Hannah Hidalgo went off on Wednesday night time in what ended up being a historic outing for the Fighting Irish star.
Hidalgo dropped a career-high 44 factors and had 16 steals whereas main No. 18 Notre Dame to a blowout 85-58 win over Akron at Purcell Pavilion. (*44*) marked essentially the most factors scored by a participant in a single sport in Notre Dame historical past.
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Her 16 steals not solely broke Notre Dame’s program record, which Hidalgo already owned, however it set the NCAA’s single-game steals record. Several gamers had 14 in a sport since steals grew to become a recorded stat through the 1987-88 season, most not too long ago when Jillian Ingram did so in 2008 with Georgia Tech.
Hidalgo had 41 of her factors by way of three quarters, which put the Fighting Irish up by 25 coming into the ultimate interval. She then shortly sank a layup on a quick break to interrupt this system scoring record a couple of minutes into the fourth with none difficulty.
Hidalgo had 9 rebounds and shot 16-of-25 from the sphere in the win to go together with her 44 factors. She went 9-of-11 from the free throw line, too. Notre Dame led the whole approach in the 27-point win. Cassandre Prosper added 14 factors, and Gisela (*18*) completed with eight factors and eight rebounds.
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Hidalgo, who helped lead Notre Dame to a fourth straight Sweet 16 final season whereas incomes All-American honors, has averaged 34.3 factors and seven.6 rebounds per sport to date this fall. She’s as much as 23 steals, too. It took her seven video games to record that many steals final season, and she or he solely recorded greater than six steals in a single contest as soon as the whole marketing campaign.
Wednesday’s win pushed Notre Dame to an ideal 3-0 on the season, although it marked their third straight blowout win. They beat Fairleigh Dickinson by nearly 50 factors in their season-opener, after which rolled over Chicago State by 58 factors 4 nights later.
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Hidalgo and the Fighting Irish have a pair of true assessments forward of them. They’ll tackle No. 14 Michigan on Saturday in Detroit, after which will host No. 8 USC subsequent week. While that is a tricky stretch, Hidalgo appears greater than able to carrying Notre Dame by way of it and proving that this system hasn’t misplaced a step from final season.
If nothing else, Hidalgo is already properly on her approach to backing up her All-American run with one other fhis fall.