What to know, how to watch No. 1 Notre Dame women’s basketball vs. Miami
The best team in not just the ACC but the entire country goes for its 15th conference victory in a row and 19th straight win overall at Miami on Thursday night. Here is everything to know about Notre Dame’s matchup with the Hurricanes.
Notre Dame women’s basketball vs. Miami game info
- Teams: No. 1 Notre Dame (23-2, 14-0 ACC) and Miami (13-12, 3-11)
- Head coaches: Niele Ivey (112-34, fifth year at Notre Dame); Tricia Cullop (13-12, first year at Miami)
- All-time series: Notre Dame leads, 25-6; the Irish won the last meeting, 70-59, on Jan. 14, 2024
- Date: Feb. 20, 2025
- Location: Watsco Center (Coral Gables, Fla.)
- Time: 7 p.m. ET
- Television: ACCNX
- TV broadcasters: Joe Zagacki and Tamara James
- Radio: 96.1 FM WSBT in South Bend
- Radio broadcaster: Sean Stires and Karen Keyes
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What to know about Notre Dame
• The Fighting Irish just keep winning. They’ve won 18 games in a row and have not lost since Nov. 30. They’re looking to become the first team to win all 18 regular season conference games since the ACC switched to the 18-game model in the 2019-20 season.
• Notre Dame is No. 2 in the ACC in scoring offense and No. 3 in scoring defense. The Irish are the only team in the conference to appear in the top three in both categories. The Irish’s scoring margin of 26.3 is tops in the league as well.
• Sophomore guard Hannah Hidalgo has a legit case to be named National Player of the Year. She’s stuffing the stat sheet with 24.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.0 steals per game.
• Senior guards Olivia Miles and Sonia Citron have been lights-out lately, too; Miles is the team’s second-leading scorer with 16.7 points per game and Citron is third on the team at 13.5. They both average between 5 and 6 rebounds per game. Miles leads Notre Dame with 6.2 assists per game.
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What to know about Miami
• Haley Cavinder is an all-conference caliber player. She averages 18.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. She can get hot and keep Miami in ballgames; the Hurricanes last two losses came by a combined three points against No. 10 NC State and No. 23 Florida State. Cavinder scored 20 and 27 points against those opponents, respectively.
• Miami has two more players averaging in double figures in scoring this season, forward Cameron Williams (11.4) and forward Jasmyne Roberts (10.7). Former Notre Dame forward Natalija Marshall is the Hurricanes’ fourth-leading scorer at 8.2 points per game. She also averaged 4.8 rebounds per game, both of which are marks she never attained in a single season at Notre Dame. She’s playing 23.8 minutes per game this year, too, which is also a career-high.
• Miami is 13th in the ACC in scoring offense and 16th in scoring defense. The Hurricanes lost to Duke, 90-49, three games ago. Notre Dame just beat the Blue Devils, 64-49, on Monday.
Quotable: Notre Dame head coach Niele Ivey on Miami
“They play well at home. They’re offensive-minded; three-level scorers. Play with a ton of confidence. It’s just making sure every shot is a contested shot. Try to put size on [Cavinder] with [Cassandre Prosper] and [Sonia Citron]. Hopefully Hannah can do a really good job of wearing them down. Just making sure that every shot is a contested shot and making sure we do a good job individually against them.”
By the numbers
The team with the better average has a bolded number in each category.
| Stat | Notre Dame | Miami |
| Scoring offense | 86.7 | 70.8 |
| Scoring margin | 26.3 | 1.1 |
| FG% | 50.0 | 45.1 |
| 3FG% | 42.0 | 32.1 |
| 3FG made/game | 8.0 | 6.7 |
| FT% | 76.8 | 77.6 |
| FT made/game | 12.3 | 11.1 |
| Rebounds | 43.8 | 36.8 |
| Rebound margin | 10.7 | 2.4 |
| Assists | 18.3 | 15.4 |
| Turnovers | 15.4 | 16.0 |
| Turnover margin | 3.0 | -1.9 |
| Assist/turnover ratio | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Steals | 11.6 | 7.1 |
| Blocks | 5.6 | 1.7 |
