Newsstand: Notre Dame women's basketball signee KK Bransford plays in McDonald's All-American Game
Notre Dame women’s basketball’s lone 2022 signee saw action in Tuesday’s girls McDonald’s All-American Game.
Guard KK Bransford played for the West team in a 95-75 East victory in Tuesday’s game, held in Chicago. Her stats were not immediately available. She was one of 24 players selected to the roster in January.
Bransford won Miss Ohio Basketball for the second straight season. She averaged 21.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.3 steals per game while shooting 46.2% from the field for Mount Notre Dame High School in Cincinnati. She signed with Notre Dame in November.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame men’s basketball point guard signee J.J. Starling’s busy month of All-Star games and one last tournament began with a quiet evening Tuesday.
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Starling did not play in the boys McDonald’s All-American Game due to a minor injury, but attended and was on the bench for the East team in its 105-81 win Tuesday. The four-star guard and his La Porte (Ind.) La Lumiere teammates play Thursday afternoon in the first round of the GEICO nationals in Fort Myers, Fla.
Starling will also play in the Nike Hoop Summit April 9 and the Jordan Brand Classic April 15. He arrives at Notre Dame in June. He’s the No. 24 player in the 2022 class, per the On3 Consensus, and was the Irish’s first McDonald’s All-American since Demetrius Jackson in 2013.
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