Hannah Hidalgo appears to be doing Hannah Hidalgo things again.
After a quiet-ish last two games, the Notre Dame women’s basketball star lifted the sixth-ranked Irish to a 73-64 win over Cal in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament on Friday, scoring game-leading 25 points on 9-of-25 shooting. She also added four rebounds and two steals.
Hidalgo, a top candidate for Naismith National Player of the Year, finished just ahead of her season average of 24.2 points per game this season, which ranks third in the country. The win over Cal sends Notre Dame to the semifinals of the ACC tournament for the third consecutive season.
The sophomore guard created a 4-point play in the second quarter when she drew the AND-one foul as she fell down on the court after pulling up from the top of the key for a 3-pointer.
But where Hidalgo found most of her success against Cal was in the third quarter, when she scored nine of her 25 points on the day in the frame alone. Of those nine points, perhaps the biggest came during a 12-0 run near the end of the quarter when she splashed a 3-pointer in transition to put Notre Dame up 53-47.
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Notre Dame now advances to the semifinals of the ACC tournament, where it will play the winner of No. 3 seed Duke vs. No. 6 seed Louisville on Saturday at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Here’s a look at Hidalgo’s full stats against Cal on Friday, followed by her season stats entering the day:
Hannah Hidalgo points today
Friday marked Hidalgo’s second consecutive game with at least 20 points, and third in her last four. She has now scored at least 20 points in 21 of 27 games this season for Notre Dame.
Here’s Hidalgo’s full stat line from Friday’s win over Cal in the ACC tournament:
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Hannah Hidalgo stats
Hidalgo entered Friday’s quarterfinal game ranked third in the country in scoring at 24.2 points per game — only behind Florida State‘s Ta’Niya Latson and USC’s JuJu Watkins.
The 5-foot-6 guard’s production in the regular season on both ends of the floor earned her both ACC Player and Defensive Player of the Year honors — the former being her second consecutive ACC DPOY honors. As noted by Notre Dame’s press release, she is the just the fourth sophomore to be named ACC Player of the Year in the conference’s history.
She entered Friday also ranked fourth in the nation with 3.7 steals per game and fifth in the ACC with a 40.1% 3-point shooting percentage.
Here’s a look at what Hidalgo’s season stats were heading into Friday’s game:
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