| GAME 28 | Notre Dame (18-9, 10-6) vs Syracuse (21-6, 11-5) |
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| WHEN: | Thursday, Feb. 26 | 7 p.m. ET |
| WHERE | Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center | South Bend, Ind. |
| WATCH: | ACCNX |
| LISTEN: | Notre Dame Radio Network |
| SOCIAL: | @NDWBB | #GOIRISH |
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame (18-9, 10-6) will close out its regular season home slate on Thursday night, as the Irish host Syracuse (21-6, 11-5) at Purcell Pavilion. Tyler Reidy, Molly O’Malley and Jack Rinaldi will be on the call for the ACCNX contest at 7 p.m.
NOTES
- Notre Dame is coming off of its third consecutive victory, downing SMU in Dallas, 88-63. Hannah Hidalgo led the way with 31 points, 11 steals and 9 rebounds, while Iyana Moore added 20 points after going 4-8 from beyond the arc.
- Hidalgo continues to lead the ACC in scoring (24.9) and the nation in steals (5.6). She is the only player in the country to rank in the top 15 nationally in both points and steals or blocks.
- On Monday, Hidalgo was named ACC Player of the Week for the sixth time this year and the 12th time in her career. No other ACC player has earned the honor more than once this season. Hidalgo also earned her second USBWA National Player of the Week honor this week as well after averaging 28.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 7.0 steals and 3.5 assists in two games last week.
- Moore leads the ACC in conference play with a three-point shooting percentage of 45.9 and 3.2 made triples per game. She is shooting 40.1 percent from deep on the year as well.
- The Irish have won their last three games by an average of 20.3 points.
- Sixteen of Notre Dame’s 18 wins this season have been by double-digits.
- One of Notre Dame’s most frequent opponents, the Irish are 40-6 all-time against Syracuse, including 19-1 at home.