Notradam entered a match against Duke first in the country for the first time this season.
It looked a big part while dismantling one of the best teams. Irish fighting Saving to win 64-49 At home against demons No. 11 Blue to open their reign as the best team in the country in convincing costumes.
Dukes put a battle during the first half, where 11 points in Tina Mayer helped maintain the blue demons in one possession, as Nudam advanced 29-27 at the end of the first half. But the game tone turned dramatically after the end of the first half.
The second half was opened with 17-1 operation to control the game. Duke did not score his first field goal in half until Jadin Donovan got the ball throwing 4:04 in the third quarter. By that time, it was too late. The Aquarius is offered to present the Notremam to 46-31, and Irish fighting did not allow the blue demons to the game.
Hana Hydalgo led the Notre Dame effort with 19 points, four passes and three theft. Sonia Citron added 15 points, seven rebound balls, three passes and three theft.
Notradam dominated the glass with a 41-28 bounce feature, which included 15 offensive plates. The Irish Blue Devils restricted a 1 voltage of 9 (11.1 %) of 3 points during the shooting of 6 out of 18 (33.3 %) from behind the bow itself.
It added up to a dominant effort by Notre Dame to secure its eighteenth victory in a row. Irish lost consecutive games against TCU and UTAH on November 29 and November 30 and has not lost since then. Their CVs now include more victories. 2 Uconn, No. 3 USC, No. 4 Texas, No. 17 North Carolina, No. 17 Georgia Tech, No. 21 Cal and now 11 Duke.
Notradam moves to No. 1 in AP poll on Monday after previously defeated Ucla loss to compete USC Last Thursday. It was not a unanimous choice (16 votes), as No. 2 Texas (8) and No. 3 UCLA (6) got first place. But the Irish filed a strong case on Monday that they belonged to the summit because they are now carrying the first seed in the NCAA championship.
This will take more business from Irish, who ranked 4 behind No. 1 UCLA, the number 2 in South Carolina and 3 Texas in The first early segment of NCAA on Sunday.
