No. 8 Notre Dame hosts Eastern Michigan after Hidalgo's 29-point outing

Published Dec. 14, 2024 3:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Eastern Michigan Eagles (1-5) at Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-2, 1-0 ACC)

South Bend, Indiana; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Notre Dame hosts Eastern Michigan after Hannah Hidalgo scored 29 points in Notre Dame's 79-68 victory over the UConn Huskies.

The Fighting Irish are 4-0 on their home court. Notre Dame is third in college basketball with 30.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Liatu King averaging 7.4.

The Eagles are 0-2 in road games. Eastern Michigan is sixth in the MAC with 13.3 assists per game led by Mackenzie Amalia averaging 6.5.

Notre Dame averages 7.6 made 3-pointers per game, 1.8 more made shots than the 5.8 per game Eastern Michigan allows. Eastern Michigan has shot at a 37.1% clip from the field this season, 0.5 percentage points higher than the 36.6% shooting opponents of Notre Dame have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Hidalgo is shooting 46.2% and averaging 25.0 points for the Fighting Irish.

Sisi Eleko is averaging 23.2 points and 11.5 rebounds for the Eagles.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.