During the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, [autotag]Niele Ivey[/autotag] described [autotag]Sonia Citron[/autotag] as Notre Dame’s all-purpose player. Ivey surely would have said that even before [autotag]Olivia Miles[/autotag] went down. If you need any evidence of that, look no further than the below chart. With Miles unavailable, Citron has assumed the leader title for a few prominent statistical categories, and there is no doubt that whether the Irish beat Maryland in the Sweet 16 will depend largely on her.
The Terrapins have their own all-purpose player in Diamond Miller. She dealt the Irish their first loss of the season when she beat the buzzer at Purcell Pavilion. There is no doubt that everything the Terrapins do runs through the Second Team All-American, and the Irish will have to battle her without Miles, also a Second Team All-American. That automatically puts the Irish at a disadvantage, but as March Madness has proved time and again, anything can happen.
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