Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 6 NC State flattens No. 16 Notre Dame

River Baldwin paired 14 points with 10 rebounds as the No. 6 North Carolina State Wolfpack secured their sixth win over a ranked opponent this season by stifling the No. 16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 59-43 in South Bend, Ind.

N.C. State (22-3, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) held Notre Dame, which entered Thursday leading the conference in scoring (83 points per game) and field-goal percentage (46.5), to its lowest totals in both categories.

The Fighting Irish (18-6, 8-5) shot 26.9 percent from the field and 16.7 percent from 3-point range. Freshman guard Hannah Hidalgo (25.1 points per game, third in Division I) struggled to a season-low 10 points on 4-of-19 shooting for Notre Dame.

Madison Hayes powered the Wolfpack with 16 points, while Aziaha James had 11 and Saniya Rivers added 10 to go along with her 10 rebounds. N.C. State used a 14-0 run to lead 19-7 after the first quarter and never trailed. Maddy Westbeld paced the Fighting Irish with 14 points and Sonia Citron tacked on 13.

No. 19 Syracuse 71, Miami (FL) 60

Georgia Woolley finished with a season-high 24 points as the Orange held off the Hurricanes' late surge in Miami.

Woolley made 10-of-19 shots from the floor and snagged three steals for Syracuse (21-4, 11-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) in its fourth straight win. She and Dyaisha Fair drilled consecutive 3-pointers late in the fourth quarter to seal the win after Miami (16-8, 6-7) had whittled its 17-point deficit entering the fourth quarter down to five with 2:53 to play.

Fair had 11 points, six rebounds and five assists for the Orange, who made six 3-pointers compared with the Hurricanes' four.

Shayeann Day-Wilson's 11 points paced Miami, who fell to 13-2 this season at home. Latasha Lattimore added 10 points off the bench, while Ja'Leah Williams, Kyla Oldacre and Jaida Patrick hit for nine points apiece.

The Hurricanes committed 15 turnovers, which Syracuse flipped into 12 points.

- Field Level Media