Fighting Irish fend off Hoyas
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Kayla McBride scored 17 points and Skylar Diggins added 15 as No.2 Notre Dame dropped Georgetown, 79-64, on Tuesday.
McBride shot 5-for-10 from the field, while Diggins also finished with nine assists and six steals for the Fighting Irish (15-1, 4-0 Big East), who feasted at the free throw line, making 35-of-38 from the charity stripe for the game.
Natalie Achonwa totaled a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds and Jewell Loyd chipped in with 14 points in Notre Dame's 10th straight win.
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Andrea White and Sugar Rodgers each scored 14 for the Hoyas (10-7, 1-3), who shot just 33.8 percent in dropping their third straight contest. Jasmine Jackson contributed 15 points and five steals off the bench in the setback.
Notre Dame opened up a 15-2 lead early and never looked back. Jackson hit a jumper for the Hoyas to cut their deficit to 22-8 at the 10:26 mark, but the Fighting Irish ran off eight straight points to take a 31-8 lead.
McBride, who tallied 12 points in the first half, scored seven of Notre Dame's final nine points in the period to give it a 44-29 edge going into halftime.
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The Fighting Irish then took a 23-point lead following a pair of Madison Cable free throws with 13:41 remaining in the game. Georgetown trailed by double- digits the rest of the way.