Notre Dame women advance to regional final
OKLAHOMA CITY — Lindsay Allen scored a career-high 28 points to help top-seed Notre Dame defeat Stanford 81-60 in the NCAA women's Sweet Sixteen on Friday night.
Jewell Loyd scored 17 of her 21 points in the second half for the Fighting Irish (34-2), who advanced to play Baylor (33-3) on Sunday for a spot in the Final Four. The Fighting Irish beat Baylor 88-69 in a regional final last year.
Bonnie Samuelson scored 17 points and Erica McCall and Amber Orrange each added 12 for No. 4 seed Stanford (26-10).
It was the first postseason meeting for veteran coaches Tara VanDerveer of Stanford and Muffet McGraw of Notre Dame, and just the third ever meeting between the schools. Stanford won the previous meetings in 1990 and 1991.
Allen scored nine quick points to help the Irish take a 20-11 lead.
The Cardinal trimmed Notre Dame's lead to 34-29 with about 3 minutes left in the first half before Allen drained two 3-pointers to help the Fighting Irish close the half on an 8-2 run. Allen matched her career high of 24 points in the first half, and the Irish led 42-31 at the break.
Stanford cut its deficit to 48-44 early in the second half before Loyd got going. Her 3-point play with just over 10 minutes remaining put Notre Dame up 59-47. The Fighting Irish shot 52 percent in the second half to pull away.
NOTRE DAME 81, STANFORD 60
FG | FT | Reb | |||||
Min | M-A | M-A | O-T | A | PF | PTS | |
Thompson | 15 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
McPhee | 11 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
McCall | 28 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 6-10 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Orrange | 38 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
B Samuelson | 38 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Greenfield | 28 | 2-8 | 4-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Kay Johnson | 8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Roberson | 24 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Camp | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Payne | 2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Rooks | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Picknell | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 199 | 23-65 | 9-13 | 17-39 | 10 | 11 | 60 |
Percentages: FG .354, FT .692.
3-Point Goals: 5-15, .333 (B. Samuelson 5-8, McPhee 0-1, Camp 0-1, Orrange 0-1, Thompson 0-2, Greenfield 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 8.
Blocked Shots: 4 (McCall 3, Kay. Johnson).
Turnovers: 14 (Roberson 3, McPhee 3, Thompson 2, B. Samuelson 2, McCall, Kay. Johnson, Orrange).
Steals: 6 (Orrange 2, Kay. Johnson, Roberson, B. Samuelson, McCall).
Technical Fouls: None.
FG | FT | Reb | |||||
Min | M-A | M-A | O-T | A | PF | PTS | |
Turner | 30 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Reimer | 20 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
Allen | 36 | 9-17 | 6-6 | 0-5 | 4 | 2 | 28 |
Mabrey | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Loyd | 36 | 7-21 | 7-7 | 3-6 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
Holloway | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnson | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Cable | 25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Huffman | 20 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Westbeld | 14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Wright | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 199 | 32-65 | 13-13 | 11-39 | 11 | 12 | 81 |
Percentages: FG .492, FT 1.000.
3-Point Goals: 4-9, .444 (Allen 4-7, Loyd 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 3.
Blocked Shots: 4 (Turner 2, Huffman, Loyd).
Turnovers: 9 (Allen 4, Turner 2, Reimer 2, Loyd).
Steals: 9 (Cable 3, Loyd 3, Turner, Allen, Huffman).
Technical Fouls: None.
Stanford | 31 | 29 | — | 60 |
Notre Dame | 42 | 39 | — | 81 |
A—3,878.
Officials—Bob Scofield, Laura Morris, Billy Smith.