Newsstand: Notre Dame women’s basketball signees shine in weekend showcases

IMG_9992by:Tyler Horka•01/09/23•

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One day before Notre Dame made just 2 of 22 attempts from behind the three-point line in a 60-50 loss at North Carolina, Fighting Irish class of 2023 signee Emma Risch drilled nine threes in one game versus Marietta (Ga.) Kell High. Risch’s Melbourne (Fla.) Palm Bay beat Kell 67-59 in the championship game of the Atlanta St. James She Got Game Classic.

Risch scored 39 points in the game and won MVP honors. She’ll add an element of outside shooting the Irish could certainly use next season, especially with graduate student guard Dara Mabrey set to depart from the program. Mabrey has a team-leading 29 made threes in 14 games. The next player in line on the Irish roster, sophomore guard Sonia Citron, has 16.

Fellow five-star 2023 Irish signee Hannah Hidalgo went off over the weekend, too. The Haddonfield (N.J.) Paul IV product put up 41 points in a 76-44 victory in the Blue Star Invitational in Philadelphia. She also won the game’s MVP award. Hidalgo is the No. 1 point guard and the No. 5 overall player in the class according to ESPN.

Notre Dame tweets of the weekend

Win-win.

Rising junior running back Logan Diggs is giving back to his hometown community.

The Irish secured a commitment from a veteran defensive back on Friday.

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Quote of the weekend

“Having a quarterback like Sam Hartman in your program is going to elevate the play of everybody. The quarterback room, the wideouts — everyone on the team.”

— Irish head coach Marcus Freeman on pulling the experienced Wake Forest signal-caller from the transfer portal

Headlines of the weekend

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Irish signees Drayk Bowen and Jeremiyah Love earn Gatorade Player of the Year honors

Hey Horka! Sam Hartman PFF grades, Irish football offseason priorities

Irish DE Justin Ademilola declares for the 2023 NFL Draft

Fighting Irish quarterback timeline: Dante Moore recruitment, Sam Hartman transfer and more

Irish LB Drayk Bowen earns All-American Bowl’s Defensive Player of the Year Award

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Game takeaways: Notre Dame players in the All-American Bowl

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Marcus Freeman: Notre Dame’s number for transfer portal additions will be ‘forever changing’

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Safety DJ Brown returning to Notre Dame for sixth year

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