Notre Dame guards Dara Mabrey and Destinee Walker scored 17 points each, forward Maddy Westbeld tallied 15 points, as Miami (4-3, 1-3 ACC) lost their first game played in 11 days on Thursday at the Watsco Center, 71-60.
Hurricanes senior guard Endia Banks, who received her first start on the season, paced her team with 18 points on 7-of-18 shooting through 34 minutes of action. Guard Taylor Mason also had 11 points, but the double-digit scoring efforts were not enough to outlast Notre Dame (4-4, 2-2 ACC), who shot 47 percent (8-17) from the 3-point line.
Miami sprung ahead 13-4 after completing a 7-2 run by the five-minute mark of the opening quarter, forcing first-year head coach Niele Ivey to call a timeout.