CHICAGO (AP) -- Consider this a sweet repeat for Notre Dame.
Arike Ogunbowale scored a career-high 34 points, Jessica Shepard added 24 points and 14 rebounds, and the defending national champion Fighting Irish beat Texas A&M in the Sweet 16 for the second straight year, 87-80 on Saturday.
Ogunbowale, last year's Final Four hero, scored 24 in the second half. She had 12 in the final 6:45 to help the top-seeded Fighting Irish (33-3) advance to the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament for the eighth time in nine years. They will play No. 2 seed Stanford -- a 55-46 winner over 11th-seeded Missouri State -- in the Chicago Regional final on Monday.