Irish moderator The only ACC team that she exceeded Florida State

On Sunday, Notre Dame Women's basketball came out in the ACC at the wrong end of the year. In the NC state No. 13, the Irish has reduced a 104-95 result for a double extension and at the same time lost their 19-game victory, their offer for a perfect ACC record and their national ranking number 1.

More than a few fans out there believe that Notre's lady's loss of marathon could be exactly that-a wake-up call for the upcoming night season. Regardless of whether this is true or not, the Irish have an immediate chance to react against two other ranking opponents at home this week. Notre Dame (24-3, 15-1 ACC) will third in the country in 24th place from the State of Florida (22-6, 12-4 ACC) and No. 25 Louisville (19-8, 12- 12 – 4 Acc) on Sunday to end the regular season.

Since the Irish learn from the result on Sunday, it is easy to start at the defensive end of the floor. Notre Dame collected the Wolfpack with a season high of 84 regulatory points and 20 others in the two surges. For the context, the Irish had not allowed any more than 57 points to one of their previous five opponents.

“I thought yours [the Wolfpack’s] Wake -up was enormous, ”said head coach Niele Ivey after the game on Sunday. “Something that we really focused on containing it [was] Her big three, and I thought they came on fire and fed the energy of the crowd. [There’s] Only many lessons for us, as far as you want to get better. Here is my focus – being better defensive. “

The above-mentioned Big Three of Zoe Brooks, Aziaha James and Saniya Rivers combined for 67 points, with two double double and Brooks pouring in career heights of 33 points. However, the defense of Notre Dame had some great moments and forced 13 steals and forced 17 sales from the NC state.

If Notre Dame's defensive focus is not on the point on Thursday evening, the state of Florida could cause serious problems. Only three teams in America have an average of more points per game on the offensive than the Irish and their 86.8. Florida State, 89.4, is one of them.

However, the seminols can be in South Bend without at least one of their top scorers. The Junior Guard Ta'niya Latson, the nation leader in points per game (26.2), has missed the last three games with an unknown injury. If she can not only go on Thursday, not only the quality of the competitiveness of the game will suffer, but also the world of women College Hoops will be a duel between Latson and the second Irish guard Hannah Hidalgo, the two highest goal scorers in the nation, robbed. O'Mariah Gordon, a senior guard who supplemented Latson with 16.7 points per competition, missed the last two games in the injury protocol.

Regardless of the staff of the State of Florida, Ivey identified shooting decisions and paints the presence as a means for offensive success, which shows on the Irish on Sunday on Sunday. Her team, which leads the sport in a 3-point percentage, only made seven of his 27 attempts in Raleigh.

“I thought our choice of firing could have been much better,” emphasized Ivey. “I thought we somehow settled, and I think if we could have mixed it more – somehow reached the edge, go downhill, get more paints – this number might not have been as low as it was. “”

The individual hint for Notre Dame, Sonia Citron, has rewit offensively in the past few weeks. The wing produced at least 15 points or more in five consecutive games and achieved 23 in the NC State. She sent the game with a heroic 3 pointer who defeated the buzzer by less than a second. In addition, Citron achieved seven rebounds, three assists, two blocks and theft, which extended her Dot-it-all skills to one of the largest stages of the regular season.

Florida State finds a way without stars

Florida State introduced a powerful victory in a row in a row in a row on Sunday (although it has not been going on since 2019). The Seminols went to Atlanta and defeated a top 20 team on the street a second time this season, with Georgia Tech No. 20 received a 73-70 defeat. As a result, they are back in the top 25 and try to cause more damage to No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 16 Duke this week.

Florida State, who won as a memory of the Sunday game without Latson and Gordon, followed the leadership of another duo, which combined 69.9% of the team's points, 60.6% of his rebounds and 69.2% of his assists. The Junior Guard Sydney Bowles, an A&M transfer in Texas, set Seminole -Karrierhöhe in points (32), Assists (Six), Field Goals (11), free throws (eight) and minutes (39). Senior striker Makayla Timpson, the team's top scorer, who testified Latson, amounted to 19 points and 16 rebounds for their 14th double double this season.

Timpson has 1,612 points and 1,041 rebounds for her career in four seasons.

“My tour has to reinforce more,” said Timpson against Pittsburgh after the victory last Thursday. “We have two captains, two leaders besides me, but I have managed my team as much as possible and they [my teammates] followed directly behind me. They gave me a lot of touches and I gave them a lot of trust in the ball to achieve the ball, blocked shots and rebound. “

While the State Florida cannot grasp the Irish for an ACC title of the regular season, it still has a NCAA tournament positioning and a double farewell to the ACC tournament. The four best teams in the conference have the first two days off and only have to win three games for the title, and Florida State is currently fourth with Louisville and Duke.

With regard to the big dance, the seminols in the Birmingham region are projected as No. 7 seeds in Birmingham. This would send you to Storrs on a potential appointment with Paige Bueckers and Uconn in the 32nd round.

Florida State has a significant opportunity with the ranking lists and the ACC tournament of this week to suspect his post -season, but his leader is not worried when February decreases.

“Just take one game after another,” said Timpson. “We know what's up to us, but we have to be at the moment and only prepare for tomorrow. That's all I can say … We want to continue to play as well as we were and are simply consistent and productive. “

In total, the seminols in their last 11 games are 9-2 with road victories in North Carolina and Georgia Tech, who compensate for the home losses against NC State and Louisville. You will take over against the Irish in the Purcell Pavilion at 8 p.m. on Thursday at 8 p.m.