The Notre Dame women’s basketball team defeated Kent State in their first game of this year’s NCAA Tournament. The 2nd-seeded Irish (27-6, 13-5 ACC) topped the 15th-seeded Golden Flashes (21-11, 13-5 MAC) 81-67.
Kent State scored the first basket of the game, but a three-pointer by graduate transfer Anna DeWolfe gave Notre Dame its first lead of the game at 7-5 and began an 18-0 run by the Irish. Junior guard Sonia Citron paced Notre Dame with nine points as it closed the quarter with a 22-10 lead.
The only issue for Notre Dame in the second quarter was foul trouble.