Latsons 23 points help the FSU Hand No. 3 Notre Dame 2. Follow -up loss

South Bend, Ind.-Ta'niya Latson scored 23 points, Makayla Timpson scored 22 and No. 24, Florida State, No. 3, Notre Dame, his second defeat in a row, 86-81 on Thursday evening.

It was the second victory in Florida State against Notre Dame in 15 meetings between the teams and his first in South Bend.

O'Mariah Gordon scored 15 points for the Seminols (23-6, 13-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won four in a row.

Sonia Citron scored 21 points to lead Notre Dame (24-4, 15-2), and Liatu King added 17 points. Hannah Hidalgo scored 16 points, but was 4-of-17 shooting.

Notre lady led by up to 15 points and lost. This is for his greatest lead since coach Niele Ivey took over the term in 2020-21 after he had expanded an advantage of 15 points in Syracuse on January 31, 2021 in Syracuse.

The Fighting Irish suffered a 104-95 double delivery enthusiasm in the NC State on Sunday and is connected to the Wolfpack for the ACC lead. If the Fighting Irish and the Wolfpack share the ACC title, NC State will be number 1 in the conference tournament due to its victory over Notre Dame.

According to ESPN Research, Notre Dame is the only team that has currently been classified in the top 10 AP that have lost successive games – and it did twice this season. This latest skid could cost the struggles Irish in the NCAA tournament a seed no. 1.

After Florida gave a lead of 67-57 at the end of the third quarter, Notre Dame closed to 67-66 in the opening minutes of the fourth. The state of Florida then gained a two -digit lead and held Notre Dame.

The state of Florida shook a 4-von shooting performance in the first quarter and rose for a lead of 44: 40, which exceeded the Fighting Irish 30-17 in the second quarter.

In this report, information from the Associated Press was used.