Post Game Notes
Post Game Notes
ND sets a school record with its 31st consecutive win, topping last year's winning streak and establishing the second-longest success string by any Fighting Irish team (regardless of sport) since 1950 (only softball's 33-game run in 2001 has been longer).
ND is 10-0 against Top 25 teams this year, winning 9 of those by double figures and claiming the past 4(and 5 of the last 6) by at least 20 points.
ND was playing its second game in less than 48 hours, improving to 43-9 (.827) in the back half of such situations since the start of the 2008-09 season.
ND had 4 double-figure scorers for the 22nd time this season and are 97-5 (.951) in such games in the past 5 years, including wins in 67 of their last 68 games.
ND had single-digit turnovers (9) for the fourth time this season, ending up 2 short of their season best (7 vs. Clemson on Jan. 5 at Purcell Pavilion).
ND's bench scored at least 40 points for the sixth time this season.
ND had at least one reserve score in double figures in a game for the 22nd time this season.
Lindsay Allen set a Fighting Irish record for freshmen with 118 assists this season, surpassing Mary Gavin's mark of 116 assists set in 1984-85
Jewell Loyd scored in double figures for the 35th consecutive game, extending the second-longest string in school history, while senior guard/tri-captain Kayla McBride posted her 22nd consecutive double-digit scoring game, tying for fifth-longest in school history.
Loyd has 998 career points, putting her in position to be the 33rd 1,000-point scorer in program history, and the third to do so before the end of her sophomore season (Beth Morgan in 1994-95, Skylar Diggins in 2010-11) ... having played her 66th game on Saturday, Loyd also could be the third-quickest player in program history to reach 1,000 points, surpassed only by Morgan (56 games) and Shari Matvey (66 games from 1979-83)