Michigan
4-2
Notre Dame
7-0
Thome's 24 Points Not Enough Against No. 3 Irish in B1G/ACC Challenge
11/29/2017 8:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball
» The Wolverines trailed by nine at halftime and 13 after three quarters, but a 15-2 run by Notre Dame to start the fourth put the game out of reach.
» Junior Hallie Thome had a team-high 24 points.
» Joining Thome in double digits were senior Katelynn Flaherty (13 points, eight assists) and freshman Hailey Brown (11 points).
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center)
Event: Big Ten/ACC Challenge
Score: No. 3 Notre Dame 83, No. 22 Michigan 63
Records: U-M (4-2), UND (7-0)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Dec. 2 -- at LIU Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.), noon
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Despite 24 points from junior Hallie Thome, the No. 22-ranked University of Michigan women's basketball team fell to No. 3 Notre Dame, 83-63, in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Wednesday (Nov. 29) inside Crisler Center.
Senior Katelynn Flaherty added 13 points and eight assists, while freshman Hailey Brown had 11 points.
The Wolverines got off to a quick 6-2 start on triples from Brown and Flaherty, but Notre Dame went on a 15-2 run over the next 5:30 until an and-one by Thome quelled the momentum. After two free throws from Brown, the Fighting Irish went on a 7-0 run and ended the quarter up 24-13.
Thome became a focal point of the offense in the second quarter, assisting Brown out of a double team on the team's first bucket before scoring two layups of her own. A three-pointer from junior Nicole Munger out of a timeout and then two more Thome layups -- the latter off a feed from Flaherty as the shot clock expired -- cut the lead to 33-28. Despite a corner three-pointer at the buzzer from Munger, Notre Dame went into halftime up nine (43-34).
Michigan kept the game within striking distance in the third after another three-pointer from Munger brought the deficit back down to seven (44-37), but the Fighting Irish rattled off an 8-0 run before a pair of free throws from Flaherty and a Thome hook shot in the lane stopped it. The teams traded points for much of the third quarter and Notre Dame went into the fourth up 62-49.
The Fighting Irish pulled away down the stretch, going on a 15-2 run over the first 2:48 of the fourth quarter to seal the game.
The Wolverines return to action on Saturday (Dec. 2), traveling to Brooklyn, New York, to take on LIU Brooklyn at noon.
Help Michigan "Crash Crisler" on Jan. 7 against Ohio State at noon. There will be pregame activities on the concourse and postgame autographs.
