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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 4 2006-07 Schedule 3-1 / 0-0 BIG EAST Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-1 / 0-0 BIG EAST) vs. O31 Lake Superior St. (exhib.) W, 82-55 USC Women of Troy (1-2 / 0-0 Pac-10) N5 Northwood (exhibition) W, 82-35 uDATE: November 24, 2006 uRADIO: ESPN Radio 1490 AM N10 Central Michigan W, 88-66 OT uTIME: 5:00 p.m. PT www.und.com N13 Bowling Green W, 85-81 CSTV uAT: Los Angeles, Calif. Sean Stires, p-b-p N16 @ Penn State L, 49-75 Galen Center (10,258) uTV: None N19 Western Michigan W, 87-67 uSERIES: ND leads 7-1 uLIVE STATS: www.und.com N24 @ USC 5:00 PT u1ST MTG: 1/2/85 (USC 69-53) uTICKETS: (213) 740-4672 N28 Richmond 7:00 ET uLAST MTG: 11/27/05 (ND 73-62) D1 @ Michigan 7:00 ET D3 Indiana 2:00 ET Storylines Web Sites D6 PurdueCL 7:00 ET u Each of the three prior Notre Dame-USC u Notre Dame: http://www.und.com D16 IUPUI 2:00 ET games in Los Angeles have been close, de- u USC: http://www.usctrojans.com D19 @ Valparaiso 7:05 CT cided by 8.3 points per game. u BIG EAST: http://www.bigeast.org D28 Prairie View A&M 4:00 ET u The Irish continue to show good offensive u Pac-10: http://www.pac-10.org D30 @ TennesseeCSS 2:00 ET balance, with eight of 11 active players hav- J2 • @ Seton Hall 7:00 ET ing scored in double figures this season. Setting The Standard J10 • Cincinnati 7:00 ET Under the guidance of 20th-year head coach J13 • @ South FloridaBETV Noon ET xactly 24 hours before Notre Dame and Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J16 • St. John’s 7:00 ET USC take the gridiron at the Los Angeles one of the country’s leading women’s basketball Memorial Coliseum in a semi-important powers. The Irish have appeared in 13 NCAA J20 • Syracuse 2:00 ET E CSTV football game, the two schools will battle it out Tournaments (including a current streak of 11 J23 • @ Marquette 7:00 CT on the hardwood, when the Irish and Women of in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 J27 • @ ConnecticutCPTV 7:00 ET Troy square off in a 5 p.m. (PT) contest at the six times in the previous 10 years. Notre Dame J31 • @ Pittsburgh 7:00 ET Galen Center in Los Angeles. It will be the third also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four F4 • West VirginiaESPNU 5:30 ET time Notre Dame has visited USC for a wom- twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate F7 • Louisville 7:00 ET en’s basketball game the night before a football prize with the 2001 national championship. F11 • DePaulESPN2 5:30 ET game, with the Irish winning both hoops con- In its history, Notre Dame has developed F13 • @ Villanova 7:30 ET tests, but the Trojans taking the grid decisions. eight All-Americans, nine WNBA players (includ- F17 • @ Providence 2:00 ET Notre Dame is coming off an 87-67 victory ing six draft picks in the past six years) and four F21 • Georgetown 7:00 ET over Western Michigan on Sunday afternoon USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). F24 • RutgersBETV Noon ET at the Joyce Center. The Irish pulled away from Now in their 30th season in 2006-07, the Irish F26 • @ DePaulCSTV 8:00 CT the Broncos with a 36-16 game-ending run, bol- own an all-time record of 596-267 (.691). stered by a .682 second-half field goal percent- M3 BIG EAST First Round1-BETV TBD age. Notre Dame also forced an opponent sea- Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw M4 BIG EAST Quarterfinal1-ESPNU TBD 1-ESPNU son-high 24 turnovers, 15 coming on steals. Saint Joseph’s ’77 M5 BIG EAST Semifinal 6/8:00 ET Freshman guard Ashley Barlow scored 14 u 20th season at Notre Dame M6 BIG EAST Final1-ESPN2 7:00 ET of her 17 points after halftime, pacing five Irish • 432-168 (.720) at Notre Dame. M17 NCAA First Round2 TBD players in double figures. Junior center Melissa • 520-209 (.713) in 25 years as head coach. M18 D’Amico added 16 points and seven rebounds, NOTES M19 NCAA Second Round2 TBD while senior forward Crystal Erwin tallied 14 u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M20 points for Notre Dame. u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist M24 NCAA Regional Semifinals3 TBD u Four-time conference Coach of the Year M25 Rankings • BIG EAST Conference (2001) M26 NCAA Regional Finals3 TBD u Notre Dame is not ranked. • Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1991) M27 • North Star Conference (1988) u USC is receiving votes in the Associated A1 NCAA National Semifinals4 7/9:30 ET • East Coast Conference (@ Lehigh) (1983) Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. A3 NCAA Championship Game4 8:30 ET Notre Dame’s Probable Starting Lineup (c = captain) • = BIG EAST Conference game No Name Pos Ht Yr PPG RPG Other Notes 1 = BIG EAST Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 34 Crystal Erwin F 6-2 Sr. 8.0 5.5 1.0 apg • 14 pts. vs. WMU (most since Jan. ’05) 2 = Sites include: Austin, East Lansing, Hartford, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Raleigh and Stanford 33 Melissa D’Amico C 6-5 Jr. 9.0 3.5 1.5 bpg • Posting team-high .565 FG% 3 = Sites include: Dallas, Dayton, Fresno and Greensboro 1 Tulyah Gaines (C) G 5-7 Jr. 12.5 2.5 4.3 apg • Career-best 9 asst. vs. W. Michigan 4 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (Cleveland, Ohio) 2 Charel Allen G 5-11 Jr. 15.0 3.8 2.3 spg • Double-digit scorer all four games ESPN2/ESPNU = Game to be televised on ESPN2/ESPNU 32 Breona Gray (C) G 5-9 Sr. 7.8 2.5 2.3 spg • 10 pts (all in 2nd half) vs. W. Michigan CSTV = Game to be televised on College Sports Television Off the Bench For the Irish CPTV = Game to be televised on Connecticut Public Television 11 Amanda Tsipis G 5-9 Jr. 0.0 0.0 1.0 spg • Career-high 2 steals vs. W. Michigan CSS = Game to be televised on Comcast/Charter Sports SE CL = Game to be televised on Comcast Local (Detroit) 20 Ashley Barlow G 5-9 Fr. 11.3 4.8 2.5 spg • 17 pts., 6 steals vs. Western Michigan BETV = Game to be televised on BIG EAST TV package 21 Chandrica Smith F 6-1 So. 3.8 1.5 0.5 apg • Career-high 11 pts. in 9 min. vs. CMU 23 Melissa Lechlitner G 5-7 Fr. 6.0 3.0 3.0 apg • 5+ assists in two of first four games All times local to site and subject to change 24 Lindsay Schrader G 6-0 So. — — — • Will miss ’06-07 season (torn right ACL) 31 Danielle Ben-Tsvulun F 6-3 Fr. 0.0 0.5 0.0 apg • 1 of 3 Indiana natives on ’06-07 roster 52 Erica Williamson C 6-4 Fr. 5.3 5.3 2.0 bpg • Day-to-day w/ knee inj. (DNP vs. WMU) 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 dismissed Notre Dame’s chances, the players Notre Dame Sports Information A large majority of college basketball programs and coaches have pulled even closer, with C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor would be pleased with an 18-12 record and team chemistry and cohesion becoming the Notre Dame, IN 46556 phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 an 11th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tourna- single greatest strength the Irish will possess in 2006-07. In fact, between seven other returning Chris Masters, Asst. Sports Information Director (WBB) ment. Then again, those programs aren’t Notre [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 Dame. monogram winners and four other players with The Irish players and coaches alike feel dis- significant starting experience, not to mention Media Services satisfied with last season’s performance, which four talented freshmen, those who want to write The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains sched- started well with a 9-2 non-conference record off Notre Dame before the season even starts ules, rosters, updated statistics and historical information and a top-15 national ranking, but ended with an may do so at their peril. from previous seasons. High-resolution color headshots NCAA first-round loss to Boston College. Along Junior guard Charel Allen (8.5 ppg., 4.3 rpg.) and action photos of Notre Dame players, coaches and the way, Notre Dame also posted an 8-8 record takes over as the top returning scorer for the staff are available upon request. : in the rugged BIG EAST Conference, collected Irish. The Monessen, Pa., resident spent much Official Notre Dame athletics web site • http://www.und.com three victories over ranked opponents, and of last season working her way back to 100 won the Duel in the Desert in Las Vegas with a percent after a March 2005 knee injury, saving her strongest efforts for the final month of the In-Season Interview Policy convincing victory over eventual NCAA regional All requests for Notre Dame player, coach or staff interviews finalist Utah (68-55).