IOWA CITY – Kayla McBride witnessed it first-hand Sunday. The Notre Dame junior chased Tennessee-Martin’s Heather Butler for most of the first half, as the 5-foot-5 guard poured in 23 points. McBride laughed last. The Erie, Penn., native not only saw her team win Sunday, she led the Irish to 74-57 win on Tuesday against [...]
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IOWA CITY — Lisa Bluder knew what it would take to turn the women’s basketball world on its ear. “We had to experience a near-perfect night to beat that team,” she said. “It just didn’t happen tonight.” Kayla McBride established a career high with 28 points — including 24 in the first half — as [...]
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IOWA CITY – Through a door, a right turn through the lounge, a left turn through bathroom stalls and yet another left, cornered in dim lighting sat Skylar Diggins. The Notre Dame women’s basketball team invaded the Iowa women’s volleyball locker room. They called it home through the duration of their stay in Iowa City [...]
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IOWA CITY — A huge challenge awaits. So does a huge opportunity. “If this doesn’t get you up, nothing will,” said Samantha Logic, point guard for the University of Iowa women’s basketball team. The Hawkeyes (21-12) load up their slingshots for Tuesday’s second-round NCAA tournament game against second-ranked Notre Dame (32-1). Tipoff is 8:40 p.m. [...]
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IOWA CITY — There’s no Florida Gulf Coast in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. No LaSalle or Wichita State. “There’s just not the parity in women’s basketball as there is in men’s basketball right now, and that’s unfortunate,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. What there is: A well-defined upper crust. Notre Dame is among those [...]
continue »IOWA CITY – Fans migrated to baseline to get a closer view of Skylar Diggins. Faithful followers wearing Kelly green, black and gold and Hurricane Orange, took out their cell phones and aimed them at the Notre Dame All-American guard who boasts more than 312,000 Twitter followers. But when they exited Carver-Hawkeye Arena Sunday night, [...]
continue »IOWA CITY – Notre Dame has the best point guard in the country. Tennessee-Martin has an uncommon scoring tandem. The difference, in the eyes of UTM coach Kevin McMillan, lies in the paint. “They have an inside game and we don’t,” McMillan said as the 16th-seeded Skyhawks (19-14) prepared to meet top-seeded, No. 2-ranked Notre Dame [...]
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Thumbnails on the teams participating in the Iowa City subregional for the NCAA women’s basketball tournament: TENNESSEE-MARTIN (19-14) Norfolk Region seed: 16th Final AP ranking: Unranked Nickname: Skyhawks How it qualified: Earned an automatic berth by winning the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. Brings an eight-game win streak to Iowa City. Coach: Kevin McMillan (4th year at [...]
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says the school has encouraged linebacker Manti Te’o to speak publicly — and soon — about being the victim of a hoax involving a dead girlfriend who never existed. Swarbrick said during the taping of his weekly radio show, which airs regionally on Saturday [...]
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Not once but twice after he supposedly discovered his online girlfriend of three years never even existed, Notre Dame All-American linebacker Manti Te’o perpetuated the heartbreaking story about her death. An Associated Press review of news coverage found that the Heisman Trophy runner-up talked about his doomed love in a [...]
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