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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 16 AT (RV/RV) GEORGIA TECH (12-4, 1-2) @Meg_Golden 574-631-2664 2017-18 RESULTS (14-1, 3-0) GAME INFO Date ND Opp Opponent TV Time (ET)/ Thursday, Jan. 4 | 7:00 pm ET McCamish Pavilion (8,600) Rank Rank Result N1 -/5 +IUP N/A W, 108-40 ACC Network Extra 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, 8-0 Last: Irish won, 90-69, at Notre Dame on 2/12/17 Streak: W8 D3 &at #1/1 UConn ESPN L, 80-71 at GT ND leads, 4-0 Last: Irish won, 55-38, on 1/2/17 Streak: W4 D6 Michigan State ACCN Extra W, 90-59 D9 at Penn ILN W, 66-54 THE COACHES D17 DePaul ACCN Extra W, 91-82 Head Coach At School Overall D20 Marquette ACCN Extra W, 91-85 (OT) ND Muffet McGraw 779-228 (31st year) 867-269 (36th year) D28 *Syracuse ACCN Extra W, 87-72 GT MaChelle Joseph 286-180 (15th year) Same D31 *at Wake Forest ACCN Extra W, 96-73 J4 *Miami ACCN Extra W, 83-76 COUNTDOWN TO TIP-OFF: J7 *at Georgia Tech ACCN Extra 2 pm 1,000 -Point Club welcomed two new members this year in Ogunbowale & Mabrey. Westbeld sits at 882. J11 *at Louisville ESPN 7 pm 943 All-time Notre Dame program wins J14 *Boston College ACCN Extra 1 pm Consecutive weeks ranked in the AP Poll, including 132 straight weeks in the top-10 J18 Tennessee ESPN 7 pm 202 J21 *Clemson ACCN Extra 1 pm 78-13 Against Top-25 teams over the past six years (.865) J25 *at Pittsburgh ACCN Extra 7 pm 65-2 Notre Dame’s record in league play since joining the ACC for 2013-14 season J28 *at Florida State ESPN2 4 pm 39 Points from Jessica Shepard vs DePaul on Dec. 17 - set a new Purcell Pavilion women’s scoring record F1 *North Carolina ACCN Extra 7 pm Total conference championships F4 *at Duke ESPN2 1 pm 24 Straight NCAA Championship appearances - fourth longest streak in the nation and fifth longest all-time F11 *Georgia Tech RSN 1 pm 22 F15 *at Virginia ACCN Extra 7 pm 20.5 ppg -- Ogunbowale’s scoring ranks 26th in the nation and first in the ACC F18 *at Boston College ACCN Extra 1 pm 19 Different All-Americans F22 *Virginia Tech ACCN Extra 7 pm 16 Straight wins at home F25 *NC State ESPN2 2 pm 15 Notre Dame opponents either ranked or receiving votes in the AP Top-25, including four within the top-10 F28 ACC Championships 20+ point performances from Ogunbowale this season - leads all ACC M16 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rds 11 M23 NCAA Regional Finals 8 Elite Elights, including six of the past seven years M30 NCAA Final Four 7 Final Four appearances - one-of-five schools in NCAA history to do so + - Exhibition 6 Regular season league championships in a row (2 Big East / 4 ACC) ^ - Gulf Coast Showcase | Estero, Florida $ - ACC/Big Ten Challenge | Ann Arbor , Michigan Consecutive ACC regular season and tournament title sweeps. If Notre Dame were to secure its fifth straight in & - Jimmy V Classic | Hartford, Connecticut 4 2018, it would set an ACC record. * - Atlantic Coast Conference game come from behind victories this season after trailing by double digits, including 12 vs South Carolina national ranks are AP/Coaches Poll 3 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 943-327 (.742) 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 63-2 (.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 WHO’S HOT (Week 9) (Week 9) 1. UConn 1. UConn Karen and Kevin Keyes head coach Muffet McGraw Speaking of Mabrey, there is no hotter Irish shooter 2. Notre Dame 2. Notre Dame embarks on her 31st season at the helm of the Irish right now than the Belmar, New Jersey native. Mabrey 3. Louisville 3. Mississippi State 4. South Carolina 4. Louisville (779-228) and 36th overall (867-269) as a head coach. has posted back-to-back games of 20-plus points for 5. Mississippi State 5. South Carolina 6. Baylor McGraw ranks 10th all-time among NCAA Division I the first time this season, averaging 21.5 points on 60.0 7. Tennessee 6. Baylor coaches in career wins and sixth among active coaches. percent shooting (15-of-25). The junior has also got 8. Texas 7. Tennessee 9. Oregon 8. Texas it done from beyond the arc in the two-game stretch, 10. Ohio State 9. Oregon 11. Florida State 10. Ohio State McGraw is also just one of six coaches (men’s or women’s converting 7-of-14 from deep. 12. West Virginia 11. West Virginia basketball) in NCAA Division I history with 800 wins, sev- 13. Maryland 12. Florida State 14. UCLA 13. Maryland en Final Fours and five NCAA title games. The prestigious Mabrey tallied 14 of her 21 points in the first half vs 15. Missouri 14. UCLA list includes Pat Summitt, Geno Auriemma, Duke men’s Miami on Jan. 4, and achieved a season best 22 points at 16. Oregon State 15. Missouri 17. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, the late North Carolina men’s Wake Forest on Dec. 31. 18. Iowa 16. Oregon State 19. Texas A&M 17. Iowa coach Dean Smith and current North Carolina men’s 20. Oklahoma State 18. Duke coach Roy Williams. Due to the recent production surge, Mabrey ranks in 21. Villanova 19. Texas A&M 22. Michigan 20. Michigan the top-15 in seven different statistical categories in 23. California 21. Villanova This past fall, McGraw took her rightful place among the ACC play only: 9th in scoring (13.1), 12th in FG% (.529), 24. Stanford 22. South Florida 25. Arizona State 23. Oklahoma State game’s elite when she was enshrined into the Naismith 7th in assists (5.7), 11th in free-throw percentage Receiving Votes: 24. Green Bay 25. Rutgers Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, becoming the 32nd (.842), 6th in three-pointers made per game (3.0), 10th South Florida, Rutgers, Green woman ever to do so. in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.7) and 9th in defensive Bay, Miami, New Mexico, Receiving Votes: rebounds (5.0). Syracuse, Georgia Tech, NC DePaul, Arizona State, Georgia CAREER VS GEORGIA TECH State, Navy, Brown, Virginia Tech, Syracuse, California, Tech, DePaul New Mexico, Stanford, Miami, Two current Irish in particular have found much success WESTBELD’S WORLD Marquette, NC State, Virginia, against Georgia Tech, for both Ogunbowale and Mabrey Westbeld has achieved a season best five straight games South Alabama average double-digit points against the conference foe.