INDIANAPOLIS – For the second time this season, Hannah Hidalgo has been named to the USBWA National Team of the Week following her stellar play in two Fighting Irish victories over the last week.
Hidalgo joins teammate Cassandre Prosper as the only two ACC players to be named a USBWA National Player of the Week twice this season.
Hannah Hidalgo averaged 28.5 points, 7.0 steals, 7.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists in two wins for the Fighting Irish this past week.
The guard nearly recorded a triple double in Notre Dame’s win over SMU, finishing with 31 points, 11 steals, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Hidalgo now has eight games of 30 or more points on the season, and is the only player in the ACC to accomplish the feat.
Her 11-steal performance gives her four games this season of double-digit steals, the most in the league and country.
Earlier in the week, Hidalgo scored a game-high 26 points in the win at Wake Forest to go along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. Hidalgo is just one of two players with 15 games with at least 25 points scored in the contest and the only to do so in the ACC.
Hidalgo and the Irish return home to Purcell Pavilion for their final home game of the regular season as they welcome Syracuse on Senior Night for a 7 p.m. ET tip on Thursday, Feb. 26. The game will be streamed on ACCNX.