If you’re a director of basketball operations in charge of scheduling for a major Division I women’s basketball program that has a national ranking next to your name, here’s some advice when it comes to firming up a marquee home game for down the road.

The sixth-ranked Fighting Irish come into the Galen Center for a 74-61 defeat of the third-ranked Trojans, who show little punch behind superstar JuJu Watkins

The Notre Dame women’s basketball team must feel like it’s on top of the world right now. It just emerged victorious from a road game that many who follow the sport were looking forward to. That game was a 74-61 victory over USC, a fellow national championship contender.