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Wolverines to Head to Detroit to Face No. 18 Notre Dame
11/13/2025 2:11:00 PM | Women's Basketball
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 14-ranked University of Michigan women's basketball team (2-0) heads to Detroit to face No. 18-ranked Notre Dame (3-0) in the Shamrock Classic on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 15) at Wayne State Fieldhouse. The game is set for 4 p.m. and can be seen live on NBC.
Notes
• Michigan and Notre Dame are meeting for the 23rd time in program history, with the Irish holding a 14-8 advantage. Notre Dame came away with a 76-55 win over Michigan in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament in South Bend, Ind. This is just the second neutral-site game between the regional rivals. The teams faced each other in the Women's Basketball Showcase in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Dec. 2, 2001. U-M picked up a 78-63 win in that contest.
• This will be the second time in as many seasons that U-M general manager Natalie Achonwa will be on the sidelines opposite her alma mater. A four-year letterwinner at Notre Dame (2011-14), she earned All-America third-team honors by The Associated Press as a senior. Upon graduation, she ranked 12th all-time in scoring (1,546), third in games played (145), fourth in rebounding (970), fifth in double-doubles (28) and sixth in field goal percentage (.562). She graduated from Notre Dame in 2014 with a degree in management consulting from ND's Mendoza College of Business.
• Syla Swords will face a Canadian Olympic teammate in Notre Dame's Cassandre Prosper. The two also teamed up in the summer of 2023 with Canada, winning bronze at the FIBA AmeriCup and the U19 World Cup. Swords, Prosper and Achonwa were all part of Canada's 2024 Olympic team.
• Michigan's sophomore trio of Mila Holloway, Olivia Olson and Swords have not missed a beat this season, each averaging double figures in scoring. Holloway has led Michigan in scoring in one game and is averaging a team-high 19 points per game on 76.2 percent shooting as the only guard in the Big Ten to be shooting at least 70 percent. Olson led Michigan in scoring against Harvard (Nov. 9) and is averaging 18 points per game on 60 percent shooting. Swords has continued to do it all on both ends and is averaging 11.5 points and four rebounds per game.
• No. 18 Notre Dame is the first ranked opponent of the season for Michigan. U-M picked up wins over three ranked teams last season.
• Michigan has four players scoring in double figures in Holloway (19.0 ppg), Olson (18.0 ppg), Swords (11.5 ppg) and Ashley Sofilkanich (10.0 ppg).
• Michigan and Notre Dame are two of the highest scoring offenses nationally, with the Irish coming in at No. 8 (99.7 ppg) and Michigan listed at No. 18 (92.0 ppg).
• This is the first of two contests in Detroit for Michigan, which plays at Detroit Mercy on Nov. 26. It is the first time for U-M in Detroit since the 2017-18 season, when the Wolverines played at Calihan Hall.
