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Niele Ivey, Hannah Hidalgo, Kylee Watson speak after Notre Dame win

Here how the Irish felt after their latest win.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Sometimes, the calendar dictates that you play a solid game. Notre Dame has final exams next week, and the women’s basketball team won’t play again until those exams are finished. That meant it was time to show Lafayette what it could do, even with injuries shortening the number of healthy bodies to eight. A 96-42 victory meant mission accomplished.

[autotag]Niele Ivey[/autotag] understandably was in an upbeat mood after the win, and she brought in two of her stars to share in her postgame news conference, although there were a few more players who would have been just as worthy of meeting the media afterwards. [autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag] had what’s become a typical night for her of 26 points and six steals. [autotag]Kylee Watson[/autotag] scored 14 points (eight in the third quarter) and had five rebounds.

Numerous topics were discussed in the news conference. In fact, Fighting Irish Wire got to ask the first question after Ivey’s opening statement. Here the answers to that and many of the rest of the questions that were asked:

Watch: Notre Dame’s Sarah Cernugel announced as scholarship player

Congrats, Sarah!

Few videos are more heartwarming in college sports than a coach announcing a walk-on is getting a full scholarship. The coach makes the announcement, often to the surprise of the player, and the rest of the players celebrate their teammate’s good news.

This happened to Notre Dame guard [autotag]Sarah Cernugel[/autotag]. Take a look at [autotag]Niele Ivey[/autotag] making the announcement and her tweet congratulating her newest scholarship player:

Cernugel saw limited action in her first two collegiate seasons. Other than a seven-minute appearance early in her first season, she hasn’t seen more than three minutes of action in any game. In 39 minutes, she has shot 3 of 14 from the field for six points. In the Irish’s NCAA Tournament win over Southern Utah this past season, she recorded her first collegiate steal and block.

Here’s hoping Cernugel’s next two seasons provide her with more opportunities as a scholarship player.

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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: