ALBANY, N.Y. — The Notre Dame ladies’s basketball workforce misplaced 70-65 within the Candy 16 to Oregon State on Friday afternoon within the Albany regional.
The No. 2 seeded Combating Irish could not overcome an off night time from their main scorer Hannah Hidalgo, who had 10 factors on 3 of 17 taking pictures and solely two subject targets within the second half.
No. 3 seed Oregon State leaned on its gifted entrance court docket of Timea Gardiner and Raegan Beers. They every had double-doubles with Gardiner placing up 20 factors, 11 rebounds and 4 assists whereas Beers had 18 factors and 13 rebounds.
The Beavers overcame turning the ball over a season-high 26 instances, essentially the most turnovers for this system since 2017-18.
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Gardiner dropped in a 3-pointer within the ultimate minute of the primary half.
The Beavers carried that momentum into the third quarter by happening a 14-2 run whereas going 5 of 6 from the sphere. Gardiner had seven factors in the course of the stretch that gave her workforce a 43-33 lead, the most important of the sport for both workforce.
Notre Dame confirmed loads of poise by chipping away on the lead. The Combating Irish fought again tie the sport on their ultimate possession of the quarter and took their first lead of the second half with 8:22 left within the fourth quarter when Natalija Marshall knocked down a protracted two for her first basket of the sport.
It remained a one-possession recreation down the stretch till OSU acquired back-to-back 3-pointers from freshman Donovyn Hunter and Lily Hansford with below three minutes to go.
Each of the 3-pointers got here off offensive rebounds.
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Notre Dame faces surprising hurdles in first half
Notre Dame stored tempo with Oregon State whereas Hannah Hidalgo and Maddy Westbeid needed to spend prolonged stretches on the bench in the course of the first half.
Accidents have decimated the Combating Irish’s depth this season — the newest of which was Kylee Watson struggling a torn ACL within the ACC event — and they’re solely taking part in six gamers.
Hidalgo sat out the primary 4:49 of the second quarter to have her nostril ring eliminated. Whereas the freshman performed with the stud piercing all year long, the NCAA guidelines prohibit jewellery. She sat on the far finish of the bench whereas a number of trainers labored to drag it out.
The freshman guard led Notre Dame with 22.9 factors, 5.6 assists and 4.6 steals per recreation this season and earned first-team All-American honors. She had a shot stuffed by Beers later within the recreation that left her visibility pissed off. Hidalgo struggled to get right into a rhythm going 2 of 14 by means of the primary three quarters.
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Notre Dame wasn’t at full power for lengthy within the second quarter as soon as Hidalgo checked again in.
Maddy Westbeld, who was tasked with guarding Beers, checked out with 4:00 to go after choosing up her third foul. She had 9 factors (4 of 6) within the half.
Oregon State’s dimension was evident proper from the beginning.
The Beavers outrebounded Notre Dame 23-9 within the first half and 6 offensive rebounds. They made an effort to pound the ball down low to Beers, a 6-foot-4 ahead, who had 12 factors and 7 rebounds on the half. She drew double-teams within the paint each time she touched the ball.
Notre Dame neutralized that benefit by scoring 14 factors off 12 turnovers within the first half. Oregon State practically matched its season common of 13.3 turnovers per recreation in simply 20 minutes of play.