Notre Dame Fighting Irish news: The Miami bounce back, more

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team has hit a bit of a rough patch of late. However, this weekend they showed the fight that has made them one of the favorites to win the ACC all season long.

Hannah Hidalgo and company went out and beat a Miami Hurricanes team that is pretty darn good in its own right.

Miami entered the game with one of the best scoring defenses in the game (57.1) but Niele Ivey's squad was able to score 70 against them. And while the 70-59 final score didn't exactly look like a blowout, the team had a pretty comfortable lead from beginning to end.

“We knew it was going to be a battle for 40 minutes with the way that Miami pressures, so the fact that we came out and took care of business, I was really happy," Ivey said after the game.

The star of the game should come as no surprise. Hannah Hidalgo was outstanding again, posting 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 steals. The freshman sensation now has 13 games this season with at least 20 points, tying Irish Ring of Honor member Beth Morgan Cunningham for the freshman record.

More Notre Dame Fighting Irish news

• Speaking of teams that were struggling mightily of late, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey team had been nursing a losing streak, but they finally broke it in a big wa this weekend as they upended the Ohio State Buckeyes 5-2 on Saturday. The win means that Notre Dame is once again at least .500 on the season. There's a few months left in the season and the Irish will try to finish with a run.

• Now that the 2024 recruiting class is officially locked in, 247Sports' Tom Loy took a rather extensive look at every single player that Marcus Freeman brought in. The article is definitely worth a look.

• Meanwhile, Tim O'Malley put together exactly how the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team's roster chart looks after what was a very busy December and early January as far as comings and goings.