ALBANY, N.Y. — Notre Dame star freshman Hannah Hidalgo was pressured to take away her nostril ring and miss time in her group’s 70-65 loss to Oregon State on Friday within the Candy 16.
It was that sort of day for Hidalgo, who scored simply 10 factors regardless of averaging 22.9 per sport. Her efficiency matched a season low in scoring.
The primary-team All-American missed about 4 minutes in the beginning of the second quarter.
“It’s powerful as a result of you understand I used to be on a roll and having to take a seat out for 5 minutes due to a nostril ring is BS,” Hidalgo stated.
NCAA girls’s basketball Rule 1-25.7 says no jewellery is permitted to be worn throughout video games.
“No, clearly I didn’t know the jewellery rule,” Hidalgo stated after the sport. “However, she had advised me that I might cowl it up. Then, she stated you’ll be able to’t cowl it up after we had been already within the second quarter.”
So Hidalgo sat on the finish of the bench because the coaching employees feverishly tried to take away the ring utilizing instruments.
Coach Niele Ivey stated Hidalgo has had a nostril ring the complete season.
“I assume it was some extent of emphasis within the Candy 16 with jewellery,” Ivey stated. “Simply want we might have recognized beforehand. Can’t management it, so we needed to transfer on.”
When Hidalgo got here out, the Irish had been down by two factors. She returned with 5:51 left within the quarter with Notre Dame down 25-22.
Hidalgo didn’t rating a area objective after re-entering the sport till there have been 57 seconds left. She made simply 4 of 17 photographs.
Ivey stated the ring elimination harm Hidalgo’s movement. The 2 shared a protracted embrace on the finish of the third quarter when Hidalgo was subbed out. The freshman star was emotional all sport.
“She stated to not let my offense get to me,” Hidalgo stated. “Simply not let it get to my head as a result of I’m an emotional participant making an attempt to do my finest, and she or he was simply making an attempt to encourage me.”
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