Notre Dame women’s basketball held at No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
The top five spots remain the same with South Carolina at No. 1, followed by UConn, USC and Texas.
The Associated Press poll also stays the same at the top, but with Notre Dame at No. 6, with UCLA checking in at No. 5. UCLA is No. 6 in the Coaches Poll.
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The 4-0 Irish will travel to Los Angeles this weekend to take on No. 3-ranked Southern California, also unbeaten at 4-0. The game is set to be nationally televised on NBC at 4 p.m. (ET)).
Notre Dame, which has played most of its games with just a seven-man bench due to various injuries, have six players averaging in double figures. Sophomore guard Hannah Hidalgo is averaging 25 points a game, followed by junior Olivia Miles (18.3), grad Liatu King (17.7), freshman Kate Koval (12-8), sophomore Cassandre Prosper (10.8) and senior Sonia Citron (10.3).
King sat out Wednesday’s 91-55 victory over Lafayette while in concussion protocol. The Irish were hoping to have her back for Saturday’s clash with USC.
Other injuries include Maddy Westbeld (lingering foot issue), Liza Karlen (foot/ankle), Kylee Watson (knee injury from last season) and KK Bransford, who announced preseason that she would redshirt to rehab a lower leg injury;
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Notre Dame women are No. 5 in Coaches poll and No. 6 in Media poll
