Freshman Phenom Maddy Westbeld Leads Notre Dame Victory

[ASFN Admin]

Earlier this month, first-year Notre Dame head coach Niele Ivey entered sacred basketball soil when she said indicated that 6-3 Maddy Westbeld joined Skylar Diggins and Arike Ogunbowale as the most prepared college freshmen she’s ever seen with the Fighting Irish. Westbeld is living up to that praise — and then some. During Notre Dame’s har- fought 65-58 victory on Sunday afternoon against IUPUI, the 2020 McDonald’s All-American Westbeld helped the Irish rally from nine points down while pacing the Irish in minutes (37) scoring ( career high 22 points on 9 of 14 shooting), rebounding (six), assists (four) and steals (two).

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