Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Jewell Loyd, Hannah Huffman and Michaela Mabrey — who were between 5-9 and 5-10, while this one balances out with three low-post players who are at least 6-3. The 2013 edition has been rated No. 3 nation- ally by Blue Star Basket- ball and No. 4 by All-Star Girls Report. For the second year Fishers, Ind. One of 19 five-star prospects on ESPNHoopsGurlz Top 100, Reimer is the out- let's No. 4-ranked pros- pect nationally and No. 1 at her position, and was on the Preseason USA Today All-USA Team. Possessing post size in a row, Notre Dame signed a top-five pros- pect. Last year it was Loyd, who is third in scoring (14.0 points per game) and second in rebounding (6.3 caroms per contest) during a 4-0 start this season, while also handing out the second-most assists (15) and adding seven steals. This year 's crown jewel of the four-woman class is 6-3 forward Taya Reimer from Hamilton Southeastern High in and wing agility, Reimer averaged 19.4 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots per game as a junior. Lindsay Allen is a 5-7 bounds per contest as a junior. Kristina Nelson is a 6-4 post player from Bu- ford (Ga.) High who has career averages of 13.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. She is rated as the 39th overall player in ESPNHoopsGurlz, and fifth at her position. The sleeper of the guard from St. John's College High in Mitch- ellville, Md. She was a teammate of Reimer's on the USA Basketball Under-17 National Team that won the gold medal in Amsterdam, Nether- lands. Ranked the No. 25 overall prospect in ESPNHoopsGurlz, and fifth at her position, Al- len averaged 13.5 points, 6.0 assists and 4.2 re- group is another 6-4 player in Diamond Thompson, a high school teammate of cur- rent Notre Dame sopho- more guard Whitney Holloway, who helped direct three straight state titles at Montini Catholic in Lombard, Ill. Thompson, who has averaged 5.7 points and 3.2 rebounds per game the past two seasons in limited action, will play at Warrenville South in Wheaton, Ill., this year. ✦ Head coach Muffet McGraw's No. 5-rated Irish (4-0) overcame an early seven-point deficit to a Bruins team that was without injured star point guard Thea Lemberger. Notre Dame freshman guard Jewell Loyd was the catalyst of a 15-2 first-half run that enabled the Irish to take control. Loyd finished with 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting (2 of 3 beyond the three-point arc), seven rebounds and five assists. Junior guard Kayla McBride added 18 points while classmate Natalie Achonwa provided a strong low- Notre Dame Defeats UCLA To Improve To 4-0 Notre Dame defeated its second No. 19-ranked team this year with a 76-64 victory at UCLA Nov. 23. post presence with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Senior All-America point guard Skylar Diggins finished with 12 points, six rebounds and five assists. Notre Dame opened the season with a 57-51 win against previous No. 19 Ohio State before crushing Massachusetts (94-50) and Mercer (93-36). — Lou Somogyi