Sunday, March 13, 2022

Know Your Foe: U Mass Minutewomen

 

#22 Notre Dame Women's Basketball will play the A-10 Champion UMASS Minutewomen in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this Saturday in Norman, OK.  Here's what we know about UMass:

  • 26 - 6 
  • Atlantic 10 Champions 
  • Won 12 of their last 13 games

 

Starting line-up:

  • F:  Angelique Ngalakulondi -- 6'-2" Junior
  • F:  Sam Breen -- 6'-1" Senior
  • G:  Ber'Nyah Mayo -- 5'-6" Sophomore
  • G:  Sydney Taylor -- 5'-9" Junior
  • G:  Destiny Philoxy -- 5'7" Senior

 

Key bench players:

  • F: Makennah White -- 6'-2" Sophomore
  • G: Shavonne Smith -- 5'-11" Senior

 

Leading scorers:

  • Sam Breen:  16.9 pts.
  • Sydney Taylor:  15.8 pts.
  • Destiny Philoxy:  11 pts
  • Ber'Nyah Mayo:  9.9 pts
  • Anglique Ngalakulondi:  8.9 pts

#3 Notre Dame Sweeps #17 NC State!

 

Notre Dame continues to win weekend series vs. ACC foes -- this weekend it was #17 North Carolina State as the Fighting Irish are on a 9 game winning streak!

LINK:  ACC BASEBALL STANDINGS

Know Your Foe: Rutgers Scarlet Knights

 

Here's some information about the Rutgers' basketball team -- the highlights above are of the Scarlet Knight's 84-74 loss to the eventual Big Ten champs Iowa Hawkeyes.  We play them Wednesday night at 9 PM ET in Dayton, OH.

  • 18 - 13 -- finished 6th in the Big Ten
  • Quality wins:  Seton Hall, Michigan, Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana
  • Teams they beat, that beat Notre Dame:  Illinois and Indiana 

 

Rutgers' starting line-up:

  • F: Ron Harper, Jr. -- 6'-6" Senior
  • C: Clifford Omoruyi -- 6'-11" Sophomre
  • G: Paul Mulcachy -- 6'-6" Junior
  • G: Caleb McConnell -- 6'-7" Senior
  • G:  Geo Baker -- 6'-4" Senior

 

Rutgers' key bench players:

  • F: Mawot Mag -- 6'-7" Sophomore 
  • F: Dean Reiber -- 6'-10" Sophomore
  • F: Aundre Hyatt -- 6'-6" Sophomore
  • G: Jason Miller -- 6'-2" Freshman

 

Leading scorers:

  • Ron Harper, Jr. -- 15.6 pts.
  • Geo Baker -- 12.4 pts.
  • Clifford Omoruyi -- 11.8 pts.
  • Paul Mulcahy -- 9 pts.
  • Caleb McConnell -- 6.4 pts.

#4 Michigan Finally Beats Our #8 Irish...

 

The Michigan Wolverines finally beat Notre Dame in hockey -- after losing all four games to the IRISH this season -- and SEVEN IN A ROW at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor...

We'll now await where Notre Dame is seeded and who they will play in the NCAA Tournament come next Sunday night -- March 20th.