Monday, March 21, 2022

Record Setting Night for Irish in Norman, OK

Niele Ivey's #5 seeded Fighting Irish put an offensive show tonight on the home court of the #4 seeded Oklahoma Sooners -- putting up a 108 to 64 NCAA Tournament win!

Advancing Notre Dame to the SWEET SIXTEEN!

As far as all-time NCAA records:

  • Notre Dame's 35 point half time lead was the largest in women's NCAA history for a lower seed against a higher seed.
  • First team in NCAA Tournament history (Men or Women) to beat a higher seeded team by 40+ points

 As far as all-time Notre Dame records:

  • Most points scored in the first quarter of NCAA tournament game -- 35
  • Most points scored in a NCAA tournament game:  108