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Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 NOTRE DAME 574-631-7941 FAX WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2002-03 Irish Schedule/Results (#16 AP/#13 ESPN/USA Today) Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-3, 0-0) (8-3, 0-0 BIG EAST) Game No. 12 vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (10-0, 0-0) November 4 (10/12) Houston Jaguars ... W, 87-50 The Date and Time: Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003, at 7 p.m. EST. 19 (9/12) OGBM Legends........ W, 70-60 26 (10/10) Cleveland State .... W, 107-65 The Site: WVU Coliseum (14,000) in Morgantown, W.Va. 29 (10/10) at USC ..................... W, 69-57 The Radio Plans: All Notre Dame games are broadcast live on WDND-AM (ESPN Radio 1620) December and/or WNDV-AM (1490) in South Bend with Sean Stires handling the play-by-play. These 4 (9/9) at Valparaiso ................ W, 74-68 broadcasts also are available through the Notre Dame athletics website at www.und.com. 7 # (9/9) at Arizona State (FSN) .. W, 81-52 11 at (8/8) DePaul (WHME) ......... L, 59-75 Websites: Notre Dame (www.und.com), West Virginia (www.msnsportsnet.com). 14 (8/8) Temple ........................ W, 84-61 21 (12/11) IPFW ........................ W, 82-54 NO. 16 IRISH TIP OFF BIG EAST SEASON AT UNDEFEATED WEST VIRGINIA 23 (12/11) Colorado State ....... W, 46-45 The second portion of the 2002-03 season gets underway for No. 16 Notre Dame Wednesday night, 28 $ (12/12) vs. Tennessee (5/5) .. L, 61-77 as the Irish open BIG EAST Conference play with a 7 p.m. (EST) game against undefeated West Virginia 31 (13/13) at Marquette ............ W, 75-68 at the WVU Coliseum. Notre Dame owns the best regular-season winning percentage in BIG EAST his- January tory (.850, 102-18), but it will face a stern test from the Mountaineers, who are one of only four teams in 4 (13/13) Purdue (7/6) (CBS) ..... L, 54-71 the nation that are still unbeaten. 8 * (16/13) at West Virginia............ 7 p.m. The Irish are looking to bounce back from a 71-54 loss at home to No. 7 Purdue on Saturday. Notre 11 * Miami (BETV) .................................... Noon Dame led by five (22-17) with six minutes remaining in the first half, but the Boilermakers went on an 18- 14 * at St. John's ........................ 7:30 p.m. 18* Rutgers ................................... 2 p.m. 1 run that crossed over into the second half and they never trailed again. The loss snapped a 33-game 20 * Connecticut (ESPN2) ................... 2 p.m. Irish winning streak at home against non-conference 25 * at Villanova (BETV) ........................... Noon opponents, and it was only the fifth time in 77 career LAST IRISH GAME 29 * at Boston College..................... 7 p.m. games that Notre Dame had lost at the Joyce Center Purdue 71, Notre Dame 54 February when it came out as a ranked team. January 4, 2003 Joyce Center (Notre Dame, Ind.) 1 * West Virginia .......................... 5 p.m. Freshman forward Courtney LaVere continued 5 * Georgetown ............................ 7 p.m. her strong play of late, tallying her third consecutive Purdue (71) 9 * at Virginia Tech (BETV) .................. 2 p.m. double-double with game highs of 23 points (on 8-of- Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Hicks 21 1-7 0-1 1-2 3 0 0 3 12 * St. John’s ................................ 7 p.m. 11 shooting) and 10 rebounds. Sophomore forward Wright 37 8-19 0-2 2-4 5 2 2 18 16 * at Providence ........................... 2 p.m. Jacqueline Batteast added 14 points, and junior Noon 24 2-10 0-0 5-7 5 1 3 9 23 * at Connecticut .......................... 2 p.m. Jones 29 3-7 2-6 0-0 5 3 1 8 guard Le'Tania Severe chipped in with 10 points and Valek 34 5-13 3-4 2-2 4 6 4 15 26 * Pittsburgh ............................... 7 p.m. Taylor 2 0-3 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 season bests of seven rebounds and six assists for Howard 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 March the Irish. As a team, Notre Dame shot 50 percent Keys 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 * Seton Hall ............................... 4 p.m. Duncan 10 0-2 0-0 0-0 6 0 3 0 from the floor (20-40), reaching that mark for the sev- Webb 17 3-6 1-1 1-2 1 1 2 8 4 * at Syracuse .............................. 7 p.m. enth time this season. Heikes 25 5-6 0-0 0-0 3 1 2 10 8-11 ^ BIG EAST Championship Team 7 22-25 NCAA First & Second Rounds West Virginia (10-0) has not played in 10 days, Totals 200 27-73 6-15 11-17 41 14 1871 29-Apr. 1 NCAA Regionals following a 55-43 win at Missouri-Kansas City on Dec. Notre Dame (54) 29. Junior guard Kate Bulger scored a game-high Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp April 26 points, hitting 10-of-14 shots, and junior forward Batteast 37 5-8 1-1 3-4 5 3 3 14 6-8 NCAA Final Four (Atlanta, Ga.) LaVere 32 8-11 0-0 7-10 10 0 4 23 Michelle Carter contributed eight points and a game- Borton 21 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 3 2 Severe 33 4-7 0-0 2-3 7 6 4 10 * indicates BIG EAST Conference game high 13 rebounds to lift the Mountaineers to the win. Ratay 27 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 Italics indicates exhibition game Bulger leads a quartet of WVU players scoring in Krause 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Boldface indicates home game played at Joyce Center (11,418) Swanson 0+ 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 # AstraZeneca Hoops for the Cure Classic II (Tempe, Ariz.) double figures this season, ranking sixth in the BIG Duffy 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 $ Game played at Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Ind.) EAST at 17.7 ppg. She also is first in the conference Wicks 15 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 ^ BIG EAST Conference Championship (Piscataway, N.J.) Flecky 21 2-6 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 4 (FSN) Game televised on Fox Sports Net in three point percentage (.558). Carter is the Moun- Team 2 (WHME) Game televised on WHME-TV (Ch. 46) in South Bend taineers' top rebounder (7.8 rpg.), while sophomore Totals 200 20-40 1-3 13-19 33 13 17 54 (CBS) Game televised on CBS Purdue 27 44 -- 71 (ESPN2) Game to be televised on ESPN2 guard Yolanda Paige averages a league-best nine Notre Dame 22 32 -- 54 (BETV) Game to be televised on BIG EAST TV package assists per game. FG Pct: Purdue 37.0, Notre Dame 50.0. 3-PT FG Pct: Purdue 40.0, Numbers before opponent name indicate Notre Dame's ranking Head coach Mike Carey is in his second season Notre Dame 33.3. FT Pct: Purdue 64.7, Notre Dame 68.4. Turn- in AP and ESPN/USA Today polls at tipoff; numbers after overs: Purdue 9, Notre Dame 25. Blocked Shots: Purdue 1, Notre opponent name indicate its ranking. at West Virginia with a 24-14 (.632) record. He is 0-1 Dame 7 (LaVere 3). Steals: Purdue 16 (Valek 6), Notre Dame 7 All times local to site // Dates and times subject to change all-time against Notre Dame. (Batteast 3). Attendance: 9,483. 2002-03 FIGHTING IRISH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL JANUARY 8, 2003 NOTRE DAME VS. WEST VIRGINIA SCOUTING THE IRISH Notre Dame's latest ascension to college basketball's summit already is underway, thanks in large part Page 2 to the nine returning monogram winners and three starters back from last season's 20-10 club. Of the nine veterans back in the fold, only two are seniors, providing head coach Muffet McGraw with a rich blend of stability and experience upon which to build her next title contender. McGraw now is in her 16th season at Notre Dame with a 350-130 (.729) record (438-171, .719 in 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL years overall) that includes 13 20-win seasons, nine postseason appearances, seven NCAA Tourna- (Jan. 6) ment bids, four trips to the Sweet Sixteen, two Final Four berths and the 2001 national championship. Along the way, she has groomed seven All-Americans, 17 all-conference selections (including 10 first- Rk. Team Record Last 1. Duke (41) 12-0 1 team picks), seven players who have gone on to play professional basketball in the United States, and 2. LSU (1) 12-0 2 three USA Basketball National Team players (who have won a total of six medals). In addition, 15 of her 3. Connecticut (2) 12-0 3 former players and/or assistants currently are coaching at the high school or college level, including five 4. Kansas State 13-1 4 collegiate head coaches. She also has been a master recruiter, attracting seven consecutive top 20 5. Tennessee 9-3 5 classes, including this year's freshman class, which was ranked eighth in the nation by Blue Star Bas- 6. Stanford 10-1 6 7. Purdue 11-1 7 ketball.