Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo describes Vanderbilt's Mikayla Blakes as a Caitlin Clark-type scorer ahead of Sweet 16 matchup
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hannah Hidalgo knows Mikayla Blakes’ game quite well, dating back to the two New Jersey natives’ high school and AAU games. And she sees a lot of Caitlin Clark, the NCAA’s all-time points leader, in it. “She can score the ball, yeah, in so many different ways,” Hidalgo said.
“Obviously we all know she's the No. 1 scorer in the country, but just the way she's able to put the ball in the hoop, it's unlike I feel like I've ever seen. Like Caitlin [Clark] type of level.
She can score on all three levels, whether that's getting all the way to the basket, her midrange, or her 3. Of course, that's always tough to guard. ” Hidalgo and Blakes will meet for the first time collegiately when Hidalgo’s No.
6 Notre Dame faces No. 2 Vanderbilt in the Sweet 16 on Friday . The regional semifinal of the Fort Worth 1 regional is at 2:30 p.
m. ET on ESPN. Mikayla Blakes is starring for No.