Lindsay Allen has career high as Notre Dame women win

LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Allen and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish made it look easy against UCLA.

Allen scored a career-high 22 points and set numerous other personal bests to help the No. 4 Fighting Irish beat UCLA 82-67 on Sunday for their fourth straight victory.

"I just prepare the same way for every game, it was just a good shooting day," Allen said. "I was just trying to do everything I could to get the team going."

Allen was 8 of 10 from the field, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range. The sophomore guard matched her previous career high of 17 points by halftime and set career highs in field goals and 3-pointers made.

"Lindsay was phenomenal," Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw said. "She really, really played well and really carried the team. She stepped up."

With Allen firing on all cylinders early, Notre Dame (12-1) went into halftime with a comfortable 42-29 lead. The Irish kept it up in the second half and never let UCLA (4-7) get closer than nine points after the break.

Freshman Brianna Turner added 14 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for her first career double-double and Jewell Lloyd had 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Notre Dame. Michaela Mabrey had 11 points to give the Irish four players in double figures and six players made at least three field goals.

"We were feeding off each other," Allen said. "We always look to build off each other and find something in transition."

The Fighting Irish had a better shooting percentage (50-33.3), more rebounds (44-41), and more assists (18-11).

Notre Dame's only black mark was a season-high 23 turnovers, but UCLA could only convert those into 17 points.

Nirra Fields scored 20 points and Jordin Canada had 16 for UCLA. The Bruins are 0-5 against Top 25 teams this season.

UCLA struggled to shoot from pretty much anywhere. The Bruins shot 33.3 percent (23 of 69) from the field overall, 32 percent (7 of 22) from 3-point range and 52 percent (14 of 27) from the free-throw line in their nonconference finale. They also committed a season-high 20 turnovers.

"We just have to hold the mirror up for how we got exposed," UCLA coach Cori Close said. "We have a fresh start going into conference. We need to mentally know that no one else went into battle like us this preseason (facing five Top 25 teams) and build off that."

Notre Dame has won five of the past six matchups against UCLA, including the last three in Los Angeles, but the Bruins still lead the series 9-7. The Irish extended road winning streak is at 29 games, the longest active streak in the NCAA and tied for second-longest ever.

The Bruins have lost their last 11 games against Top 25 opponents. Their last win came Nov. 24, 2013, against then-No. 10 Oklahoma.

Notes

A combined 10 McDonald's High School All-Americans played in the game: Notre Dame's Lloyd, Allen, Turner, Mabrey, Taya Reimer and Kathryn Westbeld and UCLA's Fields, Canada, Reece' Caldwell, and Lajahna Drummer. ... Notre Dame hosts Florida State on Friday; UCLA visits Southern California on Tuesday.

• NOTRE DAME 82, UCLA 67

At Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif.

NOTRE DAME (82): Brianna Turner 4-8 6-8 14, Taya Reimer 4-8 0-0 8, Jewell Loyd 5-17 2-3 12, Lindsay Allen 8-10 2-2 22, Michaela Mabrey 3-4 2-2 11, Madison Cable 3-6 1-2 9, Kathryn Westbeld 1-1 4-7 6, Mychal Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Hannah Huffman 0-0 0-0 0, Markisha Wright 0-1 0-0 0, Whitney Holloway 0-0 0-0 0, TOTALS 28-56 17-24 82.

UCLA (67): Kari Korver 3-10 0-0 8, Jordin Canada 7-15 2-2 16, Luiana Livulo 0-1 0-0 0, Kacy Swain 2-5 1-1 5, Nirra Fields 6-13 5-13 20, Recee’ Caldwell 2-10 0-0 6, Monique Billings 1-3 3-4 5, Corinne Costa 0-2 0-2 0, Lajahna Drummer 2-7 1-3 5, Kelli Hayes 0-0 0-0 0,

Paulina Hersler 0-3 2-2 2, TOTALS 23-69 14-27 67.

Halftime: Notre Dame 42, UCLA 29.

Shooting: Notre Dame 28 of 56 for 50.0 percent; UCLA 23 of 69 for 33.3 percent. 3-point shooting: Notre Dame 9 of 12 (Allen 4-5, Mabrey 3-4, Cable 2-2, Loyd 0-1) for 75.0 percent; UCLA 7 of 22 (Fields 3-5, Korver 2-6, Caldwell 2-8, Canada 0-1, Hersler 0-2) for 31.8 percent. Rebounds: Notre Dame 44 (Turner 16, Loyd 7, Reimer 5, Cable 5); UCLA 41 (Korver 5, Drummer 5, Billings 5, Canada 4, Fields 4). Assists: Notre Dame 18 (Loyd 7, Allen 4, Reimer 3); UCLA 11 (Canada 3). Blocked shots: Notre Dame 7 (Turner 5); UCLA 7 Costa 3, Billings 2). Steals: Notre Dame 8 (Allen 2, Loyd 2); UCLA 11 (Billings 4, Fields 3). Turnovers: Notre Dame 23 (Turner 5, Reimer 4, Allen 4); UCLA 20 (Canada 5, Fields 4, Billings 3, Korver 3). Total fouls (fouled out): Notre Dame 19 (none); UCLA 20 (none).

Attendance: 3,004. Officials: Melissa Barlow, Penny Davis, Brian Woods. Records: Notre Dame 12-1, UCLA 4-7.