| GAME 10 | No. 19 Notre Dame (7-2, 1-0) at JMU (8-3) |
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| WHEN: | Sunday, Dec. 14 | 4:00 p.m. ET |
| WHERE | Atlantic Union Bank Center | Harrisonburg, Va. |
| WATCH: | ESPN+ |
| LISTEN: | Notre Dame Radio Network |
| SOCIAL: | @NDWBB | #GOIRISH |
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — No. 24 Notre Dame (3-1) will look to get back on track this Friday, as the Irish welcome No. 11 Southern Cal (3-1) to Purcell Pavilion for a 6 p.m. ESPN matchup. Ryan Ruocco and Rebecca Lobo will have the call.
NOTES
- Notre Dame is currently pacing the ACC in scoring offense (88.3), free throw percentage (80.6), steals per game (18.0), turnover margin (12.0) and turnovers forced per game (26.5).
- Hannah Hidalgo leads the nation in scoring (28.8) and steals per game (6.5).
- Graduate transfer Vanessa de Jesus has been a menace on defense, averaging 3.5 steals per game. She has at least three steals in every game this season, and she entered the year with just four career games with three steals (106 games played).
- Notre Dame is coming off its first loss of the season, a neutral site game against Michigan in Detroit. Cassandre Prosper led Notre Dame with 17 points.
- The Irish defeated Akron in their last home game, 85-58. Hannah Hidalgo broke the program scoring record with 44 points and the NCAA Division I steals record with 16 swipes.
- Hidalgo has earned ACC Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks to start the season, the first ACC player to begin a season with the two honors since Ta’Niya Latson did it in 2022-23. Hidalgo has now earned the award eight times in her career, the fifth-most in the history of the storied ACC.
- The Trojans will be without All-American JuJu Watkins, who is rehabbing a torn ACL and is out for the season. Freshman Jazzy Davidson is currently pacing USC in scoring with 15.5 points per game.
- Notre Dame is 9-2 all-time against Southern Cal, and the Irish beat the Trojans last season in Los Angeles, 74-61.