passing Ta’Niya Latson (FSU) and Barbara Kennedy’s (Clemson) mark of 89 games.
Hidalgo wasn’t done rewriting program records, as she broke Fighting Irish legend Skylar Diggins’ career steals record. Hidalgo recorded 10 steals on the evening and now has 388 in her career, passing Diggins’ mark of 381.
NOTRE DAME NOTES
- Notre Dame is now 27-6 all-time against Miami in the series, including four straight victories.
- The Fighting Irish have recorded double-digit steals in 15 games this season.
- Notre Dame is now 11-1 at home this season.
- Twelve of Notre Dame’s 13 wins have come by at least 10 points.
- Hidalgo also set the record for steals by a junior at Notre Dame with 109 steals this season.
- Hidalgo recorded her third double-double of the season and fourth of her career with at least 10 points and 10 steals.
- Hidalgo now has four of Notre Dame’s five double-doubles with double digits in points and steals since the beginning of the 1999-00 season.
- With 27 points, Hidalgo has scored 20+ points in 14 games this season and 65 games in her career, a program record.
- Hidalgo has finished in double figures in the scoring column in all 86 games of her career, the longest streak in program history.
- Moore recorded her sixth game this season with at least four makes from three-point range.
UP NEXT
The Fighting Irish are back in Purcell Pavilion for another ACC matchup, welcoming Clemson to town for a 3 p.m. ET tip on Sunday, Jan. 25. The game will be streamed on ACCNX.