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Virginia Cavaliers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish

· NCAA Women's Basketball
Virginia Cavaliers
8-6, 0-2 Away
Final
54 - 95
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
11-2, 7-0 Home

No. 3 Notre Dame women rout Virginia for Olivia Miles' 100th career win

Another Liza Karlen defensive play leads to crazy no-look assist

Olivia Miles earned her third triple-double of the season and sixth of her career with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists. Miles entered the game as the NCAA’s active career assist leader, averaging 6.8 a game.

It was the 100th career victory for Notre Dame coach Niele Ivey, who is 100-34 in five seasons.

Notre Dame (11-2, 2-0 ACC) hit 51% of its field-goal attempts and owned a whopping 54-31 rebounding edge. Virginia (8-6, 0-2) made only 30% of its shots and remained winless in South Bend.

Takeaways Notre Dame: Citron, who sat out Notre Dame’s last game against Loyola Maryland due to general soreness, also had 11 rebounds. She hit five 3-pointers.

Virginia: The Cavaliers didn’t have an answer for Notre Dame’s defense in what turned out to be a 28-0 run by the Fighting Irish in the first half. The Cavaliers were 0-of-12 shooting with four turnovers during the Notre Dame spurt.

Key moment Citron connected on a fastbreak 3 with 2:49 left in the first quarter as she sparked Notre Dame’s 28-point run by scoring seven of the first 12 points of the burst.

Key stat Virginia suffered a stretch of 15 consecutive missed field goals in the first half. The Cavaliers went 11:44 without a basket.

Up next Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish continue ACC play when they travel to North Carolina next Sunday.

Virginia: The Cavaliers host Wake Forest on Thursday.

How can I watch Cavaliers vs. Fighting Irish?

  • TV Channel: Cavaliers vs Fighting Irish 2021 College Basketball, week 8, is broadcasted on ACC Network.
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Recent Plays

4th 0:00 End of Game 54 - 95
4th 0:00 End of 4th Quarter 54 - 95
4th 0:12 Breona Hurd made Free Throw. 54 - 95
4th 0:12 Foul on Kate Koval. 53 - 95
4th 0:12 Breona Hurd made Layup. Assisted by RyLee Grays. 53 - 95

Statistics

UVAUVA NDND
19-64 FG 38-74
30 Field Goal % 51
5-21 3PT 10-26
24 Three Point % 38
11-16 FT 9-12
69 Free Throw % 75
31 Rebounds 54
10 Offensive Rebounds 17
21 Defensive Rebounds 37
8 Assists 32
6 Steals 11
2 Blocks 9
14 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 1
14 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
17 Points Off Turnovers 25
10 Fast Break Points 39
26 Points in Paint 44
11 Fouls 13
4 Largest Lead 44

Game Information

Purcell Pavilion

Location: South Bend, IN
Attendance: 9,149 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Louisville 2-0 - 12-3
NC State 2-0 - 9-4
Syracuse 1-0 0.5 11-1
Stanford 1-0 0.5 11-2
Notre Dame 1-0 0.5 9-2
Virginia 1-0 0.5 9-3
Duke 1-0 0.5 6-6
Virginia Tech 1-1 1 11-3
Wake Forest 1-1 1 11-3
Clemson 1-1 1 9-4
Miami 1-1 1 8-4
North Carolina 0-1 1.5 11-3
California 0-1 1.5 8-5
SMU 0-1 1.5 7-6
Pittsburgh 0-1 1.5 7-7
Boston College 0-1 1.5 4-10
Florida State 0-2 2 5-9
Georgia Tech 0-2 2 4-9
Full Standings