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2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 1 FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA Primary Women’s Basketball Contact Josh Bates [email protected] @Josh13Bates 574-310-9954 Secondary Women’s Basketball Contact Megan Golden [email protected] GAME 8 AT #1/1 UCONN (6-0) @Meg_Golden 574-631-2664 2017-18 RESULTS JIMMY V CLASSIC Date ND Opp Opponent TV Time (ET)/ Sunday, Dec. 3 | 4:02 pm ET XL Center (16,294) Rank Rank Result N1 -/5 +IUP N/A W, 108-40 ESPN Eric Frede (PxP), Rebecca Lobo (Analyst) N11 6/5 Mount St. Mary’s ACCN Extra W, 121-65 Pulse FM 96.9 / 92.1 Bob Nagle N14 6/5 RV/NR at Western Kentucky Fox College Sports W, 78-65 N19 6/5 18/17 at Oregon State Pac-12 W, 72-67 Follow the live stats on UND.com N24 ^vs ETSU FloHoops W, 77-46 @NDWBB #GoIrish N25 ^vs #17/16 USF FloHoops W, 76-66 N26 ^vs #3/2 South Carolina FloHoops W, 92-85 THE SERIES N29 $at #22/20 Michigan BTN W, 83-63 vs UConn UConn leads, 35-11 Last time: Huskies won, 72-61, at Notre Dame on 12/7/16 D3 &at #1/1 UConn ESPN 4 pm at UConn UConn leads, 19-4 Last time: Huskies won, 91-81, in Storrs on 12/5/15 D6 Michigan State ACCN Extra 7 pm D9 at Penn Ivy League Net. 1 pm THE COACHES D17 DePaul ACCN Extra 1 pm Head Coach At School Overall D20 Marquette ACCN Extra 3 pm ND Muffet McGraw 772-227 (31st year) 860-268 (36th year) D28 *Syracuse ACCN Extra 7 pm UCONN Geno Auriemma Same as Career 997-135 (33rd year) D31 *at Wake Forest ACCN Extra 1 pm J4 *Miami ACCN Extra 7 pm COUNTDOWN TO TIP-OFF: J7 *at Georgia Tech ACCN Extra 2 pm 8,104 Average amount of fans last season, which ranked sixth nationally. 8th straight year with an average of 8,000+. J11 *at Louisville ESPN 7 pm 1,000 -Point Club welcomed its 37th member in Arike Ogunbowale on Nov. 11. Up next, Marina Mabrey (985 points) J14 *Boston College ACCN Extra 1 pm games coached in Muffet McGraw’s career J18 Tennessee ESPN 7 pm 999 J21 *Clemson ACCN Extra 1 pm 936 All-time Notre Dame program wins. J25 *at Pittsburgh ACCN Extra 7 pm 197 Consecutive weeks ranked in the AP Poll, including 127 straight weeks in the top-10. J28 *at Florida State ESPN2 4 pm 78-12 Against Top-25 teams over the past six years (.865) F1 *North Carolina ACCN Extra 7 pm Notre Dame’s record in league play since joining the ACC for 2013-14 season. F4 *at Duke ESPN2 1 pm 62-2 F11 *Georgia Tech RSN 1 pm 24 Total conference championships. F15 *at Virginia ACCN Extra 7 pm 22 Straight NCAA Championship appearances - fourth longest streak in the nation and fifth longest all-time. F18 *at Boston College ACCN Extra 1 pm 19 Different All-Americans F22 *Virginia Tech ACCN Extra 7 pm 8 Elite Elights, including six of the past seven years. F25 *NC State ESPN2 2 pm Final Four appearances - one-of-five schools in NCAA history to do so. F28 ACC Championships 7 M16 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rds 6 Regular season league championships in a row (2 Big East / 4 ACC) M23 NCAA Regional Finals 5 As in No. 5 Jackie Young - who is averaging 21 points and 13 rebounds over the last three games. M30 NCAA Final Four Consecutive ACC regular season and tournament title sweeps. If Notre Dame were to secure its fifth straight in 4 + - Exhibition 2018, it would set an ACC record. ^ - Gulf Coast Showcase | Estero, Florida Straight top-25 ranked wins for the Irish, defeating No. 17/16 USF, No. 3/2 South Carolina and No. 22/20 $ - ACC/Big Ten Challenge | Ann Arbor , Michigan 3 Michigan. & - Jimmy V Classic | Hartford, Connecticut * - Atlantic Coast Conference game 2 come from behind victories this season after trailing by double digits: down 11 at OSU / down 12 vs SC national ranks are AP/Coaches Poll 1 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer - Coach McGraw was enshrined in @HoopsHall on Sept. 9, 2017. 2017-18 Notre Dame Men’s Basketball 2 2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 2017-18 NOTRE DAME ROSTER PRONUNCIATION Niele Ivey knee-ELL No. Name Position Height Year Hometown Previous School Mychal Johnson MIKE-el (Michael) 1 Lili Thompson G 5-7 Gs. Mansfield, Texas Stanford / Timberview Marina Mabrey MAY-bree 2 Kaitlin Cole G 5-10 So. Toledo, Ohio Sylvania Northview Arike Ogunbowale uh-REE-kay OH-goon-buh-WALL-ay 3 Marina Mabrey* G 5-11 Jr. Belmar, N.J. Manasquan Lili Thompson Lee-Lee 5 Jackie Young* G 6-0 So. Princeton, Ind. Princeton Community Brianna Turner bree-ON-uh 11 Brianna Turner^ F 6-3 Sr. Pearland, Texas Manvel 14 Mychal Johnson^ G 5-7 Sr. Huntington, W.Va. Huntington St. Joseph TEAM INFORMATION 21 Kristina Nelson F 6-4 Gs. Buford, Ga. Buford Conference Atlantic Coast 23 Jessica Shepard* F 6-4 Jr. Fremont, Neb. Nebraska / Fremont Home Arena (Capacity) Purcell Pavilion 24 Arike Ogunbowale* G 5-8 Jr. Milwaukee, Wis. Divine Savior Holy Angels at the Joyce Center (9,149) Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 30 Mikayla Vaughn C 6-3 Fr. Philadelphia, Penn. Paul VI Total Returning/Lost 6/5 32 Danielle Patterson F 6-2 Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. The Mary Louis Academy Newcomers 6 First Season 1977-78 33 Kathryn Westbeld* F 6-2 Sr. Kettering, Ohio Kettering Fairmont Full Seasons 40 40 Maureen Butler F 6-1 Jr. Livonia, Mich. Dearborn Divine Child) All-Time Record 936-326 (.741) NCAA Appearances/Record 24 / 56-23 (.709) * - probable starter ^ - will redshirt 2017-18 season due to ACL injury First/Last NCAA Appearance 1992 / 2017 ACC Member 2013-14 - present Karen & Kevin Keyes Women’s Basketball Head Coach Muffet McGraw Saint Joseph’s ‘77 31st Season / 36th Overall ACC Regular Season 62-2 (.969) Associate Head Coach Niel Ivey Notre Dame ‘00 11th Season ACC Tournament 12-0 (1.000) ACC Championships 4 - 2014-17 Associate Head Coach Carol Owens Northern Illinois ‘90 18th Season Associate Coach Beth Cunningham Notre Dame ‘97 6th Season Director of Operations Katie Capps Western Kentucky ‘02 3rd Season NATIONAL RANKINGS Video Coordinator Erica Williamson Notre Dame ‘10 2nd Season 2017-18 AP TOP 25 2017-18 USA TODAY COACHES AT THE HELM ROAD WARRIORS (Week 4) (Week 4) 1. UConn 1. UConn Karen and Kevin Keyes head coach Muffet McGraw With the win at No. 22/20 Michigan, the Irish procured 2. Texas 2. Notre Dame embarks on her 31st season at the helm of the Irish its sixth win away from home this season. This ties USC 3. Notre Dame 3. Mississippi State 4. Louisville 4. Texas (772-227) and 36th overall (860-268) as a head coach. for top-mark in the nation for most wins away from its 5. South Carolina 5. Louisville 6. Mississippi State McGraw ranks 10th all-time among NCAA Division I home court thus far. 7. UCLA 6. South Carolina coaches in career wins and sixth among active coaches. 8. Ohio State 7. UCLA 9. Baylor 8. Ohio State ANOTHER TOP-25 10. Oregon 9. Baylor 11. West Virginia 10. Oregon McGraw is also just one of six coaches (men’s or women’s When Notre Dame invades the XL Center in Hartford it 12. Tennessee 11. Florida State basketball) in NCAA Division I history with 800 wins, sev- will mark their fourth straight top-25 opponent, and 13. Florida State 12. West Virginia 14. Duke 13. Tennessee en Final Fours and five NCAA title games. The prestigious fifth overall, all of which on the road. Only Notre Dame 15. Maryland 14. Stanford list includes Pat Summitt, Geno Auriemma, Duke men’s and UConn have squared off against four straight ranked 16. Stanford 15. Maryland 17. USF coach Mike Krzyzewski, the late North Carolina men’s foes this season. 18. Texas A&M 16. Duke 19. Missouri 17. USF coach Dean Smith and current North Carolina men’s 20. Kentucky 18. Missouri coach Roy Williams. Furthermore, both Notre Dame and UConn are the only 21. Oregon State 19. Oregon State 22. Michigan 20. Michigan two schools to currently boast four top-25 ranked victo- 23. Marquette 21. Texas A&M This past fall, McGraw took her rightful place among the ries. Fellow ACC school, Louisville, sits in third with three. 24. California 22. Kentucky 25. Villanova 23. Marquette game’s elite when she was enshrined into the Naismith Receiving Votes: 24. Villanova 25. Syracuse Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, becoming the 32nd WHO’S HOT Green Bay, Arizona State, Oklaho- woman ever to do so. Over the last three games, no Irish is hotter than Arike ma, New Mexico, Iowa, Michigan Receiving Votes: Ogunbowale and Jackie Young. Ogunbowale is averaging State, DePaul, Syracuse, DePaul, NC State, Iowa, Green NOVEMBER NAVIGATION 25.3 ppg on 56.6 percent shooting, including a 7-of-13 Oklahoma State, Minnesota, Bay, Oklahoma, California, Kansas State, USC, Georgia Michigan State, Georgia Tech, From Nov. 14-Dec. 3, the Irish will play seven straight mark (.538) from three-point range, during that stretch. Middle Tennessee, Miami, Kansas games away from the friendly confines of Purcell Pavil- The junior is fresh off of tying her career-high tying of State, Texas-Arlington, Arizona ion. Notre Dame will ultimately travel 9,800 round-trip 32 points at Michigan on Nov.