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No. 5 Notre Dame advances to Sweet 16 with monster 44-point win over No. 4 Oklahoma

No. 5 seed Notre Dame left nothing in doubt advancing to the Sweet 16 on Monday night.

The Fighting Irish knocked out No. 4 Oklahoma, 108-64, at the Sooners' Lloyd Noble Center in the Bridgeport region of the NCAA women's basketball tournament. The 44-point winning margin is the largest by a team seeded equal to or lower than its opponent, per ESPN Stats and Information. They are the first women's or men's team to defeat a better-seeded team by at least 40 points, according to Stats Perform.

Four of five starters reached double-digits and three hit the 20-point threshold.