Tallahassee, Fla.: Valencia Myers finished with 14 points and eight rebounds, helping Florida State beat No. 20 Notre Dame on Sunday for the first time in program history 70-65.
Sara Bejdi dropped all three of her shots from 3-point range and scored 12 runs in an all-time 0-10 game against the Fighting Irish (18-) Returnees for the Seminoles (11-10, 5-6 Atlantic Coast Conference). , 5, 9-3) with 0-4 points on their house floor. O’Maria Gordon added 11 points and Morgan Jones added 10 points.
Maya Dodgson’s layoff opened the scoring in the third quarter and gave Notre Dame a 31-30 lead. The Seminoles responded with a back-to-back fast-brake layout by Gordon. After Maddie Vestbeld scored for the Irish, Myers hit two straight baskets and Erin Howard scored 11-2 with a 3-pointer, giving Florida State a 41-33 lead with 6:23 in the quarter . , The Seminoles never backed down again.
Olivia Miles scored nine points and Dodgson added seven as Notre Dame reduced their fourth-quarter deficit of 14 points to 66–64, with 53 seconds remaining on Westebold’s 3-pointer. Notre Dame had a chance to tie, but Sonia Citron missed the lay-up by 12 seconds and the Seminoles made 4 of 6 free throws from there to break the Irish’s five-game winning streak.
Miles had 17 points and four assists to pace Notre Dame. Dodgson and Citroen added 15 points, with Dodgson scoring 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season and his third in the last four games. The Vestbeled had 12 points and six boards.
Florida State scored 51% overall and made 6 out of 13 from outside the arc. Notre Dame shot 41% overall and only 5 out of 18 hit from afar. The Seminoles’ bench beat the Irish 23-6.
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