Basketball star Jewell Loyd picks Notre Dame

By Dave Krider Apr 20, 2011, 8:59am

Niles West junior guard also had offers from Connecticut and Tennessee.

With choices such as perennial powers Connecticut and Tennessee, Jewell Loyd picked the University of Notre Dame on Tuesday to further her college basketball career, according to the South Bend Tribune.

The 5-foot-10 junior guard averaged an impressive 28.8 points, 15.2 rebounds, 4.5 steals, 4.1 assists and 3.1 steals this year for Niles West (Skokie, Ill.) while earning a ranking as one of the nation's premier players in the class of 2012. She had 24 double-doubles.

Loyd indicated she has been quite impressed with Irish sophomore star Skylar Diggins and loves the team's up-tempo style.