On Sunday afternoon, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women’s Basketball team took the court against the 2nd-ranked UConn Huskies. Even with this not being a Muffet McGraw-Geno Auriemma smack down like in the past, the rivalry is still very much alive and well with Geno still coaching at UConn but Niele Ivey leading the Irish. It was a highly anticipated matchup like always, but especially because both teams were ranked (ND was 24th).
1st Half
In the first half, we saw some back-and-forth basketball to start. It was a relatively low-scoring first quarter as UConn took a 16-12 lead.