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NOTRE DAME Women’s Basketball 2007-08 2001 NCAA Champions • 1997 NCAA Final Four 6 NCAA Sweet 16 Berths • 14 NCAA Tourney Appearances 2007-08 ND Women’s Basketball: Game 6 2007-08 Schedule 4-1 / 0-0 BIG EAST #22/24 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-1 / 0-0 BIG EAST) vs. N1 Southern Indiana (exhib.) W, 90-38 Canisius Golden Griffins (3-1 / 0-0 MAAC) N5 Hillsdale (exhibition) W, 96-64 1 uDATE: November 27, 2007 uRADIO: ESPN Radio 1490 AM N9 (24/rv) Miami (Ohio) W, 98-50 1 uTIME: 7:00 p.m. ET UND.com N13 (23/25) Western Kentucky W, 78-59 1 uAT: Notre Dame, Ind. Sean Stires, p-b-p N16 (23/25) @ Maryland (3/3) L, 59-75 Joyce Center (11,418) uTV: UND.com N20 (23/24) @ Central Michigan W, 94-41 uSERIES: First meeting uLIVE STATS: UND.com N24 (23/24) Boston College W, 88-58 uTICKETS: (574) 631-7356 N27 Canisius 7:00 ET D2 Michigan 2:00 ET D5 @ Bowling Green 7:00 ET Storylines Web Sites D8 @ PurdueBTN 4:00 ET u Notre Dame is coming off back-to-back u Notre Dame: http://www.UND.com D12 Valparaiso 7:00 ET 30-point wins for the first time since March u Canisius: http://www.gogriffs.com D21 @ IUPUI 7:00 ET 2001. u BIG EAST: http://www.bigeast.org D29 Saint Francis (Pa.) 2:00 ET u Canisius is the second of three first-time op- u MAAC: http://www.maacsports.com J2 @ Richmond 7:00 ET ponents on this year’s Irish schedule. J5 TennesseeCBS 2:00 ET Setting The Standard CSTV fter a matchup with a familiar face in its J8 • @ Louisville 7:00 ET Under the guidance of 21st-year head coach J13 • @ West VirginiaESPNU Noon ET last outing, No. 22/24 Notre Dame will Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J16 • Villanova 7:00 ET see a brand-new opponent on Tuesday one of the country’s leading women’s basketball A J19 • @ GeorgetownBETV 2:00 ET when it plays host to Canisius in a 7 p.m. (ET) powers. The Irish have appeared in 14 NCAA CSTV contest at the Joyce Center. The Irish will be Tournaments (including a current streak of 12 in J22 • DePaul 8:00 ET playing their second first-time opponent of the a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 six J27 • ConnecticutESPN2 7:00 ET season, and will look to continue their recent times in the past 11 years. Notre Dame also has J30 • Providence 7:00 ET run of success against new opponents, having reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four twice, F2 • @ Cincinnati 3:00 ET won 10 in a row and 15 of the past 16 against winning college basketball’s ultimate prize with F10 • PittsburghESPN2 2:00 ET first-time foes. the 2001 national championship. F13 • MarquetteCSTV 7:00 ET Notre Dame is coming off its third home win In its history, Notre Dame has developed F16 • @ Syracuse 7:00 ET in as many tries this season, rolling past Bos- nine All-Americans, nine WNBA players (in- F19 • @ RutgersCSTV 8:00 ET ton College, 88-58 this past Saturday at the cluding six draft picks in the past seven years) F24 • @ DePaulESPNU 1:00 CT Joyce Center. The Irish opened the game on and four USA Basketball veterans (nine medals F27 • South Florida 7:00 ET an 18-4 run and never looked back in handing won). Now in their 31st season in 2007-08, the M1 • Seton Hall 2:00 ET the Eagles their worst loss in the 16-game se- Irish own an all-time record of 617-279 (.689). ries. Notre Dame also rang up a season-high 21 M3 • @ St. John’s 7:00 ET steals, its largest total in nearly a decade. Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw M8 BIG EAST 1st Round2-BETV TBA 2-ESPNU Junior guard Lindsay Schrader led another Saint Joseph’s (Pa.) ’77 M9 BIG EAST Quarterfinal TBA balanced offensive attack for the Irish with team u 21st season at Notre Dame M10 BIG EAST Semifinal2-ESPNU TBA highs of 16 points and eight rebounds. Senior • 453-180 (.716) at Notre Dame. M11 BIG EAST Final2-ESPN2 7:00 ET guard Charel Allen added 15 points, a ca- • 541-221 (.710) in 26 years as head coach. M22 NCAA 1st Round3-ESPN/ESPN2 TBA reer-high eight assists and five steals for Notre NOTES M23 NCAA 1st Round3-ESPN/ESPN2 TBA Dame, which had five players score in double u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M24 NCAA 2nd Round3- ESPN/ESPN2 TBA figures for the second consecutive game. u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist M25 NCAA 2nd Round3- ESPN/ESPN2 TBA u Four-time conference Coach of the Year M29 NCAA Regional Semifinal4-ESPN TBA Rankings • BIG EAST Conference (2001) M30 NCAA Regional Semifinal4-ESPN TBA u Notre Dame is ranked 22nd in this week’s • Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1991) M31 NCAA Regional Final4-ESPN TBA • North Star Conference (1988) Associated Press poll and was 24th in last A1 NCAA Regional Final4-ESPN TBA week’s ESPN/USA Today poll. • East Coast Conference (@ Lehigh) (1983) A6 NCAA Women’s Final Four5-ESPN TBA u Canisius is not ranked. A8 NCAA Championship Game5-ESPN TBA (x) - numbers before opponent are ND rankings in AP/ESPN- Notre Dame’s Probable Starting Lineup (c = captain) USA Today polls; numbers after opponent indicates its ranks No Name Pos Ht Yr PPG RPG Other Notes • = BIG EAST Conference game 33 Melissa D’Amico C 6-5 Sr. 6.6 3.0 0.8 bpg • Team-best .750 FG%; 1st start vs. BC 1 = Preseason WNIT (semifinalist) 1 Tulyah Gaines (C) G 5-7 Sr. 7.2 1.6 3.6 apg • T-5th in BIG EAST with 3.0 A/TO ratio 2 = BIG EAST Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 2 Charel Allen (C) G 5-11 Sr. 12.2 5.0 3.4 apg • Career-high 8 assists/5 steals vs. BC 3 = First/second round games at: Albuquerque, Baton Rouge, Bridgeport, College Park, Des Moines, Norfolk, Stanford 20 Ashley Barlow G 5-9 So. 12.8 5.0 1.6 spg • 2nd career dbl-dbl (12p, 11r) at CMU and West Lafayette 24 Lindsay Schrader G 6-0 Jr. 12.8 5.6 1.6 spg • Team-high 16 pts, 8 rebs vs. BC 4 = Regionals at: Greensboro, New Orleans, Oklahoma City Off the Bench For the Irish and Spokane 11 Amanda Tsipis (C) G 5-9 Sr. 1.3 0.5 0.3 apg • Career-high 3 points vs. Miami (Ohio) 5 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (Tampa, Fla.) 14 Devereaux Peters F 6-2 Fr. 6.0 6.2 2.6 bpg • 4th in BIG EAST in blocked shots CBS = Game to be televised on CBS 22 Brittany Mallory G 5-10 Fr. 6.4 2.6 1.8 spg • Season-high 13 pts vs. BC ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU = Game to be televised on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU CSTV = Game to be televised on College Sports Television 23 Melissa Lechlitner G 5-7 So. 8.0 1.6 2.6 apg • Double-figure scorer in 3 of 5 games BTN = Game to be televised on Big Ten Network 32 Becca Bruszewski F 6-1 Fr. 5.8 3.2 0.8 apg • 11.5 ppg. in last 2 gms (13 pts at CMU) BETV = Game to be televised on BIG EAST TV package 52 Erica Williamson C 6-4 So. 4.6 4.2 1.2 apg • Started first 4 games this season NOTE: All home games not scheduled for commercial TV Pronunciations: Tulyah (tuh-LIE-uh); Charel (shuh-REL); Tsipis (SIP-iss); Lechlitner (LECK-light-ner); Bruszewski (broo-SHEFF-skee); D’Amico (duh-ME-koh) broadcast will air live on UND.com 2007-08 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 1 fighting irish women’s basketball 2007-08 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish A Quick Look At The Fighting Irish World Championship Team that struck gold this Notre Dame Sports Information Even after a 20-12 record and a trip to the past summer in Moscow. C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2006- Allen’s backcourt partner and classmate is Notre Dame, IN 46556 phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 07, Notre Dame still continues to fly below the point guard Tulyah Gaines. Now in her second full season at the helm of the Notre Dame of- Chris Masters, Asst. Sports Information Director (WBB) national radar. Head coach Muffet McGraw [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 wouldn’t want it any other way. fense, the speedy Gaines averaged 9.6 points Last year, the Irish learned quickly that per game along with team highs of 3.9 assists Media Services respect is something that isn’t handed to you, and 2.0 steals per contest. She also is a two- The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains sched- but rather earned on the court. It’s also a quality year team captain who commands instant ules, rosters, updated statistics and historical information that takes time to develop and doesn’t come respect from teammates, coaches and oppo- from previous seasons. High-resolution color headshots from trophy cases or record books. So although nents. and action photos of Notre Dame players, coaches and Notre Dame was tabbed fifth in the preseason The Irish will benefit from the return of ju- staff are available upon request.