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NOTRE DAME Women’s Basketball 2006-07 2001 NCAA Champions • 1997 NCAA Final Four 6 NCAA Sweet 16 Berths • 13 NCAA Tourney Appearances 2006-07 ND Women’s Basketball: Game 13 2006-07 Schedule 9-3 / 0-0 BIG EAST Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-3 / 0-0 BIG EAST) vs. O31 Lake Superior St. (exhib.) W, 82-55 #4/4 Tennessee Lady Volunteers (11-1 / 0-0 SEC) N5 Northwood (exhibition) W, 82-35 uDATE: December 30, 2006 uRADIO: ESPN Radio 1490 AM N10 Central Michigan W, 88-66 OT uTIME: 2:00 p.m. ET Sean Stires, p-b-p N13 Bowling Green W, 85-81 CSTV uAT: Knoxville, Tenn. uTV: Comcast/Charter Sports SE N16 @ Penn State L, 49-75 Thompson-Boling Arena (24,535) Bob Kesling, p-b-p N19 Western Michigan W, 87-67 uSERIES: UT leads 17-0 Joe Ciampi, color N24 @ USC L, 58-69 u1ST MTG: 11/25/83 (UT 71-56) uLIVE STATS: www.und.com N28 Richmond W, 87-66 uLAST MTG: 12/31/05 (UT 62-51) uTICKETS: (865) 656-4667 D1 @ Michigan W, 61-58 D3 Indiana L, 51-54 Storylines Web Sites D6 Purdue (10/9)CL W, 67-58 u Notre Dame is looking for its first-ever road u Notre Dame: http://www.und.com D16 IUPUI W, 75-65 win over a top-five opponent and its first u Tennessee: http://www.utladyvols.com D19 @ ValparaisoWHME W, 60-59 overall since 2003-04. u BIG EAST: http://www.bigeast.org D28 Prairie View A&M W, 94-55 u The Irish have registered nine non-confer- u SEC: http://www.secsports.com D30 @ Tennessee (4/4)CSS 2:00 ET ence wins for the third consecutive season. J2 • @ Seton Hall 7:00 ET Setting The Standard otre Dame will close out both the 2006 J10 • Cincinnati 7:00 ET Under the guidance of 20th-year head coach J13 • @ South FloridaBETV Noon ET calendar year and the non-conference Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J16 • St. John’s 7:00 ET portion of its schedule on Saturday when one of the country’s leading women’s basketball N J20 • Syracuse 2:00 ET it takes on No. 4 Tennessee at 2 p.m. (ET) from powers. The Irish have appeared in 13 NCAA CSTV Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville. It’s the Tournaments (including a current streak of 11 J23 • @ Marquette 8:00 CT second of three games in a six-day span for the in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 J27 • @ ConnecticutCPTV 7:00 ET Irish, as well as the second of four road games six times in the previous 10 years. Notre Dame J31 • @ Pittsburgh 7:00 ET in the next six for Notre Dame. also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four F4 • West VirginiaESPNU 5:30 ET The Irish returned from the Christmas break twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate F7 • Louisville 7:00 ET in a big way on Thursday, leading right from the prize with the 2001 national championship. F11 • DePaulESPN2 5:30 ET opening tip in a 94-55 rout of Prairie View A&M In its history, Notre Dame has developed F13 • @ Villanova 7:30 ET at the Joyce Center. Notre Dame used a 26-5 eight All-Americans, nine WNBA players (includ- F17 • @ Providence 2:00 ET early in the first half to push its lead well past ing six draft picks in the past six years) and four F21 • Georgetown 7:00 ET 20 points, with the final margin being its largest USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). F24 • RutgersBETV Noon ET in nearly four years. For the most part, the Irish Now in their 30th season in 2006-07, the Irish F26 • @ DePaulCSTV 8:00 CT looked sharp at both ends with a .516 field goal own an all-time record of 602-269 (.691). percentage while forcing 28 PVAMU turnovers M3 BIG EAST First Round1-BETV TBD (including a season-high 18 steals). Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw M4 BIG EAST Quarterfinal1-ESPNU TBD 1-ESPNU Freshman guard Ashley Barlow led five Saint Joseph’s ’77 M5 BIG EAST Semifinal 6/8:00 ET Notre Dame players in double figures, tossing u 20th season at Notre Dame M6 BIG EAST Final1-ESPN2 7:00 ET in a career-high 21 points to go along with a • 438-170 (.720) at Notre Dame. M17 NCAA First Round2 TBD game-best nine rebounds. Junior center Melis- • 526-211 (.714) in 25 years as head coach. M18 sa D’Amico turned in another efficient outing, NOTES M19 NCAA Second Round2 TBD adding 17 points in 18 minutes of court time. u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M20 u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist M24 NCAA Regional Semifinals3 TBD Rankings u Four-time conference Coach of the Year M25 u Notre Dame received one vote in this week’s • BIG EAST Conference (2001) M26 NCAA Regional Finals3 TBD Associated Press poll. • Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1991) M27 • North Star Conference (1988) u Tennessee is fourth in the Associated Press A1 NCAA National Semifinals4 7/9:30 ET • East Coast Conference (@ Lehigh) (1983) and ESPN/USA Today polls this week. A3 NCAA Championship Game4 8:30 ET Notre Dame’s Probable Starting Lineup (c = captain) (x) = numbers before opponent name indicate ND rank in AP/ No Name Pos Ht Yr PPG RPG Other Notes ESPN-USA Today polls; numbers after are opponent rank. 34 Crystal Erwin F 6-2 Sr. 5.4 3.5 1.0 apg • Two double-digit scoring gms this year • = BIG EAST Conference game 33 Melissa D’Amico C 6-5 Jr. 11.2 5.2 1.2 bpg • 14.4 ppg., 6.8 rpg. in past 5 games 1 = BIG EAST Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 1 Tulyah Gaines (C) G 5-7 Jr. 10.7 1.9 3.3 apg • Nearly tripling career scoring output 2 = Sites include: Austin, East Lansing, Hartford, Los Angeles, 2 Charel Allen G 5-11 Jr. 14.1 5.7 2.4 spg • Averaging 7.2 rpg. in past 5 games Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Raleigh and Stanford 3 = Sites include: Dallas, Dayton, Fresno and Greensboro 32 Breona Gray (C) G 5-9 Sr. 6.7 2.9 2.2 apg • Sank GW FT with 1.2 secs left at Valpo 4 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (Cleveland, Ohio) Off the Bench For the Irish 11 Amanda Tsipis G 5-9 Jr. 0.5 0.5 0.5 spg • Career-high 2 pts., 2 rebs. vs. PVAMU ESPN2/ESPNU = Game to be televised on ESPN2/ESPNU CSTV = Game to be televised on College Sports Television 20 Ashley Barlow G 5-9 Fr. 11.3 6.0 2.4 spg • Personal-best 21 pts. vs. Prairie View CPTV = Game to be televised on Connecticut Public Television 23 Melissa Lechlitner G 5-7 Fr. 4.5 2.3 2.8 apg • 1.38 assist/turnover ratio as freshman CSS = Game to be televised on Comcast/Charter Sports SE 24 Lindsay Schrader G 6-0 So. — — — • Will miss ’06-07 season (torn right ACL) CL = Game televised on Comcast Local (Detroit) BETV = Game to be televised on BIG EAST TV package 31 Danielle Ben-Tsvulun F 6-3 Fr. 1.2 0.8 0.2 bpg • First career FG, block vs. Prairie View WHME = Game televised on WHME-TV in South Bend 52 Erica Williamson C 6-4 Fr. 6.5 5.2 1.5 bpg • Career-best 15 pts. (7-8 FG) vs. PVAMU All times local to site and subject to change 2006-07 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 1 fighting irish women’s basketball 2006-07 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish A Quick Look At The Fighting Irish rebounds per game (second on the team) and Notre Dame Sports Information Less than two months into the 2006-07 season, was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor the growth of the Notre Dame women’s basket- on Dec. 4 after averaging 18.0 ppg. and 6.0 rpg. Notre Dame, IN 46556 phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 ball team already is evident, and the best may against Richmond, Michigan and Indiana. Allen’s classmate and backcourt running Chris Masters, Asst. Sports Information Director (WBB) be yet to come. [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 With a young and inexperienced roster that partner, Tulyah Gaines, is an early candidate has only two seniors and is missing its top return- as one of the conference’s most improved play- Media Services ing scorer from a year ago, the Irish have had to ers. The speedy Gaines has assumed the large The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains sched- learn on the run — and run is exactly what they footprint left at the point by All-American (and ules, rosters, updated statistics and historical information have done this season. Notre Dame is averag- WNBA Draft pick) Megan Duffy and has stoked from previous seasons. High-resolution color headshots ing 71.8 points per game thus far, a significant the Notre Dame offensive fire to an even hotter and action photos of Notre Dame players, coaches and improvement over the previous five Irish squads, level, averaging 10.7 points and 3.3 assists per staff are available upon request. : none of which has averaged better than 66.3 game with a .524 field goal percentage. Gaines, Official Notre Dame athletics web site • http://www.und.com points per night.