GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Notre Dame 85, Boston College 48
(AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
By STEVE KRAH
Associated Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Olivia Miles and KK Bransford scored 17 points apiece as No. 5 Notre Dame dominated Atlantic Coast Conference foe Boston College 85-48.
Miles had six rebounds, five assists and three steals.
Bransford produced a career-best in scoring.
Sonia Citron tallied 15 points to go with six rebounds and four assists for the Fighting Irish (12-1, 3-0).
Andrea Daley scored 17 points and Taina Mair had 10, while Maria Gakeng blocked six shots for Boston College (11-5, 1-2).
BIG PICTURE
Notre Dame: The Irish scored 85 points or more for the 10th time in 2022-23 and extended the team's win streak to six. Notre Dame beat visiting Merrimack 108-44 on Dec. 10.
Boston College: A win for the Eagles would have been the first at Notre Dame since 2020 and the first victory against a top-five opponent since defeating then-No. 2 Ohio State in the 2006 NCAA Tournament.
January 1, 2023
| Boston College | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Gakdeng | C | 31 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Waggoner | G | 34 | 3-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| T. Mair | G | 32 | 4-18 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| A. Daley | G | 28 | 8-14 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| J. Lacey | G | 26 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| A. VanTimmeren | 26 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| A. McGee | 11 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| K. Lezama | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| A. Carman | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 20-64 (.313) |
8-14 (.571) |
0-9 (.000) |
12-28 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 48 | |
| Notre Dame | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Westbeld | F | 23 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| K. Watson | F | 18 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| S. Citron | G | 28 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| O. Miles | G | 28 | 7-10 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0-6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| D. Mabrey | G | 22 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| K. Bransford | 22 | 5-5 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |
| L. Ebo | 22 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| C. Prosper | 16 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4-9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| N. Marshall | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| J. Brown | 8 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| S. Cernugel | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 32-60 (.533) |
19-25 (.760) |
2-7 (.286) |
13-46 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 85 | |
Officials: Carla Fountain, Rod Creech, Brandon Enterline
