Tag: Anthony Anderson

South Bend Tribune loses Notre Dame women’s basketball beat reporter

Best of luck to Anthony in the future.

Until recently, this site went on location to cover numerous Notre Dame athletic events. Almost all of them were for basketball. As such, we got to know some of the people who covered the Irish more regularly. One of them no longer will be doing so.

Anthony Anderson, who has covered the Irish women’s basketball team for the South Bend Tribune for over seven years, has announced that he no longer will be doing so on a regular basis. No specific reason was given, and it is not known yet who will replace Anderson on this beat. Still, it is a tough loss for fans of Irish women’s basketball coverage, especially for local readers.

We wish Anderson nothing but the best in his future endeavors, and we’ll do our best to cover what should be a historic season in his absence, even if we won’t actually be on press row ourselves either.

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Niele Ivey, Maddy Westbeld, Lauren Ebo speak after NCAA Tournament win

What are your thoughts after this win?

SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame has to be feeling confident after knocking Southern Utah out of the NCAA Tournament, 82-56, in the first round. The Irish let the Thunderbirds know early and often that this game that was being played in their house would be played on their terms.

Whenever the Thunderbirds showed the slightest chance of coming back – and it was very slight – the Irish doubled down on both ends of the floor. It was such a blowout that little-used [autotag]Sarah Cernugel[/autotag] entered the game near its conclusion. The Purcell Pavilion definitely would have exploded had she made either of her two field-goal attempts, one which came from 3-point range. Alas, she remains scoreless for the season except for her lone basket Dec. 10 against Merrimack.

Cernguel was one of several people [autotag]Niele Ivey[/autotag] talked about in her postgame news conference. She was joined by top scorer [autotag]Maddy Westbeld[/autotag] (20 points) and dominant veteran big [autotag]Lauren Ebo[/autotag] (14 points, 10 rebounds). Here’s what they had to say: