What to know, how to watch No. 1 Notre Dame women’s basketball vs. Florida State

Notre Dame’s penultimate game of the regular season is Thursday night against Florida State. Here’s everything you need to know about the Fighting Irish’s matchup against the Seminoles.

Notre Dame women’s basketball vs. Florida State game info

Teams: No. 3 Notre Dame (24-3, 15-1 ACC) and No. 24 Florida State (22-6, 12-4)

Head coaches: Niele Ivey (113-3, fifth year at Notre Dame); Brooke Wyckoff (78-36, fourth year at Florida State)

All-time series: Notre Dame leads, 13-1; the Irish won the last meeting, 98-94 in double overtime, on Feb. 11, 2024

Date: Feb. 27, 2025

Location: Purcell Pavilion (South Bend, Ind.)

Time: 8 p.m. ET

Television: ACC Network

TV broadcasters: Jenn Hildreth and Debbie Antonelli

Radio: 96.1 FM WSBT in South Bend

Radio broadcaster: Sean Stires and Karen Keyes

What to know about Notre Dame

• Notre Dame is in the same position it was in four days ago — the Fighting Irish will win the regular season ACC championship with a victory. The Irish could not get the job done on the road against NC State, but they really like their chances at home against Florida State. Notre Dame is 13-0 at home this season.

• Hannah Hidalgo’s National Player of the Year candidacy seems to be slipping a bit with JuJu Watkins of USC coming on strong. Hidalgo is sandwiched between Watkins and Florida State’s Ta’Niya Latson as the nation’s No. 2 scorer. Hidalgo going head-to-head with Latson will be must-see TV in South Bend on Thursday night. They average over 50 points per game between the two, with Latson leading the country at 26.2 and Hidalgo right behind her at 24.7. If Hidalgo outduels the nation’s leading scorer, she’ll have another bullet point in her favor for her aforementioned NPOY candidacy.

What to know about Florida State

• It definitely starts with Latson as the No. 1 scorer in the country, but senior forward Makayla Timpson is a 6-2 force averaging 17.3 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. She’ll be a problem for the Notre Dame front court. Senior guard O’Mariah Gordon is always capable of helping Latson out in the scoring department, too. She puts up 16.7 points per game. In those three, Notre Dame has plenty to worry about in terms of staying locked in defensively. Defense was not the Irish’s strength in their last game Sunday at NC State, and FSU is the second-highest scoring team in the NCAA.

• Florida State has four losses away from home this season, and the places the Seminoles have been defeated on the road mostly pale in comparison to Purcell Pavilion — Illinois, Tennessee, Cal and Stanford. Home cooking could certainly be a factor tonight. A big-time Notre Dame edge on the glass might come into play, too; Florida State is the worst team in the ACC at allowing the opposition to secure rebounds. The Irish are lethal when afforded extra possessions and getting out in transition following defensive rebounds.

By the numbers

StatNotre DameMiamiScoring offense86.889.4Scoring margin25.518.2FG%49.545.33FG%40.635.43FG made/game7.99.0FT%76.979.5FT made/game12.115.6Rebounds44.240.2Rebound margin10.10.9Assists18.013.7Turnovers15.311.1Turnover margin3.06.3Assist/turnover ratio1.21.2Steals11.69.7Blocks5.75.8

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