Virginia vs. Notre Dame: Box score, stats, and summary feat. Hannah Hidalgo (Dec. 29)

We had a one-sided affair inside Purcell Pavilion on Sunday afternoon as the third-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish secured a 95-54 home win over the Virginia Cavaliers. The Fighting Irish stepped up with Hannah Hidalgo scoring 28 points while Olivia Miles had a triple-double throughout the game.

The Cavaliers (8-6, 0-2 ACC) need to bounce back going forward as they were only able to score 19 points throughout the first half. The Fighting Irish (11-2, 2-0) continue to dominate as they were able to call the shots on the offensive side of the basketball, with a pair of players scoring 25+ points.

Let’s take a deeper dive into the box score and discuss what happened to get this game to a 41-point difference.

Virginia vs. Notre Dame box score

Virginia vs. Notre Dame box score

Team	First Quarter	Second Quarter	Third Quarter	Fourth Quarter	Final Score
Virginia	9	10	13	22	54
Notre Dame	25	18	26	26	95

Virginia Cavaliers box score

Player	Position	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Edessa Noyan	F	3-7	1-3	0-1	1	4	0	1	1	2	2	7
Latasha Lattimore	F	1-4	0-0	2-4	2	4	1	0	0	5	3	4
Kymora Johnson	G	5-13	2-6	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	3	2	12
Olivia McGhee	G	3-8	2-6	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8
Paris Clark	G	3-17	0-4	1-1	2	5	3	2	1	1	1	7
Breona Hurd	F	3-9	0-1	4-6	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	10
RyLee Grays	F	1-4	0-0	2-2	2	5	1	2	0	2	3	4
Taylor Lauterbach	C	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casey Valenti-Paea	G	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2

Notre Dame Fighting Irish box score

Player	Position	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Liza Karlen	F	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	6	4	2	1	2	1	4
Liatu King	F	4-10	0-0	0-2	5	12	2	2	3	0	1	8
Hannah Hidalgo	G	10-18	3-7	5-6	2	4	3	2	0	2	1	28
Olivia Miles	G	5-11	1-7	0-0	1	10	14	2	0	3	0	11
Sonia Citron	G	8-15	5-9	4-4	4	11	4	1	2	1	1	25
Kate Koval	F	6-11	0-0	0-0	1	5	2	1	3	0	4	12
Emma Risch	G	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
Cassandre Prosper	G	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	4	2	2	0	1	2	4

Virginia vs. Notre Dame Game Summary

The Virginia Cavaliers were able to shoot the basketball at a lesser level throughout the game. They were 19-of-64 (29.7%) from the floor, 5-of-21 (23.8%) from the 3-point line and 11-of-16 (68.8%) from the free-throw line.

The Cavs were able to grab 31 total rebounds (10 offensive, 21 defensive) and played more of an isolation type of basketball with eight assists on 19 made field goals.

They struggled a bit on keeping possession as they had 14 turnovers, but were able to have 10 fast break points and 26 points in the paint. On the defensive side of things, they were able to force six steals and a pair of blocks. Virginia held a four-point lead in the first quarter but ultimately could not keep things up.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were able to do well shooting the basketball as they were able to go 38-of-74 (51.4%) overall, 10-of-26 (38.5%) from beyond the arc, and 9-of-12 (75.0%) from the charity stripe.

They were able to significantly crash the boards and had 54 total rebounds (17 offensive, 37 defensive). The team was passing the basketball to the open scorer, with 32 assists on 38 made baskets.

The offense had 39 fast break points and dominated with 44 points in the paint. With the defense having 11 steals and nine blocks, they were able to dominate despite turning the ball over 10 times.