Utah vs. Notre Dame Postgame Notes
3/19/2011 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 19, 2011
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* Saturday marked the second NCAA Tournament meeting between Notre Dame and Utah with similar scores. Notre Dame won the first meeting 69-54 on March 24, 2001, in Denver, Colorado in the NCAA Sweet 16. Today's final was 67-54.
* Saturday's win moved Notre Dame to 3-0 all-time against Utah.
* Utah's Michelle Harrison set a career high with 16 rebounds and had her first career double-double with 10 points and 16 rebounds.
* Utah's Iwalani Rodrigues had 21 points, her ninth game of 20 or more points this season.
* Utah lost in the First Round for the second time in their last 3 appearances. Utah's all-time NCAA record falls to 9-18.
* Notre Dame used an 8-1 run to go from an 8-7 lead to 16-8 lead. Utah then followed with a 10-3 run to make the score 19-18 for the Irish. The lead was never larger than three for either side the remainder of the first half. * Notre Dame started the game 6-11 from the field and finished the first half 8-19 from the field.
* Utah started the game 2-11 from the field and finished the first half 8-14 from the field.
* Notre Dame started the second half on a 7-0 run to break open a 36-33 lead to their largest lead of the game (43-33) at the time.
* Utah followed their 10-point deficit (33-43) with an 8-0 run to get within two (41-43).
* Notre Dame followed Utah's 8-0 run with a 6-0 run to stretch the lead to 49-41. Notre Dame's largest lead was 13 points.