The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are making basketball look easy. Like, unsettlingly easy. They’ve won 19 in a row, all but one by double digits. It’s the toughest draw in the country for the NC State Wolfpack, who will still be eager to avenge their 1-point loss at rival UNC. Sunday gives us a national look at the two teams atop the ACC standings.
How to watch No. 1 Notre Dame at No. 13 North Carolina State
This Notre Dame squad is transcendent right now. Hannah Hidalgo is a supernova — her 24.6 points per game rank second in the country, and she hovers around 50/40/90 shooting splits while averaging four steals on the other end. She has lower turnover and foul marks than last year’s All-American campaign.
But wait, there’s more! Hidalgo alone is a huge problem for opponents, but pairing her with Olivia Miles is a Daliesque nightmare. She leads the conference in both assists and shooting efficiency, which is wild. How do you defend these two buckets simultaneously? The spacing is even cleaner when deadeye Sonia Citron is in her groove. Niele Ivey’s Irish comfortably leads the nation at 41.4 percent shooting behind the arc, nearly a full two percentage points higher than Kansas State (39.6).
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