The No. 3-seed North Carolina State Wolfpack (27-5, 15-3) and the No. 4-seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish (25-6, 13-5) will meet in the 2024 ACC Tournament championship game on Sunday, Mar. 10 in Greensboro, NC at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The Irish’s fight for the ACC Tournament title
On Saturday, the Fighting Irish ousted the No. 1-seed Virginia Tech Hokies, 82-53, aided by the absence of ACC Player of the Year Elizabeth Kitley, who exited Virginia Tech’s final regular-season game with a knee injury and missed the Hokies’ two tournament games.
Even with Kitley, the Hokies would have been hard pressed to keep up with the hot-shooting Irish, who shot almost 65 percent from behind the arc. Senior guard Anna DeWolfe was 4-for-5 from deep, while junior guard Sonia Citron led Notre Dame with 19 points. Citron also turned in a strong scoring game in the Irish’s 77-68 quarterfinal victory over the No. 5-seed Louisville Cardinals, putting in a team-high 26 points. Averaging 16.7 points per game for the season, Citron has exceeded her average in four-straight games, suggesting that, after of mid-season injury absence, she’s finding her best form at the right time and emerging as a bona fide secondary scorer for Notre Dame.
Hannah Hidalgo, of course, remains the Irish’s…
