Our Clients:

Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM

Mar 26, 2022 8:19 pm

Raina Perez rallies No. 1 NC State past Notre Dame

[addtoany]

Raina Perez came up with a steal and layup with 16 seconds left for the go-ahead basket, lifting top-seeded North Carolina State to a 66-63 win over fifth-seed Notre Dame on Saturday in the Bridgeport Region of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

With Notre Dame leading 63-62, Perez swiped the ball from Notre Dame point guard Dara Mabrey at midcourt and cruised in for the basket.

The Fighting Irish still had a chance to pull ahead, but Maddy Westbeld missed a 3-point attempt with 8 seconds left. Perez was fouled and made both free throws to cap the scoring.

The Wolfpack (32-3) rallied from being down by as many as 10 points in the second half to advance to Monday’s Elite Eight. They will face second-seeded UConn (28-5), which posted a 75-58 victory over third-seeded Indiana on Saturday.

Elissa Cunane had 16 points and Kai Crutchfield added 14 points for North Carolina State.

Olivia Miles led Notre Dame (24-9) with 21 points, while Westbeld added 13 points and eight rebounds.

Miles scored 15 points in the first half, helping Notre Dame jump to a 38-30 lead at intermission.

Down 16-12 at the end of the first frame, Notre Dame made 10 of 13 of its shot attempts in the second quarter. The Fighting Irish finished the half shooting 55.6 percent from the field and 45.5 percent from 3-point range.

Miles scored five points during a 7-0 run in the second quarter with a driving layup and 3-pointer that extended Notre Dame’s lead to 36-26.

North Carolina State cut Notre Dame’s lead to 36-30 on a fast-break layup from Cunane, but Westbeld answered with a layup for the Fighting Irish with 48 seconds left in the half.

North Carolina State cut Notre Dame’s lead to 53-46 at the end of the third quarter and kept chipping away, twice cutting the Irish’s lead to two points in the fourth quarter. Cunane made one of two free throws with 36 seconds left to cut Notre Dame’s lead to 63-62.

–Field Level Media

You may also like

bob melvin
May 16, 2025 2:48 am

Athletics make first return to Bay Area to face Giants

The Athletics and Giants meet as Northern California — rather than Bay Area — rivals for the first time when the early-season surprises open a three-game interleague series in San…

Shohei Ohtani
May 16, 2025 2:31 am

Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani set for latest reunion with Angels

Two years and another MVP later, the overwhelming intrigue when it comes to the Los Angeles Dodgers facing the freeway-adjacent Los Angeles Angels still is Shohei Ohtani taking on his…

Whitecaps, Austin FC
May 16, 2025 2:04 am

Austin FC aim to avenge loss to first-place Whitecaps

The Vancouver Whitecaps will shoot for a season sweep of host Austin FC and look to extend their unbeaten streak when the sides square off on Saturday. The teams met…

More News News

bob melvin
May 16, 2025 2:48 am

Athletics make first return to Bay Area to face Giants

The Athletics and Giants meet as Northern California — rather than Bay Area — rivals for the first time when the early-season surprises open a three-game interleague series in San…

Shohei Ohtani
May 16, 2025 2:31 am

Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani set for latest reunion with Angels

Whitecaps, Austin FC
May 16, 2025 2:04 am

Austin FC aim to avenge loss to first-place Whitecaps

Athletics, Dodgers
May 16, 2025 1:07 am

Shohei Ohtani’s two homers help Dodgers demolish A’s

Jose Castillo
May 16, 2025 12:09 am

Mets acquire LHP Jose Castillo from Diamondbacks

Read all
fb-post
advertisment
title-icon

Upcoming events

See all odds
[gs-fb-comments]