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West Virginia v Notre Dame

Women's · Thursday, November 26, 2026, 11:30 AM ET at Imperial Arena. West Virginia AP 24, our rank 30 · 3-0; Notre Dame AP 13, our rank 17 · 3-0.

Who will win West Virginia vs Notre Dame?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Notre Dame a 71% chance to beat West Virginia, with a projected score of Notre Dame 76, West Virginia 70.

To winNotre Dame 71%West Virginia 29%
Projected score70–76West Virginia, then Notre Dame
Margin6.6Notre Dame · no line posted
Total146.0no line posted
First half33–37Notre Dame ahead 64%
West Virginia by 20by 10Evenby 10by 20by 30Notre Dame by 40Model: Notre Dame by 6.6West Virginia by 20Evenby 20Notre Dame by 40Model: Notre Dame by 6.6

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 70–80% have been right 74.9% of the time in 7,564 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 9.5 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
Notre Dame
HidalgoG · 30 min21.46.23.620+ 57%
St. RoseG · 28 min14.24.22.415+ 44%
MacyF · 26 min13.85.72.315+ 41%
HardyF · 24 min12.67.90.315+ 34%
West Virginia
ForbesF · 33 min17.05.21.815+ 61%
CookeG · 34 min16.02.22.015+ 55%
WaltonG · 28 min12.24.62.310+ 63%
NgoduC · 23 min7.66.51.510+ 31%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit her

Without Hannah Hidalgo: West Virginia 58%Notre Dame 42%

The white mark is the call with her: Notre Dame 71%.

PlayerPoints a game she addsNotre Dame without herChangeProjected score
Notre Dame
Hannah Hidalgo9.142%−2974–72
Anaya Hardy5.952%−1973–73
Madison St. Rose5.753%−1873–73
Leah Macy2.364%−771–75
West Virginia
Gia Cooke5.283%+1267–79
Zahirah Walton4.882%+1167–79
Skylar Forbes4.782%+1167–79
Khyala Ngodu3.279%+868–78

Change is in Notre Dame's win chance, in points. Scores read West Virginia, then Notre Dame. A player's value is what the team is better by with her than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    West Virginia 3-0WWW

    1. Nov 8W 81-63at Georgia Tech
    2. Nov 5W 78-66vs G WashingtonDidn't cover −20.5 · Over 130.5
    3. Nov 3W 68-64vs Rhode Island
    Last 3
    3–0, scoring 75.7 and allowing 64.3
    Against the spread, this season
    0–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 0 under

    Notre Dame 3-0WWW

    1. Nov 10W 108-60vs Detroit Mercy
    2. Nov 6W 123-40vs StonehillCovered −45.5 · Over 146.5
    3. Nov 1W 99-75vs Villanova
    Last 3
    3–0, scoring 110.0 and allowing 58.3
    Against the spread, this season
    1–0
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 0 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 363
    West VirginiaNotre Dame
    Points scored per 100 possessions105.4 39th113.6 12th
    Points allowed per 10080.6 23rd80.8 24th
    Possessions a game72.5 135th74.5 24th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)47.0% 94th52.4% 3rd
    Opponents' shooting47.3% 287th42.6% 31st
    Turnovers, share of possessions23.7% 199th21.1% 22nd
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses36.5% 43rd36.7% 39th
    Free throws per shot0.22 133rd0.21 219th

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    West Virginia 33, Notre Dame 37
    First-half margin
    Notre Dame by 3.8
    First-half points, both teams
    69.2
    Projected second half
    West Virginia 37, Notre Dame 40
    Second-half points, both teams
    76.8
    Tied at the half
    4%
    West Virginia, first halves so far
    Led 3 of 3 · 39.7 scored, 30.3 allowed
    Notre Dame, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 2 · 61.5 scored, 21.0 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 10,911 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 73.0% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.0 points on average. This season: 404 of 492 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    West Virginia

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Gia CookeG3416.02.22.01.6
    15+ pts 55% · 2+ ast 57% · 2+ threes 43%
    Skylar ForbesF3317.05.21.82.4
    15+ pts 61% · 5+ reb 55% · 2+ ast 52%
    Zahirah WaltonG2812.24.62.30.2
    10+ pts 63% · 5+ reb 46% · 3+ ast 40%
    Khyala NgoduC237.66.51.50.0
    10+ pts 31% · 7+ reb 46% · 2+ ast 41%
    Kennedy HarrisG227.61.51.30.9
    5+ pts 70% · 2+ reb 40% · 1+ threes 55%
    Marya HudginsG173.03.00.80.5
    5+ pts 25% · 3+ reb 53% · 1+ threes 38%
    Divine TumbaF156.74.30.50.1
    5+ pts 63% · 4+ reb 57%
    Nylah WilsonG143.31.30.60.3
    5+ pts 28% · 2+ reb 36% · 1+ threes 29%

    Notre Dame

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Hannah HidalgoG3021.46.23.60.9
    20+ pts 57% · 6+ reb 54% · 4+ ast 48%
    Madison St. RoseG2814.24.22.41.1
    15+ pts 44% · 4+ reb 55% · 3+ ast 41%
    Leah MacyF2613.85.72.30.3
    15+ pts 41% · 6+ reb 47% · 3+ ast 40%
    Jacy AbiiG2510.55.93.50.5
    10+ pts 52% · 6+ reb 51% · 4+ ast 45%
    Anaya HardyF2412.67.90.30.0
    15+ pts 34% · 8+ reb 51%
    Jenica LewisG208.62.92.21.0
    10+ pts 38% · 3+ reb 50% · 1+ threes 59%
    Amari BylesG143.52.40.90.3
    5+ pts 31% · 3+ reb 41% · 1+ threes 24%
    Bella RagoneG143.51.80.80.5
    5+ pts 30% · 2+ reb 48% · 1+ threes 37%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

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