Third-seeded Notre Dame jumped out to a 31-4 lead after the opening frame and wound up plastering visiting No. 14 Mount Morris 79-28 in the first round of the Section 5 Class DD playoffs Monday.
Nichole Hart hit four 3-pointers and scored 15 points with six steals for ND, which improves to 17-4.
Carly Pike had 14 points and five steals with Jill Marshall adding nine points.
Anna Brado scord 16 points to lead Mount Morris (1-20).
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The game was between an eighth and ninth seed in Class B, but looked more like a No. 1 vs. No. 16.
No. 8 Marcus Whitman had the edge in the first three quarters and blew out No. 9 Le Roy 61-39.
Jessica Deal led all scorers with 14 points and Hannah Barnett added nine points and eight boards for Whitman (4-17), which will face No. 1 Bishop Kearney on Thursday.
Megan Robson added 12 points.
Rachael Hayward had 12 p;oints and Allison Macomber added nine for the Oatkan Knights, which end up 2-19.
