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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 2001-02 Irish Schedule/Results Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13-7, 7-2) (13-7, 7-2 BIG EAST) Game No. 21 vs. Pittsburgh Panthers (6-14, 1-8) November 6 Tues. OGBM Legends (exh.) W, 76-62 The Date and Time: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002, at 7 p.m. EST. 13 Tues. Christian Bros. (exh.) W, 87-39 18 Sun. Valparaiso W, 42-35 The Site: Fitzgerald Field House (6,798) in Pittsburgh, Pa. 21 Wed. at (20/22) Colorado State L, 66-72 The Radio Plans: All Notre Dame games are broadcast live on WDND-AM (ESPN Radio 1620 24 Sat. at Arizona L, 70-72 in South Bend) with Sean Stires handling the play-by-play. These broadcasts also are available 26 Mon. Army W, 89-57 through the Notre Dame athletics website at www.und.com. December 2 Sun. vs. (16/17) Michigan^ L, 63-78 Websites: Notre Dame (www.und.com), Pittsburgh (www.pittsburghpanthers.com). 6 Thurs. at (7/8) Purdue L, 57-70 9Sun. USC W, 62-49 NOTRE DAME VISITS PITTSBURGH, SEEKING CAREER WIN NO. 500 12 Wed. Western Michigan W, 71-48 A pair of significant achievements await Notre Dame as it travels to Pittsburgh for a BIG EAST Confer- 22 Sat. Marquette W, 60-33 ence matchup with the Panthers Tuesday at 7 p.m. (EST) at historic Fitzgerald Field House. With a 28 Fri. at Rice L, 61-72 victory, the Irish will not only move into a tie with Boston College for second place in the BIG EAST 31 Mon. DePaul W, 79-50 standings, but it also would be the 500th win in school history, making Notre Dame the 50th NCAA institu- January tion and fourth BIG EAST member to reach that milestone. 2 Wed. at Miami* W, 69-65 The Irish (13-7, 7-2 BIG EAST) picked up their third consecutive win, and 11th in the last 14 games with 5 Sat. Providence* W, 72-66 a hard-fought 65-60 victory at Seton Hall last Saturday. Freshman forward Jacqueline Batteast posted 9Wed. Seton Hall* W, 79-45 12 Sat. at Villanova* L, 59-60 her ninth double-double of the season with game highs of 21 points and 12 rebounds as Notre Dame 19 Sat. at Providence* W, 69-41 erased a 10-point first-half deficit to claim its 11th consecutive victory over the Pirates. Junior guard Alicia 21 Mon. at (1/1) Connecticut*# L, 53-80 Ratay added 10 points and freshman forward Katy 26 Sat. (16/17) Virginia Tech* W, 64-57 Flecky equalled her career high with nine points for LAST IRISH GAME 29Tues. Syracuse* W, 71-46 the Irish. Notre Dame 65, Seton Hall 60 February Pittsburgh (6-14, 1-8) returns home with a season- Feb. 2, 2002 2 Sat. at Seton Hall* W, 65-60 high six-game losing streak in tow, following a 77-61 Walsh Gymnasium (South Orange, N.J.) 5 Tues. at Pittsburgh* 7 p.m. loss at Miami on Saturday. Junior guard Brooke Notre Dame (65) 10 Sun. Boston College* 1 p.m. Stewart scored a team-high 19 points and junior Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp 13 Wed. St. John’s* 7 p.m. Ratay 32 1-7 1-2 7-8 3 1 2 10 guard Laine Selwyn narrowly missed a triple-double Wicks 13 1-3 1-3 2-2 3 1 1 5 16 Sat. at Rutgers* (BETV) 8 p.m. with 18 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists for the Flecky 11 4-6 0-0 1-2 2 0 1 9 19Wed. West Virginia* 7 p.m. Swanson 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Panthers. As a team, UP shot 36.4 percent from the 23 Sat. at Georgetown 4 p.m. Bustamante 13 1-4 1-1 0-0 2 0 1 3 field and was outrebounded by a 62-43 count. Haney 28 3-6 0-0 1-3 6 1 4 7 26 Tues. Villanova* 7 p.m. Severe 37 0-2 0-0 2-3 4 5 1 2 Injuries have plagued Pittsburgh all season long. Borton 17 2-6 0-0 2-2 7 0 3 6 March Most notably, the Panthers have had to deal with the Batteast 35 5-17 2-5 9-12 12 2 3 21 2- Sat.- at BIG EAST Championship Barksdale 11 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 1 4 2 loss of junior forward Mandy Wittenmyer, a 1999- Team 3 5 Tues. (Piscataway, N.J.) Totals 200 17-53 5-11 26-34 46 11 20 65 15- Fri.- NCAA First and Second Rounds 2000 BIG EAST all-rookie pick who has been side- 18 Mon. (campus sites) lined since Jan. 5 with a sprained ankle. At the time Seton Hall (60) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp 23- Sat.- NCAA Regionals (Raleigh; of her injury, Wittenmyer was second on the team in Lindqvist 39 5-13 3-5 6-6 2 1 4 19 25 Mon. Milwaukee; Ames, Iowa; Boise) scoring (13.1 ppg.) and tops in rebounding (7.1 rpg.). Phillip 32 3-4 0-0 1-3 5 2 4 7 Murray 28 3-8 1-1 5-8 2 1 4 12 29- Fri.- NCAA Final Four Selwyn has picked up much of the slack in Langelier 35 3-10 3-8 2-2 9 4 4 11 31 Sun. (San Antonio, Texas) Wittenmyer’s absence, averaging team highs of 14.0 Burgess 32 2-3 0-0 1-3 1 2 3 5 Duelund 8 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 2 ppg., 5.8 rpg., and a league-best 6.8 assists per game. Carroll 5 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 Boldface indicates home game Smith 4 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 2 Italics indicates exhibition game Stewart is third on the team at 12.8 ppg., while fresh- Bush 17 1-2 0-0 0-2 7 1 2 2 * indicates BIG EAST Conference game man guard Haley Harguth has connected on a team- Team 2 (x/y) indicates rankings in AP & ESPN/USA Today polls at tipoff Totals 200 18-45 7-16 17-26 2911 24 60 ^ Women’s College Basketball Showcase, Grand Rapids, Mich. high 53 three-point field goals this season. # Game played at Hartford (Conn.) Civic Center Traci Waites is in her fourth year as the Pittsburgh Notre Dame 25 40 -- 65 (BETV) Game to be televised as part of BIG EAST TV package Seton Hall 28 32 -- 60 head coach, having compiled a 39-64 (.379) record All times are local to site and subject to change FG Pct: Notre Dame 32.1, Seton Hall 40.0. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame in the Steel City. The 1999-2000 BIG EAST Co-Coach 45.5, Seton Hall 43.8. FT Pct: Notre Dame 76.5, Seton Hall 65.4. Turnovers: Notre Dame 17, Seton Hall 17. Blocked Shots: Notre of the Year, Waites is 0-5 in her coaching career Dame 3, Seton Hall 1. Steals: Notre Dame 8 (Ratay 4), Seton Hall 10 against Notre Dame. (Lindqvist 3). Attendance: 1,112. 2001-02 FIGHTING IRISH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FEBRUARY 5, 2002 NOTRE DAME AT PITTSBURGH SCOUTING THE IRISH Notre Dame looks to write a new chapter in its rapidly-developing history as the Irish defend their first Page 2 NCAA championship in 2001-02. Six monogram winners, including two starters, return from last season’s title-winning squad, giving head coach Muffet McGraw a broad foundation from which to build this year. In addition, the Irish welcome six talented freshmen to the fold, a group heralded as perhaps the finest recruiting class in school history and ranked as high as third by several national publications. ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL McGraw is in her 20th season as a college coach (15th at Notre Dame) with a 423-165 (.719) overall (Jan. 28) record and 335-124 (.730) mark while under the shadow of the Golden Dome. She has led the Irish to six straight NCAA Tournament appearances and eight overall — Notre Dame has advanced to the Rk. Team Record Last Week 1. Connecticut (44) 22-0 1 NCAA Sweet Sixteen four times, the Final Four twice and won the 2001 NCAA title, all in the last five 2. Tennessee 17-1 2 seasons under McGraw’s guidance. She was a near-unanimous choice as national coach of the year in 3. Stanford 20-1 3 2000-01, winning top honors from the Atlanta Tipoff Club (Naismith Award), Associated Press, Women’s 4. Oklahoma 16-2 4 Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), and Sports Illustrated for Women. She also was named the 5. Duke 17-3 5 BIG EAST Coach of the Year, marking the third different conference to recognize McGraw as its top 6. Louisiana Tech 14-3 8 7. Purdue 16-3 10 skipper since she took the reins at Notre Dame in 1987. 8. Vanderbilt 19-4 6 Both of Notre Dame’s returning starters were honored by the BIG EAST coaches in their preseason 9. Kansas State 19-2 11 balloting. Senior guard/forward Ericka Haney (5.3 ppg., 4.7 rpg.) was a second team preseason all- 10.