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Notre Dame Athletic Media Relations • With its season-high No. 8 ranking in and three-point percentage defense (.241), C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor the Feb. 14 Associated Press poll, Notre sixth in scoring offense (81.0 ppg.), assists Notre Dame, IN 46556 (18.8 apg.) and turnover margin (+6.54) and phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 Dame now has appeared in the AP poll for Chris Masters, Associate Media Relations Director (WBB) a school-record 73 consecutive weeks, seventh in rebounding margin (+10.4). These [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 extending the program standard that began rankings are ironic for a Fighting Irish team with the 2007-08 preseason poll. that has no player ranking higher than 57th Media Services • The Fighting Irish have posted a school- in any individual category. The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains • Notre Dame became the 32nd NCAA Divi- schedules, rosters, updated statistics and some historical record nine wins this season by at least 35 information from previous seasons. High-resolution color points, topping the old program standard sion I program to record 700 wins, earning headshots and action photos of Fighting Irish players, of four 35-point victories set in 2008-09. the landmark victory (91-47) vs. Loyola coaches and staff are available upon request. • Notre Dame has scored at least 90 points Marymount on Dec. 30 at the State Farm Official Notre Dame athletics web site: in eight games this season, surpassing the Holiday Hoops Classic in Seattle. The Fight- • http://www.UND.com school record of seven set in three separate ing Irish are 711-306 (.699) over 34 seasons. In-Season Interview Policy seasons (1996-97, 1998-99 and 2007-08). • Notre Dame celebrated another program All requests for Notre Dame player, coach or staff interviews • Notre Dame has won 12 games by 30 points milestone on Dec. 5 with its 1,000th all-time must be made through Chris Masters and 24 hours’ notice or more, eclipsing the school record of 10 game (a 72-51 win over Purdue at Purcell is appreciated. Please be aware that student-athletes’ 30-point victories established in 2000-01. Pavilion). academic obligations always take precedence before any • Part of Notre Dame’s success thus far can interview requests. • The Fighting Irish are 3-4 against ranked Media members also may speak to Fighting Irish team opponents this season, with those four be traced to the improvement in two of its personnel before or after practice sessions. While most losses (the only defeats for Notre Dame veterans, both of whom have exceeded her practices are open to the media, some may be closed at to date) coming by an average of just 5.5 scoring output from last season by at least the coaching staff’s discretion — contact Chris Masters points per game, and none by more than 11 50 percent. Junior guard Natalie Novosel for the latest practice schedule and availability. (5.0 to 14.7) and senior forward Devereaux On game days, no interviews will be granted with any points. Two of those setbacks came to the Notre Dame player or coach prior to competition. nation’s top two squads (76-65 at current Peters (6.7 to 11.6) also are currently log- No. 1 Baylor on Dec. 1; 79-76 vs. No. 2 Con- ging career-high scoring averages this year. Credentials / Parking necticut on Jan. 8), with the latter contest Season credentials will be issued to all media covering being one of three Top 25 defeats in which the Fighting Irish on a regular basis. Please note — any Other Notre Dame Notables Notre Dame men’s basketball season credential also offers Notre Dame led or had a chance to tie in the • Notre Dame is access to all Fighting Irish women’s basketball games. final 30 seconds of regulation (also 86-83 among the nation’s Winningest Teams For single-game credentials, contact Chris Masters no (1996-97 to present) double-OT loss to No. 15 UCLA and 81-76 winningest pro- later than 24 hours before tipoff. Credential requests may loss at No. 9/10 Kentucky). grams during the 498 Connecticut be submitted via phone, fax or e-mail. Passes will be left at the media will call entrance (Gate 8) of Purcell Pavilion. • The Fighting Irish rank among the top 10 in past 15 seasons 465 Tennessee 424 Duke Parking is free for all Fighting Irish women’s basketball the country in eight statistical categories, (1996-97 to pres- 379 Louisiana Tech games in the large lot south of Purcell Pavilion. Due to according to the Feb. 14 NCAA statistics ent), ranking sixth 367 Old Dominion construction near the arena, there are no designated park- report. Notre Dame is second in the na- with 365 victories. u365 NOTRE DAME ing lots or specific parking passes for media members. tion in field goal percentage (.493), third in • Notre Dame has 361 Purdue Credentials remain the property of the University of Notre Dame and may be revoked at any time. ranked among the NOTE: through games of Feb. 16. LAST IRISH GAME top 20 in the nation Game Notes in attendance each of the past 10 seasons. Notre Dame’s game notes package is completed and made #8 Notre Dame 71, Rutgers 49 This year, the program is fifth in the NCAA available on-line through the official Irish athletics web site February 12, 2011 attendance rankings with 8,516 fans per during the season, usually at least one day prior to tipoff. Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Notre Dame’s game notes are in Adobe PDF format and game, currently topping last year’s single- will be distributed via electronic means only (e-mail or web). Rutgers (49) season school attendance record of 8,377. Fax distribution is by request only. Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp The Fighting Irish also have drawn 5,000-or- Please contact Chris Masters if you wish to be added Oliver 39 4-12 0-0 4-6 7 2 4 12 more fans to 157 of their last 159 home to the e-mail distribution list for Notre Dame’s regular Lee 38 6-7 0-0 1-2 3 0 2 13 women’s basketball releases. Rushdan 34 2-7 0-0 0-0 4 8 5 4 games, logging 16 Purcell Pavilion sellouts Wheeler 37 5-11 1-4 0-0 3 0 4 11 (most recently on Feb. 12 vs. Rutgers). Gameday Services Sykes 36 3-9 1-4 0-0 1 2 0 7 • The Fighting Irish have become a regular Gameday packages containing game notes, programs Lapidus 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Simmons 13 0-3 0-0 2-2 4 1 2 2 fixture in the WNBA Draft in recent years, and other information will be available prior to all home Hutchen 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 as seven Notre Dame players have been contests. A pre-game meal also will be served in the Tucker 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 selected in the past decade. Charel Allen Monogram Room media area (exit through stands above Team 5 Gate 6 to right of press row, entrance on right after exiting Totals 200 20-49 2-8 7-10 28 13 18 49 was the most recent Fighting Irish player outer concourse doors) beginning 75 minutes before tipoff. to be chosen, going to the Sacramento A bank of statistics monitors is located on press row Notre Dame (71) Monarchs in the third round (43rd overall for the media’s convenience. Final statistics books include Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp pick) of the 2008 WNBA Draft. Ruth Riley an official NCAA box score and play-by-play. Telephone, Peters 30 9-13 0-0 3-3 6 0 3 21 (San Antonio) was active in the league copier and fax services are available on a first-come, first- Bruszewski 33 3-4 0-0 0-0 4 0 4 6 served basis. Purcell Pavilion also offers wireless Internet Diggins 37 7-17 3-5 3-6 5 5 2 20 during the ’10 season, helping the Silver capability — check with Chris Masters for access. Novosel 31 2-6 0-1 2-2 3 1 0 6 Stars return to the playoffs for the fourth Mallory 35 3-4 2-2 2-2 4 10 0 10 consecutive season. Three of Notre Dame’s Post-Game Interviews Achonwa 16 2-6 0-0 0-1 4 1 1 4 eight WNBA alums have won a total of four Following each Notre Dame home game, Fighting Irish Turner 17 1-2 0-1 2-2 1 1 0 4 head coach Muffet McGraw and selected players, as Forr 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 league championships — Riley won a pair Braker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 well as the visiting head coach and selected players, will of crowns with the Detroit Shock (2003 be available to speak with the media. Post-game press Team 3 Finals MVP, 2006), Totals 200 27-52 5-9 12-16 31 18 11 71 Coquese Washington conferences are held in the Hammes Auditorium, located toiled for the 2000 Houston Comets, while between Gates 1 & 2 on the first floor of Purcell Pavilion (exit Rutgers 25 24 — 49 Jacqueline Batteast was Riley’s teammate court via Gate 1 ramp on opposite end of court from press Notre Dame 29 42 — 71 on the 2006 title-winning squad in Detroit. row, go straight and turn right at the Notre Dame women’s basketball office; auditorium entrance will be on your left). FG Pct: Rutgers 40.8, Notre Dame 51.9. 3-PT FG Pct: Rutgers • For the fifth year in a row, the Fighting Irish 25.0, Notre Dame 55.6. FT Pct: Rutgers 70.0, Notre Dame 75.0. Media members should submit player requests for Turnovers: Rutgers 20, Notre Dame 15. Blocked Shots: Rutgers posted a perfect 100-percent Graduation post-game interviews to Chris Masters at the final media 3 (Oliver 2), Notre Dame 3 (Peters 2). Steals: Rutgers 7 (Wheeler Success Rate (GSR), according to figures timeout of the second half. 4), Notre Dame 8 (Peters 4). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout). released by the NCAA in October. What’s
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A Quick Look At Connecticut A Quick Look may change, but the The cast of characters the same, as second-ranked remain results among the nation’s Connecticut is once again the Huskies had their elite teams. Although snapped streak 90-game winning NCAA-record with a they have responded in late December, run since that lone defeat. season-best 13-game day Maya forward Senior the XL Center in Hartford. in a game-high 27 points to lead dropped Moore four Huskies in double figures, as Connecticut the opening tip to the final horn.led from five at the buzzer that sailed ditch three-pointer way beyond the basket. The loss snapped an for the Fighting Irish, eight-game winning streak whose only losses this year have been against ranked teams, and disappointed the 9,149 fans who came out despite a snowstorm that dumped than two feet of snow on South Bend. more The Notre Dame-Connecticut Series the for play will Connecticut and Dame Notre 31st time in their series, with the Huskies holding an a 26-4 edge over the Fighting Irish, including Connecti- active 10-game series winning streak. cut also is 15-1 all-time at home (Storrs/Hartford) Dame, with the Fighting Irish against Notre earning Huskies their lone win to date over the in Storrs on Jan. 30, 2005 (65-59). And Notre Dame Time The Last Connecticut Met 20 points, a career-high Kelly Faris scored including a layup with 14.7 seconds left that allowed No. 2 Connecticut to escape with a Jan. on Dame Notre 13 No. over victory 79-76 added Pavilion. Maya Moore 8, 2011, at Purcell and two blocks for the 31 points, eight rebounds Huskies, whose victory was only their second by single digits this season. two minutes of the game — including two on Hayes — and never seemed in sync. Tiffany But Faris kept UConn close, making a big layup the to tie the game midway through and a three Dame had matched its second half after Notre lead of the game at seven. largest Around the BIG EAST 2:00p 5:30p 2:00p 2:00p 2:00p 2:00p 3:00p 3:00p 7:00p 7:00p 7:00p 7:00p 7:00p 7:00p 7:30p 7:00p
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NOTRE DAME 2010-11 Trends formance in the season-opening victory against than No. 57 in any single category — sopho- Day of the Week New Hampshire on Nov. 12 at Purcell Pavilion. more guard Skylar Diggins is 57th in the Sunday 4-1 Monday 2-0 The Fighting Irish followed that up three days nation in assists (4.8 apg.). Tuesday 3-0 later with 26 thefts in a win over Morehead State, Wednesday 4-1 and also logged 24 steals at Valparaiso (Dec. 2) High Octane Offense Thursday 1-1 and 23 steals against IUPUI (Nov. 26). Friday 2-0 Behind one of the nation’s top 10 scoring Saturday 6-1 Prior to this season, Notre Dame had posted offenses (81.0 ppg., sixth as of Monday), Notre 23 steals in a game just seven times in the first Dame is moving into uncharted territory in the Time of Game 33 years of the Fighting Irish women’s basketball Day games (before 6 p.m local time) 12-2 school’s record books. Night games (6 p.m. or later local time) 10-2 program (and only three games with 25-plus The Fighting Irish have scored 90 points in steals in that time, none since a then-record a game in eight contests this season, setting Location tying 29 steals at Saint Louis on Jan. 31, 1991). a new school record for 90-point games in a Home games 14-2 Individually, Notre Dame has 11 different play- Road games 6-2 season (the previous mark was seven, set on Neutral site games 2-0 ers with double-digit steals this season (four with three occasions - 1996-97, 1998-99 and 2007- at least 50 thefts), led by senior guard Brittany 08). Halftime score Mallory, who has collected a team-high 2.3 Leading at the half 21-0 Notre Dame also has set a new school Tied at the half 0-2 steals per game (sixth in the BIG EAST). record with nine wins by at least 35 points, Trailing at the half 1-2 more than doubling the previous program Individual scoring Helping Hands standard of four 35-point victories set in 2008- Two or fewer double-figure scorers 0-1 Notre Dame also enters Saturday’s game 09. Three double-figure scorers 7-1 ranked sixth in the country in assists (18.8 What’s more, the Fighting Irish have won Four double-figure scorers 11-2 apg.), having dished out at least 20 assists in 12 games by at least 30 points, topping the Five or more double-figure scorers 4-0 13 games this season. school record of 10 30-point victories, which Rebounding margin Further illustrating the Fighting Irish giv- was set during the program’s 2000-01 national Grab more rebounds than opponents 21-1 ing spirit, Notre Dame has assisted on 62.8 championship season. Grab same number of rebounds 0-1 percent of its baskets this season, with 489 Last year, Notre Dame averaged 77.2 points Grab fewer rebounds than opponents 1-2 assists on 779 field goals. per game, the fifth-highest single-season scor- Field goal shooting At the head of the Fighting Irish assist com- ing average in school history, and best since Higher pct. than opponent 21-2 pany is sophomore Skylar Diggins, who has the Fighting Irish logged a school-record 81.0 Lower pct. than opponent 0-2 Same pct. as opponent 1-0 adapted well to her role as Notre Dame’s pri- ppg. mark in 1998-99. Shoot 45% or better 21-1 mary point guard, ranking fifth in the BIG EAST Shoot less than 45% 1-3 Conference at 4.8 assists per game, and 13th Glass Houses Hold opponent under 40% 18-1 in the league with a 1.39 assist/turnover ratio. One of Notre Dame’s greatest areas of Free throw margin She also has handed out at least five assists improvement this season has been in the Make more free throws 20-0 in 17 games this season, after tallying seven rebounding column, where the Fighting Irish Make same number of free throws 0-0 Make fewer free throws 2-4 five-assist games during her entire freshman are averaging 42.0 caroms per game, up more campaign. than two rebounds from last year’s total at this Turnovers time (39.8 rpg.) and good enough for third in Commit fewer turnovers 19-1 Commit same number of turnovers 1-0 Sharp Shooters the BIG EAST. Commit more turnovers 2-3 Notre Dame also ranks second in the nation Notre Dame also is giving up just 31.6 with a .493 field goal percentage, shooting 50 rebounds per game, nearly five caroms better Miscellaneous percent or better from the floor in 15 games than last year at this time (36.3 rpg.) and plac- Vs. Top 25 (AP or ESPN/USA Today polls) 3-4 On commercial television 3-2 this season, and at least 45 percent in 22 ing second in the conference. In white jerseys 13-1 outings. With a +10.4 rpg. margin this season, the In alternate white jerseys (green trim) 1-1 Notre Dame also has seen a recent rise Fighting Irish rank third in the BIG EAST and In alternate white jerseys (pink trim) 1-0 in its three-point shooting numbers. During seventh in the country as of Monday. In blue jerseys 7-2 In green jerseys 0-0 the past 17 games, the Fighting Irish are con- What’s more, Notre Dame has outrebound- necting at a 39.5 percent clip (62-of-157) from ed its opponent by double digits in 14 games Margin of Victory beyond the arc. Compare that with the first this season, including eight games in which 1-5 points 0-3 6-10 points 2-0 nine contests of the season, when Notre Dame the Fighting Irish posted rebound margins of 11-15 points 1-1 had a .269 (29-of-108) three-point percentage. +15 or better, topped by a season-high +42 16-20 points 2-0 mark (66-24) on Jan. 2 against Southeast 21+ points 17-0 National Leaders Missouri State at Purcell Pavilion. In overtime games 0-1 Notre Dame ranks among the top 10 in Conference Affiliation the nation in eight categories according to Everyone Gets Into The Act America East 1-0 Atlantic Coast 1-0 Monday’s NCAA statistics report — second The Fighting Irish have spread the wealth so BIG EAST 11-1 in field goal percentage (.493); third in scor- far this season, with six different players lead- Big Ten 1-0 ing margin (+28.1 ppg.), steals (14.1 spg.) ing the team in scoring in at least one game Big 12 0-1 and three-point field goal percentage defense thus far, with four different 20-point scorers Horizon League 2-0 Missouri Valley 1-0 (.241); sixth in scoring offense (81.0 ppg.), along the way. Ohio Valley 2-0 assists (18.8 apg.) and turnover margin (+6.54); Notre Dame also has seen no fewer Pac-10 0-1 and seventh in rebounding margin (+10.4 rpg.). than eight different players claim team-high Southeastern 0-1 In addition, Notre Dame ranks in the top 15 Summit League 1-0 rebounding and assist honors at some point West Coast 2-0 in the NCAA in 11 of a possible 17 categories this year. (not counting won-loss percentage), adding in Month scoring defense (12th, 52.9 ppg.), field goal November 5-2 Missed It By That Much December 6-1 percentage defense (13th, .345) and assist/ Notre Dame may hold a 22-4 record coming January 7-1 turnover ratio (14th, 1.09). into Saturday’s game, but the Fighting Irish are February 4-0 Yet for all of these high team statistical oh-so-close to owning a much better mark, March 0-0 marks, no Fighting Irish individual ranks higher with all four losses coming to top-15 oppo-
6 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 Quick Facts NOTRE DAME Notre Dame Quick Facts nents by an average margin of just 5.5 points 2010-11 Notre Dame Top Bench Scorers per game (three by single digits and the fourth Official Name: University of Notre Dame Player Points Opponent/Date Location: Notre Dame, Ind. by 11 points). Kayla McBride 20 vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/30/10 Enrollment: 8,363 (undergraduate) / 11,731 (overall) What’s more, Notre Dame led inside the Kayla McBride 17 SE Missouri State, 1/2/11 Founded: 1842 final 30 seconds of regulation in two of those Natalie Achonwa 14 at South Florida, 2/5/11 Colors: Gold and Blue losses (No. 15 UCLA, also at the end of the Kayla McBride 14 Louisville, 1/12/11 Nickname: Fighting Irish first overtime; No. 2 Connecticut), and the Natalie Achonwa 14 Creighton, 12/11/10 School Fight Song: Notre Dame Victory March Fighting Irish also had a possession to tie Erica Solomon 14 Wake Forest, 11/27/10 Conference: BIG EAST the game in the final 30 seconds at No. 9/10 Kayla McBride 14 Morehead State, 11/15/10 Arena: Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center (cap. 9,149) Natalie Achonwa 13 Syracuse, 2/1/11 President: Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. Kentucky. Natalie Achonwa 13 at Providence, 12/8/10 Provost: Thomas G. Burish The fourth loss (at No. 2/3 Baylor) saw Natalie Achonwa 12 Seton Hall, 2/8/11 Executive Vice President: John Affleck-Graves Notre Dame battle to within six points (65-59) Natalie Achonwa 12 at Marquette, 1/5/11 NCAA Faculty Representative: Patricia Bellia with five minutes remaining and have a look at Natalie Achonwa 12 at Valparaiso, 12/20/10 Director of Athletics: Jack Swarbrick a three-pointer to halve the margin further on Natalie Achonwa 12 Purdue, 12/5/10 Senior Deputy Athletics Director/SWA: Missy Conboy their next possession, but the shot rattled out Erica Solomon 12 IUPUI, 11/26/10 Associate Athletics Director (WBB): Jill Bodensteiner and the Lady Bears managed to put the game Erica Solomon 11 at Providence, 12/8/10 Natalie Achonwa 11 Wake Forest, 11/27/10 Head Coach: Muffet McGraw (Saint Joseph’s (Pa.) ’77) away with nine free throws (despite making Kayla McBride 11 UCLA, 11/18/10 Record: 635-248 (.719) - 29th season only one field goal during the final 8:23). Erica Solomon 11 New Hampshire, 11/12/10 At Notre Dame: 547-207 (.725) - 24th season Ariel Braker 10 IUPUI, 11/26/10 At Purcell Pavilion: 276-54 (.836) Diggins Named BIG EAST Player Of Week Natalie Achonwa 10 Morehead State, 11/15/10 Associate Head Coach: Kaila Turner 10 Morehead State, 11/15/10 Sophomore guard Skylar Diggins was named Jonathan Tsipis (North Carolina ’96) - 8th season Game-high scorers in italics Associate Coach: the BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week Carol Owens (Northern Illinois ’90) - 11th season on Monday afternoon, becoming the first Fight- Assistant Coach: ing Irish player in four seasons to be named the Novosel Is Just Plain Nasty Niele Ivey (Notre Dame ’00) - 4th season conference’s Player of the Week. Charel Allen Nicknamed “Nasty” for her playmaking abilities, Coordinator of Basketball Operations: was the last Notre Dame cager to collect the junior guard Natalie Novosel is rapidly making Stephanie Menio (Pittsburgh ’04) - 6th season honor on Feb. 12, 2007. With the selection, a strong case as one of the most improved Associate Director of Operations & Technology: Notre Dame ties Providence for the second- Angie Potthoff (Penn State ’97) - 6th season players in the BIG EAST Conference, if not the Administrative Assistant: Tinia Scott most weekly player awards in BIG EAST his- entire country. Athletic Trainer: Anne Marquez tory with 69 honors (39 Players of the Week, 30 The Lexington, Ky., native currently leads the Strength & Conditioning Coach: Craig Cheek Freshmen of the Week). Fighting Irish (and ranks ninth in the league) in Academic Counselor: Chad Grotegut A two-time BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll scoring at 14.7 points per game, nearly tripling Equipment Manager: Kathy Speybroeck selection in addition to this week’s Player her offensive output from a season ago. She Student Managers: of the Week citation, Diggins averaged 17.0 also has scored at least Stephen Lauria (Sr., Staten Island, N.Y.) points, 6.0 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals Brian Monson (Sr., Rochester, Minn.) 20 points in a game per game last week, as Notre Dame stretched Natalie Novosel four times this year Season Improvement its winning streak to a season-high nine games (after coming into the with home victories over Seton Hall (89-38) ’09-10 ’10-11 Women’s Basketball History campaign with a career PPG 5.0 14.7 34th Season: and Rutgers (71-49). Diggins shot 52.4 percent single-game high of 19 10p gms 5 22 1st game, Dec. 3, 1977 vs. Valparaiso (W, 48-41) from the floor (60 percent from three-point points) and has scored 20p gms 0 4 All-Time Record: 711-306 (.699) range) in those two contests while also record- in double figures 22 3-pt FGM 7 20 Record At Purcell Pavilion: ing at least five points, five rebounds and five times after doing so a FG% .428 .482 34th season, 353-88 (.800) assists. total of 14 times in her 3FG% .350 .364 Record In The BIG EAST (regular season): FT% .786 .791 On Feb. 8 against Seton Hall, she packed first two seasons com- 16th season, 199-61 (.765) the stat sheet with 14 points, seven assists, RPG 2.2 3.9 Conference/Membership Affiliations: bined at Notre Dame. APG 1.7 2.1 a game-high six rebounds and a season-high AIAW D-III independent (1977-78 through 1979-80) In addition, Novosel SPG 1.3 2.0 AIAW D-I independent (1980-81) five steals with a near-perfect shooting night added some hardware NCAA D-I independent (1981-82 through 1982-83) (4-4 FG, 6-7 FT). Four days later against Rut- to her personal trophy North Star (1983-84 through 1987-88) gers, Diggins tallied 20 points (including 3-of-5 case as well, taking home Most Valuable Player *Midwestern Collegiate (1988-89 through 1994-95) three-pointers), five assists and five rebounds, honors at the WBCA Classic, earning a spot BIG EAST (1995-96 to present) and had a hand in 13 of Notre Dame’s points on the State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic All- Regular-Season Conference Championships (8): (eight points, two assists) during a 16-4 sec- Tournament Team and also garnering a place North Star - 1985, 1986 ond-half run that clinched the victory. *Midwestern Collegiate - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995 on the Nov. 29 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. BIG EAST - 2001 Thus, it’s no surprise that ESPN.com’s Gra- Conference Tournament Championships (5): Diggins Makes Naismith Midseason List ham Hays tweeted the following comment after North Star - N/A Also on Monday, sophomore guard Skylar Novosel’s career-high 27 points (8-11 FG, 2-2 *Midwestern Collegiate - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 Diggins earned a place on the Naismith Tro- 3FG, 9-9 FT) vs. Gonzaga in a 70-61 Fighting BIG EAST - None phy Midseason Top 30 List, according to an Irish win on Dec. 29 in Seattle: NCAA Championship Appearances (17): National Champion - 2001 announcement by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. The “Is Natalie Novosel the most improved player Final Four - 1997, 2001 Naismith Trophy, which is presented annually in the nation? Gotta be on the short list.” Elite 8 - 1997, 2001 to the nation’s top player, compiled its midsea- Sweet 16 - 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010 son candidates based upon individual perfor- Peters Showing Her Own Dev-elopment Berths - 1994, 1996-2010 mance and team results during the 2010-11 If Novosel is among the nation’s most improved Consecutive NCAA Championship Appearances: season to date. players, senior forward Devereaux Peters can’t 15 (1996-present) It’s the second midseason national award NIT Appearances (4): be far behind. The veteran frontliner is playing 1986 (3rd place), 1989 (7th place), 1991 (8th place), candidate list that Diggins has made, following some of the best basketball of her career this 1995 (3rd place) her place on the John R. Wooden Award chart season, putting a pair of knee injuries and three Consecutive Postseason Appearances: last month, and like that rundown, she is one surgeries well in the rearview mirror. 17 (1994-present); 16 NCAAs, 1 NIT of only three sophomores to be tapped for the A three-time BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll * - now known as the Horizon League designation along with Baylor’s Brittney Gri- selection, Peters currently is averaging career ner and Georgetown’s Sugar Rodgers. highs of 11.6 points per game (26th in the BIG 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 7
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Individual Statistics BIG EAST - All Games NCAA Division I BIG EAST - Conference Games Only Category Rank Leader Rank Leader Rank Leader Scoring (Top 30 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Natalie Novosel 14.7 9 24.2, Maya Moore, UCONN — 24.0, Maya Moore, UCONN 13.6, t-12 23.3, Maya Moore, UCONN Skylar Diggins 13.8 11 — 13.9, 11 Devereaux Peters 11.6 26 — 13.6, t-12 Rebounding (Top 20 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Devereaux Peters 7.1 10 10.1, Chelsea Cole, PITT — 12.9, Courtney Hurt, VCU 7.9, 2 10.2, Chelsea Cole, PITT Field Goal Percentage (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Devereaux Peters .588 3 .649, Stefanie Dolson, UCONN — .710, Carolyn Swords, Boston College .620, 2 .639, Stefanie Dolson, UCONN Natalie Achonwa .577 4 — .557, 3 Becca Bruszewski .551 9 — .552, 5 Assists (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Skylar Diggins 4.8 5 5.6, Rubylee Wright, GU 57 9.8, Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga 4.9, t-5 6.7, Khadijah Rushdan, RU Brittany Mallory 2.7 — — 3.1, 14 Free Throw Percentage (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Natalie Novosel .791 5 .872, Maya Moore, UCONN — .974, Emily London, Samford .768, 13 .933, Tatiyiana McMorris, MU Skylar Diggins .726 — — .806, 7 Steals (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Brittany Mallory 2.3 6 2.6, Angel Robinson, MU 98 3.7, Kevi Luper, Oral Roberts 2.3, t-2 2.6, Sugar Rodgers, GU Natalie Novosel 2.0 11 — 1.8, - Skylar Diggins 2.0 t-12 — 2.2, t-5 Devereaux Peters 2.0 t-12 — 1.9, t-13 Three-Point Percentage (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Brittany Mallory .426 3 .443, Amanda Burakoski, STJ — .511, Cerie Mosgrove, UMass .459, 1 .459, Brittany Mallory, ND Blocked Shots (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Devereaux Peters 1.5 t-6 2.9, Kayla Alexander, SU 93 5.1, Louella Tomlinson, Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 1.8, 5 2.4, Chelsea Cole, PITT Assist/Turnover Ratio (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Brittany Mallory 1.8 5 2.1, Maya Moore, UCONN — 3.29, Melissa Jones, Baylor 1.8, 4 2.0, Maya Moore, UCONN Skylar Diggins 1.4 13 — 1.4, 10 Offensive Rebounds (Top 15 BIG EAST) Devereaux Peters 3.1 7 4.0, Teya Wright, PC — not kept 3.4, 3 3.9, Porche Grant, USF Defensive Rebounds (Top 15 BIG EAST) Devereaux Peters 4.0 — 6.6, Chelsea Cole, PITT — not kept 4.5, t-8 6.3, Chelsea Cole, PITT Conference stats through Feb. 18 // NCAA stats through Feb. 13 333 Division I teams bold = BIG EAST leader OR NCAA Top 25
Team Statistics BIG EAST - All Games NCAA Division I BIG EAST - Conference Games Only Category Rank Leader Rank Leader Rank Leader Scoring Offense 81.0 1 81.0, Notre Dame 6 84.8, Gonzaga 75.3, t-1 75.3, Notre Dame/Connecticut Scoring Defense 52.9 3 49.5, Connecticut 12 49.5, Manhattan 52.2, 2 50.8, Connecticut Scoring Margin +28.1 2 +30.0, Connecticut 3 +30.0, Baylor +23.1, 2 +24.5, Connecticut FT Percentage .715 (456-638) 3 .794, Villanova 87 .802, Bowling Green .705 (220-312), 5 .847, Villanova FG Percentage .493 (779-1581) 2 .509, Connecticut 2 .506, Connecticut .474 (322-679), 2 .516, Connecticut FG Pct. Defense .345 (489-1418) 3 .320, Connecticut 13 .310, Baylor .351 (221-630), 2 .320, Connecticut 3-Point FG Pct. .343 (91-265) 6 .361, Connecticut — .448, Penn State .370 (40-108), 2 .406, Connecticut 3-Point FG Pct. Def. .241 (100-415) 1 .241, Notre Dame 3 .231, Old Dominion .268 (42-157), 1 .268, Notre Dame 3-Point FG Made 3.5 15 7.8, Villanova 302 10.0, Fresno State 3.3, 15 7.3, DePaul/Villanova Rebounding 42.0 3 47.2, Syracuse not kept 40.2, 3 42.2, Syracuse Opponent Rebounding 31.6 2 28.5, Connecticut not kept 31.8, 2 28.7, Connecticut Rebounding Margin +10.4 3 +15.2, Syracuse 7 +15.1, Syracuse +8.4, 3 +12.2, Connecticut Offensive Rebounds 15.7 4 19.8, Syracuse not kept 14.7, 3 17.3, Syracuse Defensive Rebounds 26.3 3 29.8, Connecticut not kept 25.5, 2 29.8, Connecticut Blocked Shots 4.6 t-5 6.0, West Virginia 43 7.3, Baylor 4.2, 5 5.7, Pittsburgh Assists 18.8 3 19.7, Connecticut 6 20.2, Gonzaga 16.9, 3 17.9, Connecticut Steals 14.1 1 14.1, Notre Dame 3 15.2, Oral Roberts 12.1, 1 12.1, Notre Dame Turnover Margin +6.5 1 +6.5, Notre Dame 6 +9.35, Texas A&M +5.4, 1 +5.4, Notre Dame Turnover Average 17.2 not kept 128 10.9, Marist not kept Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.1 3 1.3, Connecticut 14 1.46, Gonzaga 1.0, 3 1.3, DePaul Personal Fouls 16.6 not kept 128 11.6, Wyoming not kept Won-Loss Percentage .846 not kept 14 .960, Connecticut/Green Bay not kept Conference stats through Feb. 18 // NCAA stats through Feb. 13 333 Division I teams bold = BIG EAST leader OR NCAA Top 25
2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 13 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 2010-11 University of Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Results Overall Record: 22-4 (Home: 14-2, Away: 6-2, Neutral: 2-0); BIG EAST Conference Record: 11-1
————— Notre Dame Highs ————— Date ND NR Opp NR Opponent Time/Result Streak Record BEC Scorer Rebounder Assists Attendance Nov. 12 12/12 NEW HAMPSHIRE W 99-48 W1 1-0 Peters-23 Peters-8 Achonwa-5 8,614 Nov. 15 12/12 MOREHEAD STATE W 91-28 W2 2-0 McBride-14 Bruszewski-7 Diggins-8 7,763 Nov. 18 12/12 15/15 (1) UCLA L 83-86 (2ot) L1 2-1 Diggins-22 Bruszewski-13 Diggins-5 7,824 Nov. 21 12/12 9/10 at KentuckyFSS L 76-81 L2 2-2 Novosel-21 Achonwa-13 McBride-4 6,794 Nov. 26 18/16 (2) IUPUI W 95-29 W1 3-2 Peters-18 Solomon-12 Diggins-7 8,848 Nov. 27 18/16 (2) WAKE FOREST W 92-69 W2 4-2 Novosel-23 Bruszewski-7 Bruszewski-4 8,294 Nov. 28 18/16 (2) BUTLER W 85-54 W3 5-2 Novosel-20 Peters-7 Diggins-7 8,279 Dec. 1 16/16 2/3 at Baylor L 65-76 L1 5-3 Diggins-21 Solomon-9 Diggins-5 7,239 Dec. 5 16/16 PURDUEESPN2 W 72-51 W1 6-3 Novosel-16 Peters-9 Diggins-6 9,149 (s) Dec. 8 18/18 • at Providence W 79-43 W2 7-3 1-0 Achonwa-13 Solomon-10 Peters-4 179 Dec. 11 18/18 CREIGHTON W 91-54 W3 8-3 Diggins-18 two with 6 Mallory-7 8,848 Dec. 20 17/16 at Valparaiso W 94-43 W4 9-3 Novosel-18 Achonwa-7 Diggins-5 1,877 Dec. 29 16/14 (3) vs. Gonzaga W 70-61 W5 10-3 Novosel-27 Diggins-11 Diggins-5 1,352 Dec. 30 16/14 (3) vs. Loyola Marymount W 91-47 W6 11-3 McBride-20 three with 6 Turner-6 1,026 Jan. 2 16/14 SE MISSOURI STATE W 97-21 W7 12-3 Diggins-18 Peters-13 Diggins-7 8,653 Jan. 5 13/12 • at Marquette W 73-55 W8 13-3 2-0 Peters-18 Peters-8 Diggins-4 1,300 Jan. 8 13/12 2/2 • CONNECTICUTCBS L 76-79 L1 13-4 2-1 Peters-17 Peters-11 two with 5 9,149 (s) Jan. 12 12/12 • LOUISVILLE W 80-60 W1 14-4 3-1 two with 14 Achonwa-9 two with 5 8,058 Jan. 15 12/12 • at Pittsburgh W 82-50 W2 15-4 4-1 Diggins-20 Peters-10 Diggins-5 2,650 Jan. 18 11/10 16/17 • GEORGETOWNCBS C W 80-58 W3 16-4 5-1 Diggins-22 Peters-12 Diggins-6 8,614 Jan. 23 11/10 RV/23 • ST. JOHN’SESPNU W 69-36 W4 17-4 6-1 Bruszewski-19 Peters-10 Diggins-6 9,149 (s) Jan. 29 9/9 • at Villanova W 58-43 W5 18-4 7-1 Peters-20 Bruszewski-10 Diggins-4 2,327 Feb. 1 8/8 RV/25 • SYRACUSE W 71-48 W6 19-4 8-1 Peters-15 Peters-11 Diggins-5 7,797 Feb. 5 8/8 • at South Florida W 76-68 W7 20-4 9-1 Novosel-19 two with 8 Bruszewski-5 1,393 Feb. 8 8/8 • SETON HALL W 89-38 W8 21-4 10-1 Novosel-16 three with 6 Diggins-7 8,072 Feb. 12 8/8 • RUTGERS W 71-49 W9 22-4 11-1 Peters-21 Peters-6 Mallory-10 9,149 (s) Feb. 19 • at ConnecticutBIG EAST TV 2:00 p.m. Feb. 22 • at West VirginiaCBS C 7:00 p.m. Feb. 26 • CINCINNATI 2:00 p.m. Feb. 28 • at DePaulCBS C 9:00 p.m. BIG EAST Championship (Hartford, Conn. — XL Center) March 4 First Round TBA March 5 Second RoundBIG EAST TV TBA March 6 QuarterfinalsESPNU TBA March 7 SemifinalsESPNU 6/8 p.m. ET March 8 FinalESPN 7 p.m. ET NCAA Championship — First & Second Rounds (Campus Sites) March 19-20 First RoundESPN/ESPN2 TBA March 21-22 Second RoundESPN/ESPN2 TBA NCAA Regionals (Dallas, Texas/Dayton, Ohio/Philadelphia, Pa./Spokane, Wash.) March 26-27 Regional SemifinalsESPN TBA March 28-29 Regional FinalsESPN TBA NCAA Women’s Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind. — Conseco Fieldhouse) April 3 National SemifinalsESPN TBA April 5 National ChampionshipESPN TBA
• = indicates BIG EAST Conference game 2010-11 ATTENDANCE NR = national ranking (listed as Associated Press/ESPN-USA Today) Totals Avg. High (s) = indicates sellout crowd All Games: 162,397 6,246 9,149 (four times) (1) = Super Six Series (Notre Dame, Ind.) Home: 136,260 8,516 9,149 (four times) (2) = WBCA Classic (Notre Dame, Ind.) (3) = State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic (Seattle, Wash.) Away: 23,759 2,970 7,239 (12/1-Baylor) FSS = Game televised live on Fox Sports South (simulcast on WHME-TV Ch. 46 in South Bend) Neutral: 2,378 1,189 1,352 (12/29-Gonzaga) CBS CS = Games to be televised live on CBS College Sports BIG EAST TV = Games to be televised live as part of BIG EAST Network syndicated package NOTE: All regular-season home games not scheduled for commercial TV will be webcast live at UND.com
All times listed are Eastern and are subject to change Home games listed in ALL CAPS and played inside Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center (capacity 9,149)
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All Games: 22-4 (Home: 14-2, Away: 6-2, Neutral: 2-0) (x - no longer with team) Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. OR DR Tot. Avg. PF-DQ A T B S Pts. Avg. Novosel, Natalie 26-26 694-26.7 122-253 .482 20-55 .364 117-148 .791 32 70 102 3.9 36-1 55 64 10 53 381 14.7 Diggins, Skylar 26-26 763-29.3 128-293 .437 19-63 .302 85-117 .726 29 74 103 4.0 50-0 124 89 8 51 360 13.8 Peters, Devereaux 26-26 580-22.3 127-216 .588 0-0 .000 48-63 .762 81 103 184 7.1 60-1 46 50 40 51 302 11.8 Bruszewski, Becca 26-26 639-24.6 102-185 .551 0-7 .000 35-59 .593 44 88 132 5.1 64-2 43 45 15 24 239 9.2 McBride, Kayla 19-4 452-23.8 68-122 .557 4-17 .235 25-29 .862 20 43 63 3.3 22-0 29 33 3 18 165 8.7 Achonwa, Natalie 26-0 454-17.5 86-149 .577 2-3 .667 39-62 .629 60 82 142 5.5 44-1 32 42 13 25 213 8.2 Mallory, Brittany 24-22 581-24.2 51-115 .443 29-68 .426 31-42 .738 12 34 46 1.9 42-0 65 37 1 56 162 6.8 x-Solomon, Erica 12-0 166-13.8 28-59 .475 0-0 .000 21-29 .724 22 33 55 4.6 24-1 12 16 13 18 77 6.4 Turner, Kaila 26-0 446-17.2 25-86 .291 15-50 .300 22-27 .815 3 28 31 1.2 36-0 56 32 1 23 87 3.3 Miller, Fraderica 21-0 222-10.6 15-35 .429 0-0 .000 16-26 .615 20 32 52 2.5 29-0 17 17 0 35 46 2.2 Braker, Ariel 22-0 135-6.1 12-30 .400 0-0 .000 15-32 .469 23 30 53 2.4 15-0 7 8 13 11 39 1.8 Forr, Mary 17-0 78-4.6 13-27 .481 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 6 6 12 0.7 8-0 3 4 2 0 27 1.6 Badway, Veronica 14-0 40-2.9 2-11 .182 2-2 1.000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 0.2 1-0 0 3 0 1 7 0.5 Team 54 60 114 4.4 7 Notre Dame 26 5250 779-1581 .493 91-265 .343 456-638 .715 407 685 1092 42.0 431-6 489 447 119 366 2105 81.0 Opponents 26 5250 489-1418 .345 100-415 .241 297-442 .672 325 497 822 31.6 502-9 278 617 71 205 1375 52.9
BIG EAST Games Only: 11-1 (Home: 6-1, Away: 5-0) (x - no longer with team) Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. OR DR Tot. Avg. PF-DQ A T B S Pts. Avg. Diggins, Skylar 12-12 377-31.4 52-133 .391 9-31 .290 54-67 .806 14 44 58 4.8 25-0 59 41 4 26 167 13.9 Novosel, Natalie 12-12 342-28.5 52-122 .426 6-18 .333 53-69 .768 13 35 48 4.0 15-0 26 29 4 22 163 13.6 Peters, Devereaux 12-12 323-26.9 67-108 .620 0-0 .000 29-40 .725 41 54 96 7.9 29-0 19 24 21 23 163 13.6 x-Solomon, Erica 1-0 19-19.0 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 3-6 .500 6 4 10 10.0 2-0 3 2 2 5 11 11.0 Bruszewski, Becca 12-12 310-25.8 48-87 .552 0-1 .000 23-37 .622 18 40 58 4.8 32-0 19 16 11 12 119 9.9 Achonwa, Natalie 12-0 200-16.7 39-70 .557 1-2 .500 20-33 .606 24 37 61 5.1 18-0 11 12 4 6 99 8.3 Mallory, Brittany 12-12 339-28.3 29-61 .475 17-37 .459 15-21 .714 5 20 25 2.1 24-0 37 21 1 28 90 7.5 McBride, Kayla 5-0 104-20.8 11-20 .550 1-1 1.000 5-6 .833 5 12 17 3.4 11-0 6 12 0 2 28 5.6 Turner, Kaila 12-0 190-15.8 10-36 .278 6-18 .333 8-10 .800 2 11 13 1.1 14-0 15 19 1 6 34 2.8 Miller, Fraderica 11-0 107-9.7 6-15 .400 0-0 .000 6-12 .500 11 10 21 1.9 11-0 6 9 0 12 18 1.8 Forr, Mary 7-0 25-3.6 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3 2 5 0.7 2-0 0 1 0 0 9 1.3 Braker, Ariel 12-0 51-4.3 0-5 .000 0-0 .000 3-9 .333 6 11 17 1.4 10-0 2 3 2 3 3 0.3 Badway, Veronica 5-0 13-2.6 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 28 26 54 4.5 6 Notre Dame 12 2400 322-679 .474 40-108 .370 220-312 .705 176 306 482 40.2 193-0 203 195 50 145 904 75.3 Opponents 12 2400 221-630 .351 42-157 .268 143-215 .665 149 232 381 31.8 241-3 134 260 42 100 627 52.2
All Games...... ND...... Opp Notre Dame’s Largest … BIG EAST Only...... ND...... Opp SCORING...... 2105...... 1375 LEAD SCORING...... 904...... 627 Points per game...... 81.0...... 52.9 Overall: 76 (93-17 (2:58 - 2nd) vs. SE Missouri St., 1/2) Points per game...... 75.3...... 52.2 Scoring margin...... +28.1...... — BIG EAST: 51 (89-38 (0:30 - 2nd) vs. Seton Hall, 2/8) Scoring margin...... +23.1...... — FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 779-1581...... 489-1418 DEFICIT FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 322-679...... 221-630 Field goal pct...... 493...... 345 Overall: 22 (54-32 (12:31 - 2nd) at Baylor, 12/1) Field goal pct...... 474...... 351 3-POINT FG-ATT...... 91-265...... 100-415 BIG EAST: 5 (7-2 (17:48 - 1st) at Villanova, 1/29) 3-POINT FG-ATT...... 40-108...... 42-157 3-point FG pct...... 343...... 241 MARGIN OF VICTORY 3-point FG pct...... 370...... 268 3-point FG made/gm...... 3.5...... 3.8 Overall: 76 (97-21 vs. SE Missouri State, 1/2) 3-point FG made/gm...... 3.3...... 3.5 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 456-638...... 297-442 BIG EAST: 51 (89-38 vs. Seton Hall, 2/8) FREE THROWS-ATT...... 220-312...... 143-215 Free throw pct...... 715...... 672 MARGIN OF DEFEAT Free throw pct...... 705...... 665 FT made/gm...... 17.5...... 11.4 Overall: 11 (76-65 at Baylor, 12/1) FT made/gm...... 18.3...... 11.9 REBOUNDS...... 1092...... 822 BIG EAST: 3 (79-76 vs. Connecticut, 1/8) REBOUNDS...... 482...... 381 Rebounds per game...... 42.0...... 31.6 HALFTIME LEAD Rebounds per game...... 40.2...... 31.8 Rebounding margin...... +10.4...... — Overall: 41 (53-12 vs. New Hampshire, 11/12) Rebounding margin...... +8.4...... — ASSISTS...... 489...... 278 BIG EAST: 31 (50-19 at Pittsburgh, 1/15) ASSISTS...... 203...... 134 Assists per game...... 18.8...... 10.7 HALFTIME DEFICIT Assists per game...... 16.9...... 11.2 TURNOVERS...... 447...... 617 Overall: 14 (38-24 at Baylor, 12/1) TURNOVERS...... 195...... 260 Turnovers per game...... 17.2...... 23.7 BIG EAST: Turnovers per game...... 16.3...... 21.7 Turnover margin...... +6.5...... — HOME CROWD Turnover margin...... +5.4...... — Assist/turnover ratio...... 1.1...... 0.5 Overall: 9,149 (sellout), three times (MR: vs. St. John’s, 1/23) Assist/turnover ratio...... 1.0...... 0.5 STEALS...... 366...... 205 BIG EAST: 9,149 (sellout), twice (MR: vs. St. John’s, 1/23) STEALS...... 145...... 100 Steals per game...... 14.1...... 7.9 ROAD CROWD Steals per game...... 12.1...... 8.3 BLOCKS...... 119...... 71 Overall: 7,239 (at Baylor, 12/1) BLOCKS...... 50...... 42 Blocks per game...... 4.6...... 2.7 BIG EAST: 2,650 (at Pittsburgh, 1/15) Blocks per game...... 4.2...... 3.5 NEUTRAL CROWD Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Overall: 1,352 (vs. Gonzaga, 12/29) Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Notre Dame 1025 1064 12 4 — 2105 BIG EAST: Notre Dame 468 436 — 904 Opponents 650 706 12 7 — 1375 Opponents 312 315 — 627
2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 15 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 2010-11 Notre Dame Points-Rebounds-Assists Opponent Solomon* Badway Diggins Achonwa Miller Peters Turner Novosel Mallory McBride Bruszewski Forr Braker NEW HAMPSHIRE 11-1-0 3-1-0 12-2-4 7-4-5 1-2-2 23-8-0 2-1-3 11-2-1 9-1-3 8-2-2 1-0-3 6-2-1 5-5-2 MOREHEAD STATE 7-1-3 1-0-0 9-3-8 10-3-1 5-4-1 8-4-2 10-4-5 13-4-0 7-2-2 14-6-1 7-7-0 0-1-1 0-4-0 (1) UCLA 3-2-0 DNP 22-1-5 9-9-0 0-0-0 3-2-4 0-0-0 19-6-4 4-1-1 11-4-3 12-13-3 DNP DNP at Kentucky 2-3-0 DNP 18-3-1 4-13-1 0-0-0 2-6-1 7-2-0 21-8-3 INJ 10-2-4 12-8-1 DNP 0-0-0 (2) IUPUI 12-12-0 0-2-0 7-4-7 9-5-0 INJ 18-6-0 8-2-5 12-1-2 INJ 8-2-2 9-3-2 2-1-0 10-6-0 (2) WAKE FOREST 14-5-1 0-0-0 11-2-2 11-5-3 INJ 12-5-2 2-2-3 23-3-3 3-1-1 6-2-0 8-7-4 0-0-0 2-3-1 (2) BUTLER 6-4-2 0-0-0 11-5-7 6-4-2 INJ 11-7-3 3-0-3 20-5-3 6-2-0 11-5-3 10-1-1 0-1-0 1-3-0 at Baylor 6-9-0 DNP 21-1-5 2-3-0 INJ 8-6-1 0-0-3 12-3-1 8-6-2 6-3-0 2-2-0 DNP DNP PURDUE 5-3-2 0-0-0 14-3-6 12-7-4 0-0-0 7-9-0 0-0-1 16-4-3 4-0-3 6-1-3 8-6-1 0-0-0 DNP • at Providence 11-10-3 DNP 10-5-3 13-3-0 3-2-1 8-3-4 8-0-1 9-2-2 6-0-2 2-1-1 9-6-1 DNP 0-1-1 CREIGHTON 0-0-0 0-0-0 18-1-1 14-5-2 4-6-0 4-3-6 3-1-5 11-4-1 7-3-7 9-2-1 17-6-0 2-1-0 2-0-0 at Valparaiso 0-5-1 0-0-0 3-2-5 12-7-0 8-3-3 6-4-3 8-1-3 18-2-2 12-3-4 7-6-1 8-4-1 4-0-0 8-3-0 (3) vs. Gonzaga DNP 19-11-5 5-3-0 0-1-1 10-10-1 0-0-1 27-4-1 3-0-3 4-1-0 2-8-3 DNP DNP (3) vs. Loyola Marymount DNP 10-3-2 5-6-1 6-5-1 16-6-2 3-1-6 8-2-2 6-1-1 20-6-1 12-4-3 2-1-1 3-4-0 SE MISSOURI STATE 3-0-0 18-4-7 8-7-2 4-10-3 11-13-2 7-4-3 7-6-3 3-1-1 17-4-2 12-5-2 2-0-0 5-8-2 • at Marquette 0-0-0 9-5-4 12-4-1 0-1-0 18-8-0 1-0-1 14-7-3 13-2-2 2-3-0 4-3-2 0-0-0 0-1-0 • CONNECTICUT DNP 16-4-5 9-8-2 0-0-0 17-11-2 2-0-0 16-5-5 6-1-1 2-2-1 8-6-1 DNP 0-0-0 • LOUISVILLE 0-0-0 12-2-5 4-9-1 0-2-2 14-3-1 2-2-1 12-5-5 11-5-3 14-6-1 11-6-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 • at Pittsburgh 0-0-0 20-4-5 4-3-0 4-3-0 15-10-4 5-2-1 15-3-1 2-2-1 8-5-3 4-4-1 5-2-0 0-3-0 • GEORGETOWN DNP 22-4-6 6-7-1 2-2-1 4-12-0 3-1-1 19-1-1 14-2-4 DNP 10-4-3 DNP 0-1-0 • ST. JOHN’S 0-0-0 6-6-6 4-4-2 2-3-0 14-10-2 3-2-3 13-3-2 6-6-5 DNP 19-1-1 0-2-0 2-3-0 • at Villanova DNP 13-6-4 4-3-1 0-0-0 20-9-0 0-1-1 11-3-2 0-0-1 DNP 10-10-0 DNP 0-0-0 • SYRACUSE DNP 8-7-5 13-2-1 0-0-1 15-11-4 1-1-3 13-4-2 6-1-3 DNP 12-7-1 2-1-0 1-1-0 • at South Florida DNP 17-4-4 14-8-0 0-3-0 7-7-0 0-2-1 19-8-0 3-1-2 DNP 16-6-5 DNP 0-0-0 • SETON HALL 0-0-0 14-6-7 12-6-1 7-5-1 10-5-2 5-1-1 16-4-2 13-1-3 DNP 10-1-2 2-0-0 0-6-1 • RUTGERS DNP 20-5-5 4-4-1 DNP 21-6-0 4-1-1 6-3-1 10-4-10 DNP 6-4-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 Games started in boldface // * - no longer with team • = BIG EAST game // 1 = Super Six Series (Notre Dame, Ind.) // 2 = WBCA Classic (Notre Dame, Ind.) // 3 = State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic (Seattle, Wash.)
Starting Lineups Specialty Stats (ND/Opp) Date Opponent F F G G G Date Opponent Paint OffTO 2ndCh FBreak Bench N12 NEW HAMPSHIRE Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel N12 NEW HAMPSHIRE 64/18 64/12 18/4 32/2 43/16 N15 MOREHEAD STATE Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel N15 MOREHEAD STATE 54/6 35/9 20/3 20/2 47/2 N18 UCLA Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel N18 UCLA 42/32 18/23 9/12 6/2 23/27 N21 at Kentucky Bruszewski Peters Diggins McBride Novosel N21 at Kentucky 52/36 15/18 19/13 8/4 13/26 N26 IUPUI Bruszewski Peters Diggins McBride Novosel N26 IUPUI 54/6 42/4 24/3 10/2 41/13 N27 WAKE FOREST Bruszewski Peters Diggins McBride Novosel N27 WAKE FOREST 34/34 29/21 18/14 6/4 32/29 N28 BUTLER Bruszewski Peters Diggins McBride Novosel N28 BUTLER 48/14 30/8 18/7 18/2 22/7 D1 at Baylor Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D1 at Baylor 30/46 24/26 10/21 6/10 14/11 D5 PURDUE Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D5 PURDUE 46/26 29/17 15/10 8/4 23/17 D8 at Providence Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D8 at Providence 50/16 38/4 10/11 * 37/9 D11 CREIGHTON Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D11 CREIGHTON 54/26 30/9 7/7 10/0 34/11 D20 at Valparaiso Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D20 at Valparaiso 54/16 41/8 15/9 18/0 47/25 D29 vs. Gonzaga Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D29 vs. Gonzaga 34/24 13/20 9/14 8/2 9/6 D30 vs. Loyola Marymount Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D30 vs. Loyola Marymount 54/20 26/14 18/3 6/2 39/5 J2 SE MISSOURI STATE Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J2 SE MISSOURI STATE 58/0 34/4 24/1 12/0 46/8 J5 at Marquette Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J5 at Marquette 38/22 21/23 13/12 12/15 15/14 J8 CONNECTICUT Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J8 CONNECTICUT 38/30 22/13 18/4 8/6 13/2 J12 LOUISVILLE Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J12 LOUISVILLE 36/32 20/16 9/15 6/8 20/27 J15 at Pittsburgh Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J15 at Pittsburgh 40/18 21/11 18/7 10/7 26/24 J18 GEORGETOWN Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J18 GEORGETOWN 24/16 31/15 13/10 8/4 11/11 J23 ST. JOHN’S Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J23 ST. JOHN’S 46/20 24/2 14/4 8/2 11/7 J29 at Villanova Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J29 at Villanova 40/26 20/4 16/0 6/0 4/13 F1 SYRACUSE Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel F1 SYRACUSE 36/16 28/13 12/11 4/2 17/10 F5 at South Florida Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel F5 at South Florida 36/40 20/20 16/9 4/6 14/15 F8 SETON HALL Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel F8 SETON HALL 44/12 36/13 11/4 8/2 26/14 F12 RUTGERS Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel F12 RUTGERS 38/24 26/10 11/4 8/4 8/2 * - not tracked by home statistics crew
16 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME 2010-11 Single Game Highs & Lows Team Superlatives Notre Dame High Notre Dame Low Category Opponent High Opponent Low 99 vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) 58 at Villanova (1/29/11) Points/Game 86 by UCLA (11/18/10) 21 by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 54 (2nd) vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) 24 (1st) at Baylor (12/1/10) Points/Half 41, four times (MR: 1st by Connecticut, 1/8/11) 6 (1st) by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 38 vs. Creighton (12/11/10) 21 at Villanova (1/29/11) Field Goals Made 30 by UCLA (11/18/10) 7, twice (MR: by SE Missouri St., 1/2/11) 75 vs. Connecticut (1/8/11) 46 at South Florida (2/5/11) Field Goal Attempts 71 by Gonzaga (12/29/10) 37 by New Hampshire (11/12/10) .640 vs. Seton Hall (2/8/11) .360 vs. Connecticut (1/8/11) FG Percentage .514 by New Hampshire (11/12/10) .125 by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 8 vs. Georgetown (1/18/11) 0 at Villanova (1/29/11) 3-Point FG Made 8 by Kentucky (11/21/10) 1, three times (MR: by St. John’s, 1/23/11) 18 at Baylor (12/1/10) 4, twice (MR: at Villanova, 1/29/11) 3-Point FG Attempts 32 by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 6 by St. John’s (1/23/11) .750 vs. Creighton (12/11/10) .000 at Villanova (1/29/11) 3-Point FG Percentage .444 by South Florida (2/5/11) .100 by Morehead State (11/15/10) 37 vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) 9 vs. Purdue (12/5/10) Free Throws Made 26 by Connecticut (1/8/11) 1 by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 43 vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) 13 vs. Purdue (12/5/10) Free Throw Attempts 32 by Kentucky (11/21/10) 2 by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) .860 vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) .526 vs. UCLA (11/18/10) FT Percentage 1.000 by Villanova (1/29/11) .273 by St. John’s (1/23/11) 66 vs. SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 31 vs. Rutgers (2/12/11) Rebounds 46 by UCLA (11/18/10) 23, twice (MR: by LMU, 12/30/10) 27 vs. SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 9 at Villanova (1/29/11) Assists 19 by UCLA (11/18/10) 2 by Morehead State (11/15/10) 36 vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) 5, twice (MR: at South Florida, 2/5/11) Steals 15 by UCLA (11/18/10) 1 by IUPUI (11/26/10) 9 vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) 2, three times (MR: vs. Seton Hall, 2/8/11) Blocked Shots 6, twice (MR: by St. John’s, 1/23/11) 0 by Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) 27 vs. UCLA (11/18/10) 9 vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) Turnovers 49 by New Hampshire (11/12/10) 12 by Kentucky (11/21/10) 27, twice (MR: at Baylor, 12/1/10) 7, twice (MR: at Villanova, 1/29/11) Fouls 28 by Wake Forest (11/27/10) 10 by Loyola Marymount (12/30/10)
Individual Superlatives NOTRE DAME OPPONENT Points Scored 27 by Natalie Novosel vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) 31 by Maya Moore of Connecticut (1/8/11) Field Goals Made 11 by Devereaux Peters vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) 11 by Maya Moore of Connecticut (1/8/11) Field Goal Attempts 24 by Natalie Novosel at Kentucky (11/21/10) 21 by Maya Moore of Connecticut (1/8/11) Highest FG Percentage (min. 5 made) 1.000 (6-6) by Becca Bruszewski vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) .857 (6-7), twice (MR: by Chelsey Lee of Rutgers, 2/12/11) 3-Point Field Goals Made 4 by Skylar Diggins at Baylor (12/1/10) 5 by Keyla Snowden of Kentucky (11/21/10) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 7, three times (MR: by Brittany Mallory vs. Louisville, 1/12/11) 12 by Keyla Snowden of Kentucky (11/21/10) 3-Point FG Percentage (min. 2 made) 1.000 (2-2), four times (MR: by Brittany Mallory vs. Rutgers, 2/12/11) 1.000 (2-2) by Jasmine Crew of Seton Hall (2/8/11) Free Throws Made 11 by Natalie Novosel vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) 10, twice (MR: by Kelly Faris of Connecticut, 1/8/11) Free Throw Attempts 12, three times (MR: by Skylar Diggins at South Florida, 2/5/11) 12 by Victoria Dunlap of Kentucky (11/21/10) Free Throw Percentage (min. 3 made) 1.000 (9-9) by Natalie Novosel vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) 1.000 (10-10) by Kelly Faris of Connecticut (1/8/11) Rebounds 13, three times (MR: by Devereaux Peters vs. SE Missouri St., 1/2/11) 14, twice (MR: by Brooklyn Pope of Baylor, 12/1/10) Assists 10 by Brittany Mallory vs. Rutgers (2/12/11) 8 by Khadijah Rushdan of Rutgers (2/12/11) Steals 7 by Natalie Novosel vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) 6 by Kimetria Hayden of Baylor (12/1/10) Blocked Shots 5 by Devereaux Peters vs. St. John’s (1/23/11) 4 by Brittney Griner of Baylor (12/1/10)
Turnovers 8 by Skylar Diggins vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) 11 by Kerah Nelson of IUPUI (11/26/10) Minutes Played 47 by Skylar Diggins vs. UCLA (11/18/10) 40, twice (MR: by Brittney Griner of Baylor, 12/1/10)
2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 17 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 2010-11 Game-By-Game Team Statistics Overall 3-Point Rebs. Date Opponent W/L Score FG-A Pct. FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Tot PF-DQ A TO B S 1-2-OT-OT Tot N12 NOTRE DAME hW 99-48 37-72 .514 2-10 .200 23-31 .742 22-12-34 15-1 26 19 3 36 53-46 99 NEW HAMPSHIRE 19-37 .514 3-11 .273 7-11 .636 9-16-25 23-0 10 49 3 10 12-36 48 N15 NOTRE DAME hW 91-28 33-63 .524 3-6 .500 22-33 .667 14-33-47 20-0 24 20 4 26 40-51 91 MOREHEAD STATE 7-40 .175 2-20 .100 12-25 .480 7-22-29 23-1 2 40 2 8 7-21 28 N18 NOTRE DAME h1L 83-86 (2ot) 34-74 .459 5-15 .333 10-19 .526 18-25-43 24-1 20 27 2 11 37-30-12-4 83 #15 UCLA 30-69 .435 4-15 .267 22-31 .710 18-28-46 21-0 19 26 2 15 41-26-12-7 86 N21 NOTRE DAME aL 76-81 32-76 .421 2-15 .133 10-16 .625 25-26-51 27-2 11 17 5 5 35-41 76 at #9/10 Kentucky 26-66 .394 8-27 .296 21-32 .656 16-19-35 18-1 9 12 4 5 41-40 81 N26 NOTRE DAME h2W 95-29 35-69 .507 4-9 .444 21-28 .750 16-29-45 12-0 18 9 9 23 41-54 95 IUPUI 10-44 .227 3-15 .200 6-8 .750 7-21-28 19-1 7 35 3 1 13-16 29 N27 NOTRE DAME h2W 92-69 26-52 .500 3-13 .231 37-43 .860 12-25-37 20-0 20 24 5 16 45-47 92 WAKE FOREST 23-61 .377 4-15 .267 19-24 .792 15-18-33 28-2 17 25 2 10 28-41 69 N28 NOTRE DAME h2W 85-54 30-59 .508 3-13 .231 22-29 .759 16-26-42 13-0 24 15 6 8 37-48 85 BUTLER 18-59 .305 6-24 .250 12-14 .857 16-16-32 23-1 13 19 1 11 21-33 54 D1 NOTRE DAME aL 65-76 24-62 .387 6-18 .333 11-15 .733 17-21-38 27-2 12 22 4 12 24-41 65 at #2/3 Baylor 26-60 .433 3-11 .273 21-29 .724 19-24-43 12-0 12 20 5 14 38-38 76 D5 NOTRE DAME hW 72-51 31-62 .500 1-9 .111 9-13 .692 13-26-39 19-0 23 20 3 8 36-36 72 PURDUE 19-52 .365 1-9 .111 12-18 .667 9-22-31 19-0 9 24 1 5 26-25 51 D8 • NOTRE DAME aW 79-43 30-60 .500 2-5 .400 17-26 .654 15-20-35 13-0 19 10 6 16 35-44 79 at Providence 15-49 .306 1-8 .125 12-15 .800 16-21-37 22-1 8 28 5 3 27-16 43 D11 NOTRE DAME hW 91-54 38-60 .633 3-4 .750 12-14 .857 8-30-38 13-0 23 10 8 11 42-49 91 CREIGHTON 22-66 .333 7-26 .269 3-7 .429 17-16-33 12-0 11 17 1 4 26-28 54 D20 NOTRE DAME aW 94-43 36-63 .571 5-13 .385 17-24 .708 18-26-44 7-0 23 16 5 24 49-45 94 at Valparaiso 18-56 .321 5-21 .238 2-4 .500 11-12-23 18-0 12 26 1 3 23-20 43 D29 NOTRE DAME n3W 70-61 27-55 .491 6-10 .600 10-17 .588 12-32-44 19-0 15 26 3 10 33-37 70 vs. Gonzaga 26-71 .366 2-17 .118 7-11 .636 15-21-36 17-0 13 18 3 9 35-26 61 D30 NOTRE DAME n3W 91-47 37-64 .578 4-8 .500 13-16 .813 16-26-42 14-0 20 15 7 15 39-52 91 vs. Loyola Marymount 17-51 .333 4-15 .267 9-11 .818 9-14-23 10-0 3 24 0 5 21-26 47 J2 NOTRE DAME hW 97-21 37-71 .521 4-14 .286 19-28 .679 24-42-66 8-0 27 12 5 16 46-51 97 SE MISSOURI STATE 7-56 .125 6-32 .188 1-2 .500 8-16-24 18-0 7 22 1 5 6-15 21 J5 • NOTRE DAME aW 73-55 27-57 .474 4-12 .333 15-18 .833 13-26-39 22-0 13 18 5 14 40-33 73 at Marquette 19-56 .339 5-17 .294 12-20 .600 18-17-35 16-0 14 24 2 9 31-24 55 J8 • NOTRE DAME hL 76-79 27-75 .360 2-11 .182 20-25 .800 23-20-43 18-0 17 14 7 7 41-35 76 #2 CONNECTICUT 24-57 .421 5-17 .294 26-27 .963 14-29-43 18-0 17 20 4 8 41-38 79 J12 • NOTRE DAME hW 80-60 26-55 .473 4-10 .400 24-38 .632 14-31-45 19-0 21 19 3 8 37-43 80 LOUISVILLE 21-61 .344 4-17 .235 14-23 .609 14-21-35 25-0 10 19 2 12 22-38 60 J15 • NOTRE DAME aW 82-50 30-64 .469 4-11 .364 18-22 .818 17-29-46 14-0 16 15 3 13 50-32 82 at Pittsburgh 16-49 .327 5-12 .417 13-20 .650 8-20-28 17-0 8 21 6 4 19-31 50 J18 • NOTRE DAME hW 80-58 26-48 .542 8-14 .571 20-29 .690 12-24-36 20-0 17 19 4 10 45-35 80 #16/17 GEORGETOWN 22-51 .431 7-18 .389 7-17 .412 13-17-30 24-0 16 21 3 12 33-25 58 J23 • NOTRE DAME hW 69-36 28-61 .459 3-10 .300 10-14 .714 17-25-42 14-0 21 18 8 17 39-30 69 #RV/23 ST. JOHN’S 16-50 .320 1-6 .167 3-11 .273 13-18-31 13-0 8 26 6 10 21-15 36 J29 • NOTRE DAME aW 58-43 21-56 .375 0-4 .000 16-20 .800 14-25-39 7-0 9 12 2 14 32-26 58 at Villanova 16-44 .364 2-16 .125 9-9 1.000 3-24-27 17-0 9 19 1 7 20-23 43 F1 • NOTRE DAME hW 71-48 25-55 .455 3-12 .250 18-31 .581 14-30-44 21-0 20 18 3 16 34-37 71 #RV/25 SYRACUSE 13-51 .255 2-14 .143 20-29 .690 14-20-34 21-0 9 24 3 11 20-28 48 F5 • NOTRE DAME aW 76-68 23-46 .500 2-5 .400 28-41 .683 14-26-40 21-0 12 18 4 5 42-34 76 at South Florida 25-56 .446 4-9 .444 14-24 .583 11-16-27 27-0 16 14 5 11 30-38 68 F8 • NOTRE DAME hW 89-38 32-50 .640 3-5 .600 22-32 .688 13-29-42 13-0 20 19 2 17 44-45 89 SETON HALL 14-57 .246 4-15 .267 6-10 .600 16-10-26 23-1 6 24 2 6 23-15 38 F12 • NOTRE DAME hW 71-49 27-52 .519 5-9 .556 12-16 .750 10-21-31 11-0 18 15 3 8 29-42 71 RUTGERS 20-49 .408 2-8 .250 7-10 .700 9-19-28 18-1 13 20 3 7 25-24 49 • = BIG EAST game // h1 = Super Six Series (Notre Dame, Ind.) // h2 = WBCA Classic (Notre Dame, Ind.) // n3 = State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic (Seattle, Wash.)
18 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Double-Figure Points Miscellaneous Notre Dame Statistics 2010-11 Career Natalie Achonwa 10 10 LEADING SCORER TECHNICAL FOULS LARGEST HALFTIME LEAD Ariel Braker 1 1 Natalie Novosel 8 (11) Opponents 2 41, 53-12 vs. New Hampshire Becca Bruszewski 13 50 Devereaux Peters 8 (10) Notre Dame 2 (11/12/10) Skylar Diggins 20 44 Skylar Diggins 6 (19) Brittany Mallory 6 22 Kayla McBride 3 Natalie Achonwa 1 LARGEST HALFTIME DEFICIT Kayla McBride 7 7 Natalie Achonwa 1 Devereaux Peters 1 14, 38-24 at Baylor (12/1/10) Fraderica Miller - 1 Natalie Novosel 22 36 Becca Bruszewski 1 (11) Devereaux Peters 16 36 FOUR-POINT PLAYS LARGEST LEAD Erica Solomon 4 11 LEADING REBOUNDER Opponents 0 76, twice (MR: 97-21, 0:00 - 2nd Kaila Turner 1 2 Devereaux Peters 12 (27) Notre Dame 0 vs. SE Missouri State, 1/2/11) Natalie Achonwa 6 Double-Figure Rebounds/Assists Becca Bruszewski 5 (11) THREE-POINT PLAYS LARGEST DEFICIT 2010-11 Career Erica Solomon 3 (7) Opponents 25 22, 54-32 (12:31 - 2nd) at Baylor Natalie Achonwa 1 1 Skylar Diggins 2 (4) Notre Dame 45 (12/1/10) Becca Bruszewski 2 4 Ariel Braker 1 Skylar Diggins 1 2 Kayla McBride 1 Natalie Novosel 12 LARGEST WIN Brittany Mallory 1* 1* Fraderica Miller 1 (1) Skylar Diggins 10 76, 97-21 vs. SE Missouri State Fraderica Miller 1 1 Devereaux Peters 7 9 Natalie Novosel 1 (2) Devereaux Peters 8 (1/2/11) Erica Solomon 2 3 Becca Bruszewski 4 * - assists LEADER IN ASSISTS Natalie Achonwa 3 LARGEST DEFEAT Skylar Diggins 18 (28) Kayla McBride 3 11, 76-65 at Baylor (12/1/10) 5-5-5 Games (aka “Stat Sheet Stuffers”) Becca Bruszewski 2 (8) Brittany Mallory 2 2010-11 Career Brittany Mallory 2 (8) Ariel Braker 1 MOST CONSECUTIVE PTS Becca Bruszewski 1 2 Natalie Novosel 2 (9) Erica Solomon 1 36 vs. SE Missouri State (1/2/11) Skylar Diggins 6 14 Natalie Achonwa 1 Kaila Turner 1 Brittany Mallory 1 5 Kayla McBride 1 MOST CONSECUTIVE OPP PTS Natalie Novosel 2 3 Devereaux Peters 1 (1) ND’S FIRST SUBSTITUTION 11, three times (MR: by Marquette, Devereaux Peters 2 5 Erica Solomon 1 1 Kaila Turner 1 (1) Natalie Achonwa 16 1/5/11) Kaila Turner 1 1 Kayla McBride 10 NOTE: At least 5 in three of five statistical categories (points, GAMES STARTED Kaila Turner 7 LONGEST WINNING STREAK rebounds, assists, steals or blocks) Becca Bruszewski 26 (83) Erica Solomon 3 9 (1/12-present) Skylar Diggins 26 (56) Fraderica Miller 1 Double-Doubles Natalie Novosel 26 (30) LONGEST LOSING STREAK 2010-11 Career Devereaux Peters 26 (29) BENCH POINTS 2 (11/18 - 11/21) Becca Bruszewski 2 4 Brittany Mallory 22 (27) Opponents 351 (13.5 ppg.) 12 pts., 13 rebs. vs. UCLA, 11/18 10 pts., 10 rebs. at Villanova, 1/29 Kayla McBride 4 Notre Dame 635 (24.4 ppg.) LARGEST HOME CROWD Skylar Diggins 1 2 9,149 (sellout), four times (MR: vs. 19 pts., 11 rebs. vs. Gonzaga, 12/29 CHARGES TAKEN SHOT CLOCK VIOLATIONS Rutgers, 2/12/11) Brittany Mallory 1 1 Opponents 20 Opponents 31 10 pts., 10 asst. vs. Rutgers, 2/12 Notre Dame 16 Notre Dame 7 LARGEST ROAD CROWD Devereaux Peters 6 7 7,239 at Baylor (12/1/10) 10 pts., 10 rebs. vs. Gonzaga, 12/29 Brittany Mallory 5 (10) JUMP BALLS CONTROLLED 11 pts., 13 rebs. vs. SE Missouri State, 1/2 17 pts., 11 rebs. vs. Connecticut, 1/8 Skylar Diggins 3 (5) Opponents 12 LARGEST NEUTRAL CROWD 15 pts., 10 rebs. at Pittsburgh, 1/15 Natalie Achonwa 2 Notre Dame 16 1,352 vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) 14 pts., 10 rebs. vs. St. John’s, 1/23 Becca Bruszewski 2 (16) 15 pts., 11 rebs. vs. Syracuse, 2/1 Natalie Novosel 1 (5) Natalie Achonwa 2/2 (1.000) Erica Solomon 2 2 Devereaux Peters 1 (3) Devereaux Peters 14/26 (.538) 12 pts., 12 rebs. vs. IUPUI, 11/26 Erica Solomon 1 (6) NOTE: totals may not add up 11 pts., 10 rebs. at Providence, 12/8 Kaila Turner 1 (1) FIRST SCORE to games played due to ties … Opponents 10 figures in parentheses by player Clutch Free Throws (final 5 min. + OT) 20-29-POINT SCORING GAMES Notre Dame 16 totals are career totals (charges FT-FTA Pct. Opponents 5 taken first tracked in ’08-09) Erica Solomon 4-4 1.000 Notre Dame 13 Skylar Diggins 5 Natalie Achonwa 5-6 .833 Kayla McBride 12-15 .800 Devereaux Peters 4 Skylar Diggins 8-10 .800 Skylar Diggins 5 (12) Becca Bruszewski 3 Brittany Mallory 8-10 .800 Natalie Novosel 4 (4) Natalie Novosel 3 Kaila Turner 4-5 .800 Devereaux Peters 3 (3) Kayla McBride 1 Devereaux Peters 4-6 .667 Kayla McBride 1 Fraderica Miller 5-8 .625 RUNS OF 10-0 OR BETTER Natalie Novosel 9-15 .600 30-POINT SCORING GAMES Opponents 5 Ariel Braker 8-14 .571 Opponents 1 Notre Dame 38 Becca Bruszewski 8-14 .571 Veronica Badway 1-2 .500 Notre Dame 0 Mary Forr 1-2 .500 ’10-11 Team Totals 77-111 .694
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SCORING DOUBLE-DOUBLES Player scored 25 points: Natalie Novosel (27) vs. Gonzaga, 12/29/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) Points & rebounds: Devereaux Peters (15/11) vs. Syracuse, 2/1/11 Player scored 30 points: Skylar Diggins (31) vs. Vermont, 3/23/10 Points & rebounds/consecutive games: Lindsay Schrader (12/10) at Louisville, 1/19/10; (16/12) Player scored 35 points: Charel Allen (35) vs. Oklahoma, 3/25/08 (@ West Lafayette, Ind.) vs. West Virginia, 1/24/10 Player scored 40 points: Ruth Riley (41) at Providence, 1/30/99 Points & rebounds/3 consecutive games: Jacqueline Batteast (17/11) vs. Missouri State, 3/21/04; Two players scored 20 points: Devereaux Peters (21) and Skylar Diggins (20) vs. Rutgers, 2/12/11 (27/12) vs. Middle Tennessee, 3/23/04; (22/12) vs. Penn State, 3/27/04 (@ Hartford, Conn.) Three players scored 20 points: Danielle Green (28), Sheila McMillen (26), Ruth Riley (23) vs. West Points & rebounds/4 consecutive games: Jacqueline Batteast (14/11) vs. Virginia Tech, 1/10/04; Virginia, 1/7/99 (23/11) vs. Connecticut, 1/13/04; (22/10) at West Virginia, 1/17/04; (12/10) at Syracuse, 1/21/04 Two players scored 25 points: Alicia Ratay (26) and Ruth Riley (26) at Rutgers, 2/19/00 Points & rebounds/5 consecutive games: Jacqueline Batteast (20/10) vs. Western Michigan, Player scored 25 points/3 consecutive games: Charel Allen (25 vs. DePaul, 2/11/07; 25 at Vil- 12/12/01; (11/12) vs. Marquette, 12/22/01; (23/10) at Rice, 12/28/01; (25/14) vs. DePaul, 12/31/01; lanova, 2/13/07; 26 at Providence, 2/17/07) (12/13) at Miami (Fla.), 1/2/02 None in double figures: at Seton Hall, 2/8/04 Points & assists: Brittany Mallory (10/10) vs. Rutgers, 2/12/11 One in double figures: Skylar Diggins (10) vs. Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) Points & assists/consecutive games: Niele Ivey (12/10) at Valparaiso, 11/17/00; (14/11) vs. Arizona, 11/20/00 Six in double figures: Natalie Novosel (16), Skylar Diggins (14), Brittany Mallory (13), Natalie Achon- Two players had double-doubles: Skylar Diggins (19p/11r) and Devereaux Peters (10p/10r) vs. wa (12), Becca Bruszewski (10) and Devereaux Peters (10) vs. Seton Hall, 2/8/11 Gonzaga, 12/29/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) Seven in double figures: see eight in double figures Three players had double-doubles: Crystal Erwin (14p/10r), Megan Duffy (14p/10a) and Jacque- Eight in double figures: Becca Bruszewski (19), Ashley Barlow (15), Skylar Diggins (14), Fraderica line Batteast (10p/10r) vs. St. John’s, 1/26/05 Miller (11), Lindsay Schrader (11), Brittany Mallory (10) and Natalie Novosel (10) vs. Arkansas-Pine 15 points and 15 rebounds: Lindsay Schrader (19/15) vs. Cincinnati, 1/31/09 Bluff, 11/15/09 20 points and 10 rebounds: Skylar Diggins (23/10) vs. Pittsburgh, 2/6/10 ND scored 50 points/half: 50 (1st half) at Pittsburgh, 1/15/11 20 points and 20 rebounds: Heidi Bunek (25/20) at DePaul, 1/20/88 ND scored 55 points/half: 55 (2nd half) vs. IPFW, 12/8/09 ND scored 60 points/half: 61 (1st half) vs. Cleveland State, 11/26/02 TRIPLE-DOUBLES (only two in school history) ND scored 100 points/BIG EAST game: 104 at Georgetown, 1/19/08 Points, rebounds, assists: Sara Liebscher (17p/12r/10a) vs. Detroit, 2/15/90 ND scored 100 points/non-BIG EAST game: 102 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/15/09 Points, assists, steals: Mary Gavin (11p/14a/10s) vs. Marquette, 1/31/87 ND scored 100 points/home game: see 100 points/non-BIG EAST game ND scored fewer than 15 points/half: 11 (1st half) at West Virginia, 1/13/08 ASSISTS ND scored fewer than 20 points/half: 19 (1st half) at Connecticut, 1/16/10 Player had 10 assists: Brittany Mallory vs. Rutgers, 2/12/11 ND scored fewer than 50 points/game: 44 vs. Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) Player had 10 assists/consecutive games: Megan Duffy (11 vs. Rutgers, 1/23/05; 10 vs. St. John’s, 1/26/05) FIELD GOAL SHOOTING Player had 15 assists: Mary Gavin (17) at Marquette, 2/28/87 Player made every shot from the field (min. 7): Crystal Erwin (9-9) vs. Washington, 12/11/04 ND had 30 assists: 31 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/15/09 ND shot 55 percent/game: see 60 percent/game ND had fewer than 10 assists: 9 at Villanova, 1/29/11 ND shot 55 percent/consecutive games: 63.3 (38-60) vs. Creighton, 12/11/10; and 57.1 (36-63) ND had fewer than 5 assists: 3 vs. Villanova, 3/8/09 (@ Hartford, Conn.) at Valparaiso, 12/20/10 ND shot 60 percent/game: 64.0 (32-50) vs. Seton Hall, 2/8/11 BLOCKED SHOTS ND shot 65 percent/game: 68.0 (34-50) vs. Boston College, 2/12/97 Player blocked 5 shots: Devereaux Peters vs. St. John’s, 1/23/11 ND shot 70 percent/game: 70.2 (40-57) vs. Xavier, 2/9/85 Player blocked 6 shots: Devereaux Peters at St. John’s, 2/16/10 ND shot below 25 percent/game: 24.5 (13-53) at West Virginia, 1/13/08 Player blocked 10 shots: Amanda Barksdale (11) vs. Boston College, 2/10/02 ND shot below 30 percent/game: 26.9 (18-67) at Connecticut, 1/16/10 ND blocked 10 shots: 10 at St. John’s, 2/16/10 ND shot below 35 percent/game: 31.3 (20-64) vs. Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) ND blocked 15 shots: 16 vs. Boston College, 2/10/02 ND shot below 35 percent/game and won: 33.8 (22-65) at Michigan State, 11/19/09 ND blocked 0 shots: vs. Villanova, 1/9/10 ND shot 55 percent/half: see 60 percent/half ND shot 60 percent/half: 61.5 (16-26), 2nd half vs. Seton Hall, 2/8/11 STEALS ND shot 65 percent/half: 66.7 (16-24), 1st half vs. Seton Hall, 2/8/11 Player had 7 steals: Natalie Novosel vs. New Hampshire, 11/12/10 ND shot 70 percent/half: 71.0 (22-31), 2nd half at Boston College, 11/23/08 Player had 8 steals: Ashley Barlow vs. Cincinnati, 1/31/09 ND shot 55 percent/both halves: 66.7 (16-24) and 61.5 (16-26) vs. Seton Hall, 2/8/11 ND had 20 steals: 24 at Valparaiso, 12/20/10 ND shot below 25 percent/half: 23.1 (6-26), 2nd half at Villanova, 1/29/11 ND shot below 30 percent/half: see below 25 percent/half TURNOVERS ND committed 25 or more: 26 vs. Gonzaga, 12/29/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) THREE-POINT SHOOTING ND committed 25 or more and won: see 25 or more Player made 4 three-pointers/half: Skylar Diggins (1st half) at Syracuse, 1/30/10 ND committed 30 or more: 30 at Colorado, 11/15/03 Player made 5 three-pointers/half: Kellie Watson (1st half) vs. Michigan State, 11/29/08 ND committed 10 or fewer: 10 vs. Creighton, 12/11/10 Player made 5 three-pointers: Ashley Barlow at Georgetown, 2/20/10 ND committed 10 or fewer/consecutive games: 10 at Providence, 12/8/10; 10 vs. Creighton, 12/11/10 Player made 6 three-pointers: Kellie Watson vs. Michigan State, 11/29/08 ND committed 5 or fewer: 3 at Maryland, 11/16/07 Player made 7 three-pointers: Alicia Ratay at Providence, 2/16/03 Player made 8 three-pointers: Sheila McMillen vs. St. John’s, 2/28/98 (@ Piscataway, N.J.) MISCELLANEOUS Player attempted 10 three-pointers: 12 by Ashley Barlow at Syracuse, 1/30/10 Led ND in points/rebounds/assists: Skylar Diggins (23p/10r/6a) vs. Pittsburgh, 2/6/10 ND made 10 three-pointers: 10 at Syracuse, 1/30/10 Hit “final minute” game-winning shot: Ashley Barlow (3FG/0:34.2 2nd) at Syracuse, 1/30/10 ND did not make a three-pointer: at Villanova, 1/29/11 Four-point play: Ashley Barlow (0:08.4, 1st half) at Syracuse, 1/30/10 ND attempted 20 three-pointers: 20 vs. Marquette, 2/23/10 Made shot from midcourt or beyond: Breona Gray (48 feet at 0:00, 1st half) at Seton Hall, 1/2/07 ND shot 60 percent 3FG (min. 5 att.): 60.0 (3-5) vs. Seton Hall, 2/8/11 Played every minute: Melissa Lechlitner vs. St. John’s, 1/17/09 Played more than 40 minutes: Skylar Diggins (47) & Becca Bruszewski (44) vs. UCLA, 11/18/10 FREE THROW SHOOTING ND rallied from a 10-point deficit to win: trailed vs. Vermont, 10-20 with 11:37 left in 1st half and Player made 10 for 10 or better: 12-12 by Charel Allen vs. Oklahoma, 3/25/08 (@ West Lafayette, Ind.) won, 84-66, 3/23/10 ND shot 90 percent (min. 10 att.): 91.7 (11-12) vs. Evansville, 11/19/08 ND rallied from a 15-point deficit to win: trailed at Vanderbilt, 28-46 with 15:56 to play and won, ND shot below 50 percent (min. 10 att.): 33.3 (4-12) vs. Cincinnati, 1/31/09 59-57, 12/30/08 ND made 30 free throws: 37 (attempted 43) vs. Wake Forest, 11/27/10 ND scored 20 straight points: see 25 straight points ND made fewer than five FTs: 2 (attempted 2) vs. Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) ND scored 25 straight points: 36-0 run vs. Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 ND attempted 40 free throws: 41 (made 28) at South Florida, 2/5/11 ND attempted fewer than 5 FTs: 2 (made 2) vs. Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) OVERTIME ND played an OT game: see played two overtimes REBOUNDS ND played two overtimes: vs. UCLA (L, 86-83), 11/18/10 Player had 15 rebounds: Lindsay Schrader (15) vs. Cincinnati, 1/31/09 ND won an OT game: vs. Oklahoma (79-75), 3/25/08 (@ West Lafayette, Ind.) Player had 20 rebounds: Heidi Bunek (20) at DePaul, 1/20/88 ND won an OT game at home: vs. Bowling Green (85-81), 11/13/06 Two players had double-figure rebounds: Skylar Diggins (11) and Devereaux Peters (10) vs. Gon- ND won an OT game on the road: at Bowling Green (86-84), 12/5/07 zaga, 12/29/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) ND lost an OT game: see played two overtimes Three players had double-figure rebounds: Katryna Gaither (14), Beth Morgan (11) and Carey Poor (10) at Michigan State, 12/21/95 RANKINGS ND had 60 rebounds: 66 vs. Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 Played the No. 1 team in the AP poll: lost vs. Connecticut (59-44), 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) ND had 20 offensive rebounds: 23 vs. Connecticut, 1/8/11 Played the No. 1 team in the ESPN/USA Today/WBCA poll: see played No. 1 team in AP poll ND had 25 offensive rebounds: 25 at Kentucky, 11/21/10 Defeated top-10 opponent: vs. #10/9 Purdue (67-58), 12/6/06 Defeated top-10 opponent on the road: at #9/10 Connecticut (65-59), 1/30/05 Defeated top-10 opponent by double digits: vs. #6/7 Rutgers (63-47), 1/23/05
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SCORING TRIPLE-DOUBLES Player scored 25 points: see 30 points Points, rebounds, assists: Liad Suez-Karni (14p/10r/10a), Villanova, 2/7/06 Player scored 30 points: Maya Moore (31), Connecticut, 1/8/11 Points, rebounds, steals: Diana Vines (23p/11r/12s) at DePaul, 1/24/89 Player scored 35 points: Angela Simpson (37), Northwestern State, 3/24/95 (@ Amarillo, Texas) Two players scored 20 points: Maya Moore (31) and Kelly Faris (20), Connecticut, 1/8/11 ASSISTS Three players scored 20 points: Angela Simpson (37), Bridgette Williams (24) and Stephanie Shaw Player had 10 assists: Ketia Swanier (11), Connecticut, 1/27/08 (22), Northwestern State, 3/24/95 (@ Amarillo, Texas) Player had 15 assists: Veronica Pettry (16) at Loyola-Chicago, 2/18/89 Two players scored 25 points: Jene Morris (32) and Quenese Davis (25), San Diego State, 11/26/09 Had 25 assists: 27, Connecticut, 3/2/99 (@ Piscataway, N.J.) (@ St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) Had 30 assists: 30 at Loyola-Chicago, 2/18/89 None in double figures: St. John’s, 1/23/11 (Centhya Hart - 8 pts) Had fewer than 10 assists: 6, Seton Hall, 2/8/11 One in double figures: Jasmine Crew (10), Seton Hall, 2/8/11 Five in double figures: Brittney Griner (21), Brooklyn Pope (20), Kimetria Hayden (14), Odyssey BLOCKED SHOTS Sims (11) and Melissa Jones (10) at Baylor, 12/1/10 Player blocked 5 shots: Courtney Paris (5), Oklahoma, 3/25/08 (@ West Lafayette, Ind.) Six in double figures: Jannon Roland (21), Danielle McCulley (14), Jennifer Jacoby (12), Stacey Blocked 10 shots: see blocked 15 shots Lovelace (12), Nicole Erickson (11) and Shannon Lindsey (11), Purdue, 11/30/94 Blocked 15 shots: 16 at Connecticut, 1/27/07 Scored 50 points/half: 50 (2nd half), San Diego State, 11/26/09 (@ St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) Blocked 0 shots: Loyola Marymount, 12/30/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) Scored 55 points/half: see 60 points/half Scored 60 points/half: 63 (2nd half), Northwestern State, 3/24/95 (@ Amarillo, Texas) STEALS Scored 100 points/BIG EAST game: 106, Connecticut, 12/8/98 Player had 5 steals: Kimetria Hayden (6) at Baylor, 12/1/10 Scored 100 points/non-BIG EAST game: 103, Northwestern State, 3/24/95 (@ Amarillo, Texas) Player had 7 steals: Courtnay Pilypaitis, Vermont, 3/23/10 Scored fewer than 15 points/half: 6 (1st half), Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 Player had 10 steals: Katie Smrcka-Duffy, Georgetown, 1/29/00 Scored fewer than 20 points/half: 15 (2nd half), Seton Hall, 2/8/11 Had 15 steals: 15, UCLA, 11/18/10 Scored fewer than 40 points/game: 38, Seton Hall, 2/8/11 Had 20 steals: 24, Georgetown, 1/29/00
FIELD GOAL SHOOTING TURNOVERS Shot 50 percent/game: 51.4 (19-37), New Hampshire, 11/12/10 Player committed 10 turnovers: Kerah Nelson (11), IUPUI, 11/26/10 Shot 55 percent/game: 55.6 (30-54), Connecticut, 3/1/10 Committed 20 turnovers or more and won: 20, Connecticut, 1/8/11 Shot 60 percent/game: 60.0 (30-50), DePaul, 1/22/08 Committed 25 turnovers or more: 26, St. John’s, 1/23/11 Shot below 25 percent/game: 24.6 (14-57), Seton Hall, 2/8/11 Committed 30 turnovers or more: see 35 turnovers or more Shot below 30 percent/game: see below 25 percent/game Committed 35 turnovers or more: 35, IUPUI, 11/26/10 Shot 50 percent/half: 52.2 (12-23), 1st half by Rutgers, 2/12/11 Committed 40 turnovers or more: 40, Morehead State, 11/15/10 Shot 55 percent/half: see 60 percent/half Committed 5 turnovers or fewer: 5 at Villanova, 1/25/03 Shot 60 percent/half: 70.0 (14-20), 2nd half by New Hampshire, 11/12/10 Committed 10 turnovers or fewer: 10, Georgetown, 2/20/10 Shot 50 percent/both halves: 51.9 (14-27) and 59.3 (16-27) by Connecticut, 3/1/10 Shot below 20 percent/half: 15.4 (4-26), 2nd half by Seton Hall, 2/8/11 MISCELLANEOUS Shot below 25 percent/half: see below 20 percent/half Led team in points/rebounds/assists: Mi-Khida Hankins (16p/8r/3a) at Providence, 12/8/10 Shot below 30 percent/half: see below 20 percent/half Hit “final minute” game-winning shot: Kelly Faris (layup/0:14.7), Connecticut, 1/8/11 Shot below 30 percent/both halves: 26.9 (7-26) and 24.0 (6-25), Syracuse, 2/1/11 Played every minute: Brittney Griner (40), Baylor, 12/1/10 Played more than 40 minutes: Danielle Robinson & Nyeshia Stevenson (45), Oklahoma, 3/28/10 THREE-POINT SHOOTING (@ Kansas City, Mo.) Player made 5 three-pointers: Nyeshia Stevenson, Oklahoma, 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) Rallied from a 10-point deficit to win: Villanova, 3/8/09 (ND led 15-5 with 9:18 left in 1st half, VU Player made 6 three-pointers: Anne Boese, IPFW, 12/8/09 won 58-47) (@ Hartford, Conn.) Player made 7 three-pointers: Angie Bjorklund, Tennessee, 1/5/08 Led ND by 10 or more at halftime: 14 at Baylor (38-24), 12/1/10 Player attempted 10 three-pointers: Keyla Snowden (12), Kentucky, 11/21/10 Led ND by 15 or more at halftime: 23 at Connecticut (42-19), 1/16/10 Made 10 three-pointers: 11 by IPFW, 12/8/09 Led ND by 25 or more points: 30 by Connecticut (71-41 at 2:58 of 2nd half), 3/1/10 Did not make a three-pointer: 0 at LSU, 11/16/08 Shot 50 percent 3FG (min. 5 att.): 50.0 (7-14) by Oklahoma, 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) Shot 60 percent 3FG (min. 5 att.): 60.0 (9-15) by West Virginia, 1/24/10
FREE THROW SHOOTING Player made 10 free throws: Kelly Faris (10), Connecticut, 1/8/11 Player made 15 free throws: Nok Duany (15) at Georgetown, 2/23/02 Player attempted 15 free throws: Candace Parker (17), Tennessee, 3/30/08 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Player made 10 for 10 or better: Kelly Faris (10-10), Connecticut, 1/8/11 SCORING MARGINS — The Last Time… Shot 90 percent (min. 10 att.): 96.3 (26-27), Connecticut, 1/8/11 ND won by 30-plus points: see 50 Shot below 50 percent (min. 10 att.): 27.3 (3-11), St. John’s, 1/23/11 ND won by 30-plus points at home: see 50 Made 30 free throws: 32 (attempted 37) by Illinois, 11/24/98 ND won by 30-plus points on the road: 32 — ND 82, at Pittsburgh 50, 1/15/11 Made fewer than five FTs: 1 (attempted 2), Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 ND won by 40-plus points: see 50 Attempted 40 free throws: 45 (made 28) at South Florida, 1/13/07 ND won by 50-plus points: 51 — at ND 89, Seton Hall 38, 2/8/11 Attempted fewer than 5 FTs: 2 (made 1), Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 ND won by 60-plus points: 76 — at ND 97, Southeast Missouri State 21, 1/2/11 REBOUNDS Player had 15 rebounds: Tina Charles (17), Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) ND lost by 10-19 points: 11 — at Baylor 76, ND 65, 12/1/10 Player had 20 rebounds: Wendy Scholtens (20) at Vanderbilt, 1/8/89 ND lost by 10-19 points at home: 10 — Rutgers 78, at ND 68, 1/27/09 Two players had double-figure rebounds: Abi Olajuwon (14) and Amanda Thompson (11), Okla- ND lost by 10-19 points on the road: see 10-19 points homa, 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) ND lost by 20-29 points: 25 — Connecticut 76, at ND 51, 3/1/10 Three players had double-figure rebounds: Aurora Adams (16), Brenda McCunn (11) and Paula ND lost by 20-29 points on the road: 24 — at Connecticut 70, ND 46, 1/16/10 Langseth (10), Hawaii, 3/22/81 (@ Anchorage, Alaska) ND lost by 30-plus points: 39 — at Tennessee 89, ND 50, 3/17/02 Had 50 rebounds: 56 by Pittsburgh, 2/10/08 Out-rebounded ND by 10 or more: 11 by Oklahoma, 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) (OU 44, ND 33)
DOUBLE-DOUBLES Points & rebounds: Kayla Standish (16/12), Gonzaga, 12/29/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) Points & assists: Liad Suez-Karni (14/10), Villanova, 2/7/06 Two players had double-doubles: Abi Olajuwon (20/14) and Amanda Thompson (13/11), Okla- homa, 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) Three players had double-doubles: Mary Raese (24p/10r), Mary Westerwelle (11p/10r) and Netra McGrew (10p/10a), Idaho, 3/21/86 (@ Amarillo, Texas) 15 points and 15 rebounds: Tina Charles (16/17), Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) 20 points and 10 rebounds: Brooklyn Pope (20/14) at Baylor, 12/1/10 20 points and 20 rebounds: Wendy Scholtens (29/20) at Vanderbilt, 1/8/89
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#12 Notre Dame 99, New Hampshire 48 #12 Notre Dame 91, Morehead State 28 #15 UCLA 86, #12 Notre Dame 83 (2OT) November 12, 2010 November 15, 2010 Super Six Series Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) November 18, 2010 GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) New Hampshire (48) Morehead State (28) UCLA (86) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Frankenberger 26 1-3 1-2 5-6 4 0 3 8 Hillman 19 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 0 5 2 Nzekwe 27 1-2 0-0 2-2 8 0 2 4 McDonald 27 1-4 0-1 2-2 5 2 4 4 Harris 35 1-5 0-0 3-8 6 1 1 5 Dixon 31 6-9 0-0 6-8 11 2 4 18 Early 21 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 4 Bozeman 34 4-13 2-10 2-4 2 0 2 12 Morris 35 5-12 3-6 4-4 4 3 4 17 Hogan 26 2-6 1-3 0-0 2 3 2 5 Dixon 25 0-3 0-2 2-4 2 0 2 2 Campbell 40 3-10 0-2 2-3 4 7 2 8 Reed 29 5-7 1-2 0-0 3 2 0 11 Lumpkin 24 0-7 0-1 5-6 3 0 3 5 Gardner, R. 30 5-12 1-5 1-2 1 2 3 12 Friel 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 Robinson 16 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 4 0 Earl 4 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 Lyons 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 Turner 18 0-3 0-3 0-1 1 1 3 0 Williams 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 0 Wells 23 4-9 0-2 0-0 3 0 1 8 Cox 15 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 2 0 Nyingifa 32 3-7 0-1 5-6 8 1 2 11 McKnight 20 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 3 2 Ituen 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 1 0 Walker 37 7-16 0-1 2-5 4 3 3 16 Flynn 9 3-3 0-0 0-3 3 0 3 6 Parker 4 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 2 Costa 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Team 0 Team 7 Team 2 Totals 200 19-37 3-11 7-11 25 10 23 48 Totals 200 7-40 2-20 12-25 29 2 23 28 Totals 250 30-69 4-15 22-31 46 19 21 86
Notre Dame (99) Notre Dame (91) Notre Dame (83) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 16 11-13 0-0 1-1 8 0 0 23 Peters 18 3-5 0-0 2-3 4 2 2 8 Peters 18 1-9 0-0 1-2 2 4 3 3 Bruszewski 15 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 3 0 1 Bruszewski 18 3-6 0-0 1-2 7 0 2 7 Bruszewski 44 6-12 0-0 0-0 13 3 5 12 Diggins 19 4-11 0-1 4-6 2 4 1 12 Diggins 21 4-9 0-1 1-2 3 8 1 9 Diggins 47 10-21 0-4 2-3 1 5 4 22 Novosel 18 4-5 0-0 3-3 2 1 0 11 Novosel 15 3-5 1-1 6-8 4 0 1 13 Novosel 39 7-12 2-4 3-6 6 4 4 19 Mallory 20 3-8 1-4 2-2 1 3 0 9 Mallory 18 1-2 1-1 4-6 2 2 0 7 Mallory 22 1-4 1-3 1-2 1 1 1 4 Solomon 14 4-6 0-0 3-3 1 0 2 11 Solomon 16 2-5 0-0 3-4 1 3 2 7 Solomon 10 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 2 3 Badway 4 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 3 Badway 4 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 1 Achonwa 28 4-5 0-0 1-2 9 0 1 9 Achonwa 16 2-4 0-0 3-4 4 5 5 7 Achonwa 17 5-8 0-0 0-1 3 1 2 10 Miller 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Miller 12 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 2 1 1 Miller 15 2-3 0-0 1-2 4 1 1 5 Turner 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 Turner 22 0-3 0-3 2-2 1 3 3 2 Turner 25 3-7 1-3 3-3 4 5 3 10 McBride 33 4-8 2-3 1-2 4 3 2 11 McBride 23 3-9 0-1 2-2 2 2 0 8 McBride 21 7-11 0-0 0-0 6 1 2 14 Team 5 Forr 9 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 6 Forr 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 Totals 250 34-74 5-15 10-19 43 20 24 83 Braker 12 2-5 0-0 1-4 5 2 2 5 Braker 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 1 0 UCLA 41 26 12 7 — 86 Team 3 Team 4 Notre Dame 37 30 12 4 — 83 Totals 200 37-72 2-10 23-31 34 26 15 99 Totals 200 33-63 3-6 22-33 47 24 20 91 New Hampshire 12 36 — 48 Morehead State 7 21 — 28 FG Pct: UCLA 43.5, Notre Dame 45.9. 3-PT FG Pct: UCLA Notre Dame 53 46 — 99 Notre Dame 40 51 — 91 26.7, Notre Dame 33.3. FT Pct: UCLA 71.0, Notre Dame 52.6. Turnovers: UCLA 26, Notre Dame 27. Blocked Shots: UCLA FG Pct: New Hampshire 51.4, Notre Dame 51.4. 3-PT FG Pct: FG Pct: Morehead State 17.5, Notre Dame 52.4. 3-PT FG Pct: 2, Notre Dame 2. Steals: UCLA 15 (Morris 3), Notre Dame 11 New Hampshire 27.3, Notre Dame 20.0. FT Pct: New Hampshire Morehead State 10.0, Notre Dame 50.0. FT Pct: Morehead State (Diggins 3). Attendance: 7,824. 63.6, Notre Dame 74.2. Turnovers: New Hampshire 49, Notre 48.0, Notre Dame 66.7. Turnovers: Morehead State 40, Notre Dame 19. Blocked Shots: New Hampshire 3, Notre Dame 3 Dame 20. Blocked Shots: Morehead State 2, Notre Dame 4. (Peters 2). Steals: New Hampshire 10 (Hogan, Wells 3), Notre Steals: Morehead State 8 (Bozeman 4), Notre Dame 26 (Mallory, NOTES: This was the fourth double-overtime game in Notre Dame Dame 36 (Novosel 7). Attendance: 8,614. Miller 5). Attendance: 8,614. women’s basketball history and the first since Nov. 30, 1997, when the Fighting Irish defeated UCLA, 93-91 at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles … it also was just the second double-OT women’s NOTES: Notre Dame’s 36 steals shattered the old school record of NOTES: Notre Dame has posted back-to-back wins by at least basketball game in Purcell Pavilion history — Nebraska defeated 29 thefts that was set twice before — Feb. 9, 1985, against Xavier, 50 points for the first time in school history, following its 51-point Notre Dame, 89-88 in two extra periods on Feb. 25, 1982 … the and most recently on Jan. 31, 1991, at Saint Louis … the Fighting victory (99-48) over New Hampshire with the win over Morehead Fighting Irish were playing their first overtime game at home (of Irish also broke a nearly 30-year-old school record by forcing 49 State … Notre Dame tied a school record (and set a new Purcell any length) since Nov. 13, 2006, when they defeated Bowling New Hampshire turnovers — the previous record of 48 was set Pavilion record) for fewest points allowed in one half by holding Green, 85-81 in one OT … this marked the eighth consecutive on Jan. 11, 1980, at the Huskie Invitational in DeKalb, Ill., during Morehead State to seven points in the first half; the Fighting Irish season in which Notre Dame has played at least one overtime Notre Dame’s final season as an AIAW Division III program (the also limited Maryland to seven points in the opening 20 minutes game … the Fighting Irish fall to 4-9 all-time against UCLA, with Fighting Irish moved up to Division I for the 1980-81 campaign) of a 49-40 win on Jan. 9, 1985, in College Park, Md. … Notre the series in South Bend now knotted at 3-3 … the loss snaps a … Notre Dame’s 28 consecutive points in the first half were just Dame gave up just 28 points to MSU, the third-fewest points 16-game Fighting Irish winning streak in the month of November, three shy of the school record for the longest interrupted string ever allowed by the Fighting Irish in a single game — the only a run that started on Nov. 20, 2007, with a 94-41 win at Central of points, with the 31-0 record run occurring on Jan. 18, 1997, at lower opponent point totals came on Jan. 31, 1978 (68-25 win Michigan … Notre Dame is 63-12 (.840) in November games since Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish allowed just 12 UNH points over Grace at Purcell Pavilion) and Jan. 21, 1982 (an 84-27 win joining the BIG EAST Conference in 1995-96 … the Fighting Irish in the first half, the fewest given up by Notre Dame in a single at Valparaiso) … Notre Dame’s 63-point margin of victory equals fall to 18-17 (.514) against Pac-10 Conference teams, with the period since Dec. 13, 2003, when Dayton tallied just 11 points in the second-largest winning spread in school history, topped only Bruins being the first Pac-10 team to defeat Notre Dame since a 78-41 Notre Dame win at Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish by a 78-point win (113-35) over Liberty on Nov. 24, 1989, at the USC earned a 69-58 win on Nov. 24, 2006, at the Galen Center in improve to 26-8 (.765) in season openers, stretching their current UCF Rotary Classic in Orlando, Fla. (also the last time the Fighting Los Angeles … the Fighting Irish also tumble to 9-4 (.692) against winning streak in lidlifters in 16 consecutive games (Notre Dame Irish won a game by at least 63 points) … the margin of victory the Pac-10 at Purcell Pavilion, ending their seven-game winning also is 21-3 in season openers during the 24-year tenure of head also tied the Purcell Pavilion record set twice before — Dec. 8, streak against that conference; UCLA is the first Pac-10 team to coach Muffet McGraw) … the Fighting Irish now are 26-8 in home 1981, a 92-29 win over Saint Mary’s (Ind.), and most recently on defeat Notre Dame at Purcell Pavilion since Nov. 24, 1991, when openers and 20-4 under McGraw … the 51-point margin is the Feb. 28, 1985, with a 99-36 victory over Butler … the Fighting Irish No. 5/7 Stanford defeated the Fighting Irish, 88-76 … it was just second-largest winning spread in a season opener in school have forced at least 40 turnovers in each of their first two games the eighth in Notre Dame’s last 95 non-conference home games, history, topped only by a program-record 78-point margin of (school-record 49 vs. New Hampshire, 40 vs. Morehead State), and the first since March 22, 2009, when Minnesota upset the victory (113-35) in the 1989-90 season opener against Liberty the first time in school history they have registered consecutive Fighting Irish, 79-71 in the first round of the NCAA Champion- (Nov. 24, 1989) at the UCF Rotary Classic in Orlando, Fla. … 40-takeaway games … Notre Dame nabbed 26 steals against ship; it’s the first regular-season non-conference home loss for it’s the second consecutive season in which Notre Dame won a Morehead State, the fifth-highest single-game steal total in school Notre Dame since Jan. 5, 2008, when third-ranked Tennessee game by at least 50 points, following last year’s 90-31 win over history … Morehead State’s .175 field goal percentage (7-for-40) earned an 87-63 win … the Fighting Irish had their 19-game Charlotte on Dec. 20, 2009, at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Dame was the lowest by a Fighting Irish opponent since Butler shot an regular-season non-conference winning streak snapped … it was is 42-5 (.894) against first-time opponents since joining the BIG opponent record-low .149 (9-for-61) on Jan. 30, 1984, at historic just the fifth time in 147 games (since joining the BIG EAST in EAST Conference in 1995-96, with a 22-1 (.957) record since Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis … Morehead State’s two first- 1995-96) that Notre Dame lost when scoring at least 80 points; the start of the 2000-01 season and an active 17-game winning half field goals were one off the Notre Dame opponent record for most recently, an 81-80 loss to DePaul on Jan. 22, 2008, also streak; New Hampshire was the first of seven first-time oppo- fewest baskets made in one half, trailing Dayton’s 1-for-20 effort at Purcell Pavilion … Natalie Novosel tied her career high with nents on Notre Dame’s schedule this season … the Fighting Irish in the opening 20 minutes on Dec. 13, 2003, at Purcell Pavilion 19 points … Skylar Diggins posted her eighth career 20-point also now have won 20 consecutive home games against new … Morehead State was credited with just two assists, the fewest game … Diggins’ 47 minutes played were the most by a Fighting opposition, dating back to Jan. 18, 1996 … Notre Dame moves helpers for a Fighting Irish opponent since Jan. 14, 1993, when Irish player in a single game since Nov. 30, 1997, when Mollie to 3-0 all-time against the America East Conference … Peters’ Detroit Mercy also had two assists in an 80-55 Notre Dame win Peirick also played 47 minutes in the double-OT win at UCLA previous career-high scoring night was 15 points, and she also at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Dame is 43-5 (.896) against first-time … Becca Bruszewski collected her third career double-double, set a career high with 11 made field goals … junior guard Natalie opponents since joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96, including a 23-1 and first since Nov. 15, 2009, when she nabbed 19 points and 10 Novosel swiped a career-high seven steals. (.958) mark against new teams since the start of 2000-01, with rebounds in a season-opening win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff at a current 18-game winning streak and 21-game home winning Purcell Pavilion … Bruszewski’s 13 rebounds also were a career streak against first-time opponents … Notre Dame improves to high, as was her 44 minutes played. 63-11 (.851) in the month of November since joining the BIG EAST 16 seasons ago; the Fighting Irish also have an active 16-game November winning streak.
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#9/10 Kentucky 81, #12 Notre Dame 76 #18/16 Notre Dame 95, IUPUI 29 #18/16 Notre Dame 92, Wake Forest 69 November 21, 2010 WBCA Classic WBCA Classic Memorial Coliseum (Lexington, Ky.) November 26, 2010 November 27, 2010 GAME 4 GAME 5 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 6 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Notre Dame (76) IUPUI (29) Wake Forest (69) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 13 1-3 0-0 0-0 6 1 5 2 Nelson 31 2-9 0-3 0-0 4 1 2 4 Waters 21 2-4 0-0 4-4 3 3 1 8 Bruszewski 31 5-9 0-1 2-5 8 1 5 12 Mitchell 19 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 5 0 Garcia 18 2-5 0-1 1-2 1 1 4 5 Diggins 34 7-17 0-2 4-5 3 1 4 18 Bellamy 17 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 2 Thomas 23 2-7 1-2 0-0 2 5 2 5 Novosel 35 8-24 1-7 4-6 8 3 2 21 Gaskin 25 1-6 0-2 1-1 4 1 1 3 Boykin 26 3-8 1-2 2-2 3 0 2 9 McBride 34 5-9 0-2 0-0 2 4 1 10 Horne 21 3-5 1-1 0-0 2 0 1 7 Ray 24 4-7 0-1 5-6 5 1 5 13 Solomon 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 2 Collins 16 1-5 1-5 0-0 0 1 0 3 Hall 7 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 2 0 Achonwa 22 2-4 0-0 0-0 13 1 4 4 Cotton 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Douglas 16 1-6 1-2 2-2 1 3 5 5 Miller 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 Eichelberger 15 1-5 1-2 0-0 2 0 0 3 Johnson 7 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 Turner 18 3-6 1-3 0-0 2 0 4 7 Nunley-Lash 28 2-7 0-1 3-5 7 1 4 7 Walker 14 2-6 1-2 2-4 2 1 0 7 Braker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Luster 10 0-3 0-1 0-0 3 2 2 0 Carnes 10 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 Team 6 Blaydes 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 Wright 22 6-8 0-0 2-2 4 1 4 14 Totals 200 32-76 2-15 10-16 51 11 27 76 Team 3 Williams 12 1-3 0-0 1-2 4 2 2 3 Totals 200 10-44 3-15 6-8 28 7 19 29 Team 6 Totals 200 23-61 4-15 19-24 33 17 28 69 Kentucky (81) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Notre Dame (95) Dunlap 38 7-12 0-2 10-12 14 4 2 24 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Notre Dame (92) Mathies 34 2-9 0-1 2-8 4 0 2 6 Peters 20 7-12 0-0 4-4 6 0 0 18 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Snowden 28 5-14 5-12 2-2 2 0 1 17 Bruszewski 19 3-5 0-0 3-4 3 2 1 9 Peters 21 4-5 0-0 4-4 5 2 3 12 Morrow 5 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 Diggins 22 2-6 0-1 3-5 4 7 1 7 Bruszewski 19 3-8 0-2 2-4 7 4 3 8 Conwright 25 2-6 0-2 4-6 0 3 5 8 Novosel 23 4-7 2-3 2-2 1 2 1 12 Diggins 29 3-9 0-1 5-7 2 2 3 11 Riley 15 2-6 0-2 1-2 0 0 1 5 McBride 26 4-6 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 8 Novosel 28 5-9 2-5 11-12 3 3 1 23 Pinkett 23 7-14 3-6 0-0 5 0 3 17 Solomon 20 5-8 0-0 2-5 12 0 4 12 McBride 20 3-4 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 6 Evans 23 0-2 0-1 2-2 2 2 4 2 Badway 6 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Solomon 15 4-5 0-0 6-6 5 1 3 14 Henderson 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 2 Achonwa 16 3-5 0-0 3-3 5 0 2 9 Badway 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Team 5 Turner 28 2-6 2-5 2-2 2 5 2 8 Achonwa 15 3-5 0-0 5-6 5 3 0 11 Totals 200 26-66 8-27 21-32 35 9 18 81 Forr 7 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 Turner 23 0-3 0-2 2-2 2 3 1 2 Braker 13 4-6 0-0 2-3 6 0 0 10 Mallory 15 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 3 3 Notre Dame 35 41 — 76 Team 1 Forr 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Kentucky 41 40 — 81 Totals 200 35-69 4-9 21-28 45 18 12 95 Braker 10 0-0 0-0 2-2 3 1 1 2 Team 2 FG Pct: Notre Dame 42.1, Kentucky 39.4. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre IUPUI 13 16 — 29 Totals 200 26-52 3-13 37-43 37 20 20 92 Dame 13.3, Kentucky 29.6. FT Pct: Notre Dame 62.5, Kentucky Notre Dame 41 54 — 95 65.6. Turnovers: Notre Dame 17, Kentucky 12. Blocked Shots: Wake Forest 28 41 — 69 Notre Dame 5 (Novosel 2), Kentucky 4 (Dunlap 3). Steals: FG Pct: IUPUI 22.7, Notre Dame 50.7. 3-PT FG Pct: IUPUI 20.0, Notre Dame 45 47 — 92 Notre Dame 5 (Achonwa, Turner 2), Kentucky 5 (Dunlap 2). Notre Dame 44.4. FT Pct: IUPUI 75.0, Notre Dame 75.0. Turn- Attendance: 6,794. overs: IUPUI 35, Notre Dame 9. Blocked Shots: IUPUI 3, Notre FG Pct: Wake Forest 37.7, Notre Dame 50.0. 3-PT FG Pct: Dame 9 (Solomon 3). Steals: IUPUI 1, Notre Dame 23 (Turner 5). Wake Forest 26.7, Notre Dame 23.1. FT Pct: Wake Forest 79.2, Attendance: 8,848. Notre Dame 86.0. Turnovers: Wake Forest 25, Notre Dame 24. NOTES: Notre Dame was facing back-to-back opponents ranked Blocked Shots: Wake Forest 2, Notre Dame 5 (Solomon 2). in the top 15 of the Associated Press poll during the regular Steals: Wake Forest 10 (Thomas 3), Notre Dame 16 (Novosel season for the first time since the 2004 Preseason WNIT, when NOTES: Notre Dame’s 66-point margin of victory is the second- 4). Attendance: 8,294. the Fighting Irish defeated #6 Duke (76-65 on Nov. 17) and #10/9 largest in school history, topped only by a 78-point spread (113- Ohio State (66-62 on Nov. 20) … Notre Dame sees its 18-game 35) against Liberty on Nov. 24, 1989, in the UCF Rotary Classic winning streak against first-time opponents snapped, falling to in Orlando, Fla. … the margin also is the largest home win in NOTES: Notre Dame has won 23 of its last 26 regular-season a new foe for the first time since Nov. 21, 2001, when Colorado school history, surpassing the 63-point difference (91-28) against tournament games, dating back to the start of the 1996-97 sea- State shaded the Fighting Irish, 72-66, in Fort Collins, Colo. … Morehead State just 11 days earlier … prior to this season, Notre son … the Fighting Irish set a school record by making 37 free Notre Dame is 23-2 against first-time opponents since the start Dame had won three times by 60-or-more points in the program’s throws, topping the old mark of 33 converted foul shots, set on of the 2000-01 season and 43-6 against new teams since join- first 33 seasons (and not once since that November 1989 win three different occasions (the last on Feb. 4, 2007, in a win over ing the BIG EAST Conference in 1995-96 … Kentucky was the over Liberty) … the 29 points by IUPUI tie for the fourth-fewest West Virginia at Purcell Pavilion) … Notre Dame’s 43 free throw third of seven first-time opponents on this year’s Fighting Irish points allowed by Notre Dame in a single game — the only lower attempts tied for the fourth-most in school history, and most schedule, and third in four games following home wins over opponent point totals came on Jan. 31, 1978 (68-25 win at home since Jan. 15, 2001, when the Fighting Irish went to the stripe a New Hampshire (99-48) and Morehead State (91-28) during vs. Grace), Jan. 21, 1982 (84-27 win at Valparaiso) and Nov. 15, school record-tying 46 times against Connecticut in a 92-76 win the opening weekend of the season … Notre Dame basketball 2010 (91-28 win at home vs. Morehead State); the Fighting Irish at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Dame also shot a season-best .860 teams fall to 0-5 all-time at Memorial Coliseum, with this being also defeated Saint Mary’s (Ind.), 92-29 on Dec. 8, 1981, at Purcell from the foul line and shot at least 50 percent for the field for the the first time a Fighting Irish hoops squad played in the historic Pavilion … for the third time in five games this season, Notre Dame fourth time in six games this year … Wake Forest was the fourth venue since 1961, when the UK men’s team defeated its Notre forced at least 35 opponent turnovers and recorded at least 20 of seven first-time opponents on Notre Dame’s schedule this Dame counterpart, 100-53 … Notre Dame also had its four-game steals … conversely, Notre Dame turned the ball over a season- season, with the Fighting Irish improving to 44-6 (.880) against winning streak against Southeastern Conference opponents low nine times, its fewest giveaways since Feb. 6, 2010, when it new foes since joining the BIG EAST Conference in 1995-96, come to an end, falling to an SEC school for the first time since had a similar nine-turnover day in an 86-76 win over Pittsburgh and 24-2 (.923) against first-time opponents since the start of March 30, 2008, when Tennessee rallied past the Fighting Irish, at Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish have won 22 of their last the 2000-01 season … Notre Dame rises to 13-2 (.867) all-time 74-64 in the NCAA Oklahoma City Regional semifinals at the 25 regular-season tournament games … Notre Dame extends its against teams from the state of North Carolina, including a 5-0 Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. … for the second time this current winning streak against Indiana schools to 13 in a row and record at Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish lift their all-time record season, Notre Dame posted a rebound margin of +16 or better, improves to 118-32 (.787) all-time against the rest of the Hoosier against current Atlantic Coast Conference teams to 41-17 (.707), having notched a season-high +18 margin on the backboards State, including a 58-11 (.841) record at home … junior forward including a 36-11 (.766) record in the 24-year Muffet McGraw era (47-29) against Morehead State on Nov. 15 at Purcell Pavilion … Erica Solomon registered her first career double-double with 12 (1987-88 to present) and a 20-1 (.952) all-time record against the Notre Dame grabbed a season-high 51 rebounds, its best total points and a career-high 12 rebounds (topping her previous high ACC at Purcell Pavilion … Wake Forest was the 10th different on the glass since Dec. 31, 2009, when the Fighting Irish nabbed of 10 rebounds on Jan. 24, 2009, at Villanova) … Solomon also ACC opponent Notre Dame has faced, with the Fighting Irish now 56 caroms in a 74-69 win over #18/16 Vanderbilt, also at Purcell matched her career best with three steals, a mark she equaled having played every school in that conference except Clemson Pavilion … in her homecoming game, Lexington, Ky., native (and for the third time after most recently doing so on Nov. 15 vs. and Florida State … for the third time this season, junior guard junior guard) Natalie Novosel scored a career-high 21 points, two Morehead State … freshman forward Ariel Braker posted season Natalie Novosel tied or set a career high for scoring, with her 23 more than her previous best set twice before (most recently three highs with 10 points, six rebounds and two blocks … sophomore points being two more than her previous high set six days earlier days earlier in the double-overtime loss to #15 UCLA at Purcell guard Kaila Turner collected her first career “5-5-5” game with at No. 9/10 Kentucky … Novosel also set new personal bests by Pavilion) … Novosel also tied her career high with eight rebounds, eight points and career-high-tying marks of five assists and five going 11-for-12 at the free throw line; entering the contest, she having reached that mark twice before (most recently on Dec. steals; she last had five assists on Nov. 15 vs. Morehead State, had never made more than six free throws or attempted more 2, 2009, against Eastern Michigan), and she set new personal and five steals on Dec. 20, 2009, vs. Charlotte at Purcell Pavilion than eight in a game (both marks she most recently hit for the bests with eight field goals (previous: seven, three times, including … the attendance of 8,848 was a season high. third time in her career on Nov. 15 against Morehead State) … vs. UCLA), 24 attempts (previous was 12 against UCLA), seven junior forward Erica Solomon finished one point shy of her career three-point attempts (previous was four against UCLA), and two scoring high, which she set on Nov. 23, 2008, at Boston College. blocks (previous: one on 10 occasions, the last against Oklahoma on March 28, 2010 in the NCAA regional semifinals) … freshman forward Natalie Achonwa grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds, also tying senior forward Becca Bruszewski for the most boards by a Fighting Irish player this season (Bruszewski had a baker’s dozen against UCLA).
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#18/16 Notre Dame 85, Butler 54 #2/3 Baylor 76, #16 Notre Dame 65 #16 Notre Dame 72, Purdue 51 WBCA Classic December 1, 2010 December 5, 2010 November 28, 2010 Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 7 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 8 GAME 9 Butler (54) Notre Dame (65) Purdue (51) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Hamilton 33 4-6 0-0 3-4 8 0 2 11 Peters 16 3-7 0-0 2-2 6 1 4 8 Ostarello 15 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 4 Hamm 14 1-4 0-0 1-2 1 2 5 3 Bruszewski 28 1-7 0-1 0-0 2 0 4 2 Jones 21 0-3 0-0 3-5 2 0 2 3 Bowen 38 5-12 4-7 0-0 9 1 3 14 Diggins 39 8-17 4-7 1-3 1 5 1 21 Rayburn 31 4-10 0-3 8-9 7 1 3 16 Burns 27 4-9 0-2 6-6 2 3 0 14 Novosel 26 3-10 0-4 6-8 3 1 5 12 Moses 32 5-8 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 11 Brierly 25 2-9 1-5 0-0 1 4 4 5 Mallory 22 3-7 2-3 0-0 6 2 3 8 Poston 21 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 0 Freeman 15 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 4 0 Solomon 20 3-5 0-0 0-0 9 0 5 6 Howard 18 0-6 0-2 0-2 2 2 0 0 Pittman 14 1-7 1-5 0-0 0 1 3 3 Achonwa 16 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 2 Williams 18 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 0 McDivitt 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 Turner 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 0 Guyton 17 5-9 0-0 0-0 3 0 4 10 Jennings 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 McBride 24 2-6 0-3 2-2 3 0 1 6 Wilson 16 2-7 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 4 Grbic 15 1-1 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 4 Team 5 Woods 11 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 3 Cobb 8 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 Totals 200 24-62 6-18 11-15 38 12 27 65 Team 5 Bass 7 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Totals 200 19-52 1-9 12-18 31 9 19 51 May 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Team 7 Baylor (76) Totals 200 18-59 6-24 12-14 32 13 23 54 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Notre Dame (72) Pope 37 10-17 0-0 0-0 14 3 4 20 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Griner 40 8-19 0-0 5-10 8 2 3 21 Peters 22 3-6 0-0 1-1 9 0 3 7 Notre Dame (85) Hayden 25 4-10 1-4 5-5 3 1 0 14 Bruszewski 22 4-6 0-1 0-0 6 1 4 8 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Madden 28 0-6 0-3 0-0 5 1 2 0 Diggins 33 7-14 0-2 0-0 3 6 2 14 Peters 27 4-6 0-0 3-3 7 3 4 11 Jones 37 2-2 0-0 6-7 7 4 1 10 Novosel 27 6-12 1-2 3-3 4 3 2 16 Bruszewski 20 4-6 0-0 2-3 1 1 3 10 Sims 24 2-5 2-4 5-7 1 0 2 11 Mallory 24 1-4 0-2 2-3 0 3 1 4 Diggins 27 3-6 0-2 5-5 5 7 2 11 Robertson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Solomon 12 2-4 0-0 1-1 3 2 1 5 Novosel 30 7-14 1-5 5-8 5 3 1 20 Condrey 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 Badway 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 McBride 30 4-7 0-1 3-4 5 3 0 11 Team 5 Achonwa 24 5-10 0-0 2-4 7 4 3 12 Solomon 13 2-6 0-0 2-2 4 2 2 6 Totals 200 26-60 3-11 21-29 43 12 12 76 Miller 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Badway 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Turner 14 0-3 0-2 0-1 0 1 1 0 Achonwa 19 3-4 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 6 Notre Dame 24 41 — 65 McBride 22 3-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 6 Turner 15 1-4 0-2 1-2 0 3 0 3 Baylor 38 38 — 76 Forr 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Mallory 13 2-3 2-3 0-0 2 0 1 6 Team 6 Forr 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 FG Pct: Notre Dame 38.7, Baylor 43.3. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame Totals 200 31-62 1-9 9-13 39 23 19 72 Braker 3 0-3 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 1 33.3, Baylor 27.3. FT Pct: Notre Dame 73.3, Baylor 72.4. Turnovers: Team 5 Notre Dame 22, Baylor 20. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 4 (Peters Purdue 26 25 — 51 Totals 200 30-59 3-13 22-29 42 24 13 85 2), Baylor 5 (Griner 4). Steals: Notre Dame 12 (Diggins, Novosel Notre Dame 36 36 — 72 4), Baylor 14 (Hayden 6). Attendance: 7,239. Butler 21 33 — 54 FG Pct: Purdue 36.5, Notre Dame 50.0. 3-PT FG Pct: Purdue Notre Dame 37 48 — 85 11.1, Notre Dame 11.1. FT Pct: Purdue 66.7, Notre Dame 69.2. NOTES: Notre Dame was playing its third top-15 team in the past Turnovers: Purdue 24, Notre Dame 20. Blocked Shots: Purdue FG Pct: Butler 30.5, Notre Dame 50.8. 3-PT FG Pct: Butler 13 days, with those three opponents (#15 UCLA, #9/10 Kentucky 1, Notre Dame 3. Steals: Purdue 5 (Ostarello, Williams 2), Notre 25.0, Notre Dame 23.1. FT Pct: Butler 85.7, Notre Dame 75.9. and #2/3 Baylor) accounting for the three Fighting Irish losses this Dame 8 (Peters, Mallory, Achonwa 2). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout). Turnovers: Butler 19, Notre Dame 15. Blocked Shots: Butler season, all by 11 points or fewer, two on the road (UK and BU) and 1, Notre Dame 6 (Diggins 2). Steals: Butler 11 (Bowen 3), Notre the UCLA defeat coming by three points in double overtime … Dame 8 (Novosel, McBride 2). Attendance: 8,279. in all three losses, Notre Dame either led or was within six points NOTES: This was the 1,000th game in Notre Dame women’s of the lead with less than five minutes remaining … Baylor was basketball history, with the Fighting Irish owning a 695-305 (.695) the fifth of seven first-time opponents on Notre Dame’s schedule record in 34 seasons of intercollegiate competition … Notre Dame NOTES: Notre Dame wins the WBCA Classic, the 14th regular this year, with the Fighting Irish tumbling to 3-2 against those new extends its series-long win streak over Purdue to five games, one season tournament title in program history, and the second in foes … Notre Dame also drops to 44-7 (.863) against first-time shy of the longest success string by either side in the 24-game as many seasons following last Thanksgiving’s three-game run opponents since joining the BIG EAST Conference in 1995-96, series that dates back to 1984 … the Fighting Irish post their largest to the Paradise Jam Island Division championship in the U.S. with a 24-3 (.889) record since the start of the 2000-01 season … win ever against the Boilermakers, surpassing a 17-point victory Virgin Islands … the Fighting Irish now have won 24 of their last the Fighting Irish are 7-7 all-time against Texas schools (4-7 away (86-69) on Jan. 16, 2005, at Purcell Pavilion … in four of the past 27 regular season tournament games since the start of the 1996- from South Bend), with this being the first game for Notre Dame five series meetings, Notre Dame has held Purdue to fewer than 97 season, with the only three losses coming in the Preseason in the Lone Star State since Dec. 28, 2001 (a 72-61 loss at Rice) 60 points after not managing that feat once in the first 19 games WNIT semifinals (1996 - 72-59 vs. #3/2 Tennessee in Ruston, … the Fighting Irish are 8-11 (.421) all-time against the current Big of the series … the Fighting Irish improve to 41-48 (.461) all-time La.; 2007 - 75-59 at #3 Maryland) and the title game of the 2003 12 Conference alignment; this marked the first time Notre Dame against Big Ten Conference opponents, with a 24-17 (.585) record WBCA Classic (67-63 in overtime at #20 Colorado) … since the played a Big 12 school outside of a tournament setting (regular at Purcell Pavilion; Notre Dame also is 34-34 all-time against the Maryland loss, Notre Dame has won six consecutive regular season or postseason) in 10 meetings since the conference was Big Ten (19-12 at home) in the 24-year Muffet McGraw era, and season tournament games … the Fighting Irish were playing founded in 1996-97 … this was the first time all season Notre has won 14 of its last 20 games against Big Ten schools … the Butler for the first time since Dec. 1, 1999, although it was the Dame did not have at least four players score in double figures Fighting Irish jump to 120-32 (.789) all-time against other in-state 26th all-time meeting between the in-state rivals, who played (although two players finished with eight points in addition to the opponents, with a 60-11 (.845) record at home; Notre Dame also regularly as members of the now-defunct North Star Confer- two double-digit scorers) … the Fighting Irish were outrebounded has won 15 consecutive games against other Indiana schools, ence and Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now known as the for just the second time all season (UCLA finished with a 46-43 including all three this season (IUPUI, Butler, Purdue) … the Horizon League); it’s the second-most games played against a edge on the glass on Nov. 18 in its double-OT matchup at Notre Fighting Irish have shot 50 percent or better from the floor in all current non-conference opponent behind the 28-game series with Dame) … sophomore guard Skylar Diggins tied her career high six of their wins this season … Notre Dame has outrebounded Dayton … Notre Dame improves to 20-6 all-time against Butler with four three-pointers, a total she reached twice before (most its opponents in seven of nine games this season, with the two and extends its current series winning streak against the Bulldogs recently on Jan. 30, 2010, at Syracuse) … Diggins’ four treys were exceptions (UCLA and Baylor) featuring rebound margins of five to six consecutive games … Butler becomes the ninth Fighting part of a season-high six three-pointers made by the Fighting Irish caroms of fewer … McGraw celebrated her birthday on Sunday, Irish opponent that Notre Dame has defeated at least 20 times in … Diggins also dished out at least five assists for the fifth time in with Notre Dame rising to 5-1 all-time when playing on the head series history, joining Marquette (29), Georgetown (23), Syracuse eight games this season. coach’s birthday …freshman forward Natalie Achonwa scored (23), Valparaiso (23), Dayton (22), Detroit (22), Loyola-Chicago a season-high 12 points …sophomore guard Skylar Diggins (21) and Xavier (20) on that list … the 31-point margin also was chalked up at least five assists for the sixth time in nine games the largest in the Notre Dame-Butler series since Feb. 12, 1991, this season, including her third consecutive outing and fourth in when Notre Dame downed Butler, 94-62 at Purcell Pavilion … the five games … for the first time this season, Notre Dame wore its Fighting Irish rise to 119-32 (.788) all-time against other Indiana alternate home uniform (white with green trim). schools, including an active 14-game winning streak … Notre Dame also moves to 59-11 (.843) all-time against in-state op- ponents at Purcell Pavilion … junior guard Natalie Novosel earned the second regular season tournament MVP by a Fighting Irish player in as many seasons, following Skylar Diggins’ selection as the Paradise Jam Island Division MVP last year … Novosel’s all-tournament team selection was the first of her career; she was joined on the squad by teammates Devereaux Peters and Erica Solomon (also the first all-tournament selections of their careers).
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#18 Notre Dame 79, Providence 43 #18 Notre Dame 91, Creighton 54 #17/16 Notre Dame 94, Valparaiso 43 December 8, 2010 December 11, 2010 December 20, 2010 Alumni Hall (Providence, R.I.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Athletics-Recreation Ctr. (Valparaiso, Ind.) GAME 10 GAME 11 GAME 12 Notre Dame (79) Creighton (54) Notre Dame (94) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 16 3-7 0-0 2-2 3 4 3 8 Schuett 34 5-12 2-6 1-1 8 1 1 13 Peters 15 3-7 0-0 0-0 4 3 0 6 Bruszewski 25 3-7 0-0 3-4 6 1 2 9 Nelson, K. 27 4-6 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 8 Bruszewski 20 4-6 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 8 Diggins 29 5-11 0-0 0-1 5 3 1 10 Moore 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 Diggins 16 1-3 1-3 0-2 2 5 0 3 Novosel 23 3-6 0-2 3-4 2 2 0 9 Woodard 30 4-12 2-5 1-1 3 2 3 11 Novosel 20 6-7 0-1 6-6 2 2 0 18 Mallory 23 3-5 0-1 0-1 0 2 1 6 Jensen 35 4-12 3-7 0-0 2 3 4 11 Mallory 23 3-5 0-2 6-7 3 4 1 12 Solomon 19 4-10 0-0 3-6 10 3 2 11 Fujan 11 0-3 0-1 0-3 0 1 1 0 Solomon 17 0-5 0-0 0-0 5 1 1 0 Achonwa 9 5-6 0-0 3-4 3 0 2 13 Tritz 24 2-6 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 4 Badway 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Miller 15 0-1 0-0 3-4 2 1 1 3 Corbin 11 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 2 Achonwa 14 5-9 1-1 1-3 7 0 1 12 Turner 16 3-3 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 8 Nelson, S. 12 1-6 0-3 0-0 2 0 0 2 Miller 12 3-4 0-0 2-4 3 3 3 8 McBride 21 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 2 Kamphaus 8 1-5 0-0 1-2 4 0 1 3 Turner 20 3-6 2-4 0-0 1 3 0 8 Braker 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 Team 7 McBride 25 2-5 1-2 2-2 6 1 0 7 Team 2 Totals 200 22-66 7-26 3-7 33 11 12 54 Forr 6 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 Totals 200 30-60 2-5 17-26 35 19 13 79 Braker 9 4-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 8 Team 4 Notre Dame (91) Totals 200 36-63 5-13 17-24 44 23 7 94 Providence (43) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 17 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 6 2 4 Wright 25 4-7 0-0 1-1 5 0 5 9 Bruszewski 25 8-13 0-0 1-2 6 0 2 17 Valparaiso (43) McCabe 27 1-3 1-2 0-0 2 1 4 3 Diggins 27 7-13 2-3 2-2 1 1 1 18 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Hankins 33 6-15 0-0 4-4 9 3 4 16 Novosel 28 4-7 0-0 3-4 4 1 0 11 Gerardot 23 2-12 1-5 0-0 1 2 2 5 Pearson 32 0-7 0-3 0-0 2 2 4 0 Mallory 27 3-4 0-0 1-1 3 7 2 7 Lange 24 2-7 0-1 1-2 0 2 4 5 Wells 31 1-8 0-2 4-4 3 2 1 6 Solomon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Ray 20 2-7 1-5 1-2 1 0 2 6 Breslin 11 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 Badway 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Adams 23 1-5 0-1 0-0 3 0 2 2 Okafor 29 1-5 0-0 1-4 5 0 3 3 Achonwa 17 7-8 0-0 0-0 5 2 0 14 Richards 20 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 Edwards 12 2-3 0-0 2-2 3 0 1 6 Miller 16 2-2 0-0 0-0 6 0 3 4 Gick 17 3-5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 6 Team 7 Turner 17 1-2 1-1 0-0 1 5 2 3 Lang, S. 16 5-7 1-1 0-0 3 1 2 11 Totals 200 15-49 1-8 12-15 37 8 22 43 McBride 17 3-4 0-0 3-3 2 1 0 9 Thomas 16 1-4 1-2 0-0 3 2 3 3 Forr 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 Timmerman 24 1-4 1-3 0-0 2 2 1 3 Notre Dame 35 44 — 79 Braker 3 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 1 2 Horton 9 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 Providence 27 16 — 43 Team 6 Lang, E. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 38-60 3-4 12-14 38 23 13 91 Callaway 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 2 FG Pct: Notre Dame 50.0, Providence 30.6. 3-PT FG Pct: Team 6 Notre Dame 40.0, Providence 12.5. FT Pct: Notre Dame 65.4, Creighton 26 28 — 54 Totals 200 18-56 5-21 2-4 23 12 18 43 Providence 80.0. Turnovers: Notre Dame 10, Providence 28. Notre Dame 42 49 — 91 Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 6 (Peters, Solomon 2), Providence Notre Dame 49 45 — 94 5 (Okafor 3). Steals: Notre Dame 16 (Solomon 5), Providence FG Pct: Creighton 33.3, Notre Dame 63.3. 3-PT FG Pct: Creigh- Valparaiso 23 20 — 43 3. Attendance: 179. ton 26.9, Notre Dame 75.0. FT Pct: Creighton 42.9, Notre Dame 85.7. Turnovers: Creighton 17, Notre Dame 10. Blocked Shots: FG Pct: Notre Dame 57.1, Valparaiso 32.1. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Creighton 1, Notre Dame 8 (Peters, Braker 2). Steals: Creighton 4 Dame 38.5, Valparaiso 23.8. FT Pct: Notre Dame 70.8, Valparaiso NOTES: Notre Dame now has won 10 of its last 12 BIG EAST (Tritz 2), Notre Dame 11 (Miller 3). Attendance: 8,848. 50.0. Turnovers: Notre Dame 16, Valparaiso 26. Blocked Shots: Conference openers and is 12-4 (.750) in league lidlifters since Notre Dame 5 (Peters 4), Valparaiso 1. Steals: Notre Dame 24 joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96 … this was the eighth time in 10 (Mallory, Miller 5), Valparaiso 3. Attendance: 1,877. seasons that the Fighting Irish tipped off conference play on the NOTES: Notre Dame posts its school-record fifth win of the sea- road, with Notre Dame posting a 6-3 (.667) record in BIG EAST son by 35-plus points, topping the previous standard of four set openers away from home since joining the conference 16 seasons in 2008-09 … the Fighting Irish also have six 30-point victories, NOTES: Notre Dame posts its fourth 50-point win this season, and ago … this marked the earliest BIG EAST opener for Notre Dame more than halfway to the program record of 10 set in 2000-01 … sixth by at least 35 points (both school records) … the 51-point since Dec. 6, 2000, when the Fighting Irish defeated Villanova, Notre Dame eclipsed the 90-point mark for the fifth time this year, margin tied for the third-largest road win in school history, and 64-33 at Purcell Pavilion … the 36-point margin of victory was closing in on the school record of seven 90-point games set three largest since Nov. 20, 2007 (94-41 at Central Michigan) … the Notre Dame’s largest in a conference opener during both its times before (1996-97, 1998-99 and 2007-08) … the Fighting Irish Fighting Irish also top the 90-point mark for the sixth time this BIG EAST membership and the Muffet McGraw era (1987-88 shot a season-high 63.3 percent (38-of-60) from the floor, their year, one shy of the school record set three times (1996-97, to present); in fact, the last time the Fighting Irish won a league best field goal percentage in a single game since Nov. 23, 2008, 1998-99 and 2007-08) … Notre Dame earns its 23rd consecu- opener by more than the margin at PC was Dec. 13, 1985, when when they connected at a .646 clip (42-of-65) in a 102-54 win tive win when coming out of its December final exam break, a Notre Dame earned a 90-46 win at Marquette to tip off that year’s at Boston College … Notre Dame’s .655 second-half field goal run that started following a 73-67 home loss to UCLA on Dec. play in the now-defunct North Star Conference (almost exactly percentage (19-of-29) was its best in a single half since Jan. 10, 21, 1985 … Notre Dame earns its 15th consecutive win heading 25 years ago and two seasons before McGraw took the head 2009, when it shot .667 (18-of-27) from the floor in the second into the Christmas holiday break and rises to 25-9 (.735) all-time coaching reins at Notre Dame) … the win also was the largest for half of an 84-63 win over Georgetown at Purcell Pavilion … the in pre-Yuletide contests … the Fighting Irish register their 36th the Fighting Irish on the road since Nov. 23, 2008, when Notre Fighting Irish shot better than 60 percent from the field in both consecutive victory against a current Horizon League member; Dame won 102-54 at Boston College … the Fighting Irish improve halves of a game for the first time since Feb. 13, 2008 (62.1 and Notre Dame is 107-14 (.884) all-time against current Horizon to 19-0 all-time against Providence, winning by double digits for 66.7) in a 99-76 win over Marquette at Purcell Pavilion … for the League teams, including a 45-9 (.833) mark on the road … the the 16th time in the series … the 36-point spread was the largest second consecutive game, Notre Dame was charged with just 10 Fighting Irish have won 16 consecutive games against other Indi- for Notre Dame over the Friars since Jan. 30, 1999 (a 97-59 win turnovers … the Fighting Irish were facing Creighton for the first ana schools, improving to 121-32 (.791) all-time against in-state at Providence) … the 43 points allowed were the second-fewest time in 28 years, 11 months and two days (Jan. 9, 1982 - 69-48 opponents, with a 61-21 (.744) record outside of South Bend … by the Fighting Irish defense in the 19-game series, topped only Notre Dame win at St. Paul, Minn.), the longest hiatus between the Fighting Irish move to 24-0 all-time against Valparaiso, with on Jan. 19, 2002, with a 69-41 Notre Dame win at Alumni Hall series games in the 34-year history of Notre Dame women’s an 11-0 series record on the road … the 51-point margin is the … junior forward Erica Solomon recorded her second career basketball … the Fighting Irish earn their eighth consecutive win second-largest in Notre Dame’s 24-game series with Valparaiso, double-double, with both coming in the past six games (12 points, against the current Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) alignment topped only by an 84-27 Fighting Irish win over the Crusaders on 12 rebounds vs. IUPUI) … Solomon also notched a career-high and improve to 26-2 (.929) all-time against the Valley, including a Jan. 21, 1982, in Valparaiso … Notre Dame has held Valparaiso five steals (previous high was three on three occasions, the last 13-1 (.929) record at home, where they also have now won 12 in a to fewer than 60 points in 22 of 24 series games … the Fighting on Nov. 27 against Wake Forest at Purcell Pavilion) and tied her row against that league … Notre Dame rises to 17-1 (.944) against Irish recorded at least 20 steals for the fourth time this season, personal best with three assists (last achieved on Nov. 15 against the MVC during the 24-year McGraw era (1987-88 to present), notching at least 24 steals for the third time … the Fighting Irish Morehead State at Purcell Pavilion) … three days after scoring including a 10-0 record at Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish had shot at least 50 percent from the field for the fourth consecutive a season (and career) high 12 points against Purdue, freshman four players score in double figures for the eighth time this season game and seventh time in the past eight outings … Notre Dame forward Natalie Achonwa did one better at Providence with a (6-2 record) … for the third consecutive game, Natalie Achonwa posted a season-high +21 rebound margin, its largest advantage team-high 13 points in just nine minutes; Achonwa is the second posted a career-high scoring total, finishing with 14 points (7-8 on the glass since Jan. 6, 2009, at DePaul (50-29, +21) … the Fighting Irish player this season to register a “point-a-minute” FG) which also matched the most points scored by a Notre Dame Fighting Irish dished out at least 20 assists for the eighth time performance (min. 10 points scored), after Devereaux Peters had reserve this season … Becca Bruszewski dropped in a season- this year … Brittany Mallory scored a season-high 12 points a career-high 23 points in 16 minutes against New Hampshire on high 17 points … Brittany Mallory tied her career high with seven and matched her season best with five steals … Fraderica Miller Nov. 12 in the season opener at Purcell Pavilion … speaking of assists (also vs. Charlotte on Dec. 20, 2009 at Purcell Pavilion) scored a season-high eight points and tied her career high with Peters, the senior forward tied her career high with four assists, … Devereaux Peters dished out a career-high six assists, after five steals … for the second consecutive game, a Notre Dame a mark she first set in the Nov. 18 home game against UCLA. having four assists in a game on four separate occasions (most player came close to a perfect shooting night — Natalie Novosel recently on Dec. 8 at Providence) … Kaila Turner tied her career had a game-high 18 points (6-7 FG, 6-6 FT) after Natalie Achonwa best with five assists, having hit that mark in two prior outings scored a career-best 14 points (7-8 FG) in the Dec. 11 win over (most recently on Nov. 26 against IUPUI at Purcell Pavilion) … Creighton at Purcell Pavilion … Devereaux Peters recorded a several hundred stuffed animals were collected at halftime during season-high four blocked shots … Skylar Diggins handed out Notre Dame’s annual “Teddy Bear Toss,” with all collections going a game-high five assists, the seventh time this season she has to area charities including Riley Children’s Hospital. had 5+ assists in a game.
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#16/14 Notre Dame 70, Gonzaga 61 #16/14 Notre Dame 91, Loyola Marymount 47 #16/14 Notre Dame 97, SE Missouri State 21 State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic January 2, 2011 December 29, 2010 December 30, 2010 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 13 KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.) GAME 14 KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.) GAME 15 Gonzaga (61) Notre Dame (91) SE Missouri State (21) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Standish 36 7-20 0-1 2-3 12 1 3 16 Peters 18 8-9 0-0 0-0 6 2 0 16 Harriel 19 0-2 0-1 0-0 3 1 3 0 Bowen 37 2-9 0-4 3-5 6 0 3 7 Bruszewski 19 6-6 0-0 0-0 4 3 0 12 Shiffer 28 0-4 0-0 1-2 3 0 2 1 Bekkering 30 3-9 1-6 0-0 1 1 0 7 Diggins 18 5-8 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 10 Evans 23 1-5 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 3 Vandersloot 38 4-14 0-3 2-3 1 7 4 10 Novosel 16 2-4 1-2 3-4 2 2 1 8 Davis 28 2-11 2-7 0-0 1 1 4 6 Redmon, K. 36 7-16 1-3 0-0 4 2 2 15 Mallory 20 2-5 2-3 0-0 1 1 2 6 Norman 28 1-9 1-6 0-0 1 1 2 3 Lorenzo 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Achonwa 17 1-6 0-0 3-4 6 1 2 5 Beck 30 0-8 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 0 Redmon, J. 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 4 0 Miller 23 1-4 0-0 4-4 5 1 4 6 Fields 13 1-7 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 3 Raap 18 3-3 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 6 Turner 25 1-4 1-2 0-0 1 6 1 3 Holmes 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Team 7 McBride 27 9-14 0-1 2-2 6 1 0 20 Roberts 28 2-10 1-7 0-0 5 1 4 5 Totals 200 26-71 2-17 7-11 36 13 17 61 Forr 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 Team 10 Braker 10 1-2 0-0 1-2 4 0 0 3 Totals 200 7-56 6-32 1-2 24 7 18 21 Team 3 Notre Dame (70) Totals 200 37-64 4-8 13-16 42 20 14 91 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Notre Dame (97) Peters 22 5-10 0-0 0-0 10 1 4 10 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Bruszewski 33 1-4 0-0 0-0 8 3 2 2 Loyola Marymount (47) Peters 14 5-12 0-0 1-3 13 2 1 11 Diggins 34 8-18 3-4 0-5 11 5 2 19 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Bruszewski 16 6-9 0-1 0-0 5 2 0 12 Novosel 33 8-11 2-2 9-9 4 1 2 27 Ysaguirre 16 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Diggins 19 7-8 0-1 4-5 4 7 1 18 Mallory 24 1-4 1-2 0-0 0 3 4 3 Love 18 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 4 Novosel 14 3-4 1-1 0-0 6 3 1 7 Achonwa 15 2-2 0-0 1-2 3 0 3 5 Ramirez 29 0-7 0-3 0-0 0 2 0 0 Mallory 15 1-6 1-6 0-0 1 1 0 3 Miller 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 Young 34 9-18 3-8 0-0 2 0 1 21 Badway 5 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 Turner 9 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 0 Nichols 26 6-17 1-3 4-6 1 0 2 17 Achonwa 18 4-6 0-0 0-0 7 2 1 8 McBride 20 2-6 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 4 Kerins 13 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 2 Miller 22 1-4 0-0 2-2 10 3 3 4 Team 6 Gomez 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Turner 24 1-5 1-4 4-4 4 3 0 7 Totals 200 27-55 6-10 10-17 44 15 19 70 Drinovsky 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 McBride 26 6-10 0-0 5-6 4 2 0 17 Collishaw 20 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 Forr 10 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 Gonzaga 35 26 — 61 Vargas 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Notre Dame 33 37 — 70 Braker 17 1-3 0-0 3-8 8 2 0 5 Wilkins 15 0-1 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 0 Team 4 Buckley 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Totals 200 37-71 4-14 19-28 66 27 8 97 FG Pct: Gonzaga 36.6, Notre Dame 49.1. 3-PT FG Pct: Gonzaga DeAngelis 1 0-0 0-0 3-3 0 0 0 3 11.8, Notre Dame 60.0. FT Pct: Gonzaga 63.6, Notre Dame 58.8. Team 5 SE Missouri St. 6 15 — 21 Turnovers: Gonzaga 18, Notre Dame 26. Blocked Shots: Gon- Notre Dame 46 51 — 97 zaga 3 (Standish 2), Notre Dame 3 (Peters 3). Steals: Gonzaga Totals 200 17-51 4-15 9-11 23 3 10 47 9 (Standish, Bowen, Vandersloot 2), Notre Dame 10 (Novosel, Notre Dame 39 52 — 91 FG Pct: SE Missouri State 12.5, Notre Dame 52.1. 3-PT FG Pct: Mallory 3). Technical Foul: Peters (ND). Attendance: 1,352. Loyola Marymount 21 26 — 47 SE Missouri State 18.8, Notre Dame 28.6. FT Pct: SE Missouri State 50.0, Notre Dame 67.9. Turnovers: SE Missouri State 22, FG Pct: Notre Dame 57.8, Loyola Marymount 33.3. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 12. Blocked Shots: SE Missouri State 1, Notre NOTES: Notre Dame has won 25 of its last 28 regular-season Notre Dame 50.0, Loyola Marymount 26.7. FT Pct: Notre Dame Dame 5 (Achonwa, Braker 2). Steals: SE Missouri State 5 (Beck tournament games (dating back to the start of the 1996-97 season), 81.3, Loyola Marymount 81.8. Turnovers: Notre Dame 15, Loyola 2), Notre Dame 16 (Miller 5). Attendance: 8,653. including a current streak of seven in a row … the Fighting Irish Marymount 24. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 7 (Braker 3), Loyola improve to 4-2 this season against first-time opponents, 25-3 Marymount 0. Steals: Notre Dame 15 (Peters 5), Loyola Marymount (.893) against new foes since the start of the 2000-01 season, 5 (Young 2). Attendance: 1,026. NOTES: Notre Dame set six school records in the victory — fewest and 45-7 (.865) against first-time opponents since joining the BIG points allowed in a game, fewest points allowed in a half, lowest EAST Conference in 1995-96 … Notre Dame rises to 4-1 all-time opponent field goal percentage, largest rebound margin, most against schools from Washington state (2-1 vs. Washington, 1-0 NOTES: Notre Dame is the 32nd NCAA Division I school to earn consecutive points scored (at any time) and most consecutive vs. Gonzaga, 1-0 vs. Pacific Lutheran) … the Fighting Irish are its 700th all-time women’s basketball victory — the Fighting Irish points scored at the start of the game … the Fighting Irish opened 6-1 (.857) all-time against current West Coast Conference teams, now are 700-305 (.697) in 34 seasons of varsity competition … on a 36-0 run covering the first 14:39 of the game, during which with this being the first for Notre Dame against a WCC opponent Notre Dame has won 26 of its last 29 regular-season tournament time Southeast Missouri State missed all 18 of its shots and since March 17, 2000 (an 87-61 win over San Diego in the first games, including eight in a row (and all five this season) … although had 12 turnovers … Notre Dame also posted the second-largest round of the NCAA Championship at Purcell Pavilion) … this the State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic didn’t officially declare a margin of victory in school history (76 points), topped only by a was Notre Dame’s first win in six all-time games in Seattle, and tournament champion (the matchups were pre-determined because 78-point margin in a 113-35 win over Liberty on Nov. 24, 1989, just its second in seven career games in the state of Washington Gonzaga and Loyola Marymount could not play each other as at the UCF Rotary Classic in Orlando … the Fighting Irish pulled (the Fighting Irish defeated Pacific Lutheran, 57-48, in Tacoma members of the West Coast Conference since they will meet later down 66 rebounds, the fifth-highest total in school history and on March 12, 1980, in the AIAW Division III Tournament) … Notre on in league play), the game with LMU was a de-facto title clash most since Nov. 21, 1998, when they had 67 boards against Dame has won eight in a row and is 23-11 (.676) all-time when … Devereaux Peters was voted as the tournament Most Valuable Duke in an 84-57 home win … this was Notre Dame’s eighth playing its first game after the Christmas holiday, including an Player, while Natalie Novosel made the all-tournament team … 90-point game of the season, erasing the old school record of 11-5 (.688) mark away from South Bend and a 17-7 (.708) record the Fighting Irish registered their seventh win this season by 35 seven that was set three times (1996-97, 1998-99 and 2007-08) in the 24-year McGraw era … Notre Dame won for the first time points or more, extending their school record in that category … … the Fighting Irish registered their ninth 30-point win of the this season (in three tries) when trailing at halftime … for the first this also was the eighth 30-point triumph this year, two shy of the year, one shy of the school record set in 2000-01 … Southeast time this season, the Fighting Irish won when shooting less than school record in that department (set in 2000-01) … the Fighting Missouri State was the seventh different first-time opponent for 50 percent from the floor (albeit barely, as they connected as a Irish topped the 90-point mark for the seventh time this season, Notre Dame this season; the Fighting Irish are 5-2 against new .491 clip against Gonzaga) … Notre Dame’s .600 three-point tying the school record set on three other occasions (1996-97, foes this season, as well as 26-3 (.897) since the start of the percentage was its second-best of the season (.750, 3-4 vs. 1998-99 and 2007-08) … Notre Dame came into this week’s 2000-01 season and 46-7 (.868) since joining the BIG EAST in Creighton Dec. 11) … the Fighting Irish committed 26 turnovers, tournament having never won in the city of Seattle (and just once 1995-96 … Notre Dame also now has won 23 consecutive home their second-highest total of the season (27 vs. UCLA on Nov. 18) in six previous games in the state of Washington), but leaves the games against first-time opponents, dating back to Jan. 18, … Notre Dame had two players register double-doubles in the Emerald City with two victories … the Fighting Irish also improve 1996 … the Fighting Irish are 10-1 all-time against schools from same game for the first time since March 23, 2008, when Ashley to 7-1 (.875) all-time against WCC schools … Notre Dame is 2-0 the state of Missouri and 3-0 all-time against current members Barlow (20 pts/12 rebs) and Charel Allen (14 pts/11 rebs) turned all-time against Loyola Marymount, having also won 78-40 back of the Ohio Valley Conference … Notre Dame is 14-2 (.875) in the trick against SMU in the first round of the NCAA Championship on Jan. 3, 1987, in Los Angeles … the LMU series was the last of its first game of a new calendar year, having now won five in a at West Lafayette, Ind. … Natalie Novosel scored a career-high four non-conference rivalries that Notre Dame renewed this year row and seven of their last eight January openers … Devereaux 27 points, four more than her previous high set on Nov. 27, 2010, following a hiatus of a decade or longer — the others were UCLA Peters recorded her third career double-double and second this against Wake Forest at Purcell Pavilion … Novosel’s 27 points are (12 years), Butler (11 years) and Creighton (29 years) … the Fight- season (both in the past three games) … Fraderica Miller pulled the most by a Notre Dame player since Skylar Diggins’ 31-point ing Irish move to 23-15 (.605) all-time against California schools, down a career-high 10 rebounds. effort against Vermont in the second round of last year’s NCAA including a 21-7 (.750) record in the 24-year Muffet McGraw era Championship (March 23, 2010) at Purcell Pavilion … Novosel’s … Notre Dame rises to 20-14 (.588) all-time in its final game before 9-for-9 free throw shooting performance against Gonzaga was the start of the new year (12-11, .522 away from South Bend), the best by a Notre Dame player since March 25, 2008, when with a 17-7 (.708) record in the McGraw era and its current “end- Allen went 12-for-12 from the charity stripe against Oklahoma in of-December” winning streak stretching to four games … the the second round of the NCAA Championship at West Lafayette, Fighting Irish shot .578 from the floor, their second-best field goal Ind. … Diggins posted her second career double-double and percentage of the season … for the second consecutive game, grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds, after her previous double- a Notre Dame player posted a new career scoring high, as Kayla double (vs. Pittsburgh, Feb. 6, 2010 at Purcell Pavilion) featured McBride scored a career-high 20 points and also tied her career her former personal high with 10 rebounds … Devereaux Peters high with six rebounds … Kaila Turner dished out a career-high also chalked up the second double-double of her career, and first six assists … Becca Bruszewski’s 6-for-6 effort was a career best since Jan. 27, 2008, when she tallied 10 points and 12 rebounds but one short of the minimum number of made shots for inclusion against Connecticut at Purcell Pavilion. in the school’s record books.
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#13/12 Notre Dame 73, Marquette 55 #2 Connecticut 79, #13/12 Notre Dame 76 #12 Notre Dame 80, Louisville 60 January 5, 2011 January 8, 2011 January 12, 2011 Al McGuire Center (Milwaukee, Wis.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 16 GAME 17 GAME 18 Notre Dame (73) Connecticut (79) Louisville (60) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 30 9-12 0-0 0-0 8 0 4 18 Moore 36 11-21 2-6 7-7 8 1 4 31 Reid 28 3-10 0-0 4-5 5 3 4 10 Bruszewski 15 1-3 0-0 2-2 3 2 4 4 Dolson 27 2-6 0-0 4-4 9 2 3 8 Hines 20 2-7 0-0 3-4 7 0 2 7 Diggins 27 3-13 1-3 2-2 5 4 3 9 Hayes 27 4-9 0-2 3-4 4 4 4 11 Burke 22 1-6 1-5 0-0 0 1 0 3 Novosel 29 4-10 0-3 6-7 7 3 3 14 Hartley 34 3-9 1-5 0-0 4 5 3 7 Schimmel 30 4-16 2-8 1-2 4 2 4 11 Mallory 32 4-7 3-4 2-2 2 2 1 13 Faris 38 4-9 2-3 10-10 6 5 1 20 Gibbs 18 1-2 0-0 0-2 3 0 2 2 Badway 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Walker 19 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 0 3 2 Harper 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 Achonwa 26 5-7 0-0 2-2 4 1 0 12 Dixon 17 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 Vails 12 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 4 2 Miller 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 Buck 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Slaughter 19 1-3 1-3 2-2 3 1 3 5 Turner 9 0-3 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 Team 10 Tay 15 0-2 0-0 2-2 2 2 0 2 McBride 19 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 2 Totals 200 24-57 5-17 26-27 43 17 18 79 Harrington 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 Forr 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Story 6 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Braker 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 Taylor 23 7-9 0-1 2-5 6 1 3 16 Team 5 Notre Dame (76) Team 3 Totals 200 27-57 4-12 15-18 39 13 22 73 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Totals 200 21-61 4-17 14-23 35 10 25 60 Peters 34 5-13 0-0 7-8 11 2 3 17 Bruszewski 22 4-9 0-0 0-0 6 1 3 8 Marquette (55) Diggins 37 5-18 0-4 6-6 4 5 4 16 Notre Dame (80) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Novosel 32 6-15 0-2 4-7 5 5 0 16 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Plouffe 26 2-4 0-1 0-0 7 0 1 4 Mallory 33 2-5 2-3 0-0 1 1 1 6 Peters 20 7-9 0-0 0-0 3 1 3 14 Fiedorowicz 21 1-3 0-0 2-3 2 2 4 4 Achonwa 22 3-11 0-1 3-4 8 2 2 9 Bruszewski 33 5-10 0-0 1-4 6 2 3 11 Simmons 20 2-7 0-0 0-0 4 1 2 4 Miller 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Diggins 30 3-7 0-2 6-6 2 5 1 12 McMorris 27 5-9 3-6 2-2 3 2 1 15 Turner 4 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 2 Novosel 24 2-7 0-0 8-12 5 5 2 12 Robinson 33 4-10 1-1 5-8 4 3 1 14 McBride 14 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 2 Mallory 26 3-8 3-7 2-2 5 3 2 11 Collins 23 4-11 0-0 2-4 8 1 1 10 Braker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Badway 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Weibel 19 1-5 1-5 0-0 3 0 2 3 Team 6 Achonwa 19 1-5 0-0 2-4 9 1 0 4 Young 7 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 27-75 2-11 20-25 43 17 18 76 Miller 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 0 Thomas 5 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 1 1 Turner 8 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 1 1 2 Minix 19 0-4 0-2 0-1 1 4 3 0 Connecticut 41 38 — 79 McBride 19 5-7 1-1 3-4 6 1 4 14 Team 2 Notre Dame 41 35 — 76 Forr 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Totals 200 19-56 5-17 12-20 35 14 16 55 Braker 3 0-1 0-0 0-4 0 0 1 0 FG Pct: Connecticut 42.1, Notre Dame 36.0. 3-PT FG Pct: Con- Team 5 Notre Dame 40 33 — 73 necticut 29.4, Notre Dame 18.2. FT Pct: Connecticut 96.3, Notre Totals 200 26-55 4-10 24-38 45 21 19 80 Marquette 31 24 — 55 Dame 80.0. Turnovers: Connecticut 20, Notre Dame 14. Blocked Shots: Connecticut 4 (Moore, Dolson 2), Notre Dame 7 (Peters 4). Louisville 22 38 — 60 FG Pct: Notre Dame 47.4, Marquette 33.9. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Steals: Connecticut 8 (Hartley 4), Notre Dame 7 (Diggins, Mallory Notre Dame 37 43 — 80 Dame 33.3, Marquette 29.4. FT Pct: Notre Dame 83.3, Marquette 2). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout). 60.0. Turnovers: Notre Dame 18, Marquette 24. Blocked Shots: FG Pct: Louisville 34.4, Notre Dame 47.3. 3-PT FG Pct: Louisville Notre Dame 5 (Peters 2), Marquette 2 (Fiedorowicz 2). Steals: 23.5, Notre Dame 40.0. FT Pct: Louisville 60.9, Notre Dame Notre Dame 14 (Peters, Mallory 4), Marquette 9 (Plouffe, Robinson, NOTES: The 76 points scored by Notre Dame were the most by 63.2. Turnovers: Louisville 19, Notre Dame 19. Blocked Shots: Minix 2). Attendance: 1,300. any team against Connecticut in more than two years — Nov. 30, Louisville 2, Notre Dame 3. Steals: Louisville 12 (Schimmel 4), 2008, when the Huskies defeated fourth-ranked Oklahoma, 106-78 Notre Dame 8 (Diggins, Mallory 2). Technical Foul: Louisville at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn. … while Connecticut won its bench. Attendance: 8,058. NOTES: Notre Dame snaps a two-game losing streak at the Al 10th consecutive game in the series, this was the closest margin McGuire Center, picking up its first win at Marquette since Dec. between Notre Dame and UConn since March 6, 2001, when the 19, 2004 (a 50-47 victory on a Jacqueline Batteast three-pointer Huskies won the BIG EAST title with a 78-76 championship game NOTES: Notre Dame had six players score in double figures for at the horn) … this was the largest win for the Fighting Irish at win at Gampel Pavilion (on Sue Bird’s jumper at the horn) … the 76 the first time since Nov. 15, 2009, when the Fighting Irish had a Marquette since Dec. 21, 2000, when Notre Dame posted a 75-56 points were the most Notre Dame has scored against Connecticut school-record eight double-figure scorers in a 102-57 season- win over the Golden Eagles at their former home, U.S. Cellular since March 30, 2001, when the Fighting Irish avenged their BIG opening win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Arena … Notre Dame improves to 30-6 all-time against Marquette, EAST title game loss with a 90-75 win over the Huskies in the NCAA Dame shot better than 45 percent from the field for the 15th time including an 11-5 record on the road — the 30 series wins and Women’s Final Four in St. Louis … this was Notre Dame’s closest in 18 games this season … Notre Dame also held its opponent to 36 series games both are school records … the Fighting Irish game against a top-five opponent since Jan. 13, 2004, when the fewer than 40 percent shooting from the floor for the 13th time are the first team to win back-to-back games in the series since Fighting Irish defeated fourth-ranked Connecticut, 66-51 at Purcell this year and ninth time in the past 10 games … the Fighting Marquette joined the BIG EAST Conference in 2005-06 … Notre Pavilion … the 41-41 halftime tie marked the first time Notre Dame Irish improve to 6-4 all-time against Louisville (5-2 as members Dame is 12-2 against Marquette in conference play, including was tied or leading Connecticut at the break since Jan. 30, 2005, of the BIG EAST Conference) and win their third consecutive the schools’ prior memberships in the (now-defunct) North Star when the Fighting Irish were up 34-24 on the way to earning their game over the Cardinals (the longest winning streak by either Conference (4-0) and the Midwestern Collegiate Conference most recent win over Connecticut (65-59 at Gampel Pavilion) … side in the series) … in its last two matchups with Louisville, (now the Horizon League) (4-0) in addition to the BIG EAST Notre Dame shot a season-low .360 from the floor, just the third Notre Dame has held the Cardinals to 21 and 22 points in the (4-2) … the Fighting Irish have scored at least 70 points in 24 of time all season the Fighting Irish have connected on less than 45 first half (21 on March 6, 2010, in the second round of the BIG their last 30 games against Marquette, while the Golden Eagles percent of their shots (first since a then-season low .387 at #2/3 EAST Championship at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.) … the have reached the 70-point mark five times in that span … Notre Baylor on Dec. 1) … Notre Dame’s 23 offensive rebounds were 22 first-half points were the fewest allowed by the Fighting Irish Dame is 200-17 (.922) when leading at halftime since the start of third-best this season, exceeded only by 25 at #9/10 Kentucky (Nov. in a regular-season conference game since Feb. 9, 2010 (18 at the 2000-01 season, including wins in 128 of their last 139 such 21) and 24 against Southeast Missouri State (Jan. 2) … Connecticut Cincinnati) … Notre Dame wins its 38th consecutive game when contests and an active streak of 37 in a row … the Fighting Irish had not given up more than 20 offensive rebounds in a game this leading at halftime and rises to 201-17 (.922) in such games since move to 219-15 (.936) when holding their opponent to fewer than season … Connecticut set a Purcell Pavilion opponent record by the start of the 2000-01 season … the Fighting Irish scored at 60 points since joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96. shooting .962 (26-of-27) from the foul line, topping the old mark least 80 points for the 11th time this season (10-1 record) and of .952 (20-of-21) set by West Virginia on Jan. 14, 1998 (record jump to 150-5 (.968) when topping the 80-point mark since requires minimum of 10 attempts to qualify) … Connecticut’s Kelly joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96 … Notre Dame handed out at Faris is the third opposing player in Purcell Pavilion history to go least 20 assists for the 11th time this season … in addition to her at least 10-for-10 from the charity stripe and the first since Jan. team-high point total, Kayla McBride also tied her career high 27, 2009, when Rutgers’ Epiphanny Prince made 12-of-12 free with six rebounds … Skylar Diggins also delivered at least five throws … Notre Dame has scored at least 30 points in the paint assists for the 11th time this year … Natalie Novosel posted her in every game this season and has outscored or tied its opponent second consecutive “5-5-5” game (and third of her career) with in the paint in all but one game this year (30-46 at #2/3 Baylor on 12 points, five rebounds and five assists. Dec. 1) … the 38 points in the paint also were the most allowed by Connecticut this season … Connecticut’s Maya Moore is the first Notre Dame opposing player to score 30 points in a game since March 21, 2010, when Cleveland State’s Kailey Klein also scored 31 points in an 86-58 Notre Dame win at Purcell Pavilion in the first round of the NCAA Championship … Devereaux Peters chalked up her third double-double of the season, all in the past five games; she also tied her season high with four blocked shots … Skylar Diggins not only went a season-best 6-for-6 from the foul line, but also dished out at least five assists for the 10th time this season … despite record-setting snowfall in South Bend (more than two feet), the game was an advanced sellout, the second capacity crowd of the season for Notre Dame and the 14th in program history (eighth in the last two seasons). 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 27 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 2010-11 Box Scores
#12 Notre Dame 82, Pittsburgh 50 #11/10 Notre Dame 80, #16/17 Georgetown 58 #11/10 Notre Dame 69, #RV/23 St. John’s 36 January 15, 2011 January 18, 2011 January 23, 2011 Petersen Events Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 19 GAME 20 GAME 21 Notre Dame (82) Georgetown (58) St. John’s (36) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 23 6-9 0-0 3-3 10 4 2 15 Magee 23 2-8 1-2 2-5 4 1 4 7 Stevens 32 3-7 0-0 0-7 9 0 1 6 Bruszewski 20 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 4 Crawford 16 2-3 0-0 1-2 1 0 4 5 Hart 28 4-9 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 8 Diggins 28 7-13 2-4 4-5 4 5 3 20 Wright 36 5-10 2-4 1-3 5 6 3 13 Lindsay 13 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Novosel 23 4-8 1-3 6-8 3 1 0 15 Rodgers 32 5-13 3-6 2-2 6 3 4 15 McKenith 31 2-6 0-0 2-3 3 6 2 6 Mallory 10 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 1 1 2 McNutt 37 3-9 1-6 0-0 4 2 2 7 Smith 31 3-8 0-1 1-1 5 1 2 7 Badway 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 White 11 0-0 0-0 0-1 3 1 2 0 Burakoski 28 1-5 1-2 0-0 4 0 2 3 Achonwa 10 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 4 McBride 14 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 6 Brown 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 Miller 11 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 4 Wilson 17 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 2 3 Blanding 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 2 Turner 21 1-7 1-3 2-2 2 1 0 5 Williams 5 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 1 0 Langley 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 McBride 31 3-6 0-0 2-2 5 3 2 8 Powell 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Shahid-Martin 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Forr 9 2-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 5 Roche 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 McPherson 10 1-6 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 2 Braker 9 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 0 Team 2 Team 4 Team 5 Totals 200 22-51 7-18 7-17 30 16 24 58 Totals 200 16-50 1-6 3-11 31 8 13 36 Totals 200 30-64 4-11 18-22 46 16 14 82 Notre Dame (80) Notre Dame (69) Pittsburgh (50) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 33 1-3 0-0 2-4 12 0 1 4 Peters 30 7-10 0-0 0-0 10 2 4 14 Cole 16 0-3 0-0 3-4 0 0 2 3 Bruszewski 24 4-10 0-0 2-4 4 3 4 10 Bruszewski 25 8-11 0-0 3-5 1 1 2 19 Scott 31 1-4 1-3 2-2 3 0 3 5 Diggins 35 6-12 2-5 8-10 4 6 3 22 Diggins 27 2-6 1-3 1-2 6 6 1 6 Harrison 30 3-8 2-3 2-2 1 1 3 10 Novosel 31 6-8 2-2 5-7 1 1 2 19 Novosel 27 5-14 0-1 3-3 3 2 1 13 Davis 17 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 2 Mallory 35 4-7 3-6 3-4 2 4 4 14 Mallory 30 2-7 1-3 1-2 6 5 2 6 Sims 24 3-9 0-1 0-0 1 3 1 6 Achonwa 20 3-5 0-0 0-0 7 1 2 6 Badway 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Logan 13 3-5 1-2 1-2 2 0 2 8 Miller 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 2 Achonwa 13 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 4 Anderson 20 3-7 1-3 1-2 4 1 0 8 Turner 14 1-2 1-1 0-0 1 1 1 3 Miller 10 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 2 Dunn 17 1-2 0-0 1-4 10 0 1 3 Braker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 Turner 23 1-4 1-3 0-0 2 3 3 3 Burdgess 16 1-6 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 3 Team 2 Forr 4 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Fuller 16 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 2 0 2 Totals 200 26-48 8-14 20-29 36 17 20 80 Braker 8 0-1 0-0 2-2 3 0 0 2 Team 5 Team 2 Totals 200 16-49 5-12 13-20 28 8 17 50 Georgetown 33 25 — 58 Totals 200 28-61 3-10 10-14 42 21 14 69 Notre Dame 45 35 — 80 Notre Dame 50 32 — 82 St. John’s 21 15 — 36 Pittsburgh 19 31 — 50 FG Pct: Georgetown 43.1, Notre Dame 54.2. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 39 30 — 69 Georgetown 38.9, Notre Dame 57.1. FT Pct: Georgetown 41.2, FG Pct: Notre Dame 46.9, Pittsburgh 32.7. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Notre Dame 69.0. Turnovers: Georgetown 21, Notre Dame 19. FG Pct: St. John’s 32.0, Notre Dame 45.9. 3-PT FG Pct: St. Dame 36.4, Pittsburgh 41.7. FT Pct: Notre Dame 81.8, Pittsburgh Blocked Shots: Georgetown 3 (Wilson 2), Notre Dame 4 (Peters 2). John’s 16.7, Notre Dame 30.0. FT Pct: St. John’s 27.3, Notre 65.0. Turnovers: Notre Dame 15, Pittsburgh 21. Blocked Shots: Steals: Georgetown 12 (Wright 3), Notre Dame 10 (Diggins, Novosel, Dame 71.4. Turnovers: St. John’s 26, Notre Dame 18. Blocked Notre Dame 3 (Peters 2), Pittsburgh 6 (Dunn 3). Steals: Notre Dame Mallory 2). Technical Foul: Crawford (GU). Attendance: 8,614. Shots: St. John’s 6 (Blanding 2), Notre Dame 8 (Peters 5). 13 (Diggins, Miller 3), Pittsburgh 4 (Sims 2). Attendance: 2,650. Steals: St. John’s 10 (McKenith 3), Notre Dame 17 (Novosel 4). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout). NOTES: Notre Dame earns its first win over a ranked opponent in NOTES: Notre Dame tied a school record with its 10th win by five outings this season … the 22-point margin of victory was the 30-or-more points this season, a mark that first was set by the largest for the Fighting Irish against a Top 25 opponent since Feb. NOTES: Notre Dame sets a new school record with its 11th win Fighting Irish in 2000-01 … Notre Dame has won its last four 25, 2004, when an unranked Notre Dame side knocked off No. of the season by at least 30 points, topping the old mark of 10 road games, with three of those victories coming by at least 30 21/19 Miami (Fla.), 93-58 at Purcell Pavilion … the last time Notre 30-point wins set in 2000-01 … in its last two games, the Fighting points … the Fighting Irish scored 50 points in the first half, their Dame defeated a team ranked in the top 20 of the Associated Press Irish defeated a pair of ranked teams (#16/17 Georgetown and sixth 50-point half of the season (first since a 51-point second poll by a larger margin than 22 points was Nov. 22, 2000, when #RV/23 St. John’s) by an average of 27.5 points per game … half vs. Southeast Missouri State on Jan. 2), and second in the the Fighting Irish posted an 83-56 win at No. 19 Wisconsin in the prior to the win over Georgetown, Notre Dame had not defeated opening 20 minutes (53 vs. New Hampshire in the season opener first round of the Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge … the last time a ranked team by more than 17 points since Feb. 25, 2004 (93-58 on Nov. 12 at Purcell Pavilion) … the 31-point halftime margin Notre Dame defeated a team ranked higher than Georgetown by a at home over #21/19 Miami (Fla.)), but the Fighting Irish did that is the fourth-largest this season for the Fighting Irish … Notre larger margin than 22 points was Nov. 21, 1998, when the Fighting in its last two games … Notre Dame defeats ranked opponents Dame improves to 20-3 all-time against Pittsburgh, including a 9-2 Irish logged an 84-57 win over No. 6/4 Duke at Purcell Pavilion … in back-to-back games for the first time since Jan. 30 and Feb. record on the road … the Fighting Irish broke a two-game losing Notre Dame moves to 24-3 all-time against Georgetown (13-0 at 2, 2005, when the Fighting Irish won at #9/10 Connecticut (65-59) streak to Pittsburgh at the Petersen Events Center, defeating the Purcell Pavilion), with the 24 series wins tying for second-most and at home against #16/13 Boston College (64-57) … the 36 Panthers in the Steel City for the first time since Feb. 5, 2005 against one opponent in program history (the Fighting Irish also points by St. John’s are the fewest Notre Dame has allowed to (75-47, also the last time Notre Dame gave up fewer points to have 24 victories over Valparaiso, plus 30 wins over Marquette) a ranked opponent since Jan. 24, 2004, when the Fighting Irish Pittsburgh than it did this year) … the 32-point margin of victory … this was Notre Dame’s largest win in the series with the Hoyas edged No. 23/25 Villanova, 38-36 at Purcell Pavilion … Notre is the third-largest for the Fighting Irish in their 23-game series since Feb. 21, 2007, when the Fighting Irish recorded a 73-48 win Dame improves to 49-5 (.907) all-time against New York schools, against the Panthers, and largest since Feb. 17, 1996 (an 89-51 at Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish have held Georgetown to including a 26-0 record at Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish win at Pittsburgh’s previous home, Fitzgerald Field House) … fewer than 70 points in 19 of their 22 matchups as members of rise to 20-3 (.870) all-time against St. John’s, including a 10-0 Notre Dame recorded a double-digit steal total for the 14th time the BIG EAST Conference (1995-96 to present), going 19-0 in record at home … the 33-point margin of victory is the largest this season … the Fighting Irish shot better than 45 percent from those contests … Notre Dame shot better than 50 percent from for Notre Dame against the Red Storm since Feb. 13, 2002 (a the field for the 16th time this year … Notre Dame shot 57.6 the field for the 12th time this season and topped the 45-percent 66-31 triumph at Purcell Pavilion) … the 36 points by St. John’s percent (19-of-33) from the field in the first half, its best shoot- mark for the 17th time … the Fighting Irish nailed a season-high mark its second-lowest point total in the 23-game series against ing half since Jan. 2, when the Fighting Irish shot 67.7 percent eight three-pointers, their best production from beyond the arc the Fighting Irish, and the 16th time Notre Dame has held the (21-of-31) from the field in the second half against Southeast since Feb. 23, 2010, when they also sank eight treys in an 82-67 Red Storm to 60 points or fewer … the Fighting Irish dished out Missouri State … Notre Dame held Pittsburgh to eight offensive win over Marquette at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Dame forced at least 20 assists for the 12th time this season … Notre Dame rebounds, one shy of the Fighting Irish opponent season-low at least 20 turnovers for the 15th time this season (in addition also registered double-digit steals for the 16th time this year … (set by Morehead State on Nov. 15 and matched by IUPUI on to 19 takeaways in two other outings) … the Fighting Irish also the Fighting Irish shot better than 45 percent from the field for Nov. 26, both at Purcell Pavilion) … the Fighting Irish posted a collected double-digit steals for the 15th time this year … Skylar the 18th time this season … Notre Dame outrebounded its op- +18 rebound margin (46-28), tying their fourth-best mark of the Diggins turned in her second consecutive 20-point night, fourth ponents by a double-digit margin for the 10th time this year … season — Notre Dame has had a double-digit rebound advan- of the season and 11th in her career … Diggins also dished out the Fighting Irish earn their 350th all-time win at Purcell Pavilion, tage in nine games this season, including seven games where at least five assists for the 13th time this year … Brittany Mallory moving to 350-88 (.799) at the venerable Notre Dame arena, the Fighting Irish had a rebound edge of 15 boards or more … scored a season-high 14 points and matched her season best including a 109-19 (.852) record in BIG EAST play … Becca during Pittsburgh’s 11-3 game-ending run against the Notre with three three-pointers … Devereaux Peters snared a game- Bruszewski scored a season-high 19 points and becomes the Dame reserves in the final three minutes, the Fighting Irish were high 12 rebounds, her fifth double-digit rebounding game of the sixth different Fighting Irish player to lead the team in scoring at whistled for only their second shot clock violation of the entire season (all in the past eight games) and the seventh of her career. least once this season … Devereaux Peters recorded her fifth season … Skylar Diggins chalked up her third 20-point game of double-double of the season, all in the past nine games — she the season and 10th of her young career … Diggins also dished also posted her sixth double-digit rebounding game in that time out at least five assists for the 12th time this season and sixth … Peters added a season-high five blocks … Peters was one time in the past eight games … Devereaux Peters collected her of three Notre Dame players to record a “5-5-5” game — it was fourth double-double of the season, all in the past seven games, Peters’ second of the season, while Skylar Diggins posted her and the fifth double-double of her career. third of the year, and Brittany Mallory charted her first of the season and fifth of her career … Diggins handed out at least five assists for the fifth consecutive game … Notre Dame attracted its third sellout crowd of the season and the 15th in program history.
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#9 Notre Dame 58, Villanova 43 #8 Notre Dame 71, #RV/25 Syracuse 48 #8 Notre Dame 76, South Florida 68 January 29, 2011 February 1, 2011 February 5, 2011 The Pavilion (Villanova, Pa.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Sun Dome (Tampa, Fla.) GAME 22 GAME 23 GAME 24 Notre Dame (58) Syracuse (48) Notre Dame (76) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 36 8-12 0-0 4-4 9 0 0 20 Alexander 23 5-9 0-0 9-11 5 0 3 19 Peters 22 3-6 0-0 1-3 7 0 4 7 Bruszewski 33 4-8 0-1 2-5 10 0 0 10 Hall 29 0-3 0-1 0-1 2 0 2 0 Bruszewski 37 4-7 0-0 8-9 6 5 2 16 Diggins 36 4-13 0-1 5-6 6 4 1 13 Harris 25 0-2 0-1 2-2 1 2 3 2 Diggins 35 4-10 0-2 9-12 4 4 2 17 Novosel 34 3-15 0-0 5-5 3 2 0 11 Morrow 29 2-8 2-5 2-4 4 2 1 8 Novosel 33 7-14 1-1 4-5 8 0 4 19 Mallory 33 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 3 0 Hemingway 27 2-8 0-0 5-7 5 3 3 9 Mallory 26 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 2 4 3 Achonwa 9 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 2 4 Williams 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 Achonwa 19 4-6 0-0 6-10 8 0 2 14 Miller 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Coffey 7 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 Miller 9 0-0 0-0 0-2 3 0 3 0 Turner 17 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 Taft 4 0-2 0-2 2-2 1 1 0 2 Turner 19 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 Braker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Berry 11 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 Braker 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Team 7 Bullard 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Team 1 Totals 200 21-56 0-4 16-20 39 9 7 58 Leary 17 2-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 3 4 Totals 200 23-46 2-5 28-41 40 12 21 76 Tyson-Thomas 23 2-12 0-3 0-0 5 0 2 4 Team 5 Villanova (43) Totals 200 13-51 2-14 20-29 34 9 21 48 South Florida (68) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Swiezynski 27 1-5 0-2 0-0 0 0 2 2 Carn 22 0-6 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 0 Pearson 33 3-7 2-4 0-0 1 2 1 8 Notre Dame (71) McDonald 25 6-7 0-0 2-4 2 0 4 14 Sweeney 26 7-10 0-1 0-0 7 1 4 14 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Wynne 17 1-4 0-0 2-6 0 1 2 4 Roberts 23 1-7 0-3 2-2 5 0 2 4 Peters 26 5-7 0-0 5-10 11 4 2 15 Smith, Andrell 31 6-11 1-3 2-3 5 3 4 15 Carey 33 1-3 0-1 0-0 6 3 1 2 Bruszewski 25 5-7 0-0 2-2 7 1 4 12 Smith, Andrea 39 6-14 3-4 5-7 2 3 4 20 Jones 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Diggins 31 2-9 0-2 4-4 7 5 3 8 Doomes-Stephens 21 2-4 0-1 0-0 3 1 2 4 Kimmel 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 Novosel 28 4-11 1-2 4-6 4 2 2 13 Conner 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 1 4 0 Kane 18 2-5 0-0 2-2 3 3 2 6 Mallory 32 2-5 1-4 1-2 1 3 2 6 Bernard 20 1-2 0-0 3-3 3 5 4 5 Suhey 3 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 Achonwa 18 6-9 1-1 0-3 2 1 3 13 Grant 15 3-7 0-0 0-1 5 0 1 6 Scanlon 23 1-4 0-2 5-5 2 0 3 7 Miller 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 Team 2 Team 3 Turner 25 0-5 0-3 1-2 1 3 2 1 Totals 200 25-56 4-9 14-24 27 16 27 68 Totals 200 16-44 2-16 9-9 27 9 17 43 Forr 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 Braker 4 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 3 1 Notre Dame 42 34 — 76 Notre Dame 32 26 — 58 Team 9 South Florida 30 38 — 68 Villanova 20 23 — 43 Totals 200 25-55 3-12 18-31 44 20 21 71 FG Pct: Notre Dame 50.0, South Florida 44.6. 3-PT FG Pct: FG Pct: Notre Dame 37.5, Villanova 36.4. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame Syracuse 20 28 — 48 Notre Dame 40.0, South Florida 44.4. FT Pct: Notre Dame 68.3, 0.0, Villanova 12.5. FT Pct: Notre Dame 80.0, Villanova 100.0. Notre Dame 34 37 — 71 South Florida 58.3. Turnovers: Notre Dame 18, South Florida 14. Turnovers: Notre Dame 12, Villanova 19. Blocked Shots: Notre Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 4 (Bruszewski 2), South Florida 5 Dame 2, Villanova 1. Steals: Notre Dame 14 (Peters, Bruszewski FG Pct: Syracuse 25.5, Notre Dame 45.5. 3-PT FG Pct: Syracuse (McDonald 2). Steals: Notre Dame 5 (Diggins 2), South Florida 11 4), Villanova 7 (Sweeney 4). Attendance: 2,327. 14.3, Notre Dame 25.0. FT Pct: Syracuse 69.0, Notre Dame 58.1. (McDonald 3). Technical Foul: Achonwa (ND). Attendance: 1,393. Turnovers: Syracuse 24, Notre Dame 18. Blocked Shots: Syracuse 3, Notre Dame 3. Steals: Syracuse 11 (Harris, Coffey, Leary 2), NOTES: For the seventh time in its 16-year membership in the Notre Dame 16 (Diggins 5). Attendance: 7,797. NOTES: Notre Dame earned its 20th victory, marking its 17th BIG EAST Conference, Notre Dame is off to a 7-1 start in confer- 20-win season in the past 18 years and the 21st 20-win cam- ence play, having also done so in 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, paign in the 24-year tenure of head coach Muffet McGraw … the 1999-2000, 2000-01 and most recently last season … while Notre NOTES: Notre Dame picks up its third win over a ranked BIG Fighting Irish recorded their fourth consecutive win over South Dame was held to a season-low 58 points at Villanova (fewest EAST Conference opponent in its last four games, winning all Florida and improved to 7-2 all-time against the Bulls, including since March 8, 2010 - 59-44 loss to top-ranked Connecticut in three by an average of 26.0 points per game … for the fifth time a 3-1 record in Tampa … the last three series games in Tampa all BIG EAST Championship semifinals), the Fighting Irish also held in nine BIG EAST games, the Fighting Irish held their opponent have been decided by single digits … Notre Dame has scored at their 10th opponent of the season to 50 points or fewer, includ- to 50 points or fewer (including their last three in a row and four least 70 points in eight of its nine series games against USF … ing four of their first eight BIG EAST opponents … Notre Dame of the past five) … Notre Dame also held its 11th opponent of the the Fighting Irish are 24-5 (.828) all-time against Florida schools, registered double-digit steals for the 17th time in 22 games this season to 50 points or fewer … the Fighting Irish improve to 24-2 including a 13-2 (.867) record on the road … Notre Dame rises season … the Fighting Irish also outrebounded their opponent all-time against Syracuse, tying with Georgetown and Valparaiso to 16-3 (.842) all-time when playing in the state of Florida … the by double digits for the 11th time this year …Notre Dame fielded for the second-most wins against one opponent in school history Fighting Irish are 89-25 (.781) in the month of February since at least four double-figure scorers for the 14th time this season, (behind the 30 victories against Marquette) … Notre Dame also joining the BIG EAST Conference in 1995-96, with a 137-40 (.774) improving to 12-2 in those games … the Fighting Irish move to has won 11 in a row against the Orange and all 12 meetings at February record in the 24-year McGraw era … for the second 17-10 all-time against Villanova, including a 7-6 record at The Purcell Pavilion, 11 of those South Bend contests by double digits consecutive game, Notre Dame did not trail at any point during Pavilion … the 15-point margin was the largest for Notre Dame … the Fighting Irish top the 70-point mark for the 21st time in the the contest — through 10 BIG EAST games this season, the at Villanova since Feb. 13, 2007 (a 75-58 win), and only the fourth 26-game series against Syracuse, as well as the seventh time in Fighting Irish have not trailed by more than five points at any double-digit Fighting Irish victory on the VU campus in 13 career the past eight contests … SU’s 48 points are the fewest allowed time (7-2 with 17:48 left in the first half at Villanova on Jan. 29) visits … the Wildcats’ 43 points were their fewest against Notre by Notre Dame in the series since March 2, 2004, when the Fight- … Notre Dame shot 50 percent or better from the field for the Dame since Jan. 24, 2004 (a 38-36 Notre Dame win at Purcell ing Irish posted a 54-33 win in the regular season finale at Purcell 13th time this season, and topped the 45-percent mark for the Pavilion) … the Fighting Irish held Villanova to season lows of Pavilion … the 23-point margin is the largest for Notre Dame in the 20th time … the Fighting Irish outrebounded their opponent by two three-pointers and 16 three-point attempts … this marked Syracuse series since Jan. 20, 2007, when the Fighting Irish earned double digits for the 13th time this year … Notre Dame is 14-2 the eighth time this season Notre Dame limited an opponent to an 83-55 victory at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Dame rises to 50-5 this season when having at least four players score in double a three-point percentage of 20 percent or lower (VU shot .125 (.909) all-time against New York schools, including a 27-0 record figures … the Fighting Irish are 19-0 this year when leading at vs. the Fighting Irish) … the Fighting Irish had their streak of 74 at home … since joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96, the Fighting halftime and have won 44 games in a row when taking a lead consecutive games with a three-pointer snapped, going scoreless Irish are 88-25 (.779) all-time in the month of February, with a 50-5 to the intermission … Notre Dame attempted a season-low 46 from beyond the arc for the first time since Jan. 3, 2009 (a 66-60 (.909) record at home — in the 24-year Muffet McGraw era, Notre shots, two fewer than their total against Georgetown on Jan. win at Seton Hall) … Notre Dame shot below 25 percent from Dame is 136-40 (.773) in February games, including a 72-11 (.867) 18 … Natalie Novosel tied her career high with eight rebounds, the field in a single half (.231 in the second half) for the first time mark at home … the Fighting Irish logged double-digit steals for the fourth time she’s hit that mark and the first since Nov. 21 at since Jan. 16, 2010 (.229, 8-of-35 in the first half at top-ranked the 18th time, and at least 20 assists for the 13th time this year Kentucky … Becca Bruszewski scored in double figures for a Connecticut) … Devereaux Peters finished one rebound shy of … Syracuse came into the game leading the nation with a +16.6 career-best fifth consecutive game and the sixth time in her last becoming the first Fighting Irish player with 20 points/10 rebounds rebounding margin, but Notre Dame ended up with a +10 edge seven outings … Bruszewski also tied her career high with eight in a game since Feb. 6, 2010 (Skylar Diggins had 23 points and on the glass, the 12th time this season it has outrebounded an free throws made (first set on Feb. 17, 2009, the last time Notre 10 rebounds in a win over Pittsburgh at Purcell Pavilion) … Peters opponent by double figures … the Fighting Irish held their opponent Dame visited USF), handed out a season-high five assists and recorded the second 20-point game of her career, having scored to a three-point percentage of 20 percent or lower for the ninth registered her first “5-5-5” game of the season, as well as the a career-high 23 points in the season opener vs. New Hampshire time this year … Becca Bruszewski became the 27th Fighting Irish second of her career (five points/six rebounds/seven assists at on Nov. 12 at Purcell Pavilion … Becca Bruszewski collected her player to score 1,000 career points, currently standing 25th on the Louisville on Jan. 19, 2010) … Bruszewski is the seventh differ- second double-double of the season and fourth of her career, school’s all-time scoring list with 1,007 points (passing Melissa ent Fighting Irish player to record a “5-5-5” game this season having previously chalked up 12 points and 13 rebounds against Lechlitner and Kelley Siemon later in the game) … Bruszewski … Natalie Achonwa tied her career high with 14 points, a mark No. 15 UCLA on Nov. 18 at Purcell Pavilion … Bruszewski also also cracked double digits for the fourth consecutive game and she first set on Dec. 11 against Creighton at Purcell Pavilion. moved within five points of becoming the 27th Fighting Irish player fifth time in the past six outings … Devereaux Peters posted her to tally 1,000 career points … Bruszewski tied her career high sixth double-double of the season, all in the past 11 games, and with four steals, a mark she had set twice before, most recently nabbed double-digit rebounds for the fourth time in five games … on Dec. 8, 2009, against IPFW at Purcell Pavilion … head coach Natalie Achonwa collected her eighth double-figure scoring game Muffet McGraw worked her 750th game at Notre Dame, rising to of the season, and first since Jan. 5 (12 points at Marquette) … 543-207 (.724) in 24 seasons under the Golden Dome. Skylar Diggins registered her fourth “5-5-5” game of the season (and first career “5-5-5-5” outing), packing the stat sheet with eight points, seven rebounds, five assists and a season-high five steals.
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#8 Notre Dame 89, Seton Hall 38 #8 Notre Dame 71, Rutgers 49 February 8, 2011 February 12, 2011 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 25 GAME 26 Seton Hall (38) Rutgers (49) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Green, K. 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 Oliver 39 4-12 0-0 4-6 7 2 4 12 Joseph 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 1 3 0 Lee 38 6-7 0-0 1-2 3 0 2 13 Morris 25 2-9 1-6 0-0 1 1 3 5 Rushdan 34 2-7 0-0 0-0 4 8 5 4 Simmons 26 3-9 0-1 1-2 1 1 3 7 Wheeler 37 5-11 1-4 0-0 3 0 4 11 Crew 24 4-12 2-2 0-0 1 1 5 10 Sykes 36 3-9 1-4 0-0 1 2 0 7 Maseko 25 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 3 0 Lapidus 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Johnson 22 3-6 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 6 Simmons 13 0-3 0-0 2-2 4 1 2 2 Green, T. 13 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 Hutchen 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 Wood 28 1-7 1-4 2-2 4 1 1 5 Tucker 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Ashmeade 11 0-3 0-0 2-4 3 0 2 2 Team 5 Henry 9 0-3 0-0 1-2 3 0 2 1 Totals 200 20-49 2-8 7-10 28 13 18 49 Team 5 Totals 200 14-57 4-15 6-10 26 6 23 38 Notre Dame (71) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Notre Dame (89) Peters 30 9-13 0-0 3-3 6 0 3 21 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Bruszewski 33 3-4 0-0 0-0 4 0 4 6 Peters 23 4-7 0-0 2-3 5 2 0 10 Diggins 37 7-17 3-5 3-6 5 5 2 20 Bruszewski 18 5-7 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 10 Novosel 31 2-6 0-1 2-2 3 1 0 6 Diggins 25 4-4 0-0 6-7 6 7 1 14 Mallory 35 3-4 2-2 2-2 4 10 0 10 Novosel 27 6-8 1-1 3-3 4 2 1 16 Achonwa 16 2-6 0-0 0-1 4 1 1 4 Mallory 24 4-6 1-2 4-6 1 3 3 13 Turner 17 1-2 0-1 2-2 1 1 0 4 Badway 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Forr 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Achonwa 19 4-7 0-0 4-5 6 1 0 12 Braker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 Miller 21 2-4 0-0 3-6 5 1 0 7 Team 3 Turner 17 2-3 1-2 0-0 1 1 3 5 Totals 200 27-52 5-9 12-16 31 18 11 71 Forr 7 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Braker 16 0-0 0-0 0-0 6 1 2 0 Rutgers 25 24 — 49 Team 7 Notre Dame 29 42 — 71 Totals 200 32-50 3-5 22-32 42 20 13 89 FG Pct: Rutgers 40.8, Notre Dame 51.9. 3-PT FG Pct: Rutgers Seton Hall 23 15 — 38 25.0, Notre Dame 55.6. FT Pct: Rutgers 70.0, Notre Dame 75.0. Notre Dame 44 45 — 89 Turnovers: Rutgers 20, Notre Dame 15. Blocked Shots: Rutgers 3 (Oliver 2), Notre Dame 3 (Peters 2). Steals: Rutgers 7 (Wheeler FG Pct: Seton Hall 24.6, Notre Dame 64.0. 3-PT FG Pct: Seton 4), Notre Dame 8 (Peters 4). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout). Hall 26.7, Notre Dame 60.0. FT Pct: Seton Hall 60.0, Notre Dame 68.8. Turnovers: Seton Hall 24, Notre Dame 19. Blocked Shots: Seton Hall 2, Notre Dame 2 (Bruszewski 2). Steals: Seton Hall 6 NOTES: Notre Dame stretches its current winning streak to nine (Morris 2), Notre Dame 17 (Diggins, Mallory 5). Attendance: 8,072. games, the longest BIG EAST regular-season winning streak for the Fighting Irish since the 2004-05 season, when they put together a similar nine-game conference success string from Jan. NOTES: Notre Dame picked up its 10th BIG EAST Conference 19-Feb. 15, 2005 … Notre Dame earns its first win over Rutgers win of the season, the 15th time in the program’s 16-year BIG at Purcell Pavilion since Jan. 23, 2005 (a 63-47 victory), and its EAST membership (1995-96 to present) that the Fighting Irish have second consecutive win in the series, which RU now leads 16-11 recorded double-digit conference wins … it’s also the 21st time (the Fighting Irish hold a 6-4 edge in South Bend) … Notre Dame in the 24-year tenure of head coach Muffet McGraw that Notre wins back-to-back series games against Rutgers for the first time Dame has posted at least 10 league wins … the 51-point margin since March 1, 1999 (68-61 in BIG EAST Championship semifinal) of victory was the second-largest spread ever for Notre Dame in and Feb. 19, 2000 (78-74 in overtime), with both games played in a BIG EAST Conference regular season game, topped only by a Piscataway … the Fighting Irish post their second-largest margin 91-35 win over Seton Hall on Jan. 31, 1998 at Purcell Pavilion; of victory in the 27-game series with the Scarlet Knights, topped the Fighting Irish also posted an 89-33 win over Georgetown in only by an 86-58 win over Rutgers on March 2, 1997, in the BIG the quarterfinals of the 2001 BIG EAST Championship (March EAST Championship quarterfinals at Storrs, Conn. … Notre Dame 4, 2001 in Storrs, Conn.) … Notre Dame held Seton Hall to a scored 70 points against RU for the second consecutive meeting, .246 field goal percentage, the lowest by a BIG EAST opponent the first time the Fighting Irish have done that since Feb 19, 2000 since Jan. 2, 2005, when Seton Hall shot .222 from the field in (the aforementioned 78-74 OT win in Piscataway) and March 6, a 54-33 Notre Dame win at Purcell Pavilion … conversely, the 2000 (an 81-72 overtime loss to the Scarlet Knights in the BIG Fighting Irish shot a season-high .640 from the field, tying for EAST Championship semifinals at Storrs, Conn.) — Notre Dame the 10th-best field goal percentage in school history, and best had never scored 70+ points against Rutgers in consecutive regular since Nov. 23, 2008 (.646 in a 102-54 win at Boston College), season meetings prior to the past two matchups … the Fighting and Notre Dame’s third-best field goal percentage ever against Irish held the Scarlet Knights to 49 points, their third-lowest output a BIG EAST opponent (best since Feb. 13, 2008, when it shot in series history and lowest since the 2005 Notre Dame win (63-47) .643 in a 99-76 win over Marquette at Purcell Pavilion) … the at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Dame became just the second Rutgers Fighting Irish tied their season high with six double-figure scorers, opponent to make more than half its shots this season (Tennessee having first achieved that against Louisville on Jan. 12 (80-60 connected at an RU-opponent high .525 from the floor on Dec. 30 win at Purcell Pavilion) … the Fighting Irish are 19-4 all-time in Knoxville, Tenn.) … the Fighting Irish had two 20-point scorers against Seton Hall (9-2 at Purcell Pavilion) and have won the last in the same game for the first time since Feb. 24, 2009, against five games in the series, as well as 19 of the 21 meetings since Syracuse (Lindsay Schrader - 23; Becca Bruszewski - 20) … Brittany Notre Dame joined the BIG EAST in 1995-96 … Skylar Diggins Mallory collected her first career double-double, making her the fifth tallied her fifth game with seven-plus assists this season, and different Notre Dame player this season to record a double-double her 16th five-assist outing of the year (she had seven all of last … with 10 points and a career-high 10 assists, Mallory is the first season) … for the second time in three games, Diggins packed Fighting Irish player to log double-digit assists (and also record a the stat sheet with a “5-5-5-5” game (14 points, seven assists, points/assists double-double) since Feb. 26, 2005, when Megan six rebounds, season-high-tying five steals), the second of her Duffy tallied 12 points and 10 assists in an 82-57 win over West career, as well as the 13th career “5-5-5” outing for the South Virginia at Purcell Pavilion … for the third time in four games, Skylar Bend native … Becca Bruszewski extended her double-digit Diggins chalked up a “5-5-5” performance, giving her six on the scoring streak to a career-high six games … Natalie Novosel season and 14 for her career … Peters posted her third 20-point collected her career-best 10th consecutive double-figure scoring game of the season (and her career), while Diggins notched her night … Natalie Achonwa scored in double figures for the third fifth 20-point outing of the campaign and the 12th of her career consecutive game … Brittany Mallory posted her fifth double-digit … Bruszewski moved up to 24th on Notre Dame’s career scoring scoring night of the year (first since a season-high 14 points in list with 1,039 points, passing Mollie Peirick (1,034 points from a win over #16/17 Georgetown on Jan. 18 at Purcell Pavilion) … 1994-98) … the Fighting Irish registered their fourth sellout of the Mallory also tied her season high with five steals, the fourth time season, and 10th in the past two years … this was designated as this year she’s had five thefts in a game … Ariel Braker tied for Notre Dame’s annual WBCA Pink Zone game, with the program game-high honors with six rebounds, the ninth different Fighting raising $116,405, topping last year’s total of nearly $104,000 and Irish player to lead the team in rebounds at least once this season. boosting the program’s combined Pink Zone fundraising total in the last three years to more than a quarter of a million dollars (approximately $260,000). 30 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Head Coach Muffet McGraw 24th season at ND (547-207, .725) • 29th season overall (635-248, .719)
“If we searched for an entire year, I don’t think we would find Still, with all of those accomplishments in hand, McGraw has anyone better suited for our program.” shown no signs of slowing down any time soon. In July 2008, the veteran head coach signed a contract extension that will keep her With those words, former Notre Dame athletics director Gene patrolling the Irish sidelines through the 2014-15 campaign. Corrigan announced the hiring of Muffet McGraw as the third “For more than 20 years, Muffet has led our program with head coach of the Irish women’s basketball program on May 18, integrity and passion, and, of course, to much success,” said 1987. Corrigan may not have realized it at the time, but he also Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Notre Dame’s president. “As we ushered in an era of unparalleled success in women’s basketball look forward to many more years together, I am confident that the at Notre Dame, brought to life on the shoulders of a 5-foot-6 dy- excellence she has achieved on and off the court will continue.” namo who accepts nothing less than the very best from herself, Under McGraw’s guidance, the past 16 seasons (1995-96 to her players and her program. 2010-11) have been the most successful in Notre Dame’s history. Women’s Basketball Ask anyone familiar with women’s basketball about McGraw The Irish have compiled an impressive 388-127 (.753) record, and her Notre Dame program and inevitably, you’ll hear the same including a sparkling 199-61 (.765) regular-season mark in BIG Hall of Fame, 2011 two words — consistency and excellence. And it’s no wonder, EAST play, the second-best winning percentage in league history. when you consider what McGraw and the Irish have achieved in Notre Dame also has averaged more than 23 victories per year Consensus National the past 24 seasons: during that span, with two 30-win seasons and seven 25-win campaigns to its credit. The Irish have won at least one NCAA Coach of the Year, • The 2001 NCAA Championship, defeating Purdue in the title Tournament game 13 times in the past 15 years, advancing to the 2001 game, 68-66. McGraw is one of only eight active Division I Sweet 16 eight times (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, coaches to guide her team to a national title. 2010) and the Final Four twice (1997 and 2001). • Two trips to the NCAA Final Four (1997 and 2001). McGraw Success for McGraw also has meant coaching great players. Naismith National is one of just 15 active Division I coaches to lead her team to During her illustrious career, the Notre Dame skipper has coached Coach of the Year multiple Final Four appearances. 11 All-Americans, including 2001 consensus National Player of the • Eight NCAA Sweet 16 trips, all in the past 14 seasons (1997- Year Ruth Riley. She also has worked with five players who have Finalist, 1997, 1998, 2010). The Irish are one of only 10 programs in the nation that been selected for USA Basketball National Teams, with those play- can make that claim. ers going on to win a total of nine medals (highlighted by Riley’s 2001, 2005 • 21 seasons with 20-or-more victories, including 17 in the past gold with the ’04 U.S. Olympic Team). In addition, McGraw has 18 years (1993-2011). Notre Dame also has posted seven 25- coached 22 players who have earned all-conference recognition Conference Coach win seasons and two 30-win campaigns in the past 14 years a total of 48 times, including 15 first-team picks who have been of the Year, 1983, (1997-2010). chosen a total of 27 times, and has helped shape several other • 17 NCAA Tournament appearances, including a current string national award winners, namely two Frances Pomeroy Naismith 1988, 1991, 2001 of 15 consecutive NCAA Tournament berths. During the first award recipients (Niele Ivey in 2001, Megan Duffy in 2006) and 15 years of this current streak (1996-2010), Notre Dame has 2002 United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) NCAA National won at least one NCAA postseason game 13 times. National Freshman of the Year Jacqueline Batteast. • 69 wins over ranked opponents, including 59 in the past 12- Another sign of McGraw’s success has been her ability to Champion, 2001 plus seasons alone (1998-2011). In addition, 20 of those wins prepare her players for the next level. No less than 21 Notre have come against top-10 opponents. Dame cagers have gone on to play professionally (domestically or NCAA Final Four • 212 appearances in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, putting overseas), including nine who either have been drafted or signed McGraw 13th among active Division I coaches and 22nd all- as free agents with WNBA teams. The past decade has seen the 1997, 2001 time on that list (through the Feb. 14, 2011 poll). Notre Dame greatest influx of Irish talent into the WNBA, with seven Notre also has spent 99 weeks ranked among the top 10 teams in Dame players having been selected in the league’s annual draft NCAA Tournament the nation, all in the past 13-plus seasons (1997-2011). since 2001. Four of those players — Riley, Ivey, Kelley Siemon 1992, 1994, 1996- • 12 top-four finishes in the BIG EAST Conference during and Ericka Haney — were starters on the ’01 Irish NCAA cham- Notre Dame’s first 15 years in that league (1995-96 through pionship team, and five of the recent Irish WNBA draftees (Riley, 2010 2009-10). The Irish also won a share of the 2001 BIG EAST Ivey, Batteast, Duffy and Charel Allen) earned All-America status regular-season title. during their careers at Notre Dame. NIT 1989, 1991, • 15 consecutive top-20 recruiting classes, dating to the incoming Dedicated to helping grow and further the sport in any way class of 1997. Notre Dame is one of just three programs in the possible, McGraw has groomed 10 of her former players and/or 1995 nation that owns an active streak of that length. assistant coaches who currently are serving as coaches at either • Ranks among the top 20 active NCAA Division I coaches with the high school or college level. Of those 10 proteges, five pres- 635 career wins (reaching the 600-win milestone on Jan. 19, ently are Division I head coaches — 1988 Notre Dame graduate 2010, at Louisville in her 839th game, at the time tying for Sandy Botham (Wisconsin-Milwaukee), 1997 Notre Dame 10th-fastest to 600 wins in Division I history) and a .719 all-time graduate and the school’s all-time leading scorer Beth (Morgan) winning percentage. Cunningham (Virginia Commonwealth), Bill Fennelly (Iowa • One of only six coaches in the 124-year history of Fighting Irish State), Kevin McGuff (Xavier) and 1991 Notre Dame graduate athletics to win 500 games at Notre Dame, joining fencing’s Coquese Washington (Penn State). McGuff and Washington Michael DeCicco and Yves Auriol, tennis/wrestling coach (along with current Irish associate coach Carol Owens) comprised Tom Fallon and baseball’s Jake Kline and Paul Mainieri. McGraw’s assistant coaching staff on the 2001 Irish NCAA national • Far and away the winningest basketball coach (men’s or championship squad, while McGuff and Owens also were on staff women’s) in school history, with noted men’s skipper Richard for Notre Dame’s run to the 1997 NCAA Final Four. “Digger” Phelps second on that list (393 wins). A native of West Chester, Pa., McGraw received her bachelor’s • A perfect 100-percent graduation rate for all players entering degree in sociology from Saint Joseph’s University (Pa.) in 1977. the program since 1987 who have completed their athletic and Following graduation, she coached for two seasons at Philadel- academic eligibility at Notre Dame (a spotless 62-for-62 suc- phia’s Archbishop Carroll High School (50-3 record) and two more cess rate). The Irish have posted a perfect 100-percent NCAA at her alma mater as an assistant coach under Jim Foster (now Graduation Success Rate (GSR) score in each of the past four the head coach at Ohio State). In 1982, McGraw was named head years, and they are one of only five programs in the country to coach at Lehigh University, her teams finishing 88-41 (.683) during NOTE: McGraw’s complete bio, combine a perfect GSR score with a trip to the NCAA Sweet her five-year tenure. including year-by-year records/ 16 twice within the past three seasons (2008 and 2010). McGraw and her husband, Matt, celebrated their 33rd wedding results can be found on 64-69 anniversary in 2010 and make their home in Granger, Ind. They of this year’s Notre Dame wom- Add it all up and you have the framework for a Hall of Fame are the proud parents of 20-year-old son Murphy, who is a junior en’s basketball media guide. career. And, on July 10, 2010, that’s exactly what McGraw became, at Indiana University. as she was named to the six-person Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011. McGraw officially will become the Hall’s first Notre Dame representative when she is inducted during Enshrine- ment Weekend activities June 10-12, 2011, in Knoxville, Tenn. #2 • Veronica Badway Guard • 5-7 • Jr.-SQ • Pittsburgh, Pa. (Fox Chapel Area HS)
Overview u Officially added as a walk-on player during preseason. u Gritty, hard-working guard who adds depth to Notre Dame roster. u Cerebral player who makes significant contributions during practices and games. u Nickname is “V”.
Career Highs High School u Only the second Fighting Irish player ever to wear No. 2, u following in the footsteps of two-time honorable mention Points...... 3 (2) Three-year starter and two-year captain at Fox Chapel All-America guard (and Monessen, Pa., native) Charel .last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Area High School in Pittsburgh, Pa. u Allen. Rebounds...... 2 Averaged 9.0 points, 7.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as a senior in 2007-08, leading team vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) 2010-11 Highlights Assists...... None to the first WPIAL Class 4A sectional title. u u Made college debut late in season opener vs. New Hamp- Field Goals...... 1 (2) Played in the A-K Valley Cager Classic (all-star game) shire, hitting a three-pointer and grabbing a rebound in .last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) following her senior season. u four minutes. Field Goal Attempts...... 3 Also played for a trio of successful AAU programs in u Also played four minutes against Morehead State, con- vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) western Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania Hoopstars, verting 1-of-2 free throws and adding a steal. 3-Point Field Goals...... 1 (2) Pittsburgh Press and SMAC PA Elite. u u Connected on a three-pointer during a home rout of .last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) National Honor Society member who graduated as a Southeast Missouri State. 3-Point Field Goal Att... 1 (2) senior scholar and was among the top five percent in .last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) her graduating class. Free Throws...... 1 Personal Data vs. Morehead State (11/15/10) u Free Throw Attempts...... 2 Born June 4, 1990, in Pittsburgh, Pa. … second of four vs. Morehead State (11/15/10) children (older brother Aaron, younger brother Blaise Steals...... 1 and younger sister Gabriella) born to Andrea and David vs. Morehead State (11/15/10) Badway … father is a 1978 graduate of Notre Dame. u Blocked Shots...... None One of three Pennsylvania residents on this year’s Fight- Minutes Played...... 6 ing Irish roster, joining freshman guard Kayla McBride vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) (Erie) and fellow walk-on, senior forward Mary Forr (Altoona). Miscellaneous u Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, as an accounting major … dean’s list honoree each semester Double-doubles...... 0 … recipient of Notre Dame Accountancy Excellence Double-figure scoring games.0 Scholarship … member of Notre Dame’s Beta Alpha Psi 20-point games...... 0 international honorary society (accounting/finance). Double-figure rebound games.0 5-assist games...... 0 5-steal games...... 0
Badway’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 14 0 40 2.9 2 11 .182 2 2 1.000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.2 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 0.5 TOTAL 14 0 40 2.9 2 11 .182 2 2 1.000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.2 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 0.5
Badway’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 5 0 13 2.6 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 5 0 13 2.6 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Badway Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 4 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.0 IUPUI 11/26/10 6 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.3 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 2 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 BUTLER 11/28/10 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 PURDUE 12/05/10 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 2 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 SE MISSOURI ST 01/02/11 5 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.8 at Marquette 01/05/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 5 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 SETON HALL 02/08/11 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 TOTAL 0 40 2 11 .182 2 2 1.000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.2 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 0.5 #4 • Skylar Diggins Guard • 5-9 • So.-1V • South Bend, Ind. (Washington HS)
Did You Know? u One of three McDonald’s All-Americans (McBride, Peters) on 2010-11 Fighting Irish roster. u Received NCAA waiver to participate in the inaugural ESPNW Retreat Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2010, in La Jolla, Calif. … took part in panel discussion entitled “The Future: The Journey To Becoming A World-Class Athlete,” joining 16-year- old snowboard phenom Maddy Schaffrick and USA Hockey forward Kendall Coyne for the session … some other notable female sports figures who participated in the ESPNW Retreat included 39-time Grand Slam tennis champion and women’s sports pioneer Billie Jean King; Olympic gold medalists Jennie Finch (softball), Julie Foudy (soccer) and Shannon Miller (gymnastics); champion boxer Laila Ali (daughter of the legendary Muhammad Ali) and ESPN anchor/1983 Notre Dame graduate Hannah Storm. u Shows tremendous all-around talent with 14 career “5-5-5” games, including six this season.
Career Highs Honors & Awards u Scorched Creighton for game-high 18 points. u u Posted second career double-double in win over Gon- Points...... 31 Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 List u zaga, pairing 19 points with career-best 11 rebounds and vs. Vermont (3/23/10) John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 20 List u team-high five assists (second 5-5-5 game of season; Rebounds...... 11 State Farm/WBCA Wade Trophy Watch List u 10th of career). vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) BIG EAST Player of the Week (Feb. 14) u u Needed 19 minutes to log 18 points (7-8 FG) with seven Assists...... 9 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 6, Jan. 24) u assists against Southeast Missouri State. vs. Marquette (2/23/10) Preseason All-BIG EAST Team (unanimous) u Racked nine points and four assists to help down Mar- Field Goals...... 13 2010-11 Highlights quette. vs. Vermont (3/23/10) u u Went for 16 points and five assists with two steals against Field Goal Attempts.... 21 (2) Ranks second on team in scoring (13.8 ppg), tops in assists (4.8 apg) and fourth in steals (2.0 spg). #2 Connecticut. last vs. UCLA (11/18/10) u u Collected 12 points, four assists and four steals in season Scored 12 points (6-6 FT) while registering five assists 3-Point Field Goals...... 4 (3) opener against New Hampshire. and two steals vs. Louisville. last at Baylor (12/1/10) u u Had game-high eight assists vs. Morehead State. Netted game-high 20 points (2-4 3FG) and recorded five 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 9 u Led all scorers with 22 points and added team-high five assists and three steals to down Pitt. at Syracuse (1/30/10) u assists in career-best 47 minutes of double overtime Poured in a game-high 22 points (8-10 FT) while posting Free Throws...... 10 loss vs. #15 UCLA. six assists and two steals against #16/17 Georgetown. at St. John’s (2/16/10) u u Went for 18 points at #9/10 Kentucky. Stuffed stat sheet with six points, six rebounds and six Free Throw Attempts. 12 (2) u Posted a pair of seven-assist games during the WBCA assists to help down #RV/23 St. John’s. last at South Florida (2/5/11) u Classic against IUPUI and Butler. Dropped in 13 points (5-6 FT) while grabbing six boards Steals...... 7 u Matched All-American Brittney Griner for game-high and two steals in win over Villanova. vs. Vermont (3/23/10) u honors with 21 points (including 15 in a 17-2 second-half Posted eight points (4-4 FT), seven rebounds, five assists Blocked Shots...... 3 run that pulled Irish within six with 5:00 left) during a road and five steals (first career “5-5-5-5” game) to help down vs. San Diego St. (11/26/09) defeat at #2/3 Baylor ... tied a career-best mark with a #RV/25 Syracuse. Minutes Played...... 47 u quartet of three-pointers ... added five assists and four Put 17 points (9-12 FT) on the board at South Florida, vs. UCLA (11/18/10) steals against the Lady Bears. while charting four rebounds and four assists. u u Drained 14 points (4-4 FG, 6-7 FT) while registering Miscellaneous Scored all 14 of her points in the first half against Purdue, including six in the first three minutes ... also handed out game-high six boards, seven assists and five steals Double-doubles...... 2 a game-high six assists. (second career “5-5-5-5” game) against Seton Hall. u Double-figure scoring games... 44 u Averaged 17.5 ppg, 5.5 apg and 2.5 spg while shooting Finished the game against Rutgers with 20 points (3-5 20-point games...... 12* .484 (15-of-31) from the floor during a two-game jaunt 3FG), five boards and five assists, her third “5-5-5” game Double-figure rebound games..... 2 from Dec. 1-5 (Baylor and Purdue) to earn BIG EAST in last four outings (and sixth of season). 5-assist games...... 24 Honor Roll honors (Dec. 6). 5-steal games...... 5 u Drained 5-of-11 shots for 10 points at Providence. * - includes one 30-point game
Diggins’ Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2009-10 35 30 1028 29.4 169 385 .439 35 100 .350 111 142 .782 48 95 143 4.1 80 0 112 97 23 90 484 13.8 2010-11 26 26 763 29.3 128 293 .437 19 63 .302 85 117 .726 29 74 103 4.0 50 0 124 89 8 51 360 13.8 TOTAL 61 56 1791 29.4 297 678 .438 54 163 .331 196 259 .757 77 169 246 4.0 130 0 236 186 31 141 844 13.8
Diggins’ Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2009-10 16 15 479 29.9 76 172 .442 17 49 .347 53 70 .757 21 38 59 3.7 41 0 50 39 7 36 222 13.9 2010-11 12 12 377 31.4 52 133 .391 9 31 .290 54 67 .806 14 44 58 4.8 25 0 59 41 4 26 167 13.9 TOTAL 28 27 856 30.6 128 305 .420 26 80 .325 107 137 .781 35 82 117 4.2 66 0 109 80 11 62 389 13.9 Diggins Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 * 19 4 11 .364 0 1 .000 4 6 .667 2 0 2 2.0 1 0 4 3 0 4 12 12.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 * 21 4 9 .444 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 2 1 3 2.5 1 0 8 2 0 2 9 10.5 UCLA 11/18/10 * 47 10 21 .476 0 4 .000 2 3 .667 0 1 1 2.0 4 0 5 6 0 3 22 14.3 at Kentucky 11/21/10 * 34 7 17 .412 0 2 .000 4 5 .800 0 3 3 2.3 4 0 1 6 1 1 18 15.3 IUPUI 11/26/10 * 22 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 3 5 .600 0 4 4 2.6 1 0 7 2 0 2 7 13.6 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 * 29 3 9 .333 0 1 .000 5 7 .714 0 2 2 2.5 3 0 2 3 0 3 11 13.2 BUTLER 11/28/10 * 27 3 6 .500 0 2 .000 5 5 1.000 3 2 5 2.9 2 0 7 2 2 1 11 12.9 at Baylor 12/01/10 * 39 8 17 .471 4 7 .571 1 3 .333 0 1 1 2.6 1 0 5 7 0 4 21 13.9 PURDUE 12/05/10 * 34 7 14 .500 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 3 0 3 2.7 2 0 6 2 0 1 14 13.9 at Providence 12/08/10 * 29 5 11 .455 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 4 5 2.9 1 0 3 2 1 1 10 13.5 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 * 27 7 13 .538 2 3 .667 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 2.7 1 0 1 2 0 0 18 13.9 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 * 16 1 3 .333 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 0 2 2 2.7 0 0 5 1 0 2 3 13.0 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 * 34 8 18 .444 3 4 .750 0 5 .000 2 9 11 3.3 2 0 5 8 0 0 19 13.5 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 * 18 5 8 .625 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 3.3 2 0 2 2 1 0 10 13.2 SE MISSOURI ST 01/02/11 * 19 7 8 .875 0 1 .000 4 5 .800 1 3 4 3.3 1 0 7 2 0 2 18 13.5 at Marquette 01/05/11 * 27 3 13 .231 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 3.4 3 0 4 3 0 1 9 13.3 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 * 37 5 18 .278 0 4 .000 6 6 1.000 1 3 4 3.5 4 0 5 5 1 2 16 13.4 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 * 30 3 7 .429 0 2 .000 6 6 1.000 0 2 2 3.4 1 0 5 4 1 2 12 13.3 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 * 28 7 13 .538 2 4 .500 4 5 .800 1 3 4 3.4 3 0 5 4 0 3 20 13.7 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 * 35 6 12 .500 2 5 .400 8 10 .800 1 3 4 3.5 3 0 6 3 0 2 22 14.1 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 * 27 2 6 .333 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 3 3 6 3.6 1 0 6 3 0 1 6 13.7 at Villanova 01/29/11 * 36 4 13 .308 0 1 .000 5 6 .833 2 4 6 3.7 1 0 4 4 0 2 13 13.7 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 * 31 2 9 .222 0 2 .000 4 4 1.000 1 6 7 3.8 3 0 5 4 0 5 8 13.4 at South Florida 02/05/11 * 35 4 10 .400 0 2 .000 9 12 .750 0 4 4 3.8 2 0 4 3 1 2 17 13.6 SETON HALL 02/08/11 * 25 4 4 1.000 0 0 .000 6 7 .857 0 6 6 3.9 1 0 7 4 0 5 14 13.6 RUTGERS 02/12/11 * 37 7 17 .412 3 5 .600 3 6 .500 3 2 5 4.0 2 0 5 2 0 0 20 13.8 Totals 26 763 128 293 .437 19 63 .302 85 117 .726 29 74 103 4.0 50 0 124 89 8 51 360 13.8 #11 • Natalie Achonwa Forward • 6-3 • Fr.-HS • Guelph, Ontario (St. Mary’s Catholic)
Did You Know? u Last name is pronounced “uh-CHAWN-wuh” … nicknames are “Ace” (shortened version of last name and/or her jersey numbers) or “Canada”. u First international player in the 34-year history of the Notre Dame women’s basketball program. u Youngest player ever to suit up for Canadian Senior National Team, doing so at age 16 in September 2009. u Held her own against some of world’s top players, facing off with three-time WNBA MVP (and Australian National Team forward) Lauren Jackson and 2010 WNBA Rookie of the Year (and USA center) Tina Charles, among others, while representing Canada at 2010 FIBA World Championships in the Czech Republic.
Career Highs Honors & Awards u Good for eight points, seven boards, two assists, two u blocks and two steals in a home rout of Southeast Mis- Points...... 14 (2) BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (Dec. 13) souri State. last at South Florida (2/5/11) 2010-11 Highlights u Registered 12 points, four rebounds and two steals at Rebounds...... 13 u Marquette. at Kentucky (11/21/10) Averaging 8.2 ppg. and 5.5 rpg., while ranking second u Notched nine points and eight boards vs. #2 UConn. Assists...... 5 on team with .577 field goal percentage. u u Grabbed game-high nine boards during the matchup with vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) Nearly chalked up “5-5-5” game in her college debut Louisville. Field Goals...... 7 against New Hampshire, finishing with seven points, four u Added four points while grabbing three boards vs. Pitts- vs. Creighton (12/11/10) rebounds and game-high five assists before fouling out in 16 minutes. burgh. Field Goal Attempts...... 11 u u Dropped in six points,also snatching seven boards and vs. Connecticut (1/8/11) One of four Fighting Irish players in double figures against Morehead State with 10 points (5-8 FG). one steal, against #16/17 Georgetown. 3-Point Field Goals...... 1 u u Grabbed career-high 13 boards — including eight on the Put down four points and managed four boards and a at Valparaiso (12/20/10) offensive end — and scored four points at #9 Kentucky. steal to limit #RV/23 St. John’s. 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 1 u u Dropped in 11 points during win over Wake Forest in Posted four points, three rebounds and an assist in the at Valparaiso (12/20/10) WBCA Classic. victory over Villanova. Free Throws...... 6 u u Posted a season-high 12 points during a home win over Racked up 13 points (6-9 FG, including second 3FG of at South Florida (02/05/11) Purdue while snatching seven caroms with four assists season) vs. #RV/25 Syracuse. Free Throw Attempts 10 u and two steals in 24 minutes. Matched career high with 14 points (4-6 FG, career-high at South Florida (02/05/11) u Made quick work of Providence with a team- and career- 6-10 FT) at South Florida ... also grabbed eight boards Steals...... 3 high 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting in only nine minutes during the win. vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) u (weakened by flu). Added 12 points, game-high six rebounds and one assist Blocked Shots...... 2 u Averaged 13.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, in the win over Seton Hall. vs. SE Missouri St. (1/2/11) u scoring better than a point per minute (27 points in 26 Notched four points and four rebounds against Rutgers. Minutes Played...... 28 minutes), and registered an astronomical .857 field goal vs. UCLA (11/18/10) percentage (12-of-14) during a two-game stretch (Dec. Miscellaneous 8-11) to earn BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors. u Tallied a career-high 14 points (on 7-of-8 shooting) and Double-doubles...... 0 added five rebounds during home victory over Creighton. Double-figure scoring games.10 u One of three Irish players to score in double figures (12 20-point games...... 0 points) against Valparaiso while successfully draining Double-figure rebound games... 1 her first career three-point attempt. 5-block games...... 0 5-assist games...... 1
Achonwa’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 26 0 454 17.5 86 149 .577 2 3 .667 39 62 .629 60 82 142 5.5 44 1 32 42 13 25 213 8.2 TOTAL 26 0 454 17.5 86 149 .577 2 3 .667 39 62 .629 60 82 142 5.5 44 1 32 42 13 25 213 8.2
Achonwa’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 12 0 200 16.7 39 70 .557 1 2 .500 20 33 .606 24 37 61 5.1 18 0 11 12 4 6 99 8.3 TOTAL 12 0 200 16.7 39 70 .557 1 2 .500 20 33 .606 24 37 61 5.1 18 0 11 12 4 6 99 8.3 Achonwa Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 16 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 2 2 4 4.0 5 1 5 2 0 2 7 7.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 17 5 8 .625 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 3 3 3.5 2 0 1 3 1 1 10 8.5 UCLA 11/18/10 28 4 5 .800 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 3 6 9 5.3 1 0 0 6 1 0 9 8.7 at Kentucky 11/21/10 22 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 8 5 13 7.3 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 7.5 IUPUI 11/26/10 16 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 3 2 5 6.8 2 0 0 1 0 3 9 7.8 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 15 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 3 2 5 6.5 0 0 3 2 0 2 11 8.3 BUTLER 11/28/10 19 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 6.1 0 0 2 0 1 1 6 8.0 at Baylor 12/01/10 16 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 5.8 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 7.3 PURDUE 12/05/10 24 5 10 .500 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 4 3 7 5.9 3 0 4 2 1 2 12 7.8 at Providence 12/08/10 9 5 6 .833 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 1 2 3 5.6 2 0 0 0 0 1 13 8.3 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 17 7 8 .875 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 3 5 5.5 0 0 2 0 1 1 14 8.8 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 14 5 9 .556 1 1 1.000 1 3 .333 5 2 7 5.7 1 0 0 2 0 1 12 9.1 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 15 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 3 3 5.5 3 0 0 5 0 1 5 8.8 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 17 1 6 .167 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 2 4 6 5.5 2 0 1 4 1 1 5 8.5 SE MISSOURI ST 01/02/11 18 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 5 7 5.6 1 0 2 1 2 2 8 8.5 at Marquette 01/05/11 26 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 5.5 0 0 1 2 1 2 12 8.7 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 22 3 11 .273 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 5 3 8 5.6 2 0 2 1 0 1 9 8.7 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 19 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 2 7 9 5.8 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 8.4 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 10 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 5.7 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 8.2 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 20 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 3 7 5.8 2 0 1 2 1 1 6 8.1 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 13 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 5.7 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 7.9 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 18 6 9 .667 1 1 1.000 0 3 .000 1 1 2 5.4 3 0 1 1 1 0 13 8.0 at South Florida 02/05/11 19 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 6 10 .600 6 2 8 5.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 8.2 SETON HALL 02/08/11 19 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 4 5 .800 1 5 6 5.5 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 8.4 RUTGERS 02/12/11 16 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 2 2 4 5.5 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 8.2 Totals 0 454 86 149 .577 2 3 .667 39 62 .629 60 82 142 5.5 44 1 32 42 13 25 213 8.2 #12 • Fraderica Miller Guard • 5-10 • Jr.-2V • Atlanta, Ga. (The Marist School)
Did You Know? u First name is pronounced “fruh-DARE-uh-kuh” … nickname is “Fred”. u Also strong in the classroom, earning dean’s list honors in spring 2009 with 3.667 semester GPA (she is enrolled in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business as an accounting major with a secondary major in film, television & theater through the College of Arts and Letters). u One of eight Fighting Irish players who also competed in another sport in high school — ran track & field, competing primarily in sprints (100m/200m/400m).
Career Highs 2010-11 Highlights u Points...... 11 Posting career high (or near-high) averages in scoring vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11/15/09) (2.2 ppg.), rebounding (2.5 rpg.) and steals (1.7 spg.) this year. Rebounds...... 10 u vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Nabbed three steals, two rebounds and two assists in season opener against New Hampshire. Assists...... 3 (2) u last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Nearly tallied first career “5-5-5” game with five points, Field Goals...... 5 career-high-tying five steals and four rebounds against Morehead State. vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11/15/09) u Field Goal Attempts...... 8 Provided a huge spark while coming off the bench against vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11/15/09) Creighton with six boards, four points and three steals 3-Point Field Goals...... None in 16 minutes. u Eight points, three assists and five steals at Valparaiso. 3-Point Field Goal Att.... None u Free Throws...... 4 Chalked up six points (career-high 4-4 FT), five rebounds .vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) and two steals in career-best 23 minutes against Loyola Marymount. Free Throw Attempts...... 6 u vs. Seton Hall (2/8/11) Against Southeast Missouri State, set or matched career bests in rebounds (10), assists (3) and steals (5). Steals...... 5 (4) u last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Registered two rebounds, two assists and one steal vs. Louisville. Blocked Shots...... 1 (2) u last vs. IPFW (12/8/09) Nabbed four points, three steals and three boards in the win over Pittsburgh. Minutes Played...... 23 u vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) Added two boards and one steal and an assist vs. #16/17 Georgetown. Miscellaneous u Registered two steals to aid the Irish in limiting #RV/23 St. John’s. Double-doubles...... 0 u Posted one steal and one assist in win over #RV/25 Double-figure scoring games... 1 Syracuse. 20-point games...... 0 u Reached for three boards to top South Florida. Double-figure rebound games.... 1 u Put seven points on board along wth five rebounds and 5-assist games...... 0 two steals against Seton Hall. 5-steal games...... 4
Miller’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2008-09 23 0 92 4.0 8 11 .727 0 0 .000 1 5 .200 6 7 13 0.6 25 0 8 5 0 15 17 0.7 2009-10 15 0 118 7.9 16 23 .696 0 0 .000 5 10 .500 16 14 30 2.0 13 0 9 17 2 16 37 2.5 2010-11 21 0 222 10.6 15 35 .429 0 0 .000 16 26 .615 20 32 52 2.5 29 0 17 17 0 35 46 2.2 TOTAL 59 0 432 7.3 39 69 .565 0 0 .000 22 41 .537 42 53 95 1.6 67 0 34 39 2 66 100 1.7
Miller’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2008-09 13 0 43 3.3 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 4 6 0.5 10 0 5 2 0 7 4 0.3 2009-10 1 0 5 5.0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 2010-11 11 0 107 9.7 6 15 .400 0 0 .000 6 12 .500 11 10 21 1.9 11 0 6 9 0 12 18 1.6 TOTAL 25 0 155 6.2 8 19 .421 0 0 .000 8 14 .571 13 14 27 1.1 21 0 11 11 0 21 24 1.0 Miller Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 12 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 0 2 2.0 1 0 2 3 0 3 1 1.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 15 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 4 4 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 3.0 UCLA 11/18/10 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 at Kentucky 11/21/10 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 PURDUE 12/05/10 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 at Providence 12/08/10 15 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 2 0 2 1.3 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1.5 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 16 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 5 6 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 1.9 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 12 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 2 1 3 2.1 3 0 3 2 0 5 8 2.6 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 10 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 23 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 2 3 5 2.3 4 0 1 1 0 2 6 2.7 SE MISSOURI ST 01/02/11 22 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 8 10 3.0 3 0 3 2 0 5 4 2.8 at Marquette 01/05/11 8 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2.8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.6 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 14 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 0 2 2.6 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2.2 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 11 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 2.6 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 2.3 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 7 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 2.6 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2.3 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 10 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.6 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2.3 at Villanova 01/29/11 1 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 10 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2.1 at South Florida 02/05/11 9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 3 3 2.4 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 SETON HALL 02/08/11 21 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 3 6 .500 3 2 5 2.5 0 0 1 2 0 2 7 2.2 Totals 0 222 15 35 .429 0 0 .000 16 26 .615 20 32 52 2.5 29 0 17 17 0 35 46 2.2 #14 • Devereaux Peters Forward • 6-2 • Sr.-3V • Chicago, Ill. (Fenwick HS)
Did You Know? u First name pronounced “DEV-er-OH” … nickname is “Dev”. u Has a 77-inch (6-foot-5) wingspan. u Peters’ alma mater, Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Ill., holds a special place in Notre Dame athletics history, having produced numerous Fighting Irish greats in several sports — the most notable is 1953 Heisman Trophy John Lattner. u Has registered five career “5-5-5” games, including two this season. u Top 10 in school history for career blocks avg. (third - 1.57) and total (10th - 121).
Career Highs Honors & Awards u Rang up second career double-double with 10 points, 10 u rebounds against Gonzaga. Points...... 23 State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic MVP u u Delivered 16 points (8-9 FG), six rebounds and five steals vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) WBCA Classic All-Tournament Team u vs. Loyola Marymount (first “5-5-5” game of year). Rebounds...... 14 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Jan. 3, Jan. 10, Jan. 17) u Averaged 12.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.7 steals per at St. John’s (2/16/10) 2010-11 Highlights game with .581 FG% (18-31) and two double-doubles in Assists...... 6 u 54 total minutes (18.0 per game) from Dec. 29-Jan. 1, vs. Creighton (12/11/10) Third on team in scoring (11.6 ppg.) and tops in rebound- including 13 rebounds in just 14 minutes against South- Field Goals...... 11 ing (7.1 rpg.), blocks (1.5 bpg.) and field goal percentage east Missouri State. vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) (.588) … also tied for second in steals (2.0 spg.). u u Drained 9-of-12 shots for game-high 18 points vs. Mar- Field Goal Attempts...... 15 Averaging 13.7 ppg. and 8.6 rpg. with .621 FG% (82-132) quette ... also registered eight boards, two blocks and at Maryland (11/16/07) and six double-doubles in 14 games since Xmas. u four steals. 3-Point Field Goals...... None Made big splash in season opener vs. New Hampshire u Added third double-double of the season (17 pts., 11 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 1 with career-high 23 points (career-high 11 FGM on 13 rebs.) with four swats against #2 UConn. at Syracuse (1/30/10) FGA), eight rebounds, four steals and two blocks in only u Scored 14 points (7-9 FG) vs. Louisville. Free Throws...... 8 16 minutes … her first career “point-a-minute” game. u u Nabbed fourth double-double (15 pts., 10 rebs.) at Pitt. at Richmond (1/2/08) Collected eight points, four rebounds and four steals u Grabbed 12 boards vs. #16/17 Georgetown. Free Throw Attempts...... 10 against Morehead State. u u Piled up 14 points, 10 rebounds (her fifth double-double) at Richmond (1/2/08) Six boards at #9/10 Kentucky. u and season-high five blocked shots in win over #RV/23 Steals...... 7 Recorded three-straight double-digit scoring perfor- St. John’s — her second “5-5-5” game of season. vs. Villanova (1/16/08) mances at the WBCA Classic while shooting .652 from u Netted 20 points (4-4 FT) while charting nine boards, one Blocked Shots...... 6 the floor ... also drained each of her 11 free throws and block and four steals to limit Villanova. at St. John’s (2/16/10) pulled down 18 rebounds during the three-game stretch. u u Tallied 15 points and 11 boards against #RV/25 Syracuse Minutes Played...... 34 (2) One of her two blocks at #2/3 Baylor was a second-half to register her sixth double-double ... also posted four last vs. Connecticut (1/8/11) rejection of 6-foot-8 Brittney Griner, which is believed to be the first time the sophomore center has been stuffed assists and two steals. u Miscellaneous during her college career. Had seven points and seven rebounds at South Florida. u u Had career-high six assists vs. Creighton. Added 10 points and five boards against Seton Hall. u Double-doubles...... 7 u Rejected four shots at Valparaiso. Hit 20-point mark for third time this season with game-high Double-figure scoring games.36 u Earned State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic MVP honors 21 points vs. Rutgers, while also registering six rebounds, 20-point games...... 3 after averaging 13.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and four steals and two blocks. Double-figure rebound games.. 9 2.5 steals with .684 FG% (13-19) in two-game tourna- 5-block games...... 3 ment. 5-steal games...... 2
Peters’ Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 23 2 468 20.3 82 157 .522 0 0 .000 42 56 .750 57 72 129 5.6 78 5 23 40 45 39 206 9.0 2008-09 3 1 61 20.3 11 16 .688 0 0 .000 0 3 .000 3 10 13 4.3 6 0 5 4 6 5 22 7.3 2009-10 25 0 455 18.2 67 139 .482 0 1 .000 33 60 .550 48 91 139 5.6 69 0 27 30 30 34 167 6.7 2010-11 26 26 580 22.3 127 216 .588 0 0 .000 48 63 .762 81 103 184 7.1 60 1 46 50 40 51 302 11.6 TOTAL 77 29 1564 20.3 287 528 .544 0 1 .000 123 182 .676 189 276 465 6.0 213 6 101 124 121 129 697 9.1
Peters’ Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 9 2 161 17.9 30 58 .517 0 0 .000 22 29 .759 18 34 52 5.8 37 4 8 15 13 16 82 9.1 2009-10 16 0 297 18.6 42 84 .500 0 1 .000 25 39 .641 30 62 92 5.8 45 0 12 20 18 19 109 6.8 2010-11 12 12 323 26.9 67 108 .620 0 0 .000 29 40 .725 41 54 95 7.9 29 0 19 24 21 23 163 13.6 TOTAL 37 14 781 21.1 139 250 .556 0 1 .000 76 108 .704 89 150 239 6.5 111 4 39 59 52 58 354 9.6 Peters Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 * 16 11 13 .846 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 8 0 8 8.0 0 0 0 2 2 4 23 23.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 * 18 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 1 3 4 6.0 2 0 2 2 0 4 8 15.5 UCLA 11/18/10 * 18 1 9 .111 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 0 2 4.7 3 0 4 2 0 1 3 11.3 at Kentucky 11/21/10 * 13 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 3 6 5.0 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 9.0 IUPUI 11/26/10 * 20 7 12 .583 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 2 4 6 5.2 0 0 0 0 1 4 18 10.8 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 * 21 4 5 .800 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 1 4 5 5.2 3 0 2 3 1 2 12 11.0 BUTLER 11/28/10 * 27 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 3 4 7 5.4 4 0 3 2 0 0 11 11.0 at Baylor 12/01/10 * 16 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 3 3 6 5.5 4 0 1 2 2 0 8 10.6 PURDUE 12/05/10 * 22 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 2 7 9 5.9 3 0 0 4 1 2 7 10.2 at Providence 12/08/10 * 16 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 5.6 3 0 4 1 2 3 8 10.0 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 * 17 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 5.4 2 0 6 1 2 1 4 9.5 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 * 15 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 5.3 0 0 3 2 4 2 6 9.2 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 * 22 5 10 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 5 5 10 5.6 4 0 1 2 3 0 10 9.2 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 * 18 8 9 .889 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 4 6 5.6 0 0 2 1 2 5 16 9.7 SE MISSOURI ST 01/02/11 * 14 5 12 .417 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 7 6 13 6.1 1 0 2 2 0 3 11 9.8 at Marquette 01/05/11 * 30 9 12 .750 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 5 8 6.3 4 0 0 2 2 4 18 10.3 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 * 34 5 13 .385 0 0 .000 7 8 .875 6 5 11 6.5 3 0 2 1 4 0 17 10.7 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 * 20 7 9 .778 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 6.3 3 0 1 1 0 0 14 10.9 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 * 23 6 9 .667 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 5 5 10 6.5 2 0 4 1 2 2 15 11.1 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 * 33 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 5 7 12 6.8 1 0 0 3 2 1 4 10.8 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 * 30 7 10 .700 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 8 10 7.0 4 0 2 5 5 2 14 10.9 at Villanova 01/29/11 * 36 8 12 .667 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 6 3 9 7.0 0 0 0 1 1 4 20 11.3 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 * 26 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 5 10 .500 3 8 11 7.2 2 0 4 1 1 2 15 11.5 at South Florida 02/05/11 * 22 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 2 5 7 7.2 4 0 0 5 0 0 7 11.3 SETON HALL 02/08/11 * 23 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 3 2 5 7.1 0 0 2 2 0 1 10 11.2 RUTGERS 02/12/11 * 30 9 13 .692 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 4 2 6 7.1 3 0 0 1 2 4 21 11.6 Totals 26 580 127 216 .588 0 0 .000 48 63 .762 81 103 184 7.1 60 1 46 50 40 51 302 11.6 #15 • Kaila Turner Guard • 5-8 • So.-1V • Joliet, Ill. (Marian Catholic HS)
Did You Know? u One of 12 Illinois natives who have played for Notre Dame through the years, with 11 of those players (including Turner) coming from the Chicagoland area. u From the “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” files, Turner’s high school team advanced to the Illinois Class AA semifinals during her junior year (2007-08), only to be defeated by eventual champion Fenwick High School, which was led by her future Notre Dame teammate, senior forward Devereaux Peters (Turner’s team came back to win the state third-place game).
Career Highs 2010-11 Highlights u Shot 2-for-2 from the foul line while recording two boards u and first career block vs. Louisville. Points...... 11 Second on team in assist/turnover ratio (1.75) … fourth u Scored five points with two boards and one steal against vs. Charlotte (12/20/09) in three-point percentage (.300) and third in assists (2.2 Pittsburgh. Rebounds...... 4 (3) apg.). u u Drained a three-pointer and posted a single rebound, last vs. Morehead St. (11/15/10) Logged two points and three assists (no turnovers) in assist and steal against #16/17 Georgetown. Assists...... 6 season opener against New Hampshire. u u Poured in a triple, dished out three assists and nabbed vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) Posted one of best nights of career (and nearly first two steals to limit #RV/23 St. John’s. Field Goals...... 4 “5-5-5” game) against Morehead State with 10 points, u Dropped in five points (2-3 FG, 1-2 3FG) during the win vs. Charlotte (12/20/09) and career highs for assists (5), rebounds (tied-4) and over Seton Hall. Field Goal Attempts...... 7 (2) minutes (25). u u Added four points (2-2 FT), one board and one assist in last vs. Morehead St. (11/15/10) Totaled seven points at #9/10 Kentucky with a pair of rebounds in 18 minutes. the matchup against Rutgers. 3-Point Field Goals...... 2 (3) u last at Valparaiso (12/20/10) Dished out five assists with five steals and scored eight 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 5 points against IUPUI (including career-high two three- pointers) … also tallied first career “5-5-5” game. vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) u Free Throws...... 4 Posted 5.5 assist/turnover ratio (11 assists, two turn- overs) during three-game WBCA Classic. vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Free Throw Attempts...... 4 (2) Matched a career-high after draining a pair of three- pointers at Providence. last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Steals...... 5 (2) Third five-assist outing came during a home rout of Creighton. last vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) u Blocked Shots...... 1 Totaled eight points — including a pair of treys — at Valparaiso with career-high-tying five steals. vs. Louisville (1/12/11) u Minutes Played...... 28 Handed out career-high six assists (no turnovers) in 25 vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) minutes against Loyola Marymount. u Went 4-for-4 from the charity stripe against Southeast Miscellaneous Missouri State while adding four defensive boards and three helpers. Double-doubles...... 0 Double-figure scoring games... 2 20-point games...... 0 Double-figure rebound games.... 0 5-assist games...... 4 5-steal games...... 1
Turner’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2009-10 21 0 128 6.1 15 36 .417 3 16 .188 6 10 .600 1 14 15 0.7 8 0 18 12 0 7 39 1.9 2010-11 26 0 446 17.2 25 86 .291 15 50 .300 22 27 .815 3 28 31 1.2 36 0 56 32 1 23 87 3.3 TOTAL 47 0 574 12.2 40 122 .328 18 66 .273 28 37 .757 4 42 46 1.0 44 0 74 44 1 30 126 2.7
Turner’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2009-10 11 0 31 2.8 3 10 .300 0 4 .000 1 2 .500 0 5 5 0.5 2 0 4 2 0 1 7 0.6 2010-11 12 0 190 15.8 10 36 .278 6 18 .333 8 10 .800 2 11 13 1.1 14 0 15 19 1 6 34 2.8 TOTAL 23 0 221 9.6 13 46 .283 6 22 .273 9 12 .750 2 16 18 0.8 16 0 19 21 1 7 41 1.8 Turner Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 22 0 3 .000 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 3 0 3 0 0 1 2 2.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 25 3 7 .429 1 3 .333 3 3 1.000 0 4 4 2.5 3 0 5 3 0 2 10 6.0 UCLA 11/18/10 7 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 at Kentucky 11/21/10 18 3 6 .500 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.8 4 0 0 3 0 2 7 4.8 IUPUI 11/26/10 28 2 6 .333 2 5 .400 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 1.8 2 0 5 0 0 5 8 5.4 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 23 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 1.8 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 4.8 BUTLER 11/28/10 15 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 4.6 at Baylor 12/01/10 9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.4 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 4.0 PURDUE 12/05/10 14 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.6 at Providence 12/08/10 16 3 3 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 1 2 0 0 8 4.0 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 17 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.1 2 0 5 0 0 2 3 3.9 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 20 3 6 .500 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 4.3 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3.9 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 25 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 6 0 0 1 3 3.9 SE MISSOURI ST 01/02/11 24 1 5 .200 1 4 .250 4 4 1.000 0 4 4 1.2 0 0 3 1 0 0 7 4.1 at Marquette 01/05/11 9 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 3.9 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 4 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.8 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 8 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 1.1 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 3.7 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 21 1 7 .143 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 1.2 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 3.7 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 14 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 3.7 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 23 1 4 .250 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.2 3 0 3 1 0 2 3 3.7 at Villanova 01/29/11 17 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.5 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 25 0 5 .000 0 3 .000 1 2 .500 1 0 1 1.2 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 3.4 at South Florida 02/05/11 19 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3.3 SETON HALL 02/08/11 17 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.2 3 0 1 5 0 0 5 3.3 RUTGERS 02/12/11 17 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1.2 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 3.3 Totals 0 446 25 86 .291 15 50 .300 22 27 .815 3 28 31 1.2 36 0 56 32 1 23 87 3.3 #21 • Natalie Novosel Guard • 5-11 • Jr.-2V • Lexington, Ky. (Lexington Catholic HS)
Did You Know? u Last name is pronounced “KNOW-vuh-sell” … nickname is “Nasty”. u First Notre Dame women’s basketball player ever to come from Kentucky. u Twin brother, Nathan, who is a two-time all-conference forward at Division III University of Rochester (N.Y.); older sis- ter, Shannon, completed career at Evansville in 2008-09 … honed her strong finishing ability at rim through backyard games with taller siblings (Nathan is 6-5; Shannon is 6-1) growing up.
Career Highs Honors & Awards u Made State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic All-Tournament u Points...... 27 WBCA Classic MVP Team after averaging 17.5 ppg. and shooting .667 from u State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic All-Tournament Team floor (10-15) in tourney. vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) u u Rebounds...... 8 (3) BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 29, Feb. 7) Poured in career-high 27 points (8-11 FG, 2-2 3FG, 9-9 last at South Florida (02/05/11) FT) in win over Gonzaga. 2010-11 Highlights u Assists...... 6 (2) Dropped in 14 points (10 in second half) and snagged u Leads team in scoring (14.7 ppg), nearly tripling her seven boards at Marquette. last vs. Louisville (3/6/10) u Field Goals...... 8 (2) production from last season … second on team in three- Had 16 points, five rebounds and five assists in tight point percentage (.364) and steals (2.0 spg). home loss to #2 Connecticut … hit acrobatic go-ahead last vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) u Field Goal Attempts...... 24 Dropped in 11 points and swiped career-high seven basket in lane with 30.3 seconds left that was poised to steals in season opener against New Hampshire. be game-winner. at Kentucky (11/21/10) u u 3-Point Field Goals...... 2 (5) Chalked up 13 points, including 6-of-8 FT in 15 minutes Mimicked her UConn performance with five rebounds and against Morehead State. five assists while also adding 12 points in the win over last vs. Georgetown (1/18/10) u 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 7 Enjoyed career night against #15 UCLA, tying personal Louisville. high with 19 points in career-high 39 minutes … hit two u Netted 15 points (6-8 FT) at Pittsburgh. at Kentucky (11/21/10) u Free Throws...... 11 big shots in final 1:15 of regulation to give team four-point Dropped in 19 points (2-2 3FG. 6-8 FG) and nabbed two lead, as well as putback with 8.6 seconds left in first OT steals vs. #16/17 Georgetown. vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) u Free Throw Attempts...... 12 that nearly stood up as game-winner. Made her presence known with 14 points and four steals u In front of her hometown crowd, dropped 21 points and against #RV/23 St. John’s. vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) u Steals...... 7 eight boards at #9/10 Kentucky ... added three assists Knocked down 11 points (5-5 FT) and registered three and a pair of blocks. boards, one block and two steals to limit Villanova. vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) u u Blocked Shots...... 2 Averaged a team-high 18.3 ppg while going 18-22 from Good for 13 points, seven boards and three steals in the the charity stripe during the WBCA Classic en route to win over #RV/25 Syracuse. at Kentucky (11/21/10) u Minutes Played...... 39 being named tournament MVP ... back-to-back 20-point Finished strong at South Florida with game-high 19 points vs. UCLA (11/18/10) efforts against Wake Forest (23) and Butler (20). (12 in second half), and also grabbed career-high-tying u Stretched her streak of contests with 10+ points to eight eight rebounds. u Miscellaneous games on the season after posting a 12-piece at #2/3 Had solid performance in win over Seton Hall, posting Baylor. game-high 16 points (6-8 FG) for career-high 10th con- Double-doubles...... 0 u Tied for game-high honors with 16 points (6-12 FG) secutive double-digit scoring game (all since resumption Double-figure scoring games.. 36 during home win over Purdue. of BIG EAST play in January). 20-point games...... 4 u Contributed 11 points against Creighton. u Added six points and three boards against Rutgers. Double-figure rebound games... 0 u Steadied the Irish against Valparaiso with a game-high 5-assist games...... 6 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting with four swipes. 5-steal games...... 3
Novosel’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2008-09 31 0 638 20.6 74 150 .493 1 10 .100 65 90 .722 44 45 89 2.9 57 0 47 60 3 45 214 6.9 2009-10 35 4 527 15.1 59 138 .428 7 20 .350 51 67 .761 26 51 77 2.2 48 0 61 60 7 47 176 5.0 2010-11 26 26 694 26.7 122 253 .482 20 55 .364 117 148 .791 32 70 102 3.9 36 1 55 64 10 53 381 14.7 TOTAL 92 30 1859 20.2 255 541 .471 28 85 .329 233 305 .764 102 166 268 2.9 141 1 163 184 20 145 771 8.4
Novosel’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2008-09 16 0 341 21.3 42 85 .494 0 1 .000 34 48 .708 22 22 44 2.8 34 0 28 30 2 29 118 7.4 2009-10 16 0 233 14.6 28 61 .459 2 5 .400 16 21 .762 10 18 28 1.8 16 0 23 23 2 13 74 4.6 2010-11 12 12 342 28.5 52 122 .426 6 18 .333 53 69 .768 13 35 48 4.0 15 0 26 29 4 22 163 13.6 TOTAL 44 12 916 20.8 122 268 .455 8 24 .333 103 138 .746 45 75 120 2.7 65 0 77 82 8 64 355 8.1 Novosel Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 * 18 4 5 .800 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 7 11 11.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 * 15 3 5 .600 1 1 1.000 6 8 .750 1 3 4 3.0 1 0 0 4 0 0 13 12.0 UCLA 11/18/10 * 39 7 12 .583 2 4 .500 3 6 .500 3 3 6 4.0 4 0 4 4 0 1 19 14.3 at Kentucky 11/21/10 * 35 8 24 .333 1 7 .143 4 6 .667 3 5 8 5.0 2 0 3 4 2 0 21 16.0 IUPUI 11/26/10 * 23 4 7 .571 2 3 .667 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 4.2 1 0 2 1 2 1 12 15.2 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 * 28 5 9 .556 2 5 .400 11 12 .917 1 2 3 4.0 1 0 3 3 0 4 23 16.5 BUTLER 11/28/10 * 30 7 14 .500 1 5 .200 5 8 .625 1 4 5 4.1 1 0 3 6 0 2 20 17.0 at Baylor 12/01/10 * 26 3 10 .300 0 4 .000 6 8 .750 1 2 3 4.0 5 1 1 1 0 4 12 16.4 PURDUE 12/05/10 * 27 6 12 .500 1 2 .500 3 3 1.000 1 3 4 4.0 2 0 3 5 1 1 16 16.3 at Providence 12/08/10 * 23 3 6 .500 0 2 .000 3 4 .750 1 1 2 3.8 0 0 2 1 0 1 9 15.6 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 * 28 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 2 2 4 3.8 0 0 1 1 1 2 11 15.2 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 * 20 6 7 .857 0 1 .000 6 6 1.000 1 1 2 3.7 0 0 2 1 0 4 18 15.4 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 * 33 8 11 .727 2 2 1.000 9 9 1.000 1 3 4 3.7 2 0 1 4 0 3 27 16.3 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 * 16 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 3 4 .750 0 2 2 3.6 1 0 2 0 0 1 8 15.7 SE MISSOURI ST 01/02/11 * 14 3 4 .750 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 3 3 6 3.7 1 0 3 1 0 1 7 15.1 at Marquette 01/05/11 * 29 4 10 .400 0 3 .000 6 7 .857 3 4 7 3.9 3 0 3 3 1 1 14 15.1 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 * 32 6 15 .400 0 2 .000 4 7 .571 2 3 5 4.0 0 0 5 1 0 1 16 15.1 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 * 24 2 7 .286 0 0 .000 8 12 .667 2 3 5 4.1 2 0 5 2 0 1 12 14.9 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 * 23 4 8 .500 1 3 .333 6 8 .750 0 3 3 4.0 0 0 1 3 0 2 15 14.9 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 * 31 6 8 .750 2 2 1.000 5 7 .714 0 1 1 3.9 2 0 1 3 1 2 19 15.2 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 * 27 5 14 .357 0 1 .000 3 3 1.000 1 2 3 3.8 1 0 2 3 0 4 13 15.0 at Villanova 01/29/11 * 34 3 15 .200 0 0 .000 5 5 1.000 0 3 3 3.8 0 0 2 0 1 2 11 14.9 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 * 28 4 11 .364 1 2 .500 4 6 .667 2 2 4 3.8 2 0 2 3 0 3 13 14.8 at South Florida 02/05/11 * 33 7 14 .500 1 1 1.000 4 5 .800 1 7 8 4.0 4 0 0 6 1 1 19 15.0 SETON HALL 02/08/11 * 27 6 8 .750 1 1 1.000 3 3 1.000 1 3 4 4.0 1 0 2 1 0 3 16 15.0 RUTGERS 02/12/11 * 31 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 3.9 0 0 1 3 0 1 6 14.7 Totals 26 694 122 253 .482 20 55 .364 117 148 .791 32 70 102 3.9 36 1 55 64 10 53 381 14.7 #22 • Brittany Mallory Guard • 5-10 • Sr.-3V • Baltimore, Md. (McDonogh School)
Did You Know? u Nickname is “Chip”, which she gained during summer school prior to her freshman year after an encounter with a chipmunk while biking across campus. u Earned certificate of merit for participation in Notre Dame’s Rosenthal Leadership Institute in 2007-08 academic year. u One of two ND players (along with Devereaux Peters) coming off torn ACLs in their left knees suffered in first month of 2008-09 season. u One of eight Fighting Irish basketball players who also competed in another sport in high school — was a two-time honorable mention All-America lacrosse midfielder and named to the 2006 high school All-Tewaaraton Team; in fact, was actively recruited by several Division I schools to play lacrosse, but chose to focus on basketball at Notre Dame. u Steady ballhandler with 1.40 career assist/turnover ratio. Career Highs 2010-11 Highlights u Had 11 points vs. Louisville, including three shots outside u the arc (plus trey at the buzzer to close the first half). Points...... 22 Averaging 6.8 points and team-high 2.3 steals per game u Poured in a season-high 14 points vs. #16/17 George- vs. Valparaiso (12/12/09) with team-best/career-high .426 three-point percentage town, including three three-pointers and two steals. Rebounds...... 8 … also leads BIG EAST with .459 three-point percentage u Posted five assists and three steals against #RV/23 St. at Cincinnati (2/9/10) in conference play. u John’s. Assists...... 10 Notched nine points and five steals in season opener u Dropped in six points with three assists in victory over vs. Rutgers (2/12/11) against New Hampshire. u #RV/25 Syracuse. Field Goals...... 7 (2) Delivered seven points and game-high five steals vs. u Added 13 points (4-6 FG), three assists and season-high last vs. Valparaiso (12/12/09) Morehead State. u five steals against Seton Hall. Field Goal Attempts...... 17 Suffered sprained ankle early in second half of double-OT u Made presence known in win over Rutgers, becoming at St. John’s (2/16/10) loss to #15 UCLA … subsequently did not play in loss at first ND player since 2005 (Megan Duffy) to record points/ 3-Point Field Goals...... 4 #9/10 Kentucky. u assists double-double, delivering career-high 10 assists vs. South Florida (2/27/08) In first start in nearly two weeks, posted eight points and while scoring 10 points (2-2 3FG) ... also grabbed four 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 8 six boards at #2/3 Baylor. u boards and two steals. at St. John’s (3/3/08) Dished out a game-high seven assists to match a career- u Expected to play in her 100th career game on Saturday Free Throws...... 6 (3) best against Creighton. u at #2 Connecticut. last at Valparaiso (12/20/10) Torched Valparaiso with 12 points, four assists and five steals in 23 minutes. Free Throw Attempts...... 8 u vs. San Diego St. (11/26/09) Bested previous season-high by scoring 13 points in the Steals...... 6 win over Marquette, highlighted by 3-of-4 shooting from long distance ... also added game-high four steals. vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11/15/09) u Blocked Shots...... 1 (8) Netted two of three attempts from downtown vs. #2 last vs. UConn (1/8/11) Connecticut. Minutes Played...... 36 at St. John’s (2/16/10)
Miscellaneous Double-doubles...... 1 Double-figure scoring games.22 20-point games...... 1 Double-figure rebound games.. 0 5-assist games...... 6 5-steal games...... 7
Mallory’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 33 0 533 16.2 64 187 .342 34 122 .279 46 57 .807 26 46 72 2.2 52 0 29 36 3 42 208 6.3 2008-09 7 3 154 22.0 21 45 .467 7 20 .350 8 13 .615 5 18 23 3.3 15 0 20 9 1 11 57 8.1 2009-10 35 2 676 19.3 76 206 .369 28 91 .308 49 66 .742 32 74 106 3.0 62 0 79 56 5 61 229 6.5 2010-11 24 22 581 24.2 51 115 .443 29 68 .426 31 42 .738 12 34 46 1.9 42 0 65 37 1 56 162 6.8 TOTAL 99 27 1944 19.6 212 553 .383 98 301 .326 134 178 .753 75 172 247 2.5 171 0 193 138 10 170 656 6.6
Mallory’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 16 0 246 15.4 30 73 .411 21 55 .382 24 30 .800 9 15 24 1.5 24 0 14 20 2 16 105 6.6 2009-10 16 2 320 20.0 25 90 .278 10 40 .250 26 32 .813 13 29 42 2.6 29 0 36 26 3 30 86 5.4 2010-11 12 12 339 28.3 29 61 .475 17 37 .459 15 21 .714 5 20 25 2.1 24 0 37 21 1 28 90 7.5 TOTAL 44 14 905 20.6 84 224 .375 48 132 .364 65 83 .783 27 64 91 2.1 77 0 87 67 6 74 281 6.4 Mallory Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 * 20 3 8 .375 1 4 .250 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 3 1 0 5 9 9.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 * 18 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 4 6 .667 1 1 2 1.5 0 0 2 0 0 5 7 8.0 UCLA 11/18/10 * 22 1 4 .250 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 1 0 1 1.3 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 6.7 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 15 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.3 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 5.8 BUTLER 11/28/10 13 2 3 .667 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.4 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 5.8 at Baylor 12/01/10 * 22 3 7 .429 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 2 4 6 2.2 3 0 2 4 0 1 8 6.2 PURDUE 12/05/10 * 23 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 2 3 .667 0 0 0 1.9 1 0 3 2 0 2 4 5.9 at Providence 12/08/10 * 23 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1.6 1 0 2 0 0 3 6 5.9 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 * 27 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 0 3 3 1.8 2 0 7 2 0 2 7 6.0 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 * 23 3 5 .600 0 2 .000 6 7 .857 2 1 3 1.9 1 0 4 3 0 5 12 6.6 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 * 24 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 4 0 3 1 0 3 3 6.3 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 * 20 2 5 .400 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.7 2 0 1 1 0 1 6 6.3 SE MISSOURI ST 01/02/11 * 15 1 6 .167 1 6 .167 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.6 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 6.0 at Marquette 01/05/11 * 32 4 7 .571 3 4 .750 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 1.6 1 0 2 1 0 4 13 6.5 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 * 33 2 5 .400 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.6 1 0 1 3 1 2 6 6.5 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 * 26 3 8 .375 3 7 .429 2 2 1.000 0 5 5 1.8 2 0 3 1 0 2 11 6.8 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 * 10 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.8 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 6.5 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 * 35 4 7 .571 3 6 .500 3 4 .750 1 1 2 1.8 4 0 4 5 0 2 14 6.9 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 * 30 2 7 .286 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 2 4 6 2.1 2 0 5 2 0 3 6 6.8 at Villanova 01/29/11 * 33 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 1 4 0 2 0 6.5 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 * 32 2 5 .400 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 1 0 1 1.9 2 0 3 1 0 1 6 6.5 at South Florida 02/05/11 * 26 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.9 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 6.3 SETON HALL 02/08/11 * 24 4 6 .667 1 2 .500 4 6 .667 0 1 1 1.8 3 0 3 2 0 5 13 6.6 RUTGERS 02/12/11 * 35 3 4 .750 2 2 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 1.9 0 0 10 1 0 2 10 6.8 Totals 22 581 51 115 .443 29 68 .426 31 42 .738 12 34 46 1.9 42 0 65 37 1 56 162 6.8 #23 • Kayla McBride Guard • 5-11 • Fr.-HS • Erie, Pa. (Villa Maria Academy)
Did You Know? u Nickname is “K-Mac”. u One of three McDonald’s All-Americans (Diggins, Peters) and two Gatorade state high school players of the year (Dig- gins - Indiana) on this year’s Fighting Irish roster. u One of three current Notre Dame players (Achonwa, Diggins) to earn a medal in international basketball competition, having started for gold medal-winning USA side at 2010 FIBA U18 Americas Championships in Colorado Springs.
Career Highs 2010-11 Highlights u Tied for team-high scoring honors with 14 points, while u adding career-high-tying six rebounds against Louisville. Points...... 20 Ranks fifth on team in scoring (8.7 ppg), first in free throw u Had successful homecoming to western Pennsylvania in vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) percentage (.862) and third in field goal percentage win at Pittsburgh, pouring in eight points along with five Rebounds...... 6 (4) (.557). u boards and three assists. last vs. Louisville (1/12/11) Collected eight points and three steals in college debut u Will miss remainder of 2010-11 season while she attends Assists...... 4 against New Hampshire. u to an off-the-court issue … continuing to practice with the at Kentucky (11/21/10) Dropped in game-high 14 points (7-11 FG) while adding six rebounds and two steals against Morehead State. team. Field Goals...... 9 u vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) Played season-high 33 minutes against #15 UCLA, tally- Field Goal Attempts...... 14 ing 11 points (2-3 3FG), four rebounds and season-best three assists. vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) u 3-Point Field Goals...... 2 Made first career start at #9/10 Kentucky, dishing out vs. UCLA (11/18/10) career-high four assists while pouring in 10 points against the Wildcats. 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 3 (2) u at Baylor (12/1/10) Filled the stat sheet against Butler with 11 points, five Free Throws...... 5 boards, three assists and a pair of steals. u Steady outing with nine points vs. Creighton. vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Free Throw Attempts...... 6 Tied a season-best with six boards at Valparaiso while adding seven points. vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Steals...... 3 (2) Posted best day of young career vs. Loyola Marymount last vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) with personal bests of 20 points (9-14 FG) and six re- bounds. Blocked Shots...... 1 (3) u last vs. Creighton (12/11/10) Stayed hot with 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting with four Minutes Played...... 34 boards against Southeast Missouri State. at Kentucky (11/21/10)
Miscellaneous Double-doubles...... 0 Double-figure scoring games... 7 20-point games...... 1 Double-figure rebound games.. 0 5-assist games...... 0 5-steal games...... 0
McBride’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 19 4 452 23.8 68 122 .557 4 17 .235 25 29 .862 20 43 63 3.3 22 0 29 33 3 18 165 8.7 TOTAL 19 4 452 23.8 68 122 .557 4 17 .235 25 29 .862 20 43 63 3.3 22 0 29 33 3 18 165 8.7
McBride’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 5 0 104 20.8 11 20 .550 1 1 1.000 5 6 .833 5 12 17 3.4 11 0 6 12 0 2 28 5.6 TOTAL 5 0 104 20.8 11 20 .550 1 1 1.000 5 6 .833 5 12 17 3.4 11 0 6 12 0 2 28 5.6 McBride Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 23 3 9 .333 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 2.0 0 0 2 2 0 3 8 8.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 21 7 11 .636 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 4 6 4.0 2 0 1 2 1 2 14 11.0 UCLA 11/18/10 33 4 8 .500 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 4 0 4 4.0 2 0 3 1 0 1 11 11.0 at Kentucky 11/21/10 * 34 5 9 .556 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.5 1 0 4 1 0 0 10 10.8 IUPUI 11/26/10 * 26 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.2 1 0 2 1 0 3 8 10.2 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 * 20 3 4 .750 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.0 2 0 0 5 0 2 6 9.5 BUTLER 11/28/10 * 30 4 7 .571 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 2 3 5 3.3 0 0 3 1 1 2 11 9.7 at Baylor 12/01/10 24 2 6 .333 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 3.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 9.3 PURDUE 12/05/10 22 3 3 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.0 1 0 3 1 0 0 6 8.9 at Providence 12/08/10 21 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.8 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 8.2 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 17 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 0 2 2 2.7 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 8.3 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 25 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 1 5 6 3.0 0 0 1 2 0 1 7 8.2 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 20 2 6 .333 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.8 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 7.8 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 27 9 14 .643 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 2 4 6 3.1 0 0 1 1 0 2 20 8.7 SE MISSOURI ST 01/02/11 26 6 10 .600 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 2 2 4 3.1 0 0 2 1 0 0 17 9.3 at Marquette 01/05/11 19 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3.1 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 8.8 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 14 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.1 3 0 1 3 0 0 2 8.4 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 19 5 7 .714 1 1 1.000 3 4 .750 2 4 6 3.2 4 0 1 3 0 1 14 8.7 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 31 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 3.3 2 0 3 3 0 0 8 8.7 TOTAL 4 452 68 122 .557 4 17 .235 25 29 .862 20 43 63 3.3 22 0 29 33 3 18 165 8.7 #32 • Becca Bruszewski Guard • 6-1 • Sr.-3V • Valparaiso, Ind. (Wheeler HS)
Did You Know? u Last name is pronounced “broo-SHEFF-skee” … nickname is “Bruiser”, due to her fearless, physical style of play and her penchant for leaving teammates and opponents black and blue after a practice or game u One of eight Fighting Irish basketball players who also competed in another sport in high school — was a three-time all-state volleyball middle blocker and still holds school records for career kills (2,042) and blocks (452), and single- season kills (657) and blocks (139). u First Notre Dame women’s basketball player from northwest Indiana, hailing from same area of state as former Fighting Irish men’s basketball All-America power forward (and current Boston Celtics rookie) Luke Harangody. u Became 27th 1,000-point scorer in school history on Feb. 1 vs. Syracuse (currently 24th all-time with 1,039 points).
Career Highs 2010-11 Highlights u Racked up 11 points, six boards and two assists to help u down Louisville. Points...... 25 Collecting 9.2 points and career-high 5.1 rebounds per u Dropped in 10 points and added three assists during win vs. DePaul (2/14/10) game with .551 field goal percentage. u over #16/17 Georgetown. Rebounds...... 13 Dished out three assists in season opener against New u Helped shut down #RV/23 St. John’s with a season-high vs. UCLA (11/18/10) Hampshire. u 19 points (on 8-of 11 shooting). Assists...... 7 Tallied seven points (including six in game-opening 20-2 u Collected her second double-double of the season with at Louisville (1/19/10) run) and game-high seven rebounds against Morehead 10 points and game-high 10 boards at Villanova. Field Goals...... 10 State. u u Piled up 12 points (5-7 FG), seven boards and three steals vs. DePaul (2/14/10) Posted third career double-double with 12 points and against #RV/25 Syracuse … scored 1,000th career point Field Goal Attempts...... 17 career-high 13 rebounds in career-best 44 minutes early in first half. vs. DePaul (2/14/10) against #15 UCLA. u u Picked up her first “5-5-5” game of the season (and 3-Point Field Goals...... 2 (7) Narrowly missed out on back-to-back double-doubles second of her career) with 16 points, six rebounds and a last vs. Iona (11/22/09) with 12 points and eight caroms at #9 Kentucky. u season-high five assists at South Florida. 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 6 Solid at the WBCA Classic with 9.0 ppg. and 3.7 rpg. u Added 10 points and two blocks in win over Seton Hall. vs. Minnesota (3/22/09) while going 10-for-19 (.526) from the floor over the three u Logged six points and four boards against Rutgers. Free Throws...... 8 game stretch. u u Has scored in double figures in seven of her last nine at South Florida (2/17/09) Eight points and six boards against Purdue. u games (10.9 ppg. in that span). Free Throw Attempts...... 12 Poured 17 points with six rebounds in 25 minutes of action during a home win over Creighton. vs. Syracuse (2/24/09) u Steals...... 4 (2) Despite being weakened with head cold, converted all last vs. IPFW (12/8/09) six shots in 19 minutes vs. Loyola Marymount, finishing with 12 points (eight in second half). Blocked Shots...... 3 u at Pittsburgh (2/3/09) Knocked down 6-of-9 shots for 12 points with five boards Minutes Played...... 44 during a home rout of Southeast Missouri State. vs. UCLA (11/18/10)
Miscellaneous Double-doubles...... 4 Double-figure scoring games.50 20-point games...... 3 Double-figure rebound games.. 4 5-assist games...... 3 5-steal games...... 0
Bruszewski’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 32 0 423 13.2 58 104 .558 1 2 .500 42 54 .778 37 43 80 2.5 58 0 13 31 10 16 159 5.0 2008-09 31 31 842 27.2 132 271 .487 21 56 .375 48 71 .676 31 125 156 5.0 88 2 52 53 15 33 333 10.7 2009-10 34 26 629 18.5 129 261 .494 8 31 .258 42 64 .656 46 60 106 3.1 92 3 48 42 18 23 308 9.1 2010-11 26 26 639 24.6 102 185 .551 0 7 .000 35 59 .593 44 88 132 5.1 64 2 43 45 15 24 239 9.2 TOTAL 123 83 2533 20.6 421 821 .513 30 96 .313 167 248 .673 158 316 474 3.9 302 7 156 171 58 96 1039 8.4
Bruszewski’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 14 0 171 12.2 21 35 .600 1 2 .500 21 24 .875 14 18 32 2.3 26 0 5 12 5 4 64 4.6 2008-09 16 16 458 28.6 73 158 .462 12 34 .353 30 40 .750 17 70 87 5.4 46 0 24 20 9 15 188 11.8 2009-10 16 14 323 20.2 64 133 .481 3 13 .231 17 25 .680 17 27 44 2.8 44 1 23 14 10 10 148 9.3 2010-11 12 12 310 25.8 48 87 .552 0 1 .000 23 37 .622 18 40 58 4.8 32 0 19 16 11 12 119 9.9 TOTAL 58 42 1262 21.8 206 413 .499 16 50 .320 91 126 .722 66 155 221 3.8 148 1 71 62 35 41 519 8.9 Bruszewski Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 * 15 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 1.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 * 18 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 5 7 3.5 2 0 0 2 1 1 7 4.0 UCLA 11/18/10 * 44 6 12 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 9 13 6.7 5 1 3 3 0 2 12 6.7 at Kentucky 11/21/10 * 31 5 9 .556 0 1 .000 2 5 .400 5 3 8 7.0 5 1 1 1 0 0 12 8.0 IUPUI 11/26/10 * 19 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 0 3 3 6.2 1 0 2 1 1 2 9 8.2 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 * 19 3 8 .375 0 2 .000 2 4 .500 3 4 7 6.3 3 0 4 2 0 2 8 8.2 BUTLER 11/28/10 * 20 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 1 0 1 5.6 3 0 1 1 1 0 10 8.4 at Baylor 12/01/10 * 28 1 7 .143 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 5.1 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 7.6 PURDUE 12/05/10 * 22 4 6 .667 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 5 6 5.2 4 0 1 3 0 0 8 7.7 at Providence 12/08/10 * 25 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 1 5 6 5.3 2 0 1 0 1 1 9 7.8 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 * 25 8 13 .615 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 5 6 5.4 2 0 0 2 1 0 17 8.6 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 * 20 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 5.3 1 0 1 2 0 0 8 8.6 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 * 33 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 7 8 5.5 2 0 3 4 0 2 2 8.1 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 * 19 6 6 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 5.4 0 0 3 4 0 1 12 8.4 SE MISSOURI ST 01/02/11 * 16 6 9 .667 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 2 5 5.3 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 8.6 at Marquette 01/05/11 * 15 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 5.2 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 8.3 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 * 22 4 9 .444 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 4 6 5.2 3 0 1 0 1 1 8 8.3 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 * 33 5 10 .500 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 3 3 6 5.3 3 0 2 1 0 0 11 8.4 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 * 20 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 5.2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 8.2 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 * 24 4 10 .400 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 1 3 4 5.2 4 0 3 1 0 0 10 8.3 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 * 25 8 11 .727 0 0 .000 3 5 .600 1 0 1 5.0 2 0 1 2 1 1 19 8.8 at Villanova 01/29/11 * 33 4 8 .500 0 1 .000 2 5 .400 2 8 10 5.2 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 8.9 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 * 25 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 5 7 5.3 4 0 1 5 1 3 12 9.0 at South Florida 02/05/11 * 37 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 8 9 .889 4 2 6 5.3 2 0 5 1 2 0 16 9.3 SETON HALL 02/08/11 * 18 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 1 5.1 3 0 2 1 2 0 10 9.3 RUTGERS 02/12/11 * 33 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 5.1 4 0 0 3 1 1 6 9.2 Totals 26 639 102 185 .551 0 7 .000 35 59 .593 44 88 132 5.1 64 2 43 45 15 24 239 9.2 #41 • Mary Forr Forward • 5-11 • Sr.-SQ • Altoona, Pa. (Bishop Guilfoyle)
Overview u Officially added as a walk-on player during preseason. u Previously spent parts of three seasons as a member of Notre Dame’s “Sixth Man Team” (practice squad), a role also held by former walk-on guard and 2010 graduate Alena Christiansen. u Has been active in Notre Dame’s RecSports program, winning a total of 11 team/individual intramural championships and being named the Notre Dame RecSports Female Athlete of the Year in 2009. u Determined, fundamentally-sound post player who adds depth to Fighting Irish front line corps, both in practices and games.
Career Highs High School 2010-11 Highlights u u Points...... 6 Four-year starter at Bishop Guilfoyle High School in Saw first collegiate action in season opener against New vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) Altoona, Pa. Hampshire, piling up six points (3-4 FG), two rebounds u Averaged 17.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as a and an assist in nine minutes. Rebounds...... 2 (2) u last vs. Pittsburgh (01/15/11) senior in 2006-07, leading team to a 30-1 record and the Played six minutes against Morehead State, finishing with Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) an assist and rebound. Assists...... 1 (3) u last vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) Class A state championship. Each of her two shots at Valparaiso found the bottom of u First-team all-state selection, as well as Mountain Athletic the net for four points in six minutes. Field Goals...... 3 u vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) Conference Player of the Year and Blair County Sports Tallied two points, with a rebound and an assist in seven Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2006-07. minutes against Loyola Marymount. Field Goal Attempts...... 4 u u vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) Also played tennis in high school, twice earning second- Broke a sweat in 10 minutes on the floor with two points team all-state honors. and a block against Southeast Missouri State. 3-Point Field Goals...... None u 3-Point Field Goal Att.... None Netted five points (2-2 FG) and grabbed two boards in Personal Data Free Throws...... 1 homecoming game at Pittsburgh. u Born Nov. 3, 1988, in Altoona, Pa. … youngest of three u Grabbed two rebounds against #RV/23 St. John’s. vs. Pittsburgh (1/15/11) u Free Throw Attempts...... 2 children (older sister Marita and older brother Tommy, Added two points and one rebound late in game against vs. Pittsburgh (1/15/11) a 2007 Notre Dame graduate) born to Patricia and R. #RV/25 Syracuse. Thomas Forr, Jr. u Got on the board with two points against Seton Hall. Steals...... None u Blocked Shots...... 1 (2) One of three Pennsylvania residents on this year’s Fight- vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) ing Irish roster, joining freshman guard Kayla McBride Minutes Played...... 10 (Erie) and fellow walk-on, junior guard Veronica Badway vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) (Pittsburgh). u Enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a double Miscellaneous major in political science and philosophy. u Worked three summers at Helen Diller Home for the Double-doubles...... 0 Blind and can read grade one braille. Double-figure scoring games... 0 u Spent time as basketball coach for St. Joseph County 20-point games...... 0 (Ind.) Special Olympics, and sister of former Special Double-figure rebound games.... 0 Olympian of the Month, Marita Forr. 5-assist games...... 0 u Just the third Fighting Irish player to wear No. 41, fol- 5-steal games...... 0 lowing Imani Dunbar (1997-2001) and Courtney LaVere (2002-06).
Forr’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 16 0 78 4.9 13 27 .481 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 6 6 12 0.8 8 0 3 4 2 0 27 1.7 TOTAL 16 0 78 4.9 13 27 .481 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 6 6 12 0.8 8 0 3 4 2 0 27 1.7
Forr’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 7 0 25 3.6 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 3 2 5 0.7 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 1.3 TOTAL 7 0 25 3.6 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 3 2 5 0.7 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 1.3 Forr Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 9 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 6.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 6 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 IUPUI 11/26/10 7 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.7 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 BUTLER 11/28/10 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 PURDUE 12/05/10 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 3 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.4 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 6 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.8 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 7 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.8 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1.8 SE MISSOURI ST 01/02/11 10 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.8 at Marquette 01/05/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 9 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 1 2 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.8 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 4 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 0 2 0.8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.6 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 1 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.7 SETON HALL 02/08/11 7 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.7 RUTGERS 02/12/11 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 Totals 0 78 13 27 .481 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 6 6 12 0.7 8 0 3 4 2 0 27 1.6 #44 • Ariel Braker Forward • 6-1 • Fr.-HS • Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. (Grosse Pointe North)
Did You Know? u Nickname is “Earl”. u One of eight Fighting Irish basketball players who also competed in another sport in high school — was a star high jumper in high school, qualifying for the state meet as a sophomore. u Also competed in gymnastics for four years during her formative years. u Has read every book in the “Twilight” series.
Career Highs 2010-11 Highlights u Points...... 10 Nearly had “5-5-5” game in her college debut against vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) New Hampshire, registering five points, five rebounds and four steals in 12 minutes. Rebounds...... 8 u vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Grabbed four rebound in six minutes against Morehead State. Assists...... 2 (2) u vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Came off the bench vs. IUPUI and netted career highs of Field Goals...... 4 (2) 10 points and six rebounds in 13 minutes … also blocked last at Valparaiso (12/20/10) a pair of Jaguar shots. u Rejected two Creighton shots in three minutes. Field Goal Attempts...... 6 u vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) Finished 4-for-4 from the field with eight points and three steals in nine minutes at Valparaiso. 3-Point Field Goals...... None u 3-Point Field Goal Att.... None Delivered three points, four rebounds and career-high three blocks in 10 minutes against Loyola Marymount. Free Throws...... 3 u vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Did a bit of everything in 17 minutes vs. Southeast Mis- Free Throw Attempts...... 8 souri State while finishing with eight boards, two assists, two blocks and five points. vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Steals...... 4 Registered a steal vs. Louisville. u Grabbed three boards against Pittsburgh. vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) u Blocked Shots...... 3 Shot 2-for-2 at the foul line against #RV/23 St. John’s while blocking two shots. vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) u Minutes Played...... 17 One of three Irish players to grab game-high six rebounds vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) in win over Seton Hall ... also posted an assist and steal.
Miscellaneous Double-doubles...... 0 Double-figure scoring games... 1 20-point games...... 0 Double-figure rebound games.... 0 5-block games...... 0 5-steal games...... 0
Braker’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 22 0 135 6.1 12 30 .400 0 0 .000 15 32 .469 23 30 53 2.4 15 0 7 8 13 11 39 1.8 TOTAL 22 0 135 6.1 12 30 .400 0 0 .000 15 32 .469 23 30 53 2.4 15 0 7 8 13 11 39 1.8
Braker’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 12 0 51 4.3 0 5 .000 0 0 .000 3 9 .333 6 11 17 1.4 10 0 2 3 2 3 3 0.3 TOTAL 12 0 51 4.3 0 5 .000 0 0 .000 3 9 .333 6 11 17 1.4 10 0 2 3 2 3 3 0.3 Braker Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 12 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 3 2 5 5.0 2 0 2 1 1 4 5 5.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 6 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 4.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 at Kentucky 11/21/10 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 IUPUI 11/26/10 13 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 2 4 6 3.8 0 0 0 1 2 0 10 3.8 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 10 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 3.6 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 3.4 BUTLER 11/28/10 3 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 1 3 3.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3.0 at Providence 12/08/10 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.6 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 2.8 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2.5 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 9 4 4 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 3.1 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 10 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 3 1 4 2.9 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 3.1 SE MISSOURI ST 01/02/11 17 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 3 8 .375 3 5 8 3.4 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 3.3 at Marquette 01/05/11 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 0 1 3.2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 .000 0 0 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.6 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 9 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 8 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 2.6 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2.2 at Villanova 01/29/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 0 1 2.4 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2.1 at South Florida 02/05/11 0+ 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 SETON HALL 02/08/11 16 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 5 6 2.5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.9 RUTGERS 02/12/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 Totals 0 135 12 30 .400 0 0 .000 15 32 .469 23 30 53 2.4 15 0 7 8 13 11 39 1.8