COLUMBUS, Ohio — After downing 11th-seeded Fairfield on Saturday, 79-60, No. 6 Notre Dame will face off against No. 3 Ohio State on Sunday with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line. The Irish have been to the Sweet 16 in each of the last four seasons. Roy Philpott and Nell Fortner will be on the call for ESPN, and the game tips off at 4 p.m. ET.
NOTES
- Hannah Hidalgo paced the Irish against the Stags on Saturday, finishing with 23 points, nine rebounds, six assists and eight steals. She now has eight consecutive games with 20+ points for the third time in her career, and she her eight swipes are a new Notre Dame NCAA Tournament record, breaking the seven steals posted by both Skylar Diggins and Niele Ivey.
- Against Fairfield, Iyana Moore had 18 points and sank four three-pointers, the 11th time this season she has posted four triples in a game. Cassandre Prosper scored 17 points as well, her first double-figure showing in an NCAA Tournament game.
- With Saturday’s win, Notre Dame is now 27-4 all-time in the NCAA Tournament First Round and 76-28 in the Big Dance.
- The Irish are one of 10 teams in the nation that have won at least one NCAA Tournament game in each of the last five years.
- Notre Dame is 4-1 all-time against Ohio State, and the last time the teams played was in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.