The Stanford women's basketball season is in peril after a lopsided loss to Notre Dame. A star player went down, and they may need to win out in order to make the NCAA tournament.

Hannah Hidalgo scored 24 points and No. 3 Notre Dame handed Stanford the worst defeat of its storied women’s basketball program with a 96-47 victory Thursday.

The only time Notre Dame hosted Stanford in South Bend before this season was an 88-76 loss in November 1991. So the opportunity to make up for that was a long time coming before the Cardinal joined the ACC.

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Stanford suffered a major setback in its quest for its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2014, losing to fellow bubble team Wake Forest 79-73 Wednesday night at Maples Pavilion.