Irish and Huskies top two teams in AP women’s hoops poll

NEW YORK (AP) – It’s a few weeks before Notre Dame and UConn face each other and a lot could change before then. “We want to get out and run”, Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw said. We understand how crappy this does feel and what we need to do and what we haven’t done well in these close games this season and we can hit the ground running next year and obviously this week as well.

“Wow are they fast”, he said. We hope you’ll help.

Notre Dame next plays either Texas or Northwestern in the final game of the Legends Classic at the Barclays Center. 17 Washington to win the Preseason WNIT on Sunday. Colson, a 6-foot-5 junior, matched his career high with the 12 rebounds.

“I think once we got punched in the mouth we just settled down, and said, ‘That’s OK”. “I think they were better than us a little bit on the boards”. I mean, we just came out really firing – Arike was on, and she really got good shots.

Moses had a career-high 16 rebounds to go with five assists, four blocks and four points. CU went 18-for-19 at the free throw line.

“There’s a sense of urgency”. “We hand the ball to him, and everybody’s talked about these National Basketball Association guards we’ve lost and we may not have a point guard”. CU senior forward Wesley Gordon picked up his second foul just three and a half minutes into the game and sat on the bench until the second half. Notre Dame’s lead never dipped below 11 for the rest of the half, as the Irish took a 50-35 lead into the halftime break. Colorado is averaging 82 points per game and they are shooting 43.3 percent from the floor and 38.3 percent from beyond the 3-point arc while defensively they are allowing 59.3 points and their opponents are shooting 33.5 percent. I know as a coach he’s going to stay aggressive and fight for what he wants.

Notre Dame: The win over a ranked team might be enough to keep hold of the top ranking, although the Irish could be hurt by the way they struggled to a four-point win over Green Bay on Thursday. They’re scoring 22 points from the free throw line. V.J. Beacham leads the Irish averaging 19.7 points and 28.3 minutes per game.

“We’ve been in those situations before”. “… We have nine, 10 guys that can play and we’re going to keep them all ready to go throughout a night and throughout the season”.

“They were knocking balls in the air and Brandon’s big head was clearing things”, Clark said. “So I just have to credit them”.

An early 15-4 run moved the Notre Dame lead to 34-18 with 8:11 left in the first half. As of November 18 Notre Dame was scheduled to face seven teams in the top 15 in the AP poll. Helton credited Kelly’s offensive creativeness as a huge part of the reason why the Irish are scoring nearly 31 points per game. The Fighting Irish beat MI and Stephen F. Austin to advance to the regional. Colson led the way, going 9-for-9 and Beachem and Vasturia each went a flawless 5-for-5 from the line.

Both teams nearly hit their scoring average for the season.

Now, Notre Dame will prepare for a revenge game against Thiaw and Louisville. The defensive numbers took a hit, however.

Later it was Fighting Irish guard Matt Farrell who exposed CU’s shaky perimeter defense, often driving to the glass for easy buckets en route to a 20-point, six-assist performance.