It was tied at eight-all before Notre Dame suffered a four-and-a-half minute scoring drought, missing six straight shots. As a result, Pitt built a 14-8 advantage. However, over the final 2:41, the Irish connected on four straight and fired off a 9-2 scoring spree to reclaim the lead, 17-16, after the opening period. Dodson and Miles each scored six points in the quarter.
Speaking of Dodson, she started the second quarter with an and-one and was in double figures already just 12 minutes into the contest. Fast forward to 4:37 in the second, the Irish were up 33-26, but proceeded to give up an 11-2 Pitt scoring run. Later, a Citron three-pointer in the corner tied the game at 39-all heading into halftime.
Back-to-back layups to kick off the second half put Miles in double-digits by the 8:16 mark. Next, at 6:11 in the third, Brunelle hit a three, which ignited a combined 9-0 run between her and Dodson spanning 1:12.
Three Notre Dame turnovers in a 2:30 span late in the quarter allowed Pitt to pull within one possession at 56-53, but the Irish settled in and pushed the lead back to 62-55 at the end of three. A big reason for that was Dodson, who went 4-for-7 in the third, totaling 10 points, to push her game total to 23.
Up just four in the fourth, Brunelle connected on a clutch and-one, which was followed by a Citron pull-up jumper, as the quick 5-0 run gave the Irish a 69-60 lead with 5:36 remaining.
Notre Dame put its foot down from there on as Westbeld, Citron and Miles polished off the scoring while the defense did its thing, allowing just eight points in the quarter.
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