Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo turned in "the best" performance head coach Niele Ivey has ever seen on Wednesday.

Hidalgo set an NCAA record with 16 steals and scored a school-record 44 points in Notre Dame's 85-58 win over the Akron Zips at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Indiana. Jewell Loyd and Ruth Riley (41 points) held the single-game record for the Irish.

"This is definitely a memorable (game) to do it with this group. It means a lot to me," Hidalgo said postgame. "That's the most important thing. I just love to see. So to be able to do it with the group that we have here, I mean, I wouldn't want to do with anybody else."

The 44 points were also a career high for Hidalgo, who shot 16-of-25 from the field, 3-of-6 from the 3-point line and 9-of-11 from the charity stripe. As

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