GAME 25 VS GEORGIA TECH (15-10, 4-8) @Meg Golden 574-631-2664
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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 25 VS GEORGIA TECH (15-10, 4-8) @Meg_Golden 574-631-2664 2017-18 RESULTS (22-2, 10-1) PINK ZONE GAME Date ND Opp Opponent TV Time (ET)/ Sunday, Feb. 11 | 1:00 pm ET Purcell Pavilion (9,419) Rank Rank Result N1 -/5 +IUP N/A W, 108-40 RSN Evan Lepler and LaChina Robinson 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 FCS W, 78-65 N19 6/5 18/17 at #18/17 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 GT ND leads, 9-0 Last: Irish won, 77-54, at GT, on 1/7/18 Streak: W9 D3 &at #1/1 UConn ESPN L, 80-71 at Home ND leads, 4-0 Last: Irish won, 90-69, on 2/12/17 Streak: W4 D6 (-/RV) Michigan State ACCN Extra W, 90-59 D9 at Penn ILN W, 66-54 THE COACHES D17 (-/RV) DePaul ACCN Extra W, 91-82 Head Coach At School Overall D20 (RV/-) Marquette ACCN Extra W, 91-85 (OT) ND Muffet McGraw 787-229 (31st year) 875-270 (36th year) D28 *(RV/#23) Syracuse ACCN Extra W, 87-72 GT MaChelle Joseph 289-187 (15th year) Same D31 *at Wake Forest ACCN Extra W, 96-73 J4 *(RV/RV) Miami ACCN Extra W, 83-76 COUNTDOWN TO TIP-OFF: -Point Club welcomed two new members this year in Ogunbowale & Mabrey. Westbeld sits at 973 J7 *at Georgia Tech ACCN Extra W, 77-54 1,000 J11 *at #3/4 Louisville ESPN L, 100-67 951 All-time Notre Dame program wins J14 *Boston College ACCN Extra W, 89-60 Consecutive weeks ranked in the AP Poll, including 137 straight weeks in the top-10. Ranks 5th all-time for total J18 #6/7 Tennessee ESPN W, 84-70 207 top-10 appearances at 287 J21 *Clemson ACCN Extra W, 90-37 81-14 Against Top-25 teams over the past six years (.851) J25 *at Pittsburgh ACCN Extra W, 87-53 72-3 Notre Dame’s record in league play since joining the ACC for 2013-14 season J28 *at #8/8 Florida State ESPN2 W, 100-69 39 Points from Jessica Shepard vs DePaul on Dec. 17 - set a new Purcell Pavilion women’s scoring record F1 *North Carolina ACCN Extra W, 94-62 Total conference championships F4 *at #19/19 Duke ESPN2 W, 72-54 24 Points -- the amount the Irish trailed Tennessee before recording the biggest comeback in program history. F11 *Georgia Tech RSN 1 pm 23 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 20 Straight wins at home F22 *Virginia Tech ACCN Extra 7 pm 19.8 ppg -- Ogunbowale’s scoring ranks 4th in the ACC and 41st in the nation F25 *NC State ESPN2 2 pm 19 Different All-Americans F28 ACC Championships 15 20+ point performances from Ogunbowale this season - leads all ACC M16 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rds Elite Elights, including six of the past seven years M23 NCAA Regional Finals 8 Final Four appearances - one-of-five schools in NCAA history to do so // 7 ranked victories - tied for most in D-I M30 NCAA Final Four 7 Regular season league championships in a row (2 Big East / 4 ACC) // 6 victories over ranked teams away from + - Exhibition 6 home - marks the most in the country ^ - Gulf Coast Showcase | Estero, Florida $ - ACC/Big Ten Challenge | Ann Arbor , Michigan 4 Consecutive ACC regular season and tournament title sweeps. Fifth straight would set an ACC record. & - Jimmy V Classic | Hartford, Connecticut Top-10 wins on the season -- tied for second most * - Atlantic Coast Conference game 3 national ranks are AP/Coaches Poll nd ranked RPI 2 1 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer // No. 1 ranked Strength of Schedule 2017-18 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 2 2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 2017-18 NOTRE DAME ROSTER PRONUNCIATION No. Name Position Height Year Hometown Previous School Niele Ivey knee-ELL 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 20 Nicole Benz G 5-8 Fr. Valencia, Calif. William S. Hart TEAM INFORMATION Conference Atlantic Coast 21 Kristina Nelson F 6-4 Gs. Buford, Ga. Buford Home Arena (Capacity) Purcell Pavilion 23 Jessica Shepard* F 6-4 Jr. Fremont, Neb. Nebraska / Fremont at the Joyce Center (9,149) 24 Arike Ogunbowale* G 5-8 Jr. Milwaukee, Wis. Divine Savior Holy Angels Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 Total Returning/Lost 6/5 30 Mikayla Vaughn C 6-3 Fr. Philadelphia, Penn. Paul VI Newcomers 6 32 Danielle Patterson F 6-2 Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. The Mary Louis Academy First Season 1977-78 Full Seasons 40 33 Kathryn Westbeld* F 6-2 Sr. Kettering, Ohio Kettering Fairmont All-Time Record 951-328 (.742) 40 Maureen Butler F 6-1 Jr. Livonia, Mich. Dearborn Divine Child) NCAA Appearances/Record 24 / 56-23 (.709) First/Last NCAA Appearance 1992 / 2017 * - probable starter ^ - will redshirt 2017-18 season due to ACL injury ACC Member 2013-14 - present ACC Regular Season 72-3 (.969) Karen & Kevin Keyes Women’s Basketball Head Coach Muffet McGraw Saint Joseph’s ‘77 31st Season / 36th Overall ACC Tournament 12-0 (1.000) Associate Head Coach Niel Ivey Notre Dame ‘00 11th Season 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 (Week 14) (Week 14) 1. UConn 1. UConn AT THE HELM CAREER VS GEORGIA TECH 2. Mississippi State 2. Mississippi State Karen and Kevin Keyes head coach Muffet McGraw Notre Dame remains unblemished against Georgia 3. Baylor 3. Baylor 4. Louisville 4. Louisville embarks on her 31st season at the helm of the Irish Tech with a 9-0 all-time mark, including a 4-0 record at 5. Notre Dame 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas (787-229) and 36th overall (875-270) as a head coach. home. 7. South Carolina 6. Texas McGraw ranks ninth all-time in career victories among 8. UCLA 7. UCLA 9. Oregon 8. South Carolina Division I coaches, and is currently on pace to become The two sides met back on Jan. 7 in Atlanta, in which 10. Maryland 9. Maryland the second fastest coach to 900 career wins. the Irish cruised to a 77-54 victory. Notre Dame started 11. Tennessee 10. Oregon 12. Florida State 11. Tennessee the game with dominant offensive play, shooting 70.0 13. Ohio State 12. Florida State McGraw is also just one of six coaches (men’s or women’s percent in the first half. Arike Ogunbowale poured in 12 14. Texas A&M 13. Ohio State 15. Missouri 14. Texas A&M basketball) in NCAA Division I history with 800 wins, sev- first-quarter points before finishing with a team high 16. Oregon State 15. Missouri 17. Stanford en Final Fours and five NCAA title games. The prestigious 25 points. Shepard (12), Nelson (10) and Young (14) all 18. Georgia 16. Oregon State 19. Duke 17. Green Bay list includes Pat Summitt, Geno Auriemma, Duke men’s finished in double figures as well. Defensively, the Irish 20. Green Bay 18. Georgia coach Mike Krzyzewski, the late North Carolina men’s held Georgia Tech to one field goal in the second quar- 21. Michigan 19. Duke 22. Oklahoma State 20. Michigan coach Dean Smith and current North Carolina men’s ter, outscoring the Yellow Jackets, 24-7, before taking a 23. NC State 21. Stanford coach Roy Williams. 48-18 lead into halftime. 24. TCU 22. South Florida 25. Arizona State 23. NC State Receiving Votes: 24. TCU This past fall, McGraw took her rightful place among the MEASURING STICK 25. Oklahoma State West Virginia, Belmont, South game’s elite when she was enshrined into the Naismith Despite injuries/set-backs, Notre Dame has continued Florida, LSU, Nebraska, Mercer, Receiving Votes: Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, becoming the 32nd to obtain the program standard of success in the face of Dayton, Gonzaga, Iowa, Califor- West Virginia, DePaul, Mercer, woman ever to do so. stiff competition. The Irish possess the No. 1 strength nia, Central Michigan, DePaul, Arizona State, Central Michigan, Rutgers, Purdue FGCU, Virginia, Rutgers, Miami, of schedule and No.