Newsstand: Former Notre Dame women’s basketball stars post elite performances over weekend
Former Notre Dame athletes are scattered all throughout professional athletics, but the Irish women’s basketball alums are performing at an eye-popping level just a few weeks into the WNBA season.
Guards Arike Ogunbowale and Marina Mabrey are teammates once again for the Dallas Wings (4-2), and they ran the show in a 94-78 win over the Minnesota Lynx (1-6) on Saturday. Mabrey led the team with 22 points and Ogunbowale was just behind at 20. Jessica Shepard and Kayla McBride, both of whom play for Minnesota, had 14 points each.
On the season, Ogunbowale is averaging 19.7 points and 3.8 assists per contests, leading the team in both categories. She had a season-high 37 points in a 94-84 win over the Phoenix Mercury (2-4) on Thursday.
Phoenix boasts former Irish stars Skylar Diggins-Smith and Brianna Turner. Diggins-Smith leads the team with 17 points per game this year and had 25 points against the Las Vegas Aces (6-1) in a 100-80 loss on Saturday. Former No. 1 overall WNBA Draft pick in 2019 Jackie Young leads the Aces in points (19.3) and steals (two) per game.
Tweets of the weekend:
Quote of the weekend
“I think about it every day. I feel like the team now has a bull’s-eye on its back.”
— 2023 Notre Dame safety commit Adon Shuler on the prospect of winning a national title with the Irish
Headlines of the weekend:
Four-star Notre Dame WR target Rodney Gallagher moves decision date (Mike Singer, Blue & Gold)
Nuggets on Notre Dame targets from the road in Georgia (Mike Singer, Blue & Gold)
Four-star linebacker Jordan Hall schedules four official visits, including Notre Dame (Mike Singer, Blue & Gold)
Four-star CB Jasiah Wagoner on commitment timeline, Notre Dame offer (Mike Singer, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame post-spring position outlook: Special teams (Patrick Engel, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame football scholarship chart (Patrick Engel, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame softball’s season ends with NCAA Tournament regional loss to McNeese State (Patrick Engel, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame baseball: Schedule set for ACC Tournament in Charlotte (Tyler Horka, Blue & Gold)
Home runs doom Notre Dame baseball in regular season finale series loss to Miami (Tyler Horka, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame 2023 commit Adon Shuler calls Irish fans his ‘second family’ (Tyler Horka, Blue & Gold)
Notre Dame’s Kyle Hamilton explains NIL purchase for his mom: ‘That felt really good’ (Ashton Pollard, Blue & Gold)
