On Saturday, on the road against No. 3 USC in Los Angeles, Hidalgo and Miles were the best two players on the court as the Irish won 74-61. Hidalgo piled up 24 points, eight rebounds, six assists and five steals, while Miles stuffed the stat sheet with 20 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and three steals.

The sixth-ranked Fighting Irish come into the Galen Center for a 74-61 defeat of the third-ranked Trojans, who show little punch behind superstar JuJu Watkins

The Notre Dame women’s basketball team must feel like it’s on top of the world right now. It just emerged victorious from a road game that many who follow the sport were looking forward to. That game was a 74-61 victory over USC, a fellow national championship contender.

Everyone wanted to see the Notre Dame and USC women's basketball teams play each other. The biggest reason was to see Hannah Hidalgo and JuJu Watkins go up against each other. We got the first of what will be at least two meetings between the teams Saturday in Los Angeles,