What to know about Notre Dame women’s basketball vs. Georgia Tech
After a taxing week against two ranked opponents, the schedule gets easier for Notre Dame in the next four days. The Fighting Irish take a road trip to Atlanta to face the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets tonight. Then it’s a home game versus Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Here’s everything you need to know about tonight’s game against Georgia Tech.
Notre Dame women’s basketball at Georgia Tech game info
- Teams: No. 14 Notre Dame (15-4, 5-3 ACC) at Georgia Tech (13-8, 4-5)
- Head coaches: Niele Ivey (76-29, fourth year at Notre Dame); Nell Fortner (246-173 overall, 84-56 at Georgia Tech [fifth year])
- Date: Feb. 1, 2024
- Location: McCamish Pavilion (Atlanta)
- Time: 7 p.m. ET
- Television: ACCNX
- TV broadcasters: Andy Demetra, Fallon Stokes and Haley Jones
- Radio: 99.9 WQLQ-FM in South Bend
- Radio broadcaster: Sean Stires
Matchup notables
• The game notes provided by Notre Dame has a “teams by the numbers” box that draws a comparison between the two teams in 16 different statistical categories from scoring offense to blocks and everything in between. Field goal percentage, rebounds, steals. You name it. The Irish have a better mark in 14 of the 16 areas. The only ones in which Georgia Tech is better is three-point makes per game, 6.0 to 5.7, and turnovers; Notre Dame turns it over 15.6 times per game to Georgia Tech’s 13.3.
• The Yellow Jackets have lost four of their last five games during a grueling stretch of their schedule. Three of those four losses came against ranked ACC opponents. They lost all of those three games by an average margin of 11.3. The other loss in that quartet was an 84-46 drubbing at the hands of Duke.
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• Georgia Tech has yet to post a win over a ranked opponent.
• There are still some Yellow Jacket scorers Notre Dame needs to look out for. Four of them are in double figures for a season-long average led by sophomore guard Kara Dunn at 15.7.
• Notre Dame received some clarity in the form of confirmation that Olivia Miles will not return to the floor this season. The team is officially in the hands of Hannah Hidalgo the rest of the way. The star freshman is averaging 24.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 5.1 steals per game. She’s coming off the only game this season in which she did not record a steal, but she also had 34 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in the Irish’s 82-67 win over UConn.
