Last Night in College Basketball: An NCAA-Record Night For Notre Dame’s Hidalgo

Men’s college basketball, women’s college basketball – there’s no shortage of college ball, every night.Don’t worry, we’re here to help you figure out what you missed but shouldn’t have. Here are all the best moments from last night in college basketball.Hannah Hidalgo makes NCAA historyNotre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo was D-I’s leading scorer on Wednesday, beating Audi Crooks by just one point with 44 — more on Crooks in a moment. This might not be the best thing that the junior guard did against Akron. Hidalgo’s double-double was not due to her 9 rebounds or 4 assists. No, Hidalgo had 16 steals, which more than made up for having six turnovers of her own. If you can turn the ball over half-a-dozen times and still be +10 there for the night, you’re doing something right.Like, NCAA-record levels of right. Hidalgo’s 16 steals is more than anyone has ever had in an NCAA game before. Not just women’s, not just D-I, but in general. Let’s not forget about those 44 points, however. That’s the most anyone in Notre Dame’s program has ever scored before, either, and it would come off as the big deal that it is if only Hidalgo hadn’t also set an NCAA record for steals on the same night. Both of these things are impressive on their own. What about both at the same moment? Audi Crooks enjoyed a historic evening, too. Audi Crooks stole the show when 16 Iowa State faced Valparaiso, the first ever meeting between the two schools. The junior center only played 20 minutes but scored 43 while pulling in 7 rebounds and adding a pair of assist, as well as a block. These 43 points were a record for the Cyclones and broke the previous record set by Tonya burns in 1984. Crooks set the record on a free throw, but earlier, on a layup, reached a new career-high of 41.It was also a significant night for Addy Brown, as the Cyclones’ junior forward notched her 1,000th career point while putting up 18 in the game. Brown reached the milestone after 72 games. She added 4 assists and 7 rebounds to her stats. Senior guard Jada Brown recorded her first double-double with 11 points and 10 assises. Iowa State won 97-50. UConn improves to 3-0UConn had everything under control against Loyola Chicago, on Wednesday evening in Connecticut. Serah Williams has been pressing early on in her Huskies career, despite scoring 19.2 points per contest for Wisconsin as a junior last season. She looked much more like Williams from the past when she faced the Ramblers. The 6-foot-4 forward scored the first points of the night for UConn, and, in a game in which the Huskies went to the bench early and often, put up 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and an assist in just 16 minutes on the court.Williams was also one of three players to reach double-digits in scoring, with sophomore forward Sarah Strong and junior guard KK Arnold both picking up 11 points each in the 85-31 victory.It was pretty clear that this was UConn’s game before this happened, but when Allie Ziebell hits the 3-point buzzer beater to end a quarter when the Huskies were already up by 44 points, well. Sometimes it’s just not your night, and the basketball gods want to make sure everyone knows it.That buzzer beater was part of a 26-0 run by UConn, as well: the score was 41-17 with 9:46 left in the third quarter, and the Ramblers wouldn’t score again until there was 8:11 left in the fourth quarter, when they made it 67-20 with another 3-pointer.What a heave!If you thought Ziebell’s buzzer beater was something, then you better sit down and watch this one. Nebraska’s junior forward Jessica Petrie shot from deep for this 3-pointer. The ball took three seconds to travel across the court before it reached the basket. This would give the Cornhuskers a 17-9 advantage at the end of the first quarter. They would win 84-50 against Creighton. Petrie played well in general, scoring 11 points (4-for-8 on shooting), 4 rebounds (3 assists), 2 steals, and a blocked shot over the course of 24 minutes. Honestly it’s hard to believe she missed two other 3-point attempts on the night when she secured that ludicrously deep buzzer beater, but hey, that’s basketball.Serving it upIf you’ve played enough “NBA Street” in your life, then you heard the voice just now.* You know the one. It was a great alley-oop by Reed Bailey and Conor Enright in the Indiana game. The guard then tossed the ball up onto the backboard for his teammate to get it back and tower above any defenders. A real beauty of a play there, and one of 23 assists Indiana had against Milwaukee — the Panthers logged just 7 dimes, as they didn’t have nearly the ball movement, nor success with it, that the Hoosiers did. This played a significant role in the final scores: Indiana 101 and Milwaukee 70. DeVries push-back 3Also, helping the Hoosiers? You can make shots like this. This looks like a hell of an offensive play from West Virginia transfer Tucker DeVries in real-time, but when you see the slow-motion replay, you can see just how stone-cold Indiana’s forward was here. Check out that shove! You can create your own space, but then you should let it go. There’s no foul there, just a strong reminder that basketball is a contact sport.Houston takes care of businessNo. 1 Houston took on Oakland — the team that last week’s No. 1 Purdue did not beat by nearly enough to retain their spot atop the poll — but unlike the Boilermakers, the Cougars dispatched the Golden Grizzlies with ease. Houston, on the other hand, won by 33 points. They were so in control that their win probabilities for the night never dropped below 99.3%. Kingston Flemings led things for the Cougars, with the freshman forward scoring a team-high 19 points, and while Oakland’s junior forward Isaac Garrett led all scorers with 20, he had no help: the Golden Grizzlies’ bench scored a single point in 45 minutes of play, and no other player managed to reach even double-digits.Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Sign up for a FOX Sports account or log in and you can follow teams, leagues and players. You will receive a customized newsletter every day! FOLLOW FOLLOW your favorites to customize your FOX Sports experience
2025-11-13 15:45:56