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1 FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA Primary Women’s Basketball Contact Josh Bates [email protected] @Josh13Bates 574-310-9954 GAME 17 PITT (5-10, 3-9) 2020-21 RESULTS (8-8, 6-6) GAME INFO Date Opponent TV Time/Result Monday, Feb. 22 | 8 pm EST Pittsburgh, PA | Petersen Events Center 11/27 @ Ohio University ESPN+ L, 86-85 ACC Network 11/29 Miami (OH) ACCN W, 88-68 12/3 #24 Michigan ACCN L, 76-66 99.9 WQLQ-FM Sean Stires 12/6 IUPUI ACCNX W, 65-58 12/13 Georgia Tech* ACCNX L, 82-67 Post-Game Zoom Und.com/wbbmedia | Email Josh Bates for passcode 12/17 Virginia Tech* ACCN W, 84-78 @NDWBB | #GoIrish 12/20 @ Clemson* RSN L, 78-55 12/31 @ Miami* ACCN W, 71-60 THE SERIES 1/3 Georgia Tech* ACCN W, 69-67 1/7 @ Boston College* ACCN L, 64-61 vs Pitt ND leads, 29-4 Last: L, 67-65, in Greensboro, on 3/4/20 Streak: L1 1/14 Wake Forest* ACCN W, 79-72 at Pitt ND leads, 14-2 Last: W, 60-52, on 1/2/20 Streak: W6 1/17 Boston College* ACCN W, 83-73 THE COACHES 1/21 @ Virginia Tech* RSN W, 65-60 1/24 @ North Carolina* ESPNU L, 78-73 Head Coach At School Overall 1/31 @ Syracuse* ACCN L, 81-69 ND Niele Ivey 8-8 (1st year) Same 2/7 @ #1/#3 Louisville* ESPN L, 71-65 PITT Lance White 21-56 (3rd year) Same 2/22 @ Pittsburgh* ACCN 8 pm 2/25 Florida State* ACCNX 7 pm BY THE NUMBERS 2/28 Louisville* ESPN 3 pm 1,020 Program wins 3/3-7 ACC Championships# TBD TBD 691 Amount of three-pointers all 3 Mabreys have made in their collegiate careers 3/19-22 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds! TBD TBD total wins in ACC play -- fastest team to reach 100 in league history 3/26-29 NCAA Regionals! TBD TBD 105 NCAA Tournament wins - 4th most in Division I 4/2-4 NCAA Final Four! TBD TBD 67 36.5 Went from dead last in the ACC in 3PT FG% last season to 3rd this year and 27th in the nation 34 Points by Dara marked the highest for an Irish debut. 27 Total conference championships As in #25 Olivia Miles - Notre Dame’s first ever early enrollee * - Atlantic Coast Conference game 25 # - ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) 24 Straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Still in tact ! - NCAA Championship 22 Different All-Americans 19 Straight free throws made by Destinee Walker 17-2 ACC Tournament record in seven years in the league 15 total women in NCAA D-I history who have played and coached for the same ranked team - includes Ivey 14.8 ppg for Westbeld -- ranks 12th among Division I freshmen 12.2 ppg for Walker - the top scoring sub in the ACC & 2nd highest in the country 11 30-win seasons in program history Westbeld (2x), Brunelle, Mabrey & now Walker have all scored 10 or more points in a fourth quarter alone this 10+ season 9 Final Four appearances - ranks as fifth most Number of threes Dara hit in first game with Irish - tied her sister Marina for second most in a single game // 7 NCAA Title game appearances - 1 of 4 schools to do so (Tennessee, UConn and La Tech) National Titles - Notre Dame is the seventh program with multiple national championships // 2 Class of 2021 2 Signees in Olivia Miles and Sonia Citron // 2 ACC Rookie of the Week Awards for Westbeld 1st Year of the Ivey Era // 1st black female head coach at Notre Dame 2020-21 NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 NOTRE DAME ROSTER PRONUNCIATION No. Name Position Height Year Hometown Previous School Katlyn Gilbert Kate-lyn Anaya Peoples Uh-nay-uh 1 Dara Mabrey G 5-7 Jr. Belmar, N.J. Manasquan Abby Prohaska Pro-hask-kuh 3 Amirah Abdur-Rahim F 6-3 Fr. Marietta, Ga. St. Francis Dara Mabrey Dare-uh 5 Alasia Hayes G 5-7 Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. Riverdale Niele Ivey Knee-elle 10 Katlyn Gilbert G 5-10 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. Heritage Christian 12 Abby Prohaska G 5-10 Jr. Liberty Township, Ohio Lakota West 15 Natalija Marshall F 6-4 Fr. Queens, N.Y. Christ the King TEAM INFORMATION 20 Nicole Benz G 5-8 Sr. Valencia, Calif. William S. Hart Conference Atlantic Coast Home Arena (Capacity) Purcell Pavilion (9,149) 21 Anaya Peoples G 5-10 So. Danville, Ill. Schlarman Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 22 Danielle Cosgrove F 6-4 Jr. Holbrook, N.Y. Sachem East Total Returning/Lost 7/3 Newcomers 6 23 Alli Campbell G 6-0 Fr. Altoona, Penn. Bellwood-Antis First Season 1977-78 24 Destinee Walker G 5-10 Gr. Orlando, Fla. North Carolina Full Seasons 43 All-Time Record 1,020-359 (.740) 25 Olivia Miles G 5-10 Fr. Phillipsburg, N.J. Blair Academy NCAA Appearances/Record 26 / 67-24 (.736) 30 Mikki Vaughn C 6-3 Sr. Philadelphia, Penn. Paul VI/Friends’ Central First/Last NCAA Appearance 1992 / 2018 ACC Member 2013-14 - present 33 Sam Brunelle F 6-2 So. Ruckersville, Va. William Monroe ACC Regular Season 105-21 (.833) 34 Maddy Westbeld F 6-3 Fr. Kettering, Ohio Fairmont ACC Tournament 17-2 (.895) ACC Tournament Championships 5 (2014-17, 19) Karen & Kevin Keyes Women’s Basketball Head Coach Niele Ivey Notre Dame ‘00 1st Season Associate Head Coach Carol Owens Northern Illinois ‘90 21st Season NATIONAL RANKINGS Associate Head Coach Coquese Washington Notre Dame ‘93 9th Season / 1st Back 2020-21 AP TOP 25 2020-21 USA TODAY COACHES Assistant Coach Michaela Mabrey Notre Dame ‘16 2nd Season (Week 12) (Week 12) 1. South Carolina 1. UConn Director of Operations Angie Potthoff Penn State ‘97 2nd Season 2. UConn 2. Louisville Video Coordinator James Spinelli Temple ‘14 3rd Season 3. Louisville 3. South Carolina 4. NC State 4. Stanford Sport Administrator Katie Capps Western Kentucky ‘02 6th Season 5. Stanford 5. Texas A&M 6. Texas A&M 6. NC State 7. Baylor 7. UCLA NCAA HISTORY Dame and UConn are the only teams to reach the Elite 8. UCLA 8. Arizona Notre Dame has competed in 26 NCAA Championships. Eight eight times over the last 10 tournaments. Yet, the 9. Maryland 9. Baylor 10. Arizona 10. Maryland Their 24 straight appearances mark the fourth longest Irish have been more successful than any other regular- 11. Oregon 11. Ohio St active streak in the country and fifth best all-time. Due ly-appearing school at that stage, as their .900 winning 12. Ohio St 12. Michigan 13. Michigan 13. Oregon to Covid-19 canceling the 2020 NCAA Tournament, the percentage (9-1) is the best of any program to play in at 14. USF 14. Indiana NCAA has ruled that all active streaks remain intact. least five Elite Eights. 15. Indiana 15. USF 16. Tennessee 16. Gonzaga 17. Gonzaga 17. Arkansas Most Consecutive NCAA Berths Best Elite Eight Winning % (Min. Five App.) 18. Arkansas 18. Kentucky No. School Streak Years No. School Record Pct. 19. West Virginia 19. Tennessee 1. Tennessee 38 1982-2019* 1. Notre Dame 9-1 .900 20. Kentucky 20. Northwestern 2. Stanford 32 1988-2019* 2. UConn 20-5 .800 21. Northwestern 21. West Virginia 3. UConn 31 1989-2019* 3. Stanford 13-7 .650 22. DePaul 22. DePaul 4. Louisiana Tech 25 1982-2011 4. Tennessee 18-10 .643 23. South Dakota St 23. Missouri St 5. Notre Dame 24 1996-2019* 24. Georgia 24. Miss St 25. Missouri St * denotes active streak Finally, Notre Dame has advanced to 17 Sweet 16s. The 25. Georgia Irish are one of four schools to make the last 10 straight Receiving Votes: Receiving Votes: Mississippi State 45, Syracuse 9, South Dakota State 44, Florida The Irish are 67-24 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, as Sweet 16s, joining UConn, Stanford and Baylor. their 67 wins rank fourth all-time. Oklahoma State 8, Georgia Tech Gulf Coast 22, Michigan State 13, 8, Stephen F. Austin 6, Rice 2, Texas 10, Dayton 7, Oklahoma IVEY ERA Virginia Tech 1, Iowa State 1 State 7, Syracuse 5, Georgia Tech Notre Dame joins Louisiana Tech, USC and Stanford with The passing of the torch from Naismith Memorial 5, USC 5, Rice 2, Iowa 1 two NCAA titles behind UConn (11), Tennessee (8) and Basketball Hall of Famer Muffet McGraw to Niele Ivey is Baylor (3). complete. Welcome to the Ivey Era. McGraw retired with 936 career wins, which ranked sixth all-time among Notre Dame is one of three schools (Tennessee & UConn) Division I coaches to reach seven NCAA Title games. Their nine Final Four appearances are the fifth-most of any school behind Enter Ivey, who can be linked to all nine of Notre Dame’s Tennessee (18), UConn (18), Stanford (13) and La Tech Final Fours - two as a player and seven as an assistant (10). coach. All-in-all, Ivey spent 17 combined years on campus before receiving the head coaching job. The Irish have reached 10 Elite Eights. In fact, Notre 2020-21 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 3 NOTRE DAME ACC STATS ACC STANDINGS Team Stats ACC Only (Rk) All Games (Rk) In fact, Notre Dame’s last decade of dominance (2010- Team ACC Record Overall Record Scoring Offense 70.1 (5) 71.6 (8) 19) had Ivey’s handprints written all over it. No other Louisville 13-1 20-1 NC State 9-2 14-2 Scoring Defense 72.0 (11) 72.0 (13) program had produced more trips to the national title game (six) in that span.