Syracuse 62, at Notre Dame 72

NOTRE DAME, Ind. (Interstat) — Hannah Hidalgo scored 27 points and dished out seven assists, leading Notre Dame to a 72-62 victory over Syracuse in an Atlantic Coast Conference women’s basketball game Thursday night at a packed Joyce Center. The Fighting Irish, improving to 19-9 overall, used a dominant fourth-quarter surge to pull away from a Syracuse team that had clung tenaciously for three periods. The Orange, led by Laila Phelia’s 23 points, fell to 21-7. The game’s pivotal moment arrived in the final quarter after Syracuse had trimmed a 10-point deficit to just two possessions. With the Orange trailing… Read more...