Notre Dame women's basketball roundup: Weekly awards, rankings, standings update

For the fourth time this season and first since Dec. 16, Notre Dame sophomore guard Hannah Hidalgo is the ACC Player of the Week. She averaged 32 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game in Fighting Irish road victories over Virginia Tech and Louisville in the award period.
For the season, Hidalgo is averaging 26.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.9 steals and 3.8 assists per game. She’s a National Player of the Year Candidate despite having one fewer ACC Player of the Week award win than Florida State’s Ta’Niya Latson, who has five. Latson is percentage points ahead of Hidalgo in the country’s scoring title race.
Here is every winner of the ACC Player of the Week award so far this season.
2024-25 ACC Player of the Week Honors
Nov. 11 – Olivia Miles, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Nov. 18 – Makayla Timpson, Sr., F, Florida State; Hannah Hidalgo, So., G, Notre Dame
Nov. 25 – Hannah Hidalgo, So., G, Notre Dame
Dec. 2 – Reigan Richardson, Sr., G, Duke; Ta’Niya Latson, Jr., G, Florida State
Dec. 9 – Ta’Niya Latson, Jr., G, Florida State
Dec. 16 – Hannah Hidalgo, So., G, Notre Dame
Dec. 23 – Haley Cavinder, Gr., G, Miami
Dec. 30 – Olivia Miles, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Jan. 6 – Ta’Niya Latson, Jr., G, Florida State
Jan. 13 – Rose Micheaux, Sr., F, Virginia Tech
Jan. 20 – Ta’Niya Latson, Jr., G, Florida State
Jan. 27 – Ta’Niya Latson, Jr., G, Florida State
Feb. 3 – Hannah Hidalgo, So., G, Notre Dame
Notre Dame’s Olivia Miles makes Nancy Lieberman Award Top 10
Hidalgo is not the only Notre Dame guard to earn an honor Monday. Senior Olivia Miles was named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Top 10, which recognizes the best point guards in the nation.
In her first season back from major knee surgery, Miles has three triple-doubles and is averaging 16.4 points, 6.5 assists and 5.9 rebounds per game. She is the only player in the country averaging 16/5/5.
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Here is the full Nancy Lieberman Top 10.
2025 Nancy Liberman Award Candidates
Katie Dinnebier Drake
Harmoni Turner Harvard
Serena Sundell Kansas State
Georgia Amoore Kentucky
Olivia Miles Notre Dame
Te-Hina Paopao South Carolina
Hailey Van Lith TCU
Rori Harmon Texas
Kiki Rice UCLA
Paige Bueckers UConn
Week 14 Women’s Basketball AP Top 25
1. UCLA (21-0)
2. South Carolina (21-1)
3. Notre Dame (19-2)
4. Texas (22-2)
5. UConn (21-2)
6. LSU (23-1)
7. USC (19-2)
8. Ohio State (20-1)
9. TCU (21-2)
10. Duke (17-4)
11. Kentucky (19-2)
12. Kansas State (21-2)
13. North Carolina (20-4)
14. NC State (17-4)
15. Oklahoma (16-6)
16. Maryland (17-5)
17. Georgia Tech (18-4)
18. West Virginia (17-4)
19. Tennessee (16-5)
20. Michigan State (18-4)
21. California (19-4)
22. Florida State (18-4)
23. Alabama (18-5)
24. Vanderbilt (18-5)
25. Oklahoma State (18-4)
Week 14 Women’s Basketball ACC Standings
Notre Dame (10-0)
NC State (9-1)
Duke (8-1)
Florida State (8-2)
North Carolina (8-3)
Louisville (8-3)
California (7-3)
Georgia Tech (6-4)
Virginia Tech (6-5)
Boston College (4-7)
Virginia (4-7)
Clemson (4-7)
Stanford (3-7)
Miami (3-8)
Syracuse (2-8)
SMU (2-9)
Pittsburgh (1-9)
Wake Forest (1-10)