Notre Dame women hold off Rutgers

Skylar Diggins scored 14 points and Becca Bruszewski added 13 to help No. 3 Notre Dame beat Rutgers 75-63 on Monday night in Piscataway, N.J.

Melissa Lechlitner added 12 points for Notre Dame (20-1, 7-1 Big East), which beat Rutgers for the first time since 2005.

Khadijah Rushdan scored 16 points and Myia McCurdy matched her career high with 14 -- all in the second half -- for Rutgers (12-9, 4-4), which has lost three straight games.

Despite winning their last five games, the Irish have been inconsistent since losing their only game of the season to No. 1 Connecticut on Jan. 16. Notre Dame trailed by double digits against Louisville and West Virginia, and blew a 15-point lead against Syracuse before rallying for the late win.