LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Melissa D'Amico scored a career-high 20 points
on 10-for-12 shooting to help No. 13 Notre Dame beat Arkansas State
77-54 on Saturday in a Gray Division semifinal game in the Duel in
the Desert.
Notre Dame (7-1) will play No. 22 Utah for the Gray Division
title Sunday. Arkansas State (5-4) will face No. 23 North Carolina
State in the third-place game.D'Amico, a 6-foot-5 sophomore center, scored 12 of Notre Dame's
first 18 points on 6-for-7 shooting as the Irish raced to an 18-5
lead. Notre Dame led 45-25 at the half and the Lady Indians never
got closer than 16 points in the second half.Megan Duffy added 13 points and six assists for Notre Dame, and
Breona Gray scored 12 points. Adrianne Davie and Ronnie Maglaughlin
led Arkansas State with 10 points each and Davie also had 10
rebounds.
