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NOTRE DAME Women’s Basketball 2009-10 2001 NCAA Champions • 1997 NCAA Final Four 7 NCAA Sweet 16 Berths • 16 NCAA Tourney Appearances 2009-10 Schedule 2009-10 ND Women’s Basketball: Game 26 23-2 / 10-2 BIG EAST #4/3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (23-2 / 10-2 BIG EAST) vs. N3 (4) Indianapolis (exhibition) W, 97-53 #14/12 Georgetown Hoyas (21-4 / 10-2 BIG EAST) N15 (4/7) Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 102-57 uDATE: February 20, 2010 uRADIO: Pulse FM (96.9/92.1) N19 (5/6) @ Michigan State (21/21)BTN W, 68-67 uTIME: 3:00 p.m. ET UND.com N22 (5/6) Iona W, 80-45 uAT: Washington, D.C. Bob Nagle, p-b-p N26 (5/6) vs. San Diego St. (23/24)1-FCS B W, 84-79 McDonough Arena (2,400) uLIVE STATS: UND.com N27 (5/6) vs. South Carolina1-FCS B W, 78-55 uSERIES: ND leads 23-2 uTEXT ALERT: UND.com N28 (5/6) vs. Oklahoma (20/17)1-FCS B W, 81-71 u1ST MTG: ND 78-68 (1/6/83) uTWITTER: @ndwbbsid uLAST MTG: ND 84-63 (1/10/09) uTICKETS: (202) 687-4692 D2 (5/6) Eastern Michigan W, 69-59 D8 (3/4) IPFW W, 96-60 Storylines Web Sites D12 (3/4) Valparaiso W, 88-47 u Notre Dame plays its second consecutive u Notre Dame: www.UND.com D20 (4/4) Charlotte W, 90-31 ranked opponent, and eighth this season u Georgetown: www.guhoyas.com D29 (3/3) @ Central FloridaCBS C W, 85-52 (with six of those games coming away from u BIG EAST: www.bigeast.org D31 (3/3) Vanderbilt (18/16)CBS C W, 74-69 home). ESPN2 u Saturday’s game features two of the nation’s J4 (3/3) @ Purdue W, 79-75 Setting The Standard BETV leaders in steals, with Georgetown ranking Under the guidance of 23rd-year head coach J9 (3/3) • Villanova W, 81-46 second at 13.7 spg., and Notre Dame stand- Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J12 (3/3) • South Florida W, 81-64 ing third at 13.4 spg. one of the country’s leading women’s basketball J16 (3/3) • @ Connecticut (1/1)ESPN L, 46-70 powers. The Irish have appeared in 16 NCAA J19 (4/5) • @ LouisvilleCBS C W, 78-60 esilience will be the key for No. 4/3 Notre Tournaments (including a current streak of 14 J24 (4/5) • West Virginia (16/11)ESPNU W, 74-66 Dame, as the Irish aim to bounce back in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 J27 (3/3) • Providence W, 84-59 from just their second loss of the season seven times in the past 12 years. Notre Dame R J30 (3/3) • @ Syracuse W, 74-73 when they return to the hardwood Saturday also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four for a 3 p.m. (ET) BIG EAST game at No. 14/12 twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate prize F1 (3/3) • @ RutgersESPN2 W, 75-63 Georgetown. with the 2001 national championship. F6 (3/3) • Pittsburgh W, 86-76 Playing on the road for the second time in a In its history, Notre Dame has developed F9 (4/3) • @ Cincinnati W, 66-50 little more than 48 hours, and without fifth-year nine All-Americans, 10 WNBA players (including F14 (4/3) • DePaulESPN2 W, 90-66 senior guard Lindsay Schrader in the lineup seven draft picks in the past nine years) and four for the first time in more than two years, Notre USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). F16 (4/3) • @ St. John’s (22/23) L, 71-76 Dame came out of the gate sluggishly on Tues- Now in their 33rd season in 2008-09, the Irish F20 • @ Georgetown 3:00 ET day night at No. 22/23 St. John’s and never own an all-time record of 683-298 (.696). F23 • Marquette 7:00 ET quite recovered, dropping a 76-71 decision. F27 • @ Seton Hall 2:00 ET Freshman guard Skylar Diggins scored 18 Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw M1 • ConnecticutESPN2 7:00 ET of her team-high 20 points in the second half, Saint Joseph’s ’77 M5 BIG EAST 1st Round2 TBA while junior guard Brittany Mallory chipped in u 23rd season at Notre Dame 2-BETV 17 points for the Irish. • 519-199 (.723) at Notre Dame. M6 BIG EAST 2nd Round TBA • 607-240 (.717) in 28th season overall. M7 BIG EAST Quarterfinal2-ESPNU TBA Rankings u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M8 BIG EAST Semifinal2-ESPNU TBA u Notre Dame is No. 4 in the latest Associated u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist M9 BIG EAST Final2-ESPN 7:00 ET Press poll and tied for No. 3 in this week’s u Four-time conference Coach of the Year M21 NCAA 1st Round3-ESPN/ESPN2 TBA • BIG EAST (2001) ESPN/USA Today poll. M23 NCAA 2nd Round3-ESPN/ESPN2 TBA u • Midwestern Collegiate/Horizon League (1991) Georgetown is No. 14 in the latest Associ- 3-ESPN ated Press poll and tied for No. 12 in this • North Star (1988) M27 NCAA Regional Semifinal TBA week’s ESPN/USA Today poll. • East Coast (@ Lehigh - 1983) M28 NCAA Regional Semifinal3-ESPN TBA u 2009 WBCA Carol Eckman Award recipient M29 NCAA Regional Final3-ESPN TBA M30 NCAA Regional Final3-ESPN TBA 4-ESPN Notre Dame’s Probable Starting Lineup (C = captain) A4 NCAA National Semifinals TBA No Name Pos Ht Yr PPG RPG Other Notes A6 NCAA Championship Game4-ESPN TBA 32 Becca Bruszewski F 6-1 Jr. 9.9 3.6 1.7 apg • Career-high 25 pts, 10-17 FG vs. DPU (x) = numbers before opponent name indicate ND rank in AP/ 4 Skylar Diggins G 5-9 Fr. 14.3 4.2 2.7 apg • 4-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week ESPN-USA Today polls; numbers after are opponent rank. 20 Ashley Barlow (C) G 5-9 Sr. 11.4 5.3 2.5 spg • 3rd ND player ever with 60 stls all 4 yrs • = BIG EAST Conference game 23 Melissa Lechlitner (C) G 5-7 Sr. 7.6 1.9 3.2 apg • Leads team in 3FG% (.438), FT % (.829) 1 = Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) 2 = BIG EAST Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 24 Lindsay Schrader (C) G 6-0 Sr. 11.3 7.3 1.6 apg • DNP @ STJ (1st missed game of career) 3 = NCAA Championship (1st/2nd rounds at Purcell Pavilion; Off the Bench For the Irish Regionals at Dayton, Ohio; Kansas City, Mo.; Memphis, Tenn.; Sacramento, Calif.) 1 Erica Solomon F 6-2 So. 3.4 1.3 0.9 apg • 9th school history for career bpg (1.07) 4 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (San Antonio, Texas) 12 Fraderica Miller G 5-10 So. 2.4 2.2 1.2 spg • Defensive stopper (1 steal per 7.3 min) CBS C = Game televised live on CBS College Sports 14 Devereaux Peters F 6-2 Jr. 6.1 5.7 1.3 bpg • Career-high 14 rebs/6 blks at St. John’s BETV = Game to be televised live on BIG EAST TV package BTN = Game televised live on Big Ten Network 15 Kaila Turner G 5-8 Fr. 1.9 0.9 0.7 apg • Career-high 4 rebounds vs. Villanova FCS B = Game webcast live on Fox College Sports Broadband 21 Natalie Novosel G 5-11 So. 5.9 2.3 1.8 apg • 1 of 5 ND players with 30+ steals NOTE: All regular-season home games not scheduled for 22 Brittany Mallory G 5-10 Jr. 7.9 3.5 2.4 apg • One of BIG EAST’s top “sixth men” commercial TV (except Nov. 15 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff) will 44 Alena Christiansen G 5-7 Sr. 1.0 0.6 0.4 spg • Walk-on with career-high 5 pts vs. Charlotte be webcast live on UND.com. 52 Erica Williamson C 6-4 Sr. 3.9 2.5 0.8 bpg • Second on team with 18 blocks All games will air live on radio on South Bend’s Pulse FM Pronunciations: Bruszewski (broo-SHEFF-skee); Fraderica (fruh-DARE-uh-kuh); Kaila (KAY-luh); Lechlitner (LECK-light-ner); Novosel (KNOW-vuh-sell) (96.9/92.1) and worldwide on the Internet at UND.com. All times Eastern and subject to change 2009-10 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 1 fighting irish women’s basketball 2009-10 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish Quick Hitters • In Friday’s NCAA statistical rankings, Notre Notre Dame Sports Information • The Irish have appeared in the top five of the Dame appears among the top 25 in eight C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor AP poll all 15 weeks this season (through categories, including top-10 rankings in six Notre Dame, IN 46556 areas — steals (3rd at 13.4 spg.), turnover phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 Feb. 15), marking the second-longest string Chris Masters, Asst. Sports Information Director (WBB) of consecutive AP Top 5 rankings in pro- margin (5th at +7.32), won-loss percentage [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 gram history behind only the final 17 weeks (5th at .920), assists (6th at 18.1 apg.), scor- in 2000-01. ing offense (6th at 79.2 ppg.) and assist/ Media Services • Notre Dame’s 15-game winning streak turnover ratio (10th at 1.09).