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The Fight- [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 gram standard that began with the 2007-08 ing Irish are 702-305 (.697) in 34 seasons of preseason poll. varsity competition. Media Services • The Fighting Irish have posted a school- • Notre Dame celebrated another program The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains milestone on Dec. 5 with its 1,000th all-time schedules, rosters, updated statistics and some historical record eight wins this season by at least 35 information from previous seasons. High-resolution color points, topping the old program standard of game (a 72-51 win over Purdue at Purcell headshots and action photos of Fighting Irish players, four 35-point victories set in 2008-09. Pavilion). coaches and staff are available upon request. • Notre Dame has scored at least 90 points • Part of Notre Dame’s success thus far can Official Notre Dame athletics web site: in eight games this season, surpassing the be traced to the improvement in two of its • http://www.UND.com school record of seven set in three separate veterans, both of whom have exceeded her In-Season Interview Policy seasons (1996-97, 1998-99 and 2007-08). scoring output from last season by at least All requests for Notre Dame player, coach or staff interviews • Notre Dame has won nine games by 30 50 percent. Junior guard Natalie Novosel must be made through Chris Masters and 24 hours’ notice points or more, putting the Fighting Irish one (5.0 to 15.1) and senior forward Devereaux is appreciated. Please be aware that student-athletes’ away from the school record of 10 30-point Peters (6.7 to 10.3) also are currently log- academic obligations always take precedence before any ging career-high scoring averages this year. interview requests. victories established in 2000-01. Media members also may speak to Fighting Irish team • The Fighting Irish rank among the top 10 in • The Fighting Irish freshman class also has personnel before or after practice sessions. While most the country in eight statistical categories, made significant contributions early on this practices are open to the media, some may be closed at according to the Jan. 3 NCAA statistics season, led by guard Kayla McBride and the coaching staff’s discretion — contact Chris Masters report. Notre Dame leads the nation in steals forward Natalie Achonwa. McBride (who for the latest practice schedule and availability. started four games around Thanksgiving On game days, no interviews will be granted with any (now 15.7 spg.), assists (19.9 apg.) and Notre Dame player or coach prior to competition. field goal percentage (.504), while placing when senior guard Brittany Mallory was third in three-point defense (.226), fourth in slowed with an ankle injury) is averaging 8.8 Credentials / Parking scoring margin (+31.7 ppg.), seventh in both points per game and is 10th in the BIG EAST Season credentials will be issued to all media covering scoring offense (84.6 ppg.) and rebound with a .546 field goal percentage. Mean- the Fighting Irish on a regular basis. Please note — any while, Achonwa is averaging 8.7 points and Notre Dame men’s basketball season credential also offers margin (+10.7 rpg.) and ninth in turnover access to all Fighting Irish women’s basketball games. margin (+8.1). The Fighting Irish are the 5.5 rebounds per game, and leads the BIG For single-game credentials, contact Chris Masters no only school that currently leads the nation EAST with a .620 field goal percentage. later than 24 hours before tipoff. Credential requests may in three categories, ironic for a team that Between them, they have scored in double be submitted via phone, fax or e-mail. Passes will be left has no player ranking higher than 75th in figures 13 times this season — McBride at the media will call entrance (Gate 8) of Purcell Pavilion. tossed in a career-best 20 points vs. Loyola Parking is free for all Fighting Irish women’s basketball any individual category. games in the large lot south of Purcell Pavilion. Due to Marymount on Dec. 30, while Achonwa had construction near the arena, there are no designated park- LAST IRISH GAME a career-high 14 points against Creighton on ing lots or specific parking passes for media members. Dec. 11. Credentials remain the property of the University of #13/12 Notre Dame 73, Marquette 55 Notre Dame and may be revoked at any time. January 5, 2011 Al McGuire Center (Milwaukee, Wis.) Other Notre Dame Notables Game Notes • Notre Dame is Notre Dame’s game notes package is completed and made Notre Dame (73) among the nation’s Winningest Teams available on-line through the official Irish athletics web site Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp winningest pro- (1996-97 to present) during the season, usually at least one day prior to tipoff. Peters 30 9-12 0-0 0-0 8 0 4 18 Notre Dame’s game notes are in Adobe PDF format and 487 Connecticut Bruszewski 15 1-3 0-0 2-2 3 2 4 4 grams during the will be distributed via electronic means only (e-mail or web). 455 Tennessee Diggins 27 3-13 1-3 2-2 5 4 3 9 past 15 seasons Fax distribution is by request only. Novosel 29 4-10 0-3 6-7 7 3 3 14 (1996-97 to pres- 416 Duke Please contact Chris Masters if you wish to be added Mallory 32 4-7 3-4 2-2 2 2 1 13 370 Louisiana Tech Badway 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 ent), ranking sixth to the e-mail distribution list for Notre Dame’s regular 358 Old Dominion women’s basketball releases. Achonwa 26 5-7 0-0 2-2 4 1 0 12 with 356 victories. u356 NOTRE DAME Miller 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 • Notre Dame has Turner 9 0-3 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 354 Purdue Gameday Services McBride 19 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 2 ranked among the NOTE: through games of Jan. 6. Gameday packages containing game notes, programs Forr 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 top 20 in the nation and other information will be available prior to all home Braker 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 in attendance each of the past 10 seasons. contests. A pre-game meal also will be served in the Team 5 Last year, the program finished fourth in the Monogram Room media area (exit through stands above Totals 200 27-57 4-12 15-18 39 13 22 73 Gate 6 to right of press row, entrance on right after exiting final NCAA attendance rankings with 8,377 outer concourse doors) beginning 75 minutes before tipoff. Marquette (55) fans per game, both setting new school A bank of statistics monitors is located on press row Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp records in the process. The Fighting Irish for the media’s convenience. Final statistics books include Plouffe 26 2-4 0-1 0-0 7 0 1 4 also have drawn 5,000-or-more fans to 150 an official NCAA box score and play-by-play. Telephone, Fiedorowicz 21 1-3 0-0 2-3 2 2 4 4 of their last 152 home games, logging 13 copier and fax services are available on a first-come, first- Simmons 20 2-7 0-0 0-0 4 1 2 4 served basis. Purcell Pavilion also offers wireless Internet McMorris 27 5-9 3-6 2-2 3 2 1 15 Purcell Pavilion sellouts (most recently on capability — check with Chris Masters for access. Robinson 33 4-10 1-1 5-8 4 3 1 14 Dec. 5 vs. Purdue). Collins 23 4-11 0-0 2-4 8 1 1 10 Weibel 19 1-5 1-5 0-0 3 0 2 3 • The Fighting Irish have become a regular Post-Game Interviews Young 7 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 fixture in the WNBA Draft in recent years, Following each Notre Dame home game, Fighting Irish Thomas 5 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 1 1 as seven Notre Dame players have been head coach Muffet McGraw and selected players, as Minix 19 0-4 0-2 0-1 1 4 3 0 well as the visiting head coach and selected players, will Team 2 selected in the past decade. Charel Allen be available to speak with the media. Post-game press Totals 200 19-56 5-17 12-20 35 14 16 55 was the most recent Fighting Irish player conferences are held in the Hammes Auditorium, located Notre Dame 40 33 — 73 to be chosen, going to the Sacramento between Gates 1 & 2 on the first floor of Purcell Pavilion (exit Marquette 31 24 — 55 Monarchs in the third round (43rd overall court via Gate 1 ramp on opposite end of court from press pick) of the 2008 WNBA Draft. Ruth Riley row, go straight and turn right at the Notre Dame women’s FG Pct: Notre Dame 47.4, Marquette 33.9. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre basketball office; auditorium entrance will be on your left). Dame 33.3, Marquette 29.4. FT Pct: Notre Dame 83.3, Marquette (San Antonio) was active in the league Media members should submit player requests for 60.0. Turnovers: Notre Dame 18, Marquette 24. 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NOTRE DAME 2010-11 Trends this season, with five different players leading was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week Day of the Week the team in scoring in at least one game thus on Dec. 13. Sunday 3-1 Monday 2-0 far, with four different 20-point scorers along Tuesday 0-0 the way. That includes freshman guard Kayla Novosel Is Just Plain Nasty Wednesday 3-1 McBride, who came off the bench to score a Nicknamed “Nasty” for her playmaking abilities, Thursday 1-1 career-high 20 points in the Dec. 30 win over Friday 2-0 junior guard Natalie Novosel is rapidly making Saturday 2-0 Loyola Marymount, the highest point total by a strong case as one of the most improved a Fighting Irish reserve since Dec. 12, 2009, players in the BIG EAST Conference, if not the Time of Game when current senior guard/co-captain Brittany entire country. Day games (before 6 p.m local time) 9-1 Night games (6 p.m. or later local time) 4-2 Mallory dropped in a career-high 22 points in a The Lexington, Ky., native currently leads win over Valparaiso at Purcell Pavilion. the Fighting Irish (and ranks 12th in the league) Location Notre Dame also has seen no fewer than in scoring at 15.1 points per game, more than Home games 8-1 seven different players claim team-high Road games 3-2 tripling her offensive output from a season ago. Neutral site games 2-0 rebounding and assist honors this season. She also has scored at least 20 points in a Natalie Novosel Halftime score game four times this Season Improvement Leading at the half 12-0 Peters Named To BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll Tied at the half 0-1 ’09-10 ’10-11 For the third time this season, a Notre Dame year (after coming into Trailing at the half 1-2 women’s basketball player has earned a spot on the campaign with a PPG 5.0 15.1 career single-game 10p gms 5 13 Individual scoring the BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll, as senior 20p gms 0 4 high of 19 points) and Two or fewer double-figure scorers 0-1 forward Devereaux Peters was tapped for this 3-pt FGM 7 14 Three double-figure scorers 4-0 week’s squad, the league office announced Mon- has scored in double FG% .428 .524 Four double-figure scorers 7-2 day. Peters was one of five players chosen for figures 13 times after 3FG% .350 .333 Five or more double-figure scorers 2-0 doing so a combined FT% .786 .811 this week’s honor (the first of her career), which Rebounding margin RPG 2.2 3.9 recognizes outstanding weekly achievements by total of 14 times in her Grab more rebounds than opponents 12-1 conference players who are not chosen as the first two seasons at APG 1.7 2.1 Grab same number of rebounds 0-0 SPG 1.3 2.1 BIG EAST Player of the Week. Notre Dame. Grab fewer rebounds than opponents 1-2 In addition, Novosel In three games last week, Peters averaged Field goal shooting 12.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.7 steals per is 13th in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage Higher pct. than opponent 12-2 game with a .581 field goal percentage (18- (.524) and ranks second on the team with a .333 Lower pct. than opponent 0-1 of-31) and two double-doubles in just 54 total three-point percentage. She has added some Same pct. as opponent 1-0 hardware to her personal trophy case as well, Shoot 45% or better 13-1 minutes of action (18.0 per game) as Notre Dame Shoot less than 45% 0-2 recorded victories over Gonzaga (70-61) and taking home Most Valuable Player honors at the Hold opponent under 40% 12-1 Loyola Marymount (91-47) at the State Farm WBCA Classic, and earning a spot on the State Holiday Hoops Classic in Seattle, Wash., before Farm Holiday Hoops Classic All-Tournament Free throw margin Team. Make more free throws 12-0 returning home to defeat Southeast Missouri Make same number of free throws 0-0 State (97-21) on Sunday. Thus, it’s no surprise that ESPN.com’s Gra- Make fewer free throws 1-3 Peters also was named the Most Valuable ham Hays tweeted the following comment after Novosel’s career-high 27 points (8-11 FG, 2-2 Turnovers Player of the State Farm Holiday Hoops Clas- Commit fewer turnovers 12-0 sic, the first MVP selection of her career and 3FG, 9-9 FT) vs. Gonzaga in a 70-61 Fighting Commit same number of turnovers 0-0 her second all-tournament team honor of the Irish win on Dec. 29 in Seattle: Commit more turnovers 1-3 season, after she was recognized for her efforts “Is Natalie Novosel the most improved player in the nation? Gotta be on the short list.” Miscellaneous at the WBCA Classic back in November. Vs. Top 25 (AP or ESPN/USA Today polls) 0-3 Against Gonzaga, Peters posted her first On commercial television 1-1 double-double of the season (second of her Peters Showing Her Own Dev-elopment In white jerseys 8-1 career) with 10 points and 10 rebounds in just If Novosel is among the nation’s most improved In alternate white jerseys (green trim) 1-0 In alternate white jerseys (pink trim) 0-0 22 minutes of action. She then chalked up 16 players, senior forward Devereaux Peters can’t In blue jerseys 4-2 points (on 8-of-9 shooting), a game-high six be far behind. The veteran frontliner is playing In green jerseys 0-0 rebounds and a game-best five steals (also a some of the best basketball of her career this season high) in only 18 minutes against Loyola Margin of Victory season, putting a pair of knee injuries and three 1-5 points 0-2 Marymount. She capped the week with her sec- surgeries well in the rearview mirror. 6-10 points 1-0 ond double-double in three games (third of her Peters currently is averaging career highs of 11-15 points 0-1 career), ringing up 11 points and a season-high 10.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, along 16-20 points 1-0 (and game-best) 13 rebounds in just 14 minutes 21+ points 11-0 with a .567 field goal In overtime games 0-1 against Southeast Missouri State. percentage (seventh Devereaux Peters A member of the 2008 BIG EAST All-Freshman in the BIG EAST), 1.4 Season Improvement Conference Affiliation Team, Peters currently ranks third on the team blocks per game (11th ’09-10 ’10-11 America East 1-0 PPG 6.7 10.3 Atlantic Coast 1-0 in scoring at 9.8 points per game, while leading in the BIG EAST) and a BIG EAST 2-0 10p gms 6 8 the squad in rebounding (6.1 rpg.) and blocked career-high .840 field Big Ten 1-0 20p gms 0 1 shots (1.4 bpg.), and placing second in field goal goal percentage. Big 12 0-1 FG% .482 .567 percentage (.548), free throw percentage (.840) Like Novosel, Peters Horizon League 2-0 FT% .550 .840 Missouri Valley 1-0 and steals (tied-2.1 spg.). She also ranks among regularly has been pull- RPG 5.6 6.3 Ohio Valley 2-0 the BIG EAST leaders in field goal percentage ing in accolades this APG 1.1 1.9 Pac-10 0-1 (seventh), blocked shots (11th) and steals (15th). season, earning a spot SPG 1.4 2.2 Southeastern 0-1 Peters is the latest Notre Dame award recipi- on the WBCA Classic BPG 1.2 1.4 Summit League 1-0 West Coast 2-0 nent in a group that now features at least one All-Tournament Team, BIG EAST weekly honoree this season from and most recently garnering MVP honors at the Month each class. Junior guard Natalie Novosel and State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic in Seattle. November 5-2 sophomore guard Skylar Diggins also have During the Dec. 29-30 tournament, she averaged December 6-1 January 2-0 been selected for the BIG EAST Weekly Honor 13.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.5 February 0-0 Roll this season — Novosel was chosen on Nov. blocks per game with a .684 field goal percent- March 0-0 29 and Diggins was cited a week later on Dec. 6. age (13-of-19) in wins over Gonzaga and Loyola In addition, freshman forward Natalie Achonwa Marymount. 6 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 Quick Facts NOTRE DAME Notre Dame Quick Facts That tournament effort has been the corner- 2010-11 Notre Dame Top Bench Scorers stone of Peters’ recent post-Christmas surge. Official Name: University of Notre Dame Player Points Opponent/Date In the past four games, the Chicago native is Location: Notre Dame, Ind. Kayla McBride 20 vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/30/10 Enrollment: 8,363 (undergraduate) / 11,731 (overall) averaging 13.8 points, 9.3 rebounds and 4.0 Kayla McBride 17 SE Missouri State, 1/2/11 Founded: 1842 steals per game with a .628 field goal percentage Natalie Achonwa 14 Creighton, 12/11/10 Colors: Gold and Blue (27-of-43). Erica Solomon 14 Wake Forest, 11/27/10 Nickname: Fighting Irish Kayla McBride 14 Morehead State, 11/15/10 School Fight Song: Notre Dame Victory March Game #16 Recap: Marquette Natalie Achonwa 13 at Providence, 12/8/10 Conference: BIG EAST Natalie Achonwa 12 at Marquette, 1/5/11 Arena: Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center (cap. 9,149) Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw was thrilled Natalie Achonwa 12 at Valparaiso, 12/20/10 President: Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. with the play of Devereaux Peters. Natalie Achonwa 12 Purdue, 12/5/10 Provost: Thomas G. Burish Peters scored 18 points to lead No. 13/12 Erica Solomon 12 IUPUI, 11/26/10 Executive Vice President: John Affleck-Graves Notre Dame to a 73-55 victory over Marquette Erica Solomon 11 at Providence, 12/8/10 NCAA Faculty Representative: Patricia Bellia on Wednesday night at the Al McGuire Center Natalie Achonwa 11 Wake Forest, 11/27/10 Director of Athletics: Jack Swarbrick in Milwaukee. Kayla McBride 11 UCLA, 11/18/10 Senior Deputy Athletics Director/SWA: Missy Conboy “Devereaux was just outstanding,” McGraw Erica Solomon 11 New Hampshire, 11/12/10 Associate Athletics Director (WBB): Jill Bodensteiner Ariel Braker 10 IUPUI, 11/26/10 said. “She was a human highlight film, I thought, Natalie Achonwa 10 Morehead State, 11/15/10 Head Coach: Muffet McGraw (Saint Joseph’s (Pa.) ’77) on offense. She did just a fantastic job. She was Kaila Turner 10 Morehead State, 11/15/10 Record: 626-247 (.717) - 29th season always in the right spot and took advantage of Game-high scorers in italics At Notre Dame: 538-206 (.723) - 24th season the mismatch that she had.” At Purcell Pavilion: 270-53 (.836) The 6-2 senior forward came in averaging 9.8 points in 24 of their last 30 games against Associate Head Coach: points, but had 12 in the first half for Notre Dame Marquette, while the Golden Eagles have Jonathan Tsipis (North Carolina ’96) - 8th season (13-3, 2-0 BIG EAST). She made 9 of 12 shots, reached the 70-point mark five times in that Associate Coach: grabbed eight rebounds, made four steals and Carol Owens (Northern Illinois ’90) - 11th season span. Assistant Coach: blocked two shots as the Fighting Irish won their Niele Ivey (Notre Dame ’00) - 4th season season-high eighth straight game. A Defensive Effort Like No Other Coordinator of Basketball Operations: Peters made four layups and a tip-in in the Defense has been a major focal point for Notre Stephanie Menio (Pittsburgh ’04) - 6th season first half as Notre Dame scored 24 points in the Dame this season, but in their 97-21 win over Associate Director of Operations & Technology: paint to Marquette’s eight. Southeast Missouri State on Jan. 2 at Purcell Angie Potthoff (Penn State ’97) - 6th season Junior guard Natalie Novosel added 14 Administrative Assistant: Tinia Scott Pavilion, the Fighting Irish took that emphasis points, including 10 during a decisive second to record-setting levels: Athletic Trainer: Anne Marquez half run for Notre Dame. Strength & Conditioning Coach: Craig Cheek • Notre Dame set six school records in the Tatiyiana McMorris scored 15 points to lead Academic Counselor: Chad Grotegut victory — fewest points allowed in a game Marquette (12-3, 0-2) which shot 33.9 percent Equipment Manager: Kathy Speybroeck (21), fewest points allowed in a half (6 - first and had 24 turnovers. Student Managers: half), lowest opponent field goal percentage Stephen Lauria (Sr., Staten Island, N.Y.) Angel Robinson scored 14 points and her (.125), largest rebound margin (+42, 66-24), Brian Monson (Sr., Rochester, Minn.) jumper to open the second half pulled Marquette most consecutive points scored at any time to 40-33, but then Notre Dame’s defense took (36) and most consecutive points scored at over. After Robinson’s shot, the Golden Eagles the start of the game (36). Women’s Basketball History went 1 for 15 with seven turnovers and let the • Notre Dame also posted the second-largest 34th Season: game slip away. margin of victory in school history (76 points), 1st game, Dec. 3, 1977 vs. Valparaiso (W, 48-41) Novosel’s 10 points sparked a 19-3 run topped only by a 78-point margin in a 113-35 All-Time Record: 702-305 (.697) capped by sophomore guard Skylar Diggins’ Record At Purcell Pavilion: win over Liberty on Nov. 24, 1989, at the UCF two free throws that pushed the lead to 59-36 34th season, 347-87 (.800) Rotary Classic in Orlando. with 10:44 left to play. Record In The BIG EAST (regular season): • The Fighting Irish pulled down 66 rebounds, 16th season, 190-60 (.760) the fifth-highest total in school history and Conference/Membership Affiliations: Noting The Marquette Game AIAW D-III independent (1977-78 through 1979-80) most since Nov. 21, 1998, when they had 67 • Notre Dame snaps a two-game losing streak boards against Duke in an 84-57 home win. AIAW D-I independent (1980-81) at the Al McGuire Center, picking up its NCAA D-I independent (1981-82 through 1982-83) North Star (1983-84 through 1987-88) first win at Marquette since Dec. 19, 2004 (a 50-47 victory on a Jacqueline Batteast Tournament Tested *Midwestern Collegiate (1988-89 through 1994-95) Notre Dame has felt right at home in tournament BIG EAST (1995-96 to present) three-pointer at the horn). situations during the past 15 years. Starting with Regular-Season Conference Championships (8): • This was the largest win for the Fighting Irish the 1996-97 season, the Fighting Irish have won North Star - 1985, 1986 at Marquette since Dec. 21, 2000, when 26 of their last *Midwestern Collegiate - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995 Notre Dame posted a 75-56 win over the 29 regular-sea- ND Regular Season BIG EAST - 2001 Golden Eagles at their former home, U.S. Conference Tournament Championships (5): son tournament Tournament Titles Cellular Arena. North Star - N/A games (multi- Since 1996-97 • Notre Dame improves to 30-6 all-time *Midwestern Collegiate - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 game events 1996-97 against Marquette, including an 11-5 record BIG EAST - None only), including Comfort Inn Downtown Classic NCAA Championship Appearances (17): on the road — the 30 series wins and 36 three-game runs 1999-2000 National Champion - 2001 series games both are school records. to the title at last Wachovia WBB Invitational Final Four - 1997, 2001 • The Fighting Irish are the first team to win 2000-01 year’s Paradise Elite 8 - 1997, 2001 back-to-back games in the series since Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge Sweet 16 - 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010 Jam in the U.S. Marquette joined the BIG EAST Conference 2004-05 Berths - 1994, 1996-2010 Virgin Islands, in 2005-06. Preseason WNIT Consecutive NCAA Championship Appearances: and this year’s 2005-06 • Notre Dame is 12-2 against Marquette in 15 (1996-present) WBCA Classic at Duel in the Desert (Gray Div.) NIT Appearances (4): conference play, including the schools’ prior Purcell Pavilion, 2009-10 1986 (3rd place), 1989 (7th place), 1991 (8th place), memberships in the (now-defunct) North Star as well as a two- Paradise Jam (Island Division) 1995 (3rd place) Conference (4-0) and the Midwestern Col- 2010-11 game sweep at Consecutive Postseason Appearances: legiate Conference (now the Horizon League) WBCA Classic 17 (1994-present); 16 NCAAs, 1 NIT this past week’s (4-0) in addition to the BIG EAST (4-2). * - now known as the Horizon League State Farm Holi- • The Fighting Irish have scored at least 70 day Hoops Classic in Seattle (which did not 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 7
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Individual Statistics BIG EAST - All Games NCAA Division I BIG EAST - Conference Games Only Category Rank Leader Rank Leader Rank Leader Scoring (Top 30 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Natalie Novosel 15.1 12 23.4, Maya Moore, UCONN 151 25.6, Dawn Evans, James Madison 11.5, 27 21.5, Sugar Rodgers, GU Skylar Diggins 13.3 19 — 9.5, - Devereaux Peters 10.3 — — 13.0, t-22 Natalie Achonwa 8.7 — — 12.5, 25 Field Goal Percentage (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Natalie Achonwa .620 1 .620, Natalie Achonwa, ND — .738, Carolyn Swords, Boston College .769, 2 .857, Centhya Hart, STJ Devereaux Peters .567 7 — .632, 7 Kayla McBride .546 10 — .333, - Becca Bruszewski .537 t-11 — .400, - Natalie Novosel .524 13 — .438, - Brittany Mallory .439 — — .583, 10 Assists (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Skylar Diggins 4.5 t-7 5.9, Shoni Schimmel, LOU 75 9.4, Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga 3.5, t-8 9.5, Shoni Schimmel, LOU Free Throw Percentage (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Natalie Novosel .811 6 .878, Jania Sims, PITT 103 .976, Emily London, Samford .818, - 1.000, several tied Steals (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Brittany Mallory 2.5 6 3.0, Angel Robinson, MU 107 3.8, Ashley Gale, La Salle 3.5, t-3 5.0, Nikki Speed, RU Devereaux Peters 2.2 12 207 3.5, t-3 Fraderica Miller 2.1 14 — 1.0, - Natalie Novosel 2.1 15 179 1.0, - Three-Point Percentage (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Brittany Mallory .417 t-6 .449, Bria Hartley, UCONN — .510, Ali Heller, Rider .600, t-2 .636, Tia Gibbs, LOU Kaila Turner .306 — — .500, t-6 Blocked Shots (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Devereaux Peters 1.4 11 3.6, Kayla Alexander, SU 122 5.3, Louella Tomlinson, Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 2.0, t-6 4.0, Kayla Alexander, SU Becca Bruszewski 0.4 — — 1.0, t-15 Assist/Turnover Ratio (Top 15 BIG EAST / Top 100 NCAA) Skylar Diggins 1.4 — 3.9, Brooke Hampton, WVU 142 5.25, Cetera DeGraffenreid, UNC 1.4, 10 3.5, Sam Quigley, DPU Offensive Rebounds (Top 15 BIG EAST) Devereaux Peters 2.8 14 4.6, Teya Wright, PC — not kept 2.5, t-14 11.0, Monique Oliver, RU Conference stats through Jan. 7 // NCAA stats through Jan. 2 333 Division I teams bold = BIG EAST leader OR NCAA Top 25
Team Statistics BIG EAST - All Games NCAA Division I BIG EAST - Conference Games Only Category Rank Leader Rank Leader Rank Leader Scoring Offense 84.6 1 84.6, Notre Dame 7 88.2, Central Michigan 76.0, 3 81.0, Louisville Scoring Defense 52.9 4 46.4, West Virginia 18 46.4, West Virginia 49.0, 4 41.0, West Virginia Scoring Margin +31.7 2 +34.7, Connecticut 4 +36.1, Baylor +27.0, 2 +34.7, Connecticut FT Percentage .724 (268-370) 4 .789, Villanova 64 .820, Milwaukee .727 (32-44), 6 .875, Villanova FG Percentage .504 (514-1019) 1 .504, Notre Dame 1 .506, Notre Dame .487 (57-117), 4 .549, Connecticut FG Pct. Defense .338 (302-893) 4 .313, Connecticut 15 .297, North Carolina .324 (34-105), 4 .265, Connecticut 3-Point FG Pct. .328 (57-174) 9 .380, Louisville — .436, Drexel .353 (6-17), t-7 .455, Seton Hall 3-Point FG Pct. Def. .226 (64-283) 1 .226, Notre Dame 3 .213, Old Dominion .240 (6-25), 2 .150, DePaul 3-Point FG Made 3.6 15 8.2, Villanova 304 9.2, Fresno State 3.0, t-13 10.0, Louisville Rebounding 42.8 4 50.5, Syracuse not kept 37.0, 7 45.0, DePaul/Rutgers Opponent Rebounding 32.1 4 27.6, Connecticut not kept 36.0, t-6 27.0, Rutgers Rebounding Margin +10.7 3 +19.5, Syracuse 7 +21.2, Syracuse +1.0, 6 +18.0, Rutgers Offensive Rebounds 16.2 5 21.4, Syracuse not kept 14.0, 7 21.0, Rutgers Defensive Rebounds 26.6 4 29.4, Connecticut not kept 23.0, 6 34.0, Connecticut Blocked Shots 5.0 5 6.8, West Virginia 27 7.5, North Carolina 5.5, 3 8.0, West Virginia Assists 19.9 t-2 20.0, Connecticut 1 20.3, Notre Dame 16.0, 4 20.0, Louisville Steals 15.7 1 15.7, Notre Dame 1 15.8, Notre Dame 15.0, 1 15.0, Notre Dame Turnover Margin +8.1 1 +8.1, Notre Dame 9 +10.25, Kentucky +12.0, 1 +12.0, Notre Dame Turnover Average 17.5 not kept 118 11.3, Marist not kept Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.1 3 1.4, Connecticut 12 1.47, Gonzaga 1.1, 3 1.2, DePaul Personal Fouls 17.1 not kept 124 11.9, Wyoming not kept Won-Loss Percentage .813 not kept 33 1.000, three tied not kept Conference stats through Jan. 7 // NCAA stats through Jan. 2 333 Division I teams bold = BIG EAST leader OR NCAA Top 25
12 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME 2010-11 University of Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Results Overall Record: 13-3 (Home: 8-1, Away: 3-2, Neutral: 2-0); BIG EAST Conference Record: 2-0
————— Notre Dame Highs ————— Date ND NR Opp NR Opponent Time/Result Streak Record BEC Scorer Rebounder Assists Attendance Nov. 12 12/12 NEW HAMPSHIRE W 99-48 W1 1-0 Peters-23 Peters-8 Achonwa-5 8,614 Nov. 15 12/12 MOREHEAD STATE W 91-28 W2 2-0 McBride-14 Bruszewski-7 Diggins-8 7,763 Nov. 18 12/12 15/15 (1) UCLA L 83-86 (2ot) L1 2-1 Diggins-22 Bruszewski-13 Diggins-5 7,824 Nov. 21 12/12 9/10 at KentuckyFSS L 76-81 L2 2-2 Novosel-21 Achonwa-13 McBride-4 6,794 Nov. 26 18/16 (2) IUPUI W 95-29 W1 3-2 Peters-18 Solomon-12 Diggins-7 8,848 Nov. 27 18/16 (2) WAKE FOREST W 92-69 W2 4-2 Novosel-23 Bruszewski-7 Bruszewski-4 8,294 Nov. 28 18/16 (2) BUTLER W 85-54 W3 5-2 Novosel-20 Peters-7 Diggins-7 8,279 Dec. 1 16/16 2/3 at Baylor L 65-76 L1 5-3 Diggins-21 Solomon-9 Diggins-5 7,239 Dec. 5 16/16 PURDUEESPN2 W 72-51 W1 6-3 Novosel-16 Peters-9 Diggins-6 9,149 (s) Dec. 8 18/18 • at Providence W 79-43 W2 7-3 1-0 Achonwa-13 Solomon-10 Peters-4 179 Dec. 11 18/18 CREIGHTON W 91-54 W3 8-3 Diggins-18 two with 6 Mallory-7 8,848 Dec. 20 17/16 at Valparaiso W 94-43 W4 9-3 Novosel-18 Achonwa-7 Diggins-5 1,877 Dec. 29 16/14 (3) vs. Gonzaga W 70-61 W5 10-3 Novosel-27 Diggins-11 Diggins-5 1,352 Dec. 30 16/14 (3) vs. Loyola Marymount W 91-47 W6 11-3 McBride-20 three with 6 Turner-6 1,026 Jan. 2 16/14 SE MISSOURI STATE W 97-21 W7 12-3 Diggins-18 Peters-13 Diggins-7 8,653 Jan. 5 13/12 • at Marquette W 73-55 W8 13-3 2-0 Peters-18 Peters-8 Diggins-4 1,300 Jan. 8 • CONNECTICUTCBS 2:00 p.m. Jan. 12 • LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. Jan. 15 • at Pittsburgh 2:00 p.m. Jan. 18 • GEORGETOWNCBS C 7:00 p.m. Jan. 23 • ST. JOHN’SESPNU 2:00 p.m. Jan. 29 • at Villanova 7:00 p.m. Feb. 1 • SYRACUSE 7:00 p.m. Feb. 5 • at South Florida 7:00 p.m. Feb. 8 • SETON HALL 7:00 p.m. Feb. 12 • RUTGERS 2:00 p.m. Feb. 19 • at ConnecticutBIG EAST TV 2:00 p.m. Feb. 22 • at West VirginiaCBS C 7:00 p.m. Feb. 26 • CINCINNATI 2:00 p.m. Feb. 28 • at DePaulCBS C 9:00 p.m. BIG EAST Championship (Hartford, Conn. — XL Center) March 4 First Round TBA March 5 Second RoundBIG EAST TV TBA March 6 QuarterfinalsESPNU TBA March 7 SemifinalsESPNU 6/8 p.m. ET March 8 FinalESPN 7 p.m. ET NCAA Championship — First & Second Rounds (Campus Sites) March 19-20 First RoundESPN/ESPN2 TBA March 21-22 Second RoundESPN/ESPN2 TBA NCAA Regionals (Dallas, Texas/Dayton, Ohio/Philadelphia, Pa./Spokane, Wash.) March 26-27 Regional SemifinalsESPN TBA March 28-29 Regional FinalsESPN TBA NCAA Women’s Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind. — Conseco Fieldhouse) April 3 National SemifinalsESPN TBA April 5 National ChampionshipESPN TBA
• = indicates BIG EAST Conference game 2010-11 ATTENDANCE NR = national ranking (listed as Associated Press/ESPN-USA Today) Totals Avg. High (s) = indicates sellout crowd All Games: 96,039 6,002 9,149 (12/5-Purdue) (1) = Super Six Series (Notre Dame, Ind.) Home: 76,272 8,475 9,149 (12/5-Purdue) (2) = WBCA Classic (Notre Dame, Ind.) (3) = State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic (Seattle, Wash.) Away: 17,389 3,478 7,239 (12/1-Baylor) FSS = Game televised live on Fox Sports South (simulcast on WHME-TV Ch. 46 in South Bend) Neutral: 2,378 1,189 1,352 (12/29-Gonzaga) CBS CS = Games to be televised live on CBS College Sports BIG EAST TV = Games to be televised live as part of BIG EAST Network syndicated package NOTE: All regular-season home games not scheduled for commercial TV will be webcast live at UND.com
All times listed are Eastern and are subject to change Home games listed in ALL CAPS and played inside Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center (capacity 9,149)
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All Games: 13-3 (Home: 8-1, Away: 3-2, Neutral: 2-0) (x - no longer with team) Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. OR DR Tot. Avg. PF-DQ A T B S Pts. Avg. Novosel, Natalie 16-16 404-25.3 77-147 .524 14-42 .333 73-90 .811 23 40 63 3.9 24-1 34 39 7 33 241 15.1 Diggins, Skylar 16-16 442-27.6 84-184 .457 11-35 .314 33-53 .623 17 38 55 3.4 29-0 72 53 5 27 212 13.3 Peters, Devereaux 16-16 303-18.9 72-127 .567 0-0 .000 21-25 .840 45 55 100 6.3 38-1 31 29 23 35 165 10.3 McBride, Kayla 16-4 388-24.3 59-108 .546 3-16 .188 20-23 .870 16 34 50 3.1 13-0 24 24 3 17 141 8.8 Achonwa, Natalie 16-0 289-18.1 57-92 .620 1-1 1.000 24-35 .686 37 51 88 5.5 28-1 22 32 10 22 139 8.7 Bruszewski, Becca 16-16 369-23.1 58-108 .537 0-6 .000 17-28 .607 28 55 83 5.2 38-2 27 30 6 13 133 8.3 Mallory, Brittany 14-12 297-21.2 29-66 .439 15-36 .417 18-24 .750 7 16 23 1.6 20-0 32 17 0 35 91 6.5 x-Solomon, Erica 12-0 166-13.8 28-59 .475 0-0 .000 21-29 .724 22 33 55 4.6 24-1 12 16 13 18 77 6.4 Turner, Kaila 16-0 281-17.6 18-56 .321 11-36 .306 15-19 .789 1 17 18 1.1 24-0 43 17 0 17 62 3.9 Braker, Ariel 12-0 91-7.6 12-25 .480 0-0 .000 12-24 .500 18 20 38 3.2 7-0 6 7 11 8 36 3.0 Miller, Fraderica 12-0 138-11.5 9-21 .429 0-0 .000 13-18 .722 12 22 34 2.8 21-0 12 9 0 25 31 2.6 Forr, Mary 11-0 54-4.9 9-19 .474 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 4 7 0.6 6-0 3 3 2 0 18 1.6 Badway, Veronica 10-0 28-2.8 2-7 .286 2-2 1.000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 0.3 1-0 0 3 0 1 7 0.7 Team 29 38 67 4.2 1 Notre Dame 16 3250 514-1019 .504 57-174 .328 268-370 .724 259 425 684 42.8 273-6 318 280 80 251 1353 84.6 Opponents 16 3250 302-893 .338 64-283 .226 178-262 .679 210 303 513 32.1 299-7 166 409 36 117 846 52.9
BIG EAST Games Only: 2-0 (Home: 0-0, Away: 2-0) (x - no longer with team) Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. OR DR Tot. Avg. PF-DQ A T B S Pts. Avg. Peters, Devereaux 2-2 46-23.0 12-19 .632 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 5 6 11 5.5 7-0 4 3 4 7 26 13.0 Achonwa, Natalie 2-0 35-17.5 10-13 .769 0-0 .000 5-6 .833 1 6 7 3.5 2-0 1 2 1 3 25 12.5 Novosel, Natalie 2-2 52-26.0 7-16 .438 0-5 .000 9-11 .818 4 5 9 4.5 3-0 5 4 1 2 23 11.5 x-Solomon, Erica 1-0 19-19.0 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 3-6 .500 6 4 10 10.0 2-0 3 2 2 5 11 11.0 Diggins, Skylar 2-2 56-28.0 8-24 .333 1-3 .333 2-3 .667 2 8 10 5.0 4-0 7 5 1 2 19 9.5 Mallory, Brittany 2-2 55-27.5 7-12 .583 3-5 .600 2-3 .667 0 2 2 1.0 2-0 4 1 0 7 19 9.5 Bruszewski, Becca 2-2 40-20.0 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 5-6 .833 2 7 9 4.5 6-0 3 1 2 1 13 6.5 Turner, Kaila 2-0 25-12.5 3-6 .500 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 2-0 2 4 0 0 9 4.5 McBride, Kayla 2-0 40-20.0 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 2.0 2-0 1 3 0 1 4 2.0 Miller, Fraderica 2-0 23-11.5 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 3 0 3 1.5 3-0 1 1 0 2 3 1.5 Badway, Veronica 1-0 1-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Forr, Mary 1-0 1-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Braker, Ariel 2-0 7-3.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 1 2 1.0 2-0 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 Team 3 4 7 3.5 Notre Dame 2 400 57-117 .487 6-17 .353 32-44 .727 28 46 74 37.0 35-0 32 28 11 30 152 76.0 Opponents 2 400 34-105 .324 6-25 .240 24-35 .686 34 38 72 36.0 38-1 22 52 7 12 98 49.0
All Games...... ND...... Opp Notre Dame’s Largest … BIG EAST Only...... ND...... Opp SCORING...... 1353...... 846 LEAD SCORING...... 152...... 98 Points per game...... 84.6...... 52.9 Overall: 76 (93-17 (2:58 - 2nd) vs. SE Missouri St., 1/2) Points per game...... 76.0...... 49.0 Scoring margin...... +31.7...... — BIG EAST: 36 (79-43 (0:18 - 2nd) at Providence, 12/8) Scoring margin...... +27.0...... — FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 514-1019...... 302-893 DEFICIT FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 57-117...... 34-105 Field goal pct...... 504...... 338 Overall: 22 (54-32 (12:31 - 2nd) at Baylor, 12/1) Field goal pct...... 487...... 324 3-POINT FG-ATT...... 57-174...... 64-283 BIG EAST: 4 (16-12 (13:54 - 1st) at Marquette, 1/5) 3-POINT FG-ATT...... 6-17...... 6-25 3-point FG pct...... 328...... 226 MARGIN OF VICTORY 3-point FG pct...... 353...... 240 3-point FG made/gm...... 3.6...... 4.0 Overall: 76 (97-21 vs. SE Missouri State, 1/2) 3-point FG made/gm...... 3.0...... 3.0 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 268-370...... 178-262 BIG EAST: 36 (79-43 at Providence, 12/8) FREE THROWS-ATT...... 32-44...... 24-35 Free throw pct...... 724...... 679 MARGIN OF DEFEAT Free throw pct...... 727...... 686 FT made/gm...... 16.8...... 11.1 Overall: 11 (76-65 at Baylor, 12/1) FT made/gm...... 16.0...... 12.0 REBOUNDS...... 684...... 513 BIG EAST: REBOUNDS...... 74...... 72 Rebounds per game...... 42.8...... 32.1 HALFTIME LEAD Rebounds per game...... 37.0...... 36.0 Rebounding margin...... +10.7...... — Overall: 41 (53-12 vs. New Hampshire, 11/12) Rebounding margin...... +1.0...... — ASSISTS...... 318...... 166 BIG EAST: 9 (40-31 at Marquette, 1/5) ASSISTS...... 32...... 22 Assists per game...... 19.9...... 10.4 HALFTIME DEFICIT Assists per game...... 16.0...... 11.0 TURNOVERS...... 280...... 409 Overall: 14 (38-24 at Baylor, 12/1) TURNOVERS...... 28...... 52 Turnovers per game...... 17.5...... 25.6 BIG EAST: Turnovers per game...... 14.0...... 26.0 Turnover margin...... +8.1...... — HOME CROWD Turnover margin...... +12.0...... — Assist/turnover ratio...... 1.1...... 0.4 Overall: 9,149 (sellout) (vs. Purdue, 12/5) Assist/turnover ratio...... 1.1...... 0.4 STEALS...... 251...... 117 BIG EAST: STEALS...... 11...... 7 Steals per game...... 15.7...... 7.3 ROAD CROWD Steals per game...... 5.5...... 3.5 BLOCKS...... 80...... 36 Overall: 7,239 (at Baylor, 12/1) BLOCKS...... 30...... 12 Blocks per game...... 5.0...... 2.3 BIG EAST: 1,300 (at Marquette, 1/5) Blocks per game...... 15.0...... 6.0 NEUTRAL CROWD Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Overall: 1,352 (vs. Gonzaga, 12/29) Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Notre Dame 632 705 12 4 — 1353 BIG EAST: Notre Dame 75 77 — 152 Opponents 396 431 12 7 — 846 Opponents 58 40 — 98
14 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME 2010-11 Notre Dame Points-Rebounds-Assists Opponent Solomon* Badway Diggins Achonwa Miller Peters Turner Novosel Mallory McBride Bruszewski Forr Braker NEW HAMPSHIRE 11-1-0 3-1-0 12-2-4 7-4-5 1-2-2 23-8-0 2-1-3 11-2-1 9-1-3 8-2-2 1-0-3 6-2-1 5-5-2 MOREHEAD STATE 7-1-3 1-0-0 9-3-8 10-3-1 5-4-1 8-4-2 10-4-5 13-4-0 7-2-2 14-6-1 7-7-0 0-1-1 0-4-0 (1) UCLA 3-2-0 DNP 22-1-5 9-9-0 0-0-0 3-2-4 0-0-0 19-6-4 4-1-1 11-4-3 12-13-3 DNP DNP at Kentucky 2-3-0 DNP 18-3-1 4-13-1 0-0-0 2-6-1 7-2-0 21-8-3 INJ 10-2-4 12-8-1 DNP 0-0-0 (2) IUPUI 12-12-0 0-2-0 7-4-7 9-5-0 INJ 18-6-0 8-2-5 12-1-2 INJ 8-2-2 9-3-2 2-1-0 10-6-0 (2) WAKE FOREST 14-5-1 0-0-0 11-2-2 11-5-3 INJ 12-5-2 2-2-3 23-3-3 3-1-1 6-2-0 8-7-4 0-0-0 2-3-1 (2) BUTLER 6-4-2 0-0-0 11-5-7 6-4-2 INJ 11-7-3 3-0-3 20-5-3 6-2-0 11-5-3 10-1-1 0-1-0 1-3-0 at Baylor 6-9-0 DNP 21-1-5 2-3-0 INJ 8-6-1 0-0-3 12-3-1 8-6-2 6-3-0 2-2-0 DNP DNP PURDUE 5-3-2 0-0-0 14-3-6 12-7-4 0-0-0 7-9-0 0-0-1 16-4-3 4-0-3 6-1-3 8-6-1 0-0-0 DNP • at Providence 11-10-3 DNP 10-5-3 13-3-0 3-2-1 8-3-4 8-0-1 9-2-2 6-0-2 2-1-1 9-6-1 DNP 0-1-1 CREIGHTON 0-0-0 0-0-0 18-1-1 14-5-2 4-6-0 4-3-6 3-1-5 11-4-1 7-3-7 9-2-1 17-6-0 2-1-0 2-0-0 at Valparaiso 0-5-1 0-0-0 3-2-5 12-7-0 8-3-3 6-4-3 8-1-3 18-2-2 12-3-4 7-6-1 8-4-1 4-0-0 8-3-0 (3) vs. Gonzaga DNP 19-11-5 5-3-0 0-1-1 10-10-1 0-0-1 27-4-1 3-0-3 4-1-0 2-8-3 DNP DNP (3) vs. Loyola Marymount DNP 10-3-2 5-6-1 6-5-1 16-6-2 3-1-6 8-2-2 6-1-1 20-6-1 12-4-3 2-1-1 3-4-0 SE MISSOURI STATE 3-0-0 18-4-7 8-7-2 4-10-3 11-13-2 7-4-3 7-6-3 3-1-1 17-4-2 12-5-2 2-0-0 5-8-2 • at Marquette 0-0-0 9-5-4 12-4-1 0-1-0 18-8-0 1-0-1 14-7-3 13-2-2 2-3-0 4-3-2 0-0-0 0-1-0 Games started in boldface // * - no longer with team • = BIG EAST game // 1 = Super Six Series (Notre Dame, Ind.) // 2 = WBCA Classic (Notre Dame, Ind.) // 3 = State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic (Seattle, Wash.)
Starting Lineups Specialty Stats (ND/Opp) Date Opponent F F G G G Date Opponent Paint OffTO 2ndCh FBreak Bench N12 NEW HAMPSHIRE Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel N12 NEW HAMPSHIRE 64/18 64/12 18/4 32/2 43/16 N15 MOREHEAD STATE Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel N15 MOREHEAD STATE 54/6 35/9 20/3 20/2 47/2 N18 UCLA Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel N18 UCLA 42/32 18/23 9/12 6/2 23/27 N21 at Kentucky Bruszewski Peters Diggins McBride Novosel N21 at Kentucky 52/36 15/18 19/13 8/4 13/26 N26 IUPUI Bruszewski Peters Diggins McBride Novosel N26 IUPUI 54/6 42/4 24/3 10/2 41/13 N27 WAKE FOREST Bruszewski Peters Diggins McBride Novosel N27 WAKE FOREST 34/34 29/21 18/14 6/4 32/29 N28 BUTLER Bruszewski Peters Diggins McBride Novosel N28 BUTLER 48/14 30/8 18/7 18/2 22/7 D1 at Baylor Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D1 at Baylor 30/46 24/26 10/21 6/10 14/11 D5 PURDUE Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D5 PURDUE 46/26 29/17 15/10 8/4 23/17 D8 at Providence Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D8 at Providence 50/16 38/4 10/11 * 37/9 D11 CREIGHTON Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D11 CREIGHTON 54/26 30/9 7/7 10/0 34/11 D20 at Valparaiso Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D20 at Valparaiso 54/16 41/8 15/9 18/0 47/25 D29 vs. Gonzaga Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D29 vs. Gonzaga 34/24 13/20 9/14 8/2 9/6 D30 vs. Loyola Marymount Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel D30 vs. Loyola Marymount 54/20 26/14 18/3 6/2 39/5 J2 SE MISSOURI STATE Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J2 SE MISSOURI STATE 58/0 34/4 24/1 12/0 46/8 J5 at Marquette Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J5 at Marquette 38/22 21/23 13/12 12/15 15/14 * - not tracked by home statistics crew
2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 15 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 2010-11 Single Game Highs & Lows Team Superlatives Notre Dame High Notre Dame Low Category Opponent High Opponent Low 99 vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) 65 at Baylor (12/1/10) Points/Game 86 by UCLA (11/18/10) 21 by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 54 (2nd) vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) 24 (1st) at Baylor (12/1/10) Points/Half 41, three times (MR: 2nd by Wake Forest, 11/27/10) 6 (1st) by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 38 vs. Creighton (12/11/10) 24 at Baylor (12/1/10) Field Goals Made 30 by UCLA (11/18/10) 7, twice (MR: by SE Missouri St., 1/2/11) 74 vs. UCLA (11/18/10) 52 vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) Field Goal Attempts 71 by Gonzaga (12/29/10) 37 by New Hampshire (11/12/10) .633 vs. Creighton (12/11/10) .387 at Baylor (12/1/10) FG Percentage .514 by New Hampshire (11/12/10) .125 by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 6, twice (MR: vs. Gonzaga, 12/29/10) 1 vs. Purdue (12/5/10) 3-Point FG Made 8 by Kentucky (11/21/10) 1, twice (MR: by Providence, 12/8/10) 18 at Baylor (12/1/10) 4 vs. Creighton (12/11/10) 3-Point FG Attempts 32 by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 8 by Providence (12/8/10) .750 vs. Creighton (12/11/10) .111 vs. Purdue (12/5/10) 3-Point FG Percentage .296 by Kentucky (11/21/10) .100 by Morehead State (11/15/10) 37 vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) 9 vs. Purdue (12/5/10) Free Throws Made 22 by UCLA (11/18/10) 1 by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 43 vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) 13 vs. Purdue (12/5/10) Free Throw Attempts 32 by Kentucky (11/21/10) 2 by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) .860 vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) .526 vs. UCLA (11/18/10) FT Percentage .857 by Butler (11/28/10) .429 by Creighton (12/11/10) 66 vs. SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 34 vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) Rebounds 46 by UCLA (11/18/10) 23, twice (MR: by LMU, 12/30/10) 27 vs. SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 11 at Kentucky (11/21/10) Assists 19 by UCLA (11/18/10) 2 by Morehead State (11/15/10) 36 vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) 5 at Kentucky (11/21/10) Steals 15 by UCLA (11/18/10) 1 by IUPUI (11/26/10) 9 vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) 2 vs. UCLA (11/18/10) Blocked Shots 5, twice (MR: by Providence, 12/8/10) 0 by Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) 27 vs. UCLA (11/18/10) 9 vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) Turnovers 49 by New Hampshire (11/12/10) 12 by Kentucky (11/21/10) 27, twice (MR: at Baylor, 12/1/10) 7 at Valparaiso (12/20/10) Fouls 28 by Wake Forest (11/27/10) 10 by Loyola Marymount (12/30/10)
Individual Superlatives NOTRE DAME OPPONENT Points Scored 27 by Natalie Novosel vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) 24 by Victoria Dunlap of Kentucky (11/21/10) Field Goals Made 11 by Devereaux Peters vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) 10 by Brooklyn Pope of Baylor (12/1/10) Field Goal Attempts 24 by Natalie Novosel at Kentucky (11/21/10) 20 by Kayla Standish of Gonzaga (12/29/10) Highest FG Percentage (min. 5 made) 1.000 (6-6) by Becca Bruszewski vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) .750 (6-8) by Lindsy Wright of Wake Forest (11/27/10) 3-Point Field Goals Made 4 by Skylar Diggins at Baylor (12/1/10) 5 by Keyla Snowden of Kentucky (11/21/10) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 7, twice (MR: by Skylar Diggins at Baylor, 12/1/10) 12 by Keyla Snowden of Kentucky (11/21/10) 3-Point FG Percentage (min. 2 made) 1.000 (2-2), twice (MR: by Natalie Novosel vs. Gonzaga, 12/29/10) .571 (4-7) by Brittany Bowen of Butler (11/28/10) Free Throws Made 11 by Natalie Novosel vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) 10 by Victoria Dunlap of Kentucky (11/21/10) Free Throw Attempts 12 by Natalie Novosel vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) 12 by Victoria Dunlap of Kentucky (11/21/10) Free Throw Percentage (min. 3 made) 1.000 (9-9) by Natalie Novosel vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) 1.000 (6-6) by Terra Burns of Butler (11/28/10) Rebounds 13, three times (MR: by Devereaux Peters vs. SE Missouri St., 1/2/11) 14, twice (MR: by Brooklyn Pope of Baylor, 12/1/10) Assists 8 by Skylar Diggins vs. Morehead State (11/15/10) 7, twice (MR: by Courtney Vandersloot of Gonzaga, 12/29/10) Steals 7 by Natalie Novosel vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) 6 by Kimetria Hayden of Baylor (12/1/10) Blocked Shots 4 by Devereaux Peters at Valparaiso (12/20/10) 4 by Brittney Griner of Baylor (12/1/10) Turnovers 8 by Skylar Diggins vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) 11 by Kerah Nelson of IUPUI (11/26/10) Minutes Played 47 by Skylar Diggins vs. UCLA (11/18/10) 40, twice (MR: by Brittney Griner of Baylor, 12/1/10)
16 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME 2010-11 Game-By-Game Team Statistics Overall 3-Point Rebs. Date Opponent W/L Score FG-A Pct. FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Tot PF-DQ A TO B S 1-2-OT-OT Tot N12 NOTRE DAME hW 99-48 37-72 .514 2-10 .200 23-31 .742 22-12-34 15-1 26 19 3 36 53-46 99 NEW HAMPSHIRE 19-37 .514 3-11 .273 7-11 .636 9-16-25 23-0 10 49 3 10 12-36 48 N15 NOTRE DAME hW 91-28 33-63 .524 3-6 .500 22-33 .667 14-33-47 20-0 24 20 4 26 40-51 91 MOREHEAD STATE 7-40 .175 2-20 .100 12-25 .480 7-22-29 23-1 2 40 2 8 7-21 28 N18 NOTRE DAME h1L 83-86 (2ot) 34-74 .459 5-15 .333 10-19 .526 18-25-43 24-1 20 27 2 11 37-30-12-4 83 #15 UCLA 30-69 .435 4-15 .267 22-31 .710 18-28-46 21-0 19 26 2 15 41-26-12-7 86 N21 NOTRE DAME aL 76-81 32-76 .421 2-15 .133 10-16 .625 25-26-51 27-2 11 17 5 5 35-41 76 at #9/10 Kentucky 26-66 .394 8-27 .296 21-32 .656 16-19-35 18-1 9 12 4 5 41-40 81 N26 NOTRE DAME h2W 95-29 35-69 .507 4-9 .444 21-28 .750 16-29-45 12-0 18 9 9 23 41-54 95 IUPUI 10-44 .227 3-15 .200 6-8 .750 7-21-28 19-1 7 35 3 1 13-16 29 N27 NOTRE DAME h2W 92-69 26-52 .500 3-13 .231 37-43 .860 12-25-37 20-0 20 24 5 16 45-47 92 WAKE FOREST 23-61 .377 4-15 .267 19-24 .792 15-18-33 28-2 17 25 2 10 28-41 69 N28 NOTRE DAME h2W 85-54 30-59 .508 3-13 .231 22-29 .759 16-26-42 13-0 24 15 6 8 37-48 85 BUTLER 18-59 .305 6-24 .250 12-14 .857 16-16-32 23-1 13 19 1 11 21-33 54 D1 NOTRE DAME aL 65-76 24-62 .387 6-18 .333 11-15 .733 17-21-38 27-2 12 22 4 12 24-41 65 at #2/3 Baylor 26-60 .433 3-11 .273 21-29 .724 19-24-43 12-0 12 20 5 14 38-38 76 D5 NOTRE DAME hW 72-51 31-62 .500 1-9 .111 9-13 .692 13-26-39 19-0 23 20 3 8 36-36 72 PURDUE 19-52 .365 1-9 .111 12-18 .667 9-22-31 19-0 9 24 1 5 26-25 51 D8 • NOTRE DAME aW 79-43 30-60 .500 2-5 .400 17-26 .654 15-20-35 13-0 19 10 6 16 35-44 79 at Providence 15-49 .306 1-8 .125 12-15 .800 16-21-37 22-1 8 28 5 3 27-16 43 D11 NOTRE DAME hW 91-54 38-60 .633 3-4 .750 12-14 .857 8-30-38 13-0 23 10 8 11 42-49 91 CREIGHTON 22-66 .333 7-26 .269 3-7 .429 17-16-33 12-0 11 17 1 4 26-28 54 D20 NOTRE DAME aW 94-43 36-63 .571 5-13 .385 17-24 .708 18-26-44 7-0 23 16 5 24 49-45 94 at Valparaiso 18-56 .321 5-21 .238 2-4 .500 11-12-23 18-0 12 26 1 3 23-20 43 D29 NOTRE DAME n3W 70-61 27-55 .491 6-10 .600 10-17 .588 12-32-44 19-0 15 26 3 10 33-37 70 vs. Gonzaga 26-71 .366 2-17 .118 7-11 .636 15-21-36 17-0 13 18 3 9 35-26 61 D30 NOTRE DAME n3W 91-47 37-64 .578 4-8 .500 13-16 .813 16-26-42 14-0 20 15 7 15 39-52 91 vs. Loyola Marymount 17-51 .333 4-15 .267 9-11 .818 9-14-23 10-0 3 24 0 5 21-26 47 J2 NOTRE DAME hW 97-21 37-71 .521 4-14 .286 19-28 .679 24-42-66 8-0 27 12 5 16 46-51 97 SE MISSOURI STATE 7-56 .125 6-32 .188 1-2 .500 8-16-24 18-0 7 22 1 5 6-15 21 J5 • NOTRE DAME aW 73-55 27-57 .474 4-12 .333 15-18 .833 13-26-39 22-0 13 18 5 14 40-33 73 at Marquette 19-56 .339 5-17 .294 12-20 .600 18-17-35 16-0 14 24 2 9 31-24 55 • = BIG EAST game // h1 = Super Six Series (Notre Dame, Ind.) // h2 = WBCA Classic (Notre Dame, Ind.) // n3 = State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic (Seattle, Wash.)
2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 17 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 Double-Figure Points Miscellaneous Notre Dame Statistics 2010-11 Career Natalie Achonwa 7 7 LEADING SCORER THREE-POINT PLAYS LARGEST WIN Ariel Braker 1 1 Natalie Novosel 6 (9) Opponents 16 76, 97-21 vs. SE Missouri State Becca Bruszewski 6 43 Skylar Diggins 4 (17) Notre Dame 31 (1/2/11) Skylar Diggins 12 36 Devereaux Peters 3 (5) Brittany Mallory 2 18 Kayla McBride 2 Natalie Novosel 8 LARGEST DEFEAT Kayla McBride 6 6 Natalie Achonwa 1 Skylar Diggins 6 11, 76-65 at Baylor (12/1/10) Fraderica Miller - 1 Devereaux Peters 4 Natalie Novosel 13 27 LEADING REBOUNDER Natalie Achonwa 3 MOST CONSECUTIVE PTS Devereaux Peters 8 28 Devereaux Peters 6 (21) Kayla McBride 3 36 vs. SE Missouri State (1/2/11) Erica Solomon 4 11 Becca Bruszewski 4 (10) Becca Bruszewski 2 Kaila Turner 1 2 Natalie Achonwa 3 Brittany Mallory 2 MOST CONSECUTIVE OPP PTS Erica Solomon 3 (7) Ariel Braker 1 11, three times (MR: by Mar- Double-Figure Rebounds Skylar Diggins 1 (3) Erica Solomon 1 quette, 1/5/11) 2010-11 Career Kayla McBride 1 Kaila Turner 1 Natalie Achonwa 1 1 Fraderica Miller 1 (1) LONGEST WINNING STREAK Becca Bruszewski 1 3 ND’S FIRST SUBSTITUTION 8 (12/5-present) Skylar Diggins 1 2 LEADER IN ASSISTS Natalie Achonwa 10 Fraderica Miller 1 1 Devereaux Peters 2 4 Skylar Diggins 10 (20) Kayla McBride 8 LONGEST LOSING STREAK Erica Solomon 2 3 Natalie Achonwa 1 Erica Solomon 3 2 (11/18 - 11/21) Becca Bruszewski 1 (7) Kaila Turner 3 Brittany Mallory 1 (7) Fraderica Miller 1 LARGEST HOME CROWD 5-5-5 Games (aka “Stat Sheet Stuffers”) Kayla McBride 1 9,149 (sellout) vs. Purdue 2010-11 Career Becca Bruszewski - 1 Devereaux Peters 1 (1) BENCH POINTS (12/5/10) Skylar Diggins 2 10 Kaila Turner 1 (1) Opponents 226 (14.1 ppg.) Brittany Mallory - 4 Notre Dame 485 (30.3 ppg.) LARGEST ROAD CROWD Natalie Novosel - 1 GAMES STARTED 7,239 at Baylor (12/1/10) Devereaux Peters 1 4 Becca Bruszewski 16 (73) SHOT CLOCK VIOLATIONS Erica Solomon 1 1 Skylar Diggins 16 (46) Opponents 23 LARGEST NEUTRAL CROWD Kaila Turner 1 1 Natalie Novosel 16 (20) Notre Dame 1 1,352 vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) NOTE: At least 5 in three of five statistical categories (points, Devereaux Peters 16 (19) rebounds, assists, steals or blocks) Brittany Mallory 12 (17) JUMP BALLS CONTROLLED Kayla McBride 4 Opponents 7 Double-Doubles Notre Dame 11 NOTE: totals may not add up 2010-11 Career CHARGES TAKEN to games played due to ties … Becca Bruszewski 1 3 Opponents 14 Natalie Achonwa 2/2 (1.000) figures in parentheses by player 12 pts., 13 rebs. vs. UCLA, 11/18 Notre Dame 9 Devereaux Peters 9/16 (.563) totals are career totals (charges Skylar Diggins 1 2 taken first tracked in ’08-09) 19 pts., 11 rebs. vs. Gonzaga, 12/29 Devereaux Peters 2 3 Skylar Diggins 3 (5) FIRST SCORE 10 pts., 10 rebs. vs. Gonzaga, 12/29 Brittany Mallory 3 (8) Opponents 7 11 pts., 13 rebs. vs. SE Missouri State, 1/2 Becca Bruszewski 2 (16) Notre Dame 9 Erica Solomon 2 2 Erica Solomon 1 (6) 12 pts., 12 rebs. vs. IUPUI, 11/26 Skylar Diggins 3 11 pts., 10 rebs. at Providence, 12/8 20-POINT SCORING GAMES Natalie Novosel 2 Opponents 3 Devereaux Peters 2 Clutch Free Throws (final 5 min. + OT) Notre Dame 8 Becca Bruszewski 1 FT-FTA Pct. Kayla McBride 1 Brittany Mallory 4-4 1.000 Natalie Novosel 4 (4) Fraderica Miller 4-4 1.000 Skylar Diggins 2 (9) RUNS OF 10-0 OR BETTER Erica Solomon 4-4 1.000 Kayla McBride 1 Opponents 4 Devereaux Peters 2-2 1.000 Devereaux Peters 1 (1) Notre Dame 23 Natalie Achonwa 5-6 .833 Ariel Braker 5-6 .833 30-POINT SCORING GAMES LARGEST HALFTIME LEAD Skylar Diggins 5-6 .833 Opponents 0 41, 53-12 vs. New Hampshire Kayla McBride 9-11 .818 Notre Dame 0 (11/12/10) Kaila Turner 4-5 .800 Becca Bruszewski 6-8 .750 TECHNICAL FOULS LARGEST HALFTIME DEFICIT Natalie Novosel 7-11 .636 Veronica Badway 1-2 .500 Opponents 0 14, 38-24 at Baylor (12/1/10) ’10-11 Team Totals 56-69 .812 Notre Dame 1 LARGEST LEAD Devereaux Peters 1 76, twice (MR: 97-21, 0:00 - 2nd vs. SE Missouri State, 1/2/11) FOUR-POINT PLAYS Opponents 0 LARGEST DEFICIT Notre Dame 0 22, 54-32 (12:31 - 2nd) at Baylor (12/1/10)
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SCORING Points & rebounds/consecutive games: Lindsay Schrader (12/10) at Louisville, 1/19/10; (16/12) Player scored 25 points: Natalie Novosel (27) vs. Gonzaga, 12/29/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) vs. West Virginia, 1/24/10 Player scored 30 points: Skylar Diggins (31) vs. Vermont, 3/23/10 Points & rebounds/3 consecutive games: Jacqueline Batteast (17/11) vs. Missouri State, 3/21/04; Player scored 35 points: Charel Allen (35) vs. Oklahoma, 3/25/08 (@ West Lafayette, Ind.) (27/12) vs. Middle Tennessee, 3/23/04; (22/12) vs. Penn State, 3/27/04 (@ Hartford, Conn.) Player scored 40 points: Ruth Riley (41) at Providence, 1/30/99 Points & rebounds/4 consecutive games: Jacqueline Batteast (14/11) vs. Virginia Tech, 1/10/04; Two players scored 20 points: Lindsay Schrader (23) and Becca Bruszewski (20) vs. Syracuse, 2/24/09 (23/11) vs. Connecticut, 1/13/04; (22/10) at West Virginia, 1/17/04; (12/10) at Syracuse, 1/21/04 Three players scored 20 points: Danielle Green (28), Sheila McMillen (26), Ruth Riley (23) vs. West Points & rebounds/5 consecutive games: Jacqueline Batteast (20/10) vs. Western Michigan, Virginia, 1/7/99 12/12/01; (11/12) vs. Marquette, 12/22/01; (23/10) at Rice, 12/28/01; (25/14) vs. DePaul, 12/31/01; Two players scored 25 points: Alicia Ratay (26) and Ruth Riley (26) at Rutgers, 2/19/00 (12/13) at Miami (Fla.), 1/2/02 Player scored 25 points/3 consecutive games: Charel Allen (25 vs. DePaul, 2/11/07; 25 at Vil- Points & assists: Megan Duffy (12/10) vs. West Virginia, 2/26/05 lanova, 2/13/07; 26 at Providence, 2/17/07) Points & assists/consecutive games: Niele Ivey (12/10) at Valparaiso, 11/17/00; (14/11) vs. Ari- None in double figures: at Seton Hall, 2/8/04 zona, 11/20/00 One in double figures: Skylar Diggins (10) vs. Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) Two players had double-doubles: Skylar Diggins (19p/11r) and Devereaux Peters (10p/10r) vs. Six in double figures: see eight in double figures Gonzaga, 12/29/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) Seven in double figures: see eight in double figures Three players had double-doubles: Crystal Erwin (14p/10r), Megan Duffy (14p/10a) and Jacque- Eight in double figures: Becca Bruszewski (19), Ashley Barlow (15), Skylar Diggins (14), Fraderica line Batteast (10p/10r) vs. St. John’s, 1/26/05 Miller (11), Lindsay Schrader (11), Brittany Mallory (10) and Natalie Novosel (10) vs. Arkansas-Pine 15 points and 15 rebounds: Lindsay Schrader (19/15) vs. Cincinnati, 1/31/09 Bluff, 11/15/09 20 points and 10 rebounds: Skylar Diggins (23/10) vs. Pittsburgh, 2/6/10 ND scored 50 points/half: 51 (2nd half) vs. Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 20 points and 20 rebounds: Heidi Bunek (25/20) at DePaul, 1/20/88 ND scored 55 points/half: 55 (2nd half) vs. IPFW, 12/8/09 ND scored 60 points/half: 61 (1st half) vs. Cleveland State, 11/26/02 TRIPLE-DOUBLES (only two in school history) ND scored 100 points/BIG EAST game: 104 at Georgetown, 1/19/08 Points, rebounds, assists: Sara Liebscher (17p/12r/10a) vs. Detroit, 2/15/90 ND scored 100 points/non-BIG EAST game: 102 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/15/09 Points, assists, steals: Mary Gavin (11p/14a/10s) vs. Marquette, 1/31/87 ND scored 100 points/home game: see 100 points/non-BIG EAST game ND scored fewer than 15 points/half: 11 (1st half) at West Virginia, 1/13/08 ASSISTS ND scored fewer than 20 points/half: 19 (1st half) at Connecticut, 1/16/10 Player had 10 assists: Megan Duffy vs. West Virginia, 2/26/05 ND scored fewer than 50 points/game: 44 vs. Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) Player had 10 assists/consecutive games: Megan Duffy (11 vs. Rutgers, 1/23/05; 10 vs. St. John’s, 1/26/05) FIELD GOAL SHOOTING Player had 15 assists: Mary Gavin (17) at Marquette, 2/28/87 Player made every shot from the field (min. 7): Crystal Erwin (9-9) vs. Washington, 12/11/04 ND had 30 assists: 31 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/15/09 ND shot 55 percent/game: 57.8 (37-64) vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/30/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) ND had fewer than 10 assists: 6 vs. Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) ND shot 55 percent/consecutive games: 63.3 (38-60) vs. Creighton, 12/11/10; and 57.1 (36-63) ND had fewer than 5 assists: 3 vs. Villanova, 3/8/09 (@ Hartford, Conn.) at Valparaiso, 12/20/10 ND shot 60 percent/game: 63.3 (38-60) vs. Creighton, 12/11/10 BLOCKED SHOTS ND shot 65 percent/game: 68.0 (34-50) vs. Boston College, 2/12/97 Player blocked 5 shots: see blocked 6 shots ND shot 70 percent/game: 70.2 (40-57) vs. Xavier, 2/9/85 Player blocked 6 shots: Devereaux Peters at St. John’s, 2/16/10 ND shot below 25 percent/game: 24.5 (13-53) at West Virginia, 1/13/08 Player blocked 10 shots: Amanda Barksdale (11) vs. Boston College, 2/10/02 ND shot below 30 percent/game: 26.9 (18-67) at Connecticut, 1/16/10 ND blocked 10 shots: 10 at St. John’s, 2/16/10 ND shot below 35 percent/game: 31.3 (20-64) vs. Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) ND blocked 15 shots: 16 vs. Boston College, 2/10/02 ND shot below 35 percent/game and won: 33.8 (22-65) at Michigan State, 11/19/09 ND blocked 0 shots: vs. Villanova, 1/9/10 ND shot 55 percent/half: 56.7 (17-30), 1st half at Marquette, 1/5/11 ND shot 60 percent/half: see 65 percent/half STEALS ND shot 65 percent/half: 67.7 (21-31), 2nd half vs. Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 Player had 7 steals: Natalie Novosel vs. New Hampshire, 11/12/10 ND shot 70 percent/half: 71.0 (22-31), 2nd half at Boston College, 11/23/08 Player had 8 steals: Ashley Barlow vs. Cincinnati, 1/31/09 ND shot 55 percent/both halves: 60.0 (18-30) and 55.9 (19-34) vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/30/10 ND had 20 steals: 24 at Valparaiso, 12/20/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) ND shot below 25 percent/half: 22.9 (8-35), 1st half at Connecticut, 1/16/10 TURNOVERS ND shot below 30 percent/half: 9-31 (29.0), 2nd half vs. Connecticut, 3/1/10 ND committed 25 or more: 26 vs. Gonzaga, 12/29/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) ND committed 25 or more and won: see 25 or more THREE-POINT SHOOTING ND committed 30 or more: 30 at Colorado, 11/15/03 Player made 4 three-pointers/half: Skylar Diggins (1st half) at Syracuse, 1/30/10 ND committed 10 or fewer: 10 vs. Creighton, 12/11/10 Player made 5 three-pointers/half: Kellie Watson (1st half) vs. Michigan State, 11/29/08 ND committed 10 or fewer/consecutive games: 10 at Providence, 12/8/10; 10 vs. Creighton, Player made 5 three-pointers: Ashley Barlow at Georgetown, 2/20/10 12/11/10 Player made 6 three-pointers: Kellie Watson vs. Michigan State, 11/29/08 ND committed 5 or fewer: 3 at Maryland, 11/16/07 Player made 7 three-pointers: Alicia Ratay at Providence, 2/16/03 Player made 8 three-pointers: Sheila McMillen vs. St. John’s, 2/28/98 (@ Piscataway, N.J.) MISCELLANEOUS Player attempted 10 three-pointers: 12 by Ashley Barlow at Syracuse, 1/30/10 Led ND in points/rebounds/assists: Skylar Diggins (23p/10r/6a) vs. Pittsburgh, 2/6/10 ND made 10 three-pointers: 10 at Syracuse, 1/30/10 Hit “final minute” game-winning shot: Ashley Barlow (3FG/0:34.2 2nd) at Syracuse, 1/30/10 ND did not make a three-pointer: at Seton Hall, 1/3/09 Four-point play: Ashley Barlow (0:08.4, 1st half) at Syracuse, 1/30/10 ND attempted 20 three-pointers: 20 vs. Marquette, 2/23/10 Made shot from midcourt or beyond: Breona Gray (48 feet at 0:00, 1st half) at Seton Hall, 1/2/07 ND shot 60 percent 3FG (min. 5 att.): 60.0 (6-10) vs. Gonzaga, 12/29/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) Played every minute: Melissa Lechlitner vs. St. John’s, 1/17/09 Played more than 40 minutes: Skylar Diggins (47) & Becca Bruszewski (44) vs. UCLA, 11/18/10 FREE THROW SHOOTING ND rallied from a 10-point deficit to win: trailed vs. Vermont, 10-20 with 11:37 left in 1st half and Player made 10 for 10 or better: 12-12 by Charel Allen vs. Oklahoma, 3/25/08 (@ West Lafayette, Ind.) won, 84-66, 3/23/10 ND shot 90 percent (min. 10 att.): 91.7 (11-12) vs. Evansville, 11/19/08 ND rallied from a 15-point deficit to win: trailed at Vanderbilt, 28-46 with 15:56 to play and won, ND shot below 50 percent (min. 10 att.): 33.3 (4-12) vs. Cincinnati, 1/31/09 59-57, 12/30/08 ND made 30 free throws: 37 (attempted 43) vs. Wake Forest, 11/27/10 ND scored 20 straight points: see 25 straight points ND made fewer than five FTs: 2 (attempted 2) vs. Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) ND scored 25 straight points: 36-0 run vs. Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 ND attempted 40 free throws: 43 (made 37) vs. Wake Forest, 11/27/10 ND attempted fewer than 5 FTs: 2 (made 2) vs. Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) OVERTIME ND played an OT game: see played two overtimes REBOUNDS ND played two overtimes: vs. UCLA (L, 86-83), 11/18/10 Player had 15 rebounds: Lindsay Schrader (15) vs. Cincinnati, 1/31/09 ND won an OT game: vs. Oklahoma (79-75), 3/25/08 (@ West Lafayette, Ind.) Player had 20 rebounds: Heidi Bunek (20) at DePaul, 1/20/88 ND won an OT game at home: vs. Bowling Green (85-81), 11/13/06 Two players had double-figure rebounds: Skylar Diggins (11) and Devereaux Peters (10) vs. Gon- ND won an OT game on the road: at Bowling Green (86-84), 12/5/07 zaga, 12/29/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) ND lost an OT game: see played two overtimes Three players had double-figure rebounds: Katryna Gaither (14), Beth Morgan (11) and Carey Poor (10) at Michigan State, 12/21/95 RANKINGS ND had 60 rebounds: 66 vs. Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 Played the No. 1 team in the AP poll: lost vs. Connecticut (59-44), 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) ND had 20 offensive rebounds: 24 vs. Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 Played the No. 1 team in the ESPN/USA Today/WBCA poll: see played No. 1 team in AP poll ND had 25 offensive rebounds: 25 at Kentucky, 11/21/10 Defeated top-10 opponent: vs. #10/9 Purdue (67-58), 12/6/06 Defeated top-10 opponent on the road: at #9/10 Connecticut (65-59), 1/30/05 DOUBLE-DOUBLES Defeated top-10 opponent by double digits: vs. #6/7 Rutgers (63-47), 1/23/05 Points & rebounds: Devereaux Peters (11/13) vs. Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11
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SCORING TRIPLE-DOUBLES Player scored 25 points: see 30 points Points, rebounds, assists: Liad Suez-Karni (14p/10r/10a), Villanova, 2/7/06 Player scored 30 points: Kailey Klein (31), Cleveland State, 3/21/10 Points, rebounds, steals: Diana Vines (23p/11r/12s) at DePaul, 1/24/89 Player scored 35 points: Angela Simpson (37), Northwestern State, 3/24/95 (@ Amarillo, Texas) Two players scored 20 points: Brittney Griner (21) and Brooklyn Pope (20) at Baylor, 12/1/10 ASSISTS Three players scored 20 points: Angela Simpson (37), Bridgette Williams (24) and Stephanie Shaw Player had 10 assists: Ketia Swanier (11), Connecticut, 1/27/08 (22), Northwestern State, 3/24/95 (@ Amarillo, Texas) Player had 15 assists: Veronica Pettry (16) at Loyola-Chicago, 2/18/89 Two players scored 25 points: Jene Morris (32) and Quenese Davis (25), San Diego State, 11/26/09 Had 25 assists: 27, Connecticut, 3/2/99 (@ Piscataway, N.J.) (@ St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) Had 30 assists: 30 at Loyola-Chicago, 2/18/89 None in double figures: Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 (Jasmine Davis - 6 pts) Had fewer than 10 assists: 7, Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 One in double figures: Stefanie Lang (11) at Valparaiso, 12/20/10 Five in double figures: Brittney Griner (21), Brooklyn Pope (20), Kimetria Hayden (14), Odyssey BLOCKED SHOTS Sims (11) and Melissa Jones (10) at Baylor, 12/1/10 Player blocked 5 shots: Courtney Paris (5), Oklahoma, 3/25/08 (@ West Lafayette, Ind.) Six in double figures: Jannon Roland (21), Danielle McCulley (14), Jennifer Jacoby (12), Stacey Blocked 10 shots: see blocked 15 shots Lovelace (12), Nicole Erickson (11) and Shannon Lindsey (11), Purdue, 11/30/94 Blocked 15 shots: 16 at Connecticut, 1/27/07 Scored 50 points/half: 50 (2nd half), San Diego State, 11/26/09 (@ St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) Blocked 0 shots: Loyola Marymount, 12/30/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) Scored 55 points/half: see 60 points/half Scored 60 points/half: 63 (2nd half), Northwestern State, 3/24/95 (@ Amarillo, Texas) STEALS Scored 100 points/BIG EAST game: 106, Connecticut, 12/8/98 Player had 5 steals: Kimetria Hayden (6) at Baylor, 12/1/10 Scored 100 points/non-BIG EAST game: 103, Northwestern State, 3/24/95 (@ Amarillo, Texas) Player had 7 steals: Courtnay Pilypaitis, Vermont, 3/23/10 Scored fewer than 15 points/half: 6 (1st half), Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 Player had 10 steals: Katie Smrcka-Duffy, Georgetown, 1/29/00 Scored fewer than 20 points/half: 15 (2nd half), Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 Had 15 steals: 15, UCLA, 11/18/10 Scored fewer than 40 points/game: 21, Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 Had 20 steals: 24, Georgetown, 1/29/00
FIELD GOAL SHOOTING TURNOVERS Shot 50 percent/game: 51.4 (19-37), New Hampshire, 11/12/10 Player committed 10 turnovers: Kerah Nelson (11), IUPUI, 11/26/10 Shot 55 percent/game: 55.6 (30-54), Connecticut, 3/1/10 Committed 20 turnovers or more and won: 20 at Marquette, 1/13/09 Shot 60 percent/game: 60.0 (30-50), DePaul, 1/22/08 Committed 25 turnovers or more: 26 at Valparaiso, 12/20/10 Shot below 25 percent/game: 12.5 (7-56), Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 Committed 30 turnovers or more: see 35 turnovers or more Shot below 30 percent/game: see below 25 percent/game Committed 35 turnovers or more: 35, IUPUI, 11/26/10 Shot 50 percent/half: 51.6 (16-31), 1st half at Baylor, 12/1/10 Committed 40 turnovers or more: 40, Morehead State, 11/15/10 Shot 55 percent/half: see 60 percent/half Committed 5 turnovers or fewer: 5 at Villanova, 1/25/03 Shot 60 percent/half: 70.0 (14-20), 2nd half by New Hampshire, 11/12/10 Committed 10 turnovers or fewer: 10, Georgetown, 2/20/10 Shot 50 percent/both halves: 51.9 (14-27) and 59.3 (16-27) by Connecticut, 3/1/10 Shot below 20 percent/half: 17.2 (5-29), 2nd half by Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 MISCELLANEOUS Shot below 25 percent/half: see 20 percent/half Led team in points/rebounds/assists: Mi-Khida Hankins (16p/8r/3a) at Providence, 12/8/10 Shot below 30 percent/half: 25.8 (8-31), 2nd half at Marquette, 1/5/11 Hit “final minute” game-winning shot: Nyeshia Stevenson (3-point jumper/0:04), Oklahoma, Shot below 30 percent/both halves: 7.4 (2-27) and 17.2 (5-29), Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) Played every minute: Brittney Griner (40), Baylor, 12/1/10 THREE-POINT SHOOTING Played more than 40 minutes: Danielle Robinson & Nyeshia Stevenson (45), Oklahoma, 3/28/10 Player made 5 three-pointers: Nyeshia Stevenson, Oklahoma, 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) (@ Kansas City, Mo.) Player made 6 three-pointers: Anne Boese, IPFW, 12/8/09 Rallied from a 10-point deficit to win: Villanova, 3/8/09 (ND led 15-5 with 9:18 left in 1st half, VU Player made 7 three-pointers: Angie Bjorklund, Tennessee, 1/5/08 won 58-47) (@ Hartford, Conn.) Player attempted 10 three-pointers: Keyla Snowden (12), Kentucky, 11/21/10 Led ND by 10 or more at halftime: 14 at Baylor (38-24), 12/1/10 Made 10 three-pointers: 11 by IPFW, 12/8/09 Led ND by 15 or more at halftime: 23 at Connecticut (42-19), 1/16/10 Did not make a three-pointer: 0 at LSU, 11/16/08 Led ND by 25 or more points: 30 by Connecticut (71-41 at 2:58 of 2nd half), 3/1/10 Shot 50 percent 3FG (min. 5 att.): 50.0 (7-14) by Oklahoma, 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) Shot 60 percent 3FG (min. 5 att.): 60.0 (9-15) by West Virginia, 1/24/10
FREE THROW SHOOTING Player made 10 free throws: Victoria Dunlap (10) at Kentucky, 11/21/10 Player made 15 free throws: Nok Duany (15) at Georgetown, 2/23/02 Player attempted 15 free throws: Candace Parker (17), Tennessee, 3/30/08 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Player made 10 for 10 or better: Epiphanny Prince (12-12), Rutgers, 1/27/09 SCORING MARGINS — The Last Time… Shot 90 percent (min. 10 att.): 90.9 (10-11) by Oklahoma, 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) ND won by 30-plus points: see 60 Shot below 50 percent (min. 10 att.): 48.0 (12-25) by Morehead State, 11/15/10 ND won by 30-plus points at home: see 60 Made 30 free throws: 32 (attempted 37) by Illinois, 11/24/98 ND won by 30-plus points on the road: 51 — ND 94, at Valparaiso 43, 12/20/10 Made fewer than five FTs: 1 (attempted 2), Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 ND won by 40-plus points: see 60 Attempted 40 free throws: 45 (made 28) at South Florida, 1/13/07 ND won by 50-plus points: see 60 Attempted fewer than 5 FTs: 2 (made 1), Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 ND won by 60-plus points: 76 — at ND 97, Southeast Missouri State 21 REBOUNDS Player had 15 rebounds: Tina Charles (17), Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) ND lost by 10-19 points: see 10-19 on the road Player had 20 rebounds: Wendy Scholtens (20) at Vanderbilt, 1/8/89 ND lost by 10-19 points at home: 10 — Rutgers 78, at ND 68, 1/27/09 Two players had double-figure rebounds: Abi Olajuwon (14) and Amanda Thompson (11), Okla- ND lost by 10-19 points on the road: 11 — at Baylor 76, ND 65, 12/1/10 homa, 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) ND lost by 20-29 points: 25 — Connecticut 76, at ND 51, 3/1/10 Three players had double-figure rebounds: Aurora Adams (16), Brenda McCunn (11) and Paula ND lost by 20-29 points on the road: 24 — at Connecticut 70, ND 46, 1/16/10 Langseth (10), Hawaii, 3/22/81 (@ Anchorage, Alaska) ND lost by 30-plus points: 39 — at Tennessee 89, ND 50, 3/17/02 Had 50 rebounds: 56 by Pittsburgh, 2/10/08 Out-rebounded ND by 10 or more: 11 by Oklahoma, 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) (OU 44, ND 33)
DOUBLE-DOUBLES Points & rebounds: Kayla Standish (16/12), Gonzaga, 12/29/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) Points & assists: Liad Suez-Karni (14/10), Villanova, 2/7/06 Two players had double-doubles: Abi Olajuwon (20/14) and Amanda Thompson (13/11), Okla- homa, 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) Three players had double-doubles: Mary Raese (24p/10r), Mary Westerwelle (11p/10r) and Netra McGrew (10p/10a), Idaho, 3/21/86 (@ Amarillo, Texas) 15 points and 15 rebounds: Tina Charles (16/17), Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) 20 points and 10 rebounds: Brooklyn Pope (20/14) at Baylor, 12/1/10 20 points and 20 rebounds: Wendy Scholtens (29/20) at Vanderbilt, 1/8/89
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#12 Notre Dame 99, New Hampshire 48 #12 Notre Dame 91, Morehead State 28 #15 UCLA 86, #12 Notre Dame 83 (2OT) November 12, 2010 November 15, 2010 Super Six Series Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) November 18, 2010 GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) New Hampshire (48) Morehead State (28) UCLA (86) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Frankenberger 26 1-3 1-2 5-6 4 0 3 8 Hillman 19 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 0 5 2 Nzekwe 27 1-2 0-0 2-2 8 0 2 4 McDonald 27 1-4 0-1 2-2 5 2 4 4 Harris 35 1-5 0-0 3-8 6 1 1 5 Dixon 31 6-9 0-0 6-8 11 2 4 18 Early 21 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 4 Bozeman 34 4-13 2-10 2-4 2 0 2 12 Morris 35 5-12 3-6 4-4 4 3 4 17 Hogan 26 2-6 1-3 0-0 2 3 2 5 Dixon 25 0-3 0-2 2-4 2 0 2 2 Campbell 40 3-10 0-2 2-3 4 7 2 8 Reed 29 5-7 1-2 0-0 3 2 0 11 Lumpkin 24 0-7 0-1 5-6 3 0 3 5 Gardner, R. 30 5-12 1-5 1-2 1 2 3 12 Friel 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 Robinson 16 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 4 0 Earl 4 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 Lyons 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 Turner 18 0-3 0-3 0-1 1 1 3 0 Williams 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 0 Wells 23 4-9 0-2 0-0 3 0 1 8 Cox 15 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 2 0 Nyingifa 32 3-7 0-1 5-6 8 1 2 11 McKnight 20 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 3 2 Ituen 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 1 0 Walker 37 7-16 0-1 2-5 4 3 3 16 Flynn 9 3-3 0-0 0-3 3 0 3 6 Parker 4 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 2 Costa 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Team 0 Team 7 Team 2 Totals 200 19-37 3-11 7-11 25 10 23 48 Totals 200 7-40 2-20 12-25 29 2 23 28 Totals 250 30-69 4-15 22-31 46 19 21 86
Notre Dame (99) Notre Dame (91) Notre Dame (83) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 16 11-13 0-0 1-1 8 0 0 23 Peters 18 3-5 0-0 2-3 4 2 2 8 Peters 18 1-9 0-0 1-2 2 4 3 3 Bruszewski 15 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 3 0 1 Bruszewski 18 3-6 0-0 1-2 7 0 2 7 Bruszewski 44 6-12 0-0 0-0 13 3 5 12 Diggins 19 4-11 0-1 4-6 2 4 1 12 Diggins 21 4-9 0-1 1-2 3 8 1 9 Diggins 47 10-21 0-4 2-3 1 5 4 22 Novosel 18 4-5 0-0 3-3 2 1 0 11 Novosel 15 3-5 1-1 6-8 4 0 1 13 Novosel 39 7-12 2-4 3-6 6 4 4 19 Mallory 20 3-8 1-4 2-2 1 3 0 9 Mallory 18 1-2 1-1 4-6 2 2 0 7 Mallory 22 1-4 1-3 1-2 1 1 1 4 Solomon 14 4-6 0-0 3-3 1 0 2 11 Solomon 16 2-5 0-0 3-4 1 3 2 7 Solomon 10 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 2 3 Badway 4 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 3 Badway 4 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 1 Achonwa 28 4-5 0-0 1-2 9 0 1 9 Achonwa 16 2-4 0-0 3-4 4 5 5 7 Achonwa 17 5-8 0-0 0-1 3 1 2 10 Miller 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Miller 12 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 2 1 1 Miller 15 2-3 0-0 1-2 4 1 1 5 Turner 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 Turner 22 0-3 0-3 2-2 1 3 3 2 Turner 25 3-7 1-3 3-3 4 5 3 10 McBride 33 4-8 2-3 1-2 4 3 2 11 McBride 23 3-9 0-1 2-2 2 2 0 8 McBride 21 7-11 0-0 0-0 6 1 2 14 Team 5 Forr 9 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 6 Forr 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 Totals 250 34-74 5-15 10-19 43 20 24 83 Braker 12 2-5 0-0 1-4 5 2 2 5 Braker 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 1 0 UCLA 41 26 12 7 — 86 Team 3 Team 4 Notre Dame 37 30 12 4 — 83 Totals 200 37-72 2-10 23-31 34 26 15 99 Totals 200 33-63 3-6 22-33 47 24 20 91 New Hampshire 12 36 — 48 Morehead State 7 21 — 28 FG Pct: UCLA 43.5, Notre Dame 45.9. 3-PT FG Pct: UCLA Notre Dame 53 46 — 99 Notre Dame 40 51 — 91 26.7, Notre Dame 33.3. FT Pct: UCLA 71.0, Notre Dame 52.6. Turnovers: UCLA 26, Notre Dame 27. Blocked Shots: UCLA FG Pct: New Hampshire 51.4, Notre Dame 51.4. 3-PT FG Pct: FG Pct: Morehead State 17.5, Notre Dame 52.4. 3-PT FG Pct: 2, Notre Dame 2. Steals: UCLA 15 (Morris 3), Notre Dame 11 New Hampshire 27.3, Notre Dame 20.0. FT Pct: New Hampshire Morehead State 10.0, Notre Dame 50.0. FT Pct: Morehead State (Diggins 3). Attendance: 7,824. 63.6, Notre Dame 74.2. Turnovers: New Hampshire 49, Notre 48.0, Notre Dame 66.7. Turnovers: Morehead State 40, Notre Dame 19. Blocked Shots: New Hampshire 3, Notre Dame 3 Dame 20. Blocked Shots: Morehead State 2, Notre Dame 4. (Peters 2). Steals: New Hampshire 10 (Hogan, Wells 3), Notre Steals: Morehead State 8 (Bozeman 4), Notre Dame 26 (Mallory, NOTES: This was the fourth double-overtime game in Notre Dame Dame 36 (Novosel 7). Attendance: 8,614. Miller 5). Attendance: 8,614. women’s basketball history and the first since Nov. 30, 1997, when the Fighting Irish defeated UCLA, 93-91 at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles … it also was just the second double-OT women’s NOTES: Notre Dame’s 36 steals shattered the old school record of NOTES: Notre Dame has posted back-to-back wins by at least basketball game in Purcell Pavilion history — Nebraska defeated 29 thefts that was set twice before — Feb. 9, 1985, against Xavier, 50 points for the first time in school history, following its 51-point Notre Dame, 89-88 in two extra periods on Feb. 25, 1982 … the and most recently on Jan. 31, 1991, at Saint Louis … the Fighting victory (99-48) over New Hampshire with the win over Morehead Fighting Irish were playing their first overtime game at home (of Irish also broke a nearly 30-year-old school record by forcing 49 State … Notre Dame tied a school record (and set a new Purcell any length) since Nov. 13, 2006, when they defeated Bowling New Hampshire turnovers — the previous record of 48 was set Pavilion record) for fewest points allowed in one half by holding Green, 85-81 in one OT … this marked the eighth consecutive on Jan. 11, 1980, at the Huskie Invitational in DeKalb, Ill., during Morehead State to seven points in the first half; the Fighting Irish season in which Notre Dame has played at least one overtime Notre Dame’s final season as an AIAW Division III program (the also limited Maryland to seven points in the opening 20 minutes game … the Fighting Irish fall to 4-9 all-time against UCLA, with Fighting Irish moved up to Division I for the 1980-81 campaign) of a 49-40 win on Jan. 9, 1985, in College Park, Md. … Notre the series in South Bend now knotted at 3-3 … the loss snaps a … Notre Dame’s 28 consecutive points in the first half were just Dame gave up just 28 points to MSU, the third-fewest points 16-game Fighting Irish winning streak in the month of November, three shy of the school record for the longest interrupted string ever allowed by the Fighting Irish in a single game — the only a run that started on Nov. 20, 2007, with a 94-41 win at Central of points, with the 31-0 record run occurring on Jan. 18, 1997, at lower opponent point totals came on Jan. 31, 1978 (68-25 win Michigan … Notre Dame is 63-12 (.840) in November games since Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish allowed just 12 UNH points over Grace at Purcell Pavilion) and Jan. 21, 1982 (an 84-27 win joining the BIG EAST Conference in 1995-96 … the Fighting Irish in the first half, the fewest given up by Notre Dame in a single at Valparaiso) … Notre Dame’s 63-point margin of victory equals fall to 18-17 (.514) against Pac-10 Conference teams, with the period since Dec. 13, 2003, when Dayton tallied just 11 points in the second-largest winning spread in school history, topped only Bruins being the first Pac-10 team to defeat Notre Dame since a 78-41 Notre Dame win at Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish by a 78-point win (113-35) over Liberty on Nov. 24, 1989, at the USC earned a 69-58 win on Nov. 24, 2006, at the Galen Center in improve to 26-8 (.765) in season openers, stretching their current UCF Rotary Classic in Orlando, Fla. (also the last time the Fighting Los Angeles … the Fighting Irish also tumble to 9-4 (.692) against winning streak in lidlifters in 16 consecutive games (Notre Dame Irish won a game by at least 63 points) … the margin of victory the Pac-10 at Purcell Pavilion, ending their seven-game winning also is 21-3 in season openers during the 24-year tenure of head also tied the Purcell Pavilion record set twice before — Dec. 8, streak against that conference; UCLA is the first Pac-10 team to coach Muffet McGraw) … the Fighting Irish now are 26-8 in home 1981, a 92-29 win over Saint Mary’s (Ind.), and most recently on defeat Notre Dame at Purcell Pavilion since Nov. 24, 1991, when openers and 20-4 under McGraw … the 51-point margin is the Feb. 28, 1985, with a 99-36 victory over Butler … the Fighting Irish No. 5/7 Stanford defeated the Fighting Irish, 88-76 … it was just second-largest winning spread in a season opener in school have forced at least 40 turnovers in each of their first two games the eighth in Notre Dame’s last 95 non-conference home games, history, topped only by a program-record 78-point margin of (school-record 49 vs. New Hampshire, 40 vs. Morehead State), and the first since March 22, 2009, when Minnesota upset the victory (113-35) in the 1989-90 season opener against Liberty the first time in school history they have registered consecutive Fighting Irish, 79-71 in the first round of the NCAA Champion- (Nov. 24, 1989) at the UCF Rotary Classic in Orlando, Fla. … 40-takeaway games … Notre Dame nabbed 26 steals against ship; it’s the first regular-season non-conference home loss for it’s the second consecutive season in which Notre Dame won a Morehead State, the fifth-highest single-game steal total in school Notre Dame since Jan. 5, 2008, when third-ranked Tennessee game by at least 50 points, following last year’s 90-31 win over history … Morehead State’s .175 field goal percentage (7-for-40) earned an 87-63 win … the Fighting Irish had their 19-game Charlotte on Dec. 20, 2009, at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Dame was the lowest by a Fighting Irish opponent since Butler shot an regular-season non-conference winning streak snapped … it was is 42-5 (.894) against first-time opponents since joining the BIG opponent record-low .149 (9-for-61) on Jan. 30, 1984, at historic just the fifth time in 147 games (since joining the BIG EAST in EAST Conference in 1995-96, with a 22-1 (.957) record since Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis … Morehead State’s two first- 1995-96) that Notre Dame lost when scoring at least 80 points; the start of the 2000-01 season and an active 17-game winning half field goals were one off the Notre Dame opponent record for most recently, an 81-80 loss to DePaul on Jan. 22, 2008, also streak; New Hampshire was the first of seven first-time oppo- fewest baskets made in one half, trailing Dayton’s 1-for-20 effort at Purcell Pavilion … Natalie Novosel tied her career high with nents on Notre Dame’s schedule this season … the Fighting Irish in the opening 20 minutes on Dec. 13, 2003, at Purcell Pavilion 19 points … Skylar Diggins posted her eighth career 20-point also now have won 20 consecutive home games against new … Morehead State was credited with just two assists, the fewest game … Diggins’ 47 minutes played were the most by a Fighting opposition, dating back to Jan. 18, 1996 … Notre Dame moves helpers for a Fighting Irish opponent since Jan. 14, 1993, when Irish player in a single game since Nov. 30, 1997, when Mollie to 3-0 all-time against the America East Conference … Peters’ Detroit Mercy also had two assists in an 80-55 Notre Dame win Peirick also played 47 minutes in the double-OT win at UCLA previous career-high scoring night was 15 points, and she also at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Dame is 43-5 (.896) against first-time … Becca Bruszewski collected her third career double-double, set a career high with 11 made field goals … junior guard Natalie opponents since joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96, including a 23-1 and first since Nov. 15, 2009, when she nabbed 19 points and 10 Novosel swiped a career-high seven steals. (.958) mark against new teams since the start of 2000-01, with rebounds in a season-opening win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff at a current 18-game winning streak and 21-game home winning Purcell Pavilion … Bruszewski’s 13 rebounds also were a career streak against first-time opponents … Notre Dame improves to high, as was her 44 minutes played. 63-11 (.851) in the month of November since joining the BIG EAST 16 seasons ago; the Fighting Irish also have an active 16-game November winning streak.
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#9/10 Kentucky 81, #12 Notre Dame 76 #18/16 Notre Dame 95, IUPUI 29 #18/16 Notre Dame 92, Wake Forest 69 November 21, 2010 WBCA Classic WBCA Classic Memorial Coliseum (Lexington, Ky.) November 26, 2010 November 27, 2010 GAME 4 GAME 5 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 6 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Notre Dame (76) IUPUI (29) Wake Forest (69) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 13 1-3 0-0 0-0 6 1 5 2 Nelson 31 2-9 0-3 0-0 4 1 2 4 Waters 21 2-4 0-0 4-4 3 3 1 8 Bruszewski 31 5-9 0-1 2-5 8 1 5 12 Mitchell 19 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 5 0 Garcia 18 2-5 0-1 1-2 1 1 4 5 Diggins 34 7-17 0-2 4-5 3 1 4 18 Bellamy 17 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 2 Thomas 23 2-7 1-2 0-0 2 5 2 5 Novosel 35 8-24 1-7 4-6 8 3 2 21 Gaskin 25 1-6 0-2 1-1 4 1 1 3 Boykin 26 3-8 1-2 2-2 3 0 2 9 McBride 34 5-9 0-2 0-0 2 4 1 10 Horne 21 3-5 1-1 0-0 2 0 1 7 Ray 24 4-7 0-1 5-6 5 1 5 13 Solomon 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 2 Collins 16 1-5 1-5 0-0 0 1 0 3 Hall 7 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 2 0 Achonwa 22 2-4 0-0 0-0 13 1 4 4 Cotton 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Douglas 16 1-6 1-2 2-2 1 3 5 5 Miller 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 Eichelberger 15 1-5 1-2 0-0 2 0 0 3 Johnson 7 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 Turner 18 3-6 1-3 0-0 2 0 4 7 Nunley-Lash 28 2-7 0-1 3-5 7 1 4 7 Walker 14 2-6 1-2 2-4 2 1 0 7 Braker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Luster 10 0-3 0-1 0-0 3 2 2 0 Carnes 10 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 Team 6 Blaydes 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 Wright 22 6-8 0-0 2-2 4 1 4 14 Totals 200 32-76 2-15 10-16 51 11 27 76 Team 3 Williams 12 1-3 0-0 1-2 4 2 2 3 Totals 200 10-44 3-15 6-8 28 7 19 29 Team 6 Totals 200 23-61 4-15 19-24 33 17 28 69 Kentucky (81) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Notre Dame (95) Dunlap 38 7-12 0-2 10-12 14 4 2 24 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Notre Dame (92) Mathies 34 2-9 0-1 2-8 4 0 2 6 Peters 20 7-12 0-0 4-4 6 0 0 18 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Snowden 28 5-14 5-12 2-2 2 0 1 17 Bruszewski 19 3-5 0-0 3-4 3 2 1 9 Peters 21 4-5 0-0 4-4 5 2 3 12 Morrow 5 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 Diggins 22 2-6 0-1 3-5 4 7 1 7 Bruszewski 19 3-8 0-2 2-4 7 4 3 8 Conwright 25 2-6 0-2 4-6 0 3 5 8 Novosel 23 4-7 2-3 2-2 1 2 1 12 Diggins 29 3-9 0-1 5-7 2 2 3 11 Riley 15 2-6 0-2 1-2 0 0 1 5 McBride 26 4-6 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 8 Novosel 28 5-9 2-5 11-12 3 3 1 23 Pinkett 23 7-14 3-6 0-0 5 0 3 17 Solomon 20 5-8 0-0 2-5 12 0 4 12 McBride 20 3-4 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 6 Evans 23 0-2 0-1 2-2 2 2 4 2 Badway 6 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Solomon 15 4-5 0-0 6-6 5 1 3 14 Henderson 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 2 Achonwa 16 3-5 0-0 3-3 5 0 2 9 Badway 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Team 5 Turner 28 2-6 2-5 2-2 2 5 2 8 Achonwa 15 3-5 0-0 5-6 5 3 0 11 Totals 200 26-66 8-27 21-32 35 9 18 81 Forr 7 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 Turner 23 0-3 0-2 2-2 2 3 1 2 Braker 13 4-6 0-0 2-3 6 0 0 10 Mallory 15 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 3 3 Notre Dame 35 41 — 76 Team 1 Forr 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Kentucky 41 40 — 81 Totals 200 35-69 4-9 21-28 45 18 12 95 Braker 10 0-0 0-0 2-2 3 1 1 2 Team 2 FG Pct: Notre Dame 42.1, Kentucky 39.4. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre IUPUI 13 16 — 29 Totals 200 26-52 3-13 37-43 37 20 20 92 Dame 13.3, Kentucky 29.6. FT Pct: Notre Dame 62.5, Kentucky Notre Dame 41 54 — 95 65.6. Turnovers: Notre Dame 17, Kentucky 12. Blocked Shots: Wake Forest 28 41 — 69 Notre Dame 5 (Novosel 2), Kentucky 4 (Dunlap 3). Steals: FG Pct: IUPUI 22.7, Notre Dame 50.7. 3-PT FG Pct: IUPUI 20.0, Notre Dame 45 47 — 92 Notre Dame 5 (Achonwa, Turner 2), Kentucky 5 (Dunlap 2). Notre Dame 44.4. FT Pct: IUPUI 75.0, Notre Dame 75.0. Turn- Attendance: 6,794. overs: IUPUI 35, Notre Dame 9. Blocked Shots: IUPUI 3, Notre FG Pct: Wake Forest 37.7, Notre Dame 50.0. 3-PT FG Pct: Dame 9 (Solomon 3). Steals: IUPUI 1, Notre Dame 23 (Turner 5). Wake Forest 26.7, Notre Dame 23.1. FT Pct: Wake Forest 79.2, Attendance: 8,848. Notre Dame 86.0. Turnovers: Wake Forest 25, Notre Dame 24. NOTES: Notre Dame was facing back-to-back opponents ranked Blocked Shots: Wake Forest 2, Notre Dame 5 (Solomon 2). in the top 15 of the Associated Press poll during the regular Steals: Wake Forest 10 (Thomas 3), Notre Dame 16 (Novosel season for the first time since the 2004 Preseason WNIT, when NOTES: Notre Dame’s 66-point margin of victory is the second- 4). Attendance: 8,294. the Fighting Irish defeated #6 Duke (76-65 on Nov. 17) and #10/9 largest in school history, topped only by a 78-point spread (113- Ohio State (66-62 on Nov. 20) … Notre Dame sees its 18-game 35) against Liberty on Nov. 24, 1989, in the UCF Rotary Classic winning streak against first-time opponents snapped, falling to in Orlando, Fla. … the margin also is the largest home win in NOTES: Notre Dame has won 23 of its last 26 regular-season a new foe for the first time since Nov. 21, 2001, when Colorado school history, surpassing the 63-point difference (91-28) against tournament games, dating back to the start of the 1996-97 sea- State shaded the Fighting Irish, 72-66, in Fort Collins, Colo. … Morehead State just 11 days earlier … prior to this season, Notre son … the Fighting Irish set a school record by making 37 free Notre Dame is 23-2 against first-time opponents since the start Dame had won three times by 60-or-more points in the program’s throws, topping the old mark of 33 converted foul shots, set on of the 2000-01 season and 43-6 against new teams since join- first 33 seasons (and not once since that November 1989 win three different occasions (the last on Feb. 4, 2007, in a win over ing the BIG EAST Conference in 1995-96 … Kentucky was the over Liberty) … the 29 points by IUPUI tie for the fourth-fewest West Virginia at Purcell Pavilion) … Notre Dame’s 43 free throw third of seven first-time opponents on this year’s Fighting Irish points allowed by Notre Dame in a single game — the only lower attempts tied for the fourth-most in school history, and most schedule, and third in four games following home wins over opponent point totals came on Jan. 31, 1978 (68-25 win at home since Jan. 15, 2001, when the Fighting Irish went to the stripe a New Hampshire (99-48) and Morehead State (91-28) during vs. Grace), Jan. 21, 1982 (84-27 win at Valparaiso) and Nov. 15, school record-tying 46 times against Connecticut in a 92-76 win the opening weekend of the season … Notre Dame basketball 2010 (91-28 win at home vs. Morehead State); the Fighting Irish at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Dame also shot a season-best .860 teams fall to 0-5 all-time at Memorial Coliseum, with this being also defeated Saint Mary’s (Ind.), 92-29 on Dec. 8, 1981, at Purcell from the foul line and shot at least 50 percent for the field for the the first time a Fighting Irish hoops squad played in the historic Pavilion … for the third time in five games this season, Notre Dame fourth time in six games this year … Wake Forest was the fourth venue since 1961, when the UK men’s team defeated its Notre forced at least 35 opponent turnovers and recorded at least 20 of seven first-time opponents on Notre Dame’s schedule this Dame counterpart, 100-53 … Notre Dame also had its four-game steals … conversely, Notre Dame turned the ball over a season- season, with the Fighting Irish improving to 44-6 (.880) against winning streak against Southeastern Conference opponents low nine times, its fewest giveaways since Feb. 6, 2010, when it new foes since joining the BIG EAST Conference in 1995-96, come to an end, falling to an SEC school for the first time since had a similar nine-turnover day in an 86-76 win over Pittsburgh and 24-2 (.923) against first-time opponents since the start of March 30, 2008, when Tennessee rallied past the Fighting Irish, at Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish have won 22 of their last the 2000-01 season … Notre Dame rises to 13-2 (.867) all-time 74-64 in the NCAA Oklahoma City Regional semifinals at the 25 regular-season tournament games … Notre Dame extends its against teams from the state of North Carolina, including a 5-0 Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. … for the second time this current winning streak against Indiana schools to 13 in a row and record at Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish lift their all-time record season, Notre Dame posted a rebound margin of +16 or better, improves to 118-32 (.787) all-time against the rest of the Hoosier against current Atlantic Coast Conference teams to 41-17 (.707), having notched a season-high +18 margin on the backboards State, including a 58-11 (.841) record at home … junior forward including a 36-11 (.766) record in the 24-year Muffet McGraw era (47-29) against Morehead State on Nov. 15 at Purcell Pavilion … Erica Solomon registered her first career double-double with 12 (1987-88 to present) and a 20-1 (.952) all-time record against the Notre Dame grabbed a season-high 51 rebounds, its best total points and a career-high 12 rebounds (topping her previous high ACC at Purcell Pavilion … Wake Forest was the 10th different on the glass since Dec. 31, 2009, when the Fighting Irish nabbed of 10 rebounds on Jan. 24, 2009, at Villanova) … Solomon also ACC opponent Notre Dame has faced, with the Fighting Irish now 56 caroms in a 74-69 win over #18/16 Vanderbilt, also at Purcell matched her career best with three steals, a mark she equaled having played every school in that conference except Clemson Pavilion … in her homecoming game, Lexington, Ky., native (and for the third time after most recently doing so on Nov. 15 vs. and Florida State … for the third time this season, junior guard junior guard) Natalie Novosel scored a career-high 21 points, two Morehead State … freshman forward Ariel Braker posted season Natalie Novosel tied or set a career high for scoring, with her 23 more than her previous best set twice before (most recently three highs with 10 points, six rebounds and two blocks … sophomore points being two more than her previous high set six days earlier days earlier in the double-overtime loss to #15 UCLA at Purcell guard Kaila Turner collected her first career “5-5-5” game with at No. 9/10 Kentucky … Novosel also set new personal bests by Pavilion) … Novosel also tied her career high with eight rebounds, eight points and career-high-tying marks of five assists and five going 11-for-12 at the free throw line; entering the contest, she having reached that mark twice before (most recently on Dec. steals; she last had five assists on Nov. 15 vs. Morehead State, had never made more than six free throws or attempted more 2, 2009, against Eastern Michigan), and she set new personal and five steals on Dec. 20, 2009, vs. Charlotte at Purcell Pavilion than eight in a game (both marks she most recently hit for the bests with eight field goals (previous: seven, three times, including … the attendance of 8,848 was a season high. third time in her career on Nov. 15 against Morehead State) … vs. UCLA), 24 attempts (previous was 12 against UCLA), seven junior forward Erica Solomon finished one point shy of her career three-point attempts (previous was four against UCLA), and two scoring high, which she set on Nov. 23, 2008, at Boston College. blocks (previous: one on 10 occasions, the last against Oklahoma on March 28, 2010 in the NCAA regional semifinals) … freshman forward Natalie Achonwa grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds, also tying senior forward Becca Bruszewski for the most boards by a Fighting Irish player this season (Bruszewski had a baker’s dozen against UCLA).
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#18/16 Notre Dame 85, Butler 54 #2/3 Baylor 76, #16 Notre Dame 65 #16 Notre Dame 72, Purdue 51 WBCA Classic December 1, 2010 December 5, 2010 November 28, 2010 Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 7 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 8 GAME 9 Butler (54) Notre Dame (65) Purdue (51) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Hamilton 33 4-6 0-0 3-4 8 0 2 11 Peters 16 3-7 0-0 2-2 6 1 4 8 Ostarello 15 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 4 Hamm 14 1-4 0-0 1-2 1 2 5 3 Bruszewski 28 1-7 0-1 0-0 2 0 4 2 Jones 21 0-3 0-0 3-5 2 0 2 3 Bowen 38 5-12 4-7 0-0 9 1 3 14 Diggins 39 8-17 4-7 1-3 1 5 1 21 Rayburn 31 4-10 0-3 8-9 7 1 3 16 Burns 27 4-9 0-2 6-6 2 3 0 14 Novosel 26 3-10 0-4 6-8 3 1 5 12 Moses 32 5-8 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 11 Brierly 25 2-9 1-5 0-0 1 4 4 5 Mallory 22 3-7 2-3 0-0 6 2 3 8 Poston 21 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 0 Freeman 15 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 4 0 Solomon 20 3-5 0-0 0-0 9 0 5 6 Howard 18 0-6 0-2 0-2 2 2 0 0 Pittman 14 1-7 1-5 0-0 0 1 3 3 Achonwa 16 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 2 Williams 18 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 0 McDivitt 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 Turner 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 0 Guyton 17 5-9 0-0 0-0 3 0 4 10 Jennings 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 McBride 24 2-6 0-3 2-2 3 0 1 6 Wilson 16 2-7 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 4 Grbic 15 1-1 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 4 Team 5 Woods 11 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 3 Cobb 8 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 Totals 200 24-62 6-18 11-15 38 12 27 65 Team 5 Bass 7 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Totals 200 19-52 1-9 12-18 31 9 19 51 May 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Team 7 Baylor (76) Totals 200 18-59 6-24 12-14 32 13 23 54 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Notre Dame (72) Pope 37 10-17 0-0 0-0 14 3 4 20 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Griner 40 8-19 0-0 5-10 8 2 3 21 Peters 22 3-6 0-0 1-1 9 0 3 7 Notre Dame (85) Hayden 25 4-10 1-4 5-5 3 1 0 14 Bruszewski 22 4-6 0-1 0-0 6 1 4 8 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Madden 28 0-6 0-3 0-0 5 1 2 0 Diggins 33 7-14 0-2 0-0 3 6 2 14 Peters 27 4-6 0-0 3-3 7 3 4 11 Jones 37 2-2 0-0 6-7 7 4 1 10 Novosel 27 6-12 1-2 3-3 4 3 2 16 Bruszewski 20 4-6 0-0 2-3 1 1 3 10 Sims 24 2-5 2-4 5-7 1 0 2 11 Mallory 24 1-4 0-2 2-3 0 3 1 4 Diggins 27 3-6 0-2 5-5 5 7 2 11 Robertson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Solomon 12 2-4 0-0 1-1 3 2 1 5 Novosel 30 7-14 1-5 5-8 5 3 1 20 Condrey 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 Badway 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 McBride 30 4-7 0-1 3-4 5 3 0 11 Team 5 Achonwa 24 5-10 0-0 2-4 7 4 3 12 Solomon 13 2-6 0-0 2-2 4 2 2 6 Totals 200 26-60 3-11 21-29 43 12 12 76 Miller 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Badway 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Turner 14 0-3 0-2 0-1 0 1 1 0 Achonwa 19 3-4 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 6 Notre Dame 24 41 — 65 McBride 22 3-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 6 Turner 15 1-4 0-2 1-2 0 3 0 3 Baylor 38 38 — 76 Forr 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Mallory 13 2-3 2-3 0-0 2 0 1 6 Team 6 Forr 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 FG Pct: Notre Dame 38.7, Baylor 43.3. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame Totals 200 31-62 1-9 9-13 39 23 19 72 Braker 3 0-3 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 1 33.3, Baylor 27.3. FT Pct: Notre Dame 73.3, Baylor 72.4. Turnovers: Team 5 Notre Dame 22, Baylor 20. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 4 (Peters Purdue 26 25 — 51 Totals 200 30-59 3-13 22-29 42 24 13 85 2), Baylor 5 (Griner 4). Steals: Notre Dame 12 (Diggins, Novosel Notre Dame 36 36 — 72 4), Baylor 14 (Hayden 6). Attendance: 7,239. Butler 21 33 — 54 FG Pct: Purdue 36.5, Notre Dame 50.0. 3-PT FG Pct: Purdue Notre Dame 37 48 — 85 11.1, Notre Dame 11.1. FT Pct: Purdue 66.7, Notre Dame 69.2. NOTES: Notre Dame was playing its third top-15 team in the past Turnovers: Purdue 24, Notre Dame 20. Blocked Shots: Purdue FG Pct: Butler 30.5, Notre Dame 50.8. 3-PT FG Pct: Butler 13 days, with those three opponents (#15 UCLA, #9/10 Kentucky 1, Notre Dame 3. Steals: Purdue 5 (Ostarello, Williams 2), Notre 25.0, Notre Dame 23.1. FT Pct: Butler 85.7, Notre Dame 75.9. and #2/3 Baylor) accounting for the three Fighting Irish losses this Dame 8 (Peters, Mallory, Achonwa 2). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout). Turnovers: Butler 19, Notre Dame 15. Blocked Shots: Butler season, all by 11 points or fewer, two on the road (UK and BU) and 1, Notre Dame 6 (Diggins 2). Steals: Butler 11 (Bowen 3), Notre the UCLA defeat coming by three points in double overtime … Dame 8 (Novosel, McBride 2). Attendance: 8,279. in all three losses, Notre Dame either led or was within six points NOTES: This was the 1,000th game in Notre Dame women’s of the lead with less than five minutes remaining … Baylor was basketball history, with the Fighting Irish owning a 695-305 (.695) the fifth of seven first-time opponents on Notre Dame’s schedule record in 34 seasons of intercollegiate competition … Notre Dame NOTES: Notre Dame wins the WBCA Classic, the 14th regular this year, with the Fighting Irish tumbling to 3-2 against those new extends its series-long win streak over Purdue to five games, one season tournament title in program history, and the second in foes … Notre Dame also drops to 44-7 (.863) against first-time shy of the longest success string by either side in the 24-game as many seasons following last Thanksgiving’s three-game run opponents since joining the BIG EAST Conference in 1995-96, series that dates back to 1984 … the Fighting Irish post their largest to the Paradise Jam Island Division championship in the U.S. with a 24-3 (.889) record since the start of the 2000-01 season … win ever against the Boilermakers, surpassing a 17-point victory Virgin Islands … the Fighting Irish now have won 24 of their last the Fighting Irish are 7-7 all-time against Texas schools (4-7 away (86-69) on Jan. 16, 2005, at Purcell Pavilion … in four of the past 27 regular season tournament games since the start of the 1996- from South Bend), with this being the first game for Notre Dame five series meetings, Notre Dame has held Purdue to fewer than 97 season, with the only three losses coming in the Preseason in the Lone Star State since Dec. 28, 2001 (a 72-61 loss at Rice) 60 points after not managing that feat once in the first 19 games WNIT semifinals (1996 - 72-59 vs. #3/2 Tennessee in Ruston, … the Fighting Irish are 8-11 (.421) all-time against the current Big of the series … the Fighting Irish improve to 41-48 (.461) all-time La.; 2007 - 75-59 at #3 Maryland) and the title game of the 2003 12 Conference alignment; this marked the first time Notre Dame against Big Ten Conference opponents, with a 24-17 (.585) record WBCA Classic (67-63 in overtime at #20 Colorado) … since the played a Big 12 school outside of a tournament setting (regular at Purcell Pavilion; Notre Dame also is 34-34 all-time against the Maryland loss, Notre Dame has won six consecutive regular season or postseason) in 10 meetings since the conference was Big Ten (19-12 at home) in the 24-year Muffet McGraw era, and season tournament games … the Fighting Irish were playing founded in 1996-97 … this was the first time all season Notre has won 14 of its last 20 games against Big Ten schools … the Butler for the first time since Dec. 1, 1999, although it was the Dame did not have at least four players score in double figures Fighting Irish jump to 120-32 (.789) all-time against other in-state 26th all-time meeting between the in-state rivals, who played (although two players finished with eight points in addition to the opponents, with a 60-11 (.845) record at home; Notre Dame also regularly as members of the now-defunct North Star Confer- two double-digit scorers) … the Fighting Irish were outrebounded has won 15 consecutive games against other Indiana schools, ence and Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now known as the for just the second time all season (UCLA finished with a 46-43 including all three this season (IUPUI, Butler, Purdue) … the Horizon League); it’s the second-most games played against a edge on the glass on Nov. 18 in its double-OT matchup at Notre Fighting Irish have shot 50 percent or better from the floor in all current non-conference opponent behind the 28-game series with Dame) … sophomore guard Skylar Diggins tied her career high six of their wins this season … Notre Dame has outrebounded Dayton … Notre Dame improves to 20-6 all-time against Butler with four three-pointers, a total she reached twice before (most its opponents in seven of nine games this season, with the two and extends its current series winning streak against the Bulldogs recently on Jan. 30, 2010, at Syracuse) … Diggins’ four treys were exceptions (UCLA and Baylor) featuring rebound margins of five to six consecutive games … Butler becomes the ninth Fighting part of a season-high six three-pointers made by the Fighting Irish caroms of fewer … McGraw celebrated her birthday on Sunday, Irish opponent that Notre Dame has defeated at least 20 times in … Diggins also dished out at least five assists for the fifth time in with Notre Dame rising to 5-1 all-time when playing on the head series history, joining Marquette (29), Georgetown (23), Syracuse eight games this season. coach’s birthday …freshman forward Natalie Achonwa scored (23), Valparaiso (23), Dayton (22), Detroit (22), Loyola-Chicago a season-high 12 points …sophomore guard Skylar Diggins (21) and Xavier (20) on that list … the 31-point margin also was chalked up at least five assists for the sixth time in nine games the largest in the Notre Dame-Butler series since Feb. 12, 1991, this season, including her third consecutive outing and fourth in when Notre Dame downed Butler, 94-62 at Purcell Pavilion … the five games … for the first time this season, Notre Dame wore its Fighting Irish rise to 119-32 (.788) all-time against other Indiana alternate home uniform (white with green trim). schools, including an active 14-game winning streak … Notre Dame also moves to 59-11 (.843) all-time against in-state op- ponents at Purcell Pavilion … junior guard Natalie Novosel earned the second regular season tournament MVP by a Fighting Irish player in as many seasons, following Skylar Diggins’ selection as the Paradise Jam Island Division MVP last year … Novosel’s all-tournament team selection was the first of her career; she was joined on the squad by teammates Devereaux Peters and Erica Solomon (also the first all-tournament selections of their careers).
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#18 Notre Dame 79, Providence 43 #18 Notre Dame 91, Creighton 54 #17/16 Notre Dame 94, Valparaiso 43 December 8, 2010 December 11, 2010 December 20, 2010 Alumni Hall (Providence, R.I.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Athletics-Recreation Ctr. (Valparaiso, Ind.) GAME 10 GAME 11 GAME 12 Notre Dame (79) Creighton (54) Notre Dame (94) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 16 3-7 0-0 2-2 3 4 3 8 Schuett 34 5-12 2-6 1-1 8 1 1 13 Peters 15 3-7 0-0 0-0 4 3 0 6 Bruszewski 25 3-7 0-0 3-4 6 1 2 9 Nelson, K. 27 4-6 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 8 Bruszewski 20 4-6 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 8 Diggins 29 5-11 0-0 0-1 5 3 1 10 Moore 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 Diggins 16 1-3 1-3 0-2 2 5 0 3 Novosel 23 3-6 0-2 3-4 2 2 0 9 Woodard 30 4-12 2-5 1-1 3 2 3 11 Novosel 20 6-7 0-1 6-6 2 2 0 18 Mallory 23 3-5 0-1 0-1 0 2 1 6 Jensen 35 4-12 3-7 0-0 2 3 4 11 Mallory 23 3-5 0-2 6-7 3 4 1 12 Solomon 19 4-10 0-0 3-6 10 3 2 11 Fujan 11 0-3 0-1 0-3 0 1 1 0 Solomon 17 0-5 0-0 0-0 5 1 1 0 Achonwa 9 5-6 0-0 3-4 3 0 2 13 Tritz 24 2-6 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 4 Badway 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Miller 15 0-1 0-0 3-4 2 1 1 3 Corbin 11 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 2 Achonwa 14 5-9 1-1 1-3 7 0 1 12 Turner 16 3-3 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 8 Nelson, S. 12 1-6 0-3 0-0 2 0 0 2 Miller 12 3-4 0-0 2-4 3 3 3 8 McBride 21 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 2 Kamphaus 8 1-5 0-0 1-2 4 0 1 3 Turner 20 3-6 2-4 0-0 1 3 0 8 Braker 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 Team 7 McBride 25 2-5 1-2 2-2 6 1 0 7 Team 2 Totals 200 22-66 7-26 3-7 33 11 12 54 Forr 6 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 Totals 200 30-60 2-5 17-26 35 19 13 79 Braker 9 4-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 8 Team 4 Notre Dame (91) Totals 200 36-63 5-13 17-24 44 23 7 94 Providence (43) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 17 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 6 2 4 Wright 25 4-7 0-0 1-1 5 0 5 9 Bruszewski 25 8-13 0-0 1-2 6 0 2 17 Valparaiso (43) McCabe 27 1-3 1-2 0-0 2 1 4 3 Diggins 27 7-13 2-3 2-2 1 1 1 18 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Hankins 33 6-15 0-0 4-4 9 3 4 16 Novosel 28 4-7 0-0 3-4 4 1 0 11 Gerardot 23 2-12 1-5 0-0 1 2 2 5 Pearson 32 0-7 0-3 0-0 2 2 4 0 Mallory 27 3-4 0-0 1-1 3 7 2 7 Lange 24 2-7 0-1 1-2 0 2 4 5 Wells 31 1-8 0-2 4-4 3 2 1 6 Solomon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Ray 20 2-7 1-5 1-2 1 0 2 6 Breslin 11 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 Badway 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Adams 23 1-5 0-1 0-0 3 0 2 2 Okafor 29 1-5 0-0 1-4 5 0 3 3 Achonwa 17 7-8 0-0 0-0 5 2 0 14 Richards 20 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 Edwards 12 2-3 0-0 2-2 3 0 1 6 Miller 16 2-2 0-0 0-0 6 0 3 4 Gick 17 3-5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 6 Team 7 Turner 17 1-2 1-1 0-0 1 5 2 3 Lang, S. 16 5-7 1-1 0-0 3 1 2 11 Totals 200 15-49 1-8 12-15 37 8 22 43 McBride 17 3-4 0-0 3-3 2 1 0 9 Thomas 16 1-4 1-2 0-0 3 2 3 3 Forr 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 Timmerman 24 1-4 1-3 0-0 2 2 1 3 Notre Dame 35 44 — 79 Braker 3 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 1 2 Horton 9 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 Providence 27 16 — 43 Team 6 Lang, E. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 38-60 3-4 12-14 38 23 13 91 Callaway 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 2 FG Pct: Notre Dame 50.0, Providence 30.6. 3-PT FG Pct: Team 6 Notre Dame 40.0, Providence 12.5. FT Pct: Notre Dame 65.4, Creighton 26 28 — 54 Totals 200 18-56 5-21 2-4 23 12 18 43 Providence 80.0. Turnovers: Notre Dame 10, Providence 28. Notre Dame 42 49 — 91 Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 6 (Peters, Solomon 2), Providence Notre Dame 49 45 — 94 5 (Okafor 3). Steals: Notre Dame 16 (Solomon 5), Providence FG Pct: Creighton 33.3, Notre Dame 63.3. 3-PT FG Pct: Creigh- Valparaiso 23 20 — 43 3. Attendance: 179. ton 26.9, Notre Dame 75.0. FT Pct: Creighton 42.9, Notre Dame 85.7. Turnovers: Creighton 17, Notre Dame 10. Blocked Shots: FG Pct: Notre Dame 57.1, Valparaiso 32.1. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Creighton 1, Notre Dame 8 (Peters, Braker 2). Steals: Creighton 4 Dame 38.5, Valparaiso 23.8. FT Pct: Notre Dame 70.8, Valparaiso NOTES: Notre Dame now has won 10 of its last 12 BIG EAST (Tritz 2), Notre Dame 11 (Miller 3). Attendance: 8,848. 50.0. Turnovers: Notre Dame 16, Valparaiso 26. Blocked Shots: Conference openers and is 12-4 (.750) in league lidlifters since Notre Dame 5 (Peters 4), Valparaiso 1. Steals: Notre Dame 24 joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96 … this was the eighth time in 10 (Mallory, Miller 5), Valparaiso 3. Attendance: 1,877. seasons that the Fighting Irish tipped off conference play on the NOTES: Notre Dame posts its school-record fifth win of the sea- road, with Notre Dame posting a 6-3 (.667) record in BIG EAST son by 35-plus points, topping the previous standard of four set openers away from home since joining the conference 16 seasons in 2008-09 … the Fighting Irish also have six 30-point victories, NOTES: Notre Dame posts its fourth 50-point win this season, and ago … this marked the earliest BIG EAST opener for Notre Dame more than halfway to the program record of 10 set in 2000-01 … sixth by at least 35 points (both school records) … the 51-point since Dec. 6, 2000, when the Fighting Irish defeated Villanova, Notre Dame eclipsed the 90-point mark for the fifth time this year, margin tied for the third-largest road win in school history, and 64-33 at Purcell Pavilion … the 36-point margin of victory was closing in on the school record of seven 90-point games set three largest since Nov. 20, 2007 (94-41 at Central Michigan) … the Notre Dame’s largest in a conference opener during both its times before (1996-97, 1998-99 and 2007-08) … the Fighting Irish Fighting Irish also top the 90-point mark for the sixth time this BIG EAST membership and the Muffet McGraw era (1987-88 shot a season-high 63.3 percent (38-of-60) from the floor, their year, one shy of the school record set three times (1996-97, to present); in fact, the last time the Fighting Irish won a league best field goal percentage in a single game since Nov. 23, 2008, 1998-99 and 2007-08) … Notre Dame earns its 23rd consecu- opener by more than the margin at PC was Dec. 13, 1985, when when they connected at a .646 clip (42-of-65) in a 102-54 win tive win when coming out of its December final exam break, a Notre Dame earned a 90-46 win at Marquette to tip off that year’s at Boston College … Notre Dame’s .655 second-half field goal run that started following a 73-67 home loss to UCLA on Dec. play in the now-defunct North Star Conference (almost exactly percentage (19-of-29) was its best in a single half since Jan. 10, 21, 1985 … Notre Dame earns its 15th consecutive win heading 25 years ago and two seasons before McGraw took the head 2009, when it shot .667 (18-of-27) from the floor in the second into the Christmas holiday break and rises to 25-9 (.735) all-time coaching reins at Notre Dame) … the win also was the largest for half of an 84-63 win over Georgetown at Purcell Pavilion … the in pre-Yuletide contests … the Fighting Irish register their 36th the Fighting Irish on the road since Nov. 23, 2008, when Notre Fighting Irish shot better than 60 percent from the field in both consecutive victory against a current Horizon League member; Dame won 102-54 at Boston College … the Fighting Irish improve halves of a game for the first time since Feb. 13, 2008 (62.1 and Notre Dame is 107-14 (.884) all-time against current Horizon to 19-0 all-time against Providence, winning by double digits for 66.7) in a 99-76 win over Marquette at Purcell Pavilion … for the League teams, including a 45-9 (.833) mark on the road … the the 16th time in the series … the 36-point spread was the largest second consecutive game, Notre Dame was charged with just 10 Fighting Irish have won 16 consecutive games against other Indi- for Notre Dame over the Friars since Jan. 30, 1999 (a 97-59 win turnovers … the Fighting Irish were facing Creighton for the first ana schools, improving to 121-32 (.791) all-time against in-state at Providence) … the 43 points allowed were the second-fewest time in 28 years, 11 months and two days (Jan. 9, 1982 - 69-48 opponents, with a 61-21 (.744) record outside of South Bend … by the Fighting Irish defense in the 19-game series, topped only Notre Dame win at St. Paul, Minn.), the longest hiatus between the Fighting Irish move to 24-0 all-time against Valparaiso, with on Jan. 19, 2002, with a 69-41 Notre Dame win at Alumni Hall series games in the 34-year history of Notre Dame women’s an 11-0 series record on the road … the 51-point margin is the … junior forward Erica Solomon recorded her second career basketball … the Fighting Irish earn their eighth consecutive win second-largest in Notre Dame’s 24-game series with Valparaiso, double-double, with both coming in the past six games (12 points, against the current Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) alignment topped only by an 84-27 Fighting Irish win over the Crusaders on 12 rebounds vs. IUPUI) … Solomon also notched a career-high and improve to 26-2 (.929) all-time against the Valley, including a Jan. 21, 1982, in Valparaiso … Notre Dame has held Valparaiso five steals (previous high was three on three occasions, the last 13-1 (.929) record at home, where they also have now won 12 in a to fewer than 60 points in 22 of 24 series games … the Fighting on Nov. 27 against Wake Forest at Purcell Pavilion) and tied her row against that league … Notre Dame rises to 17-1 (.944) against Irish recorded at least 20 steals for the fourth time this season, personal best with three assists (last achieved on Nov. 15 against the MVC during the 24-year McGraw era (1987-88 to present), notching at least 24 steals for the third time … the Fighting Irish Morehead State at Purcell Pavilion) … three days after scoring including a 10-0 record at Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish had shot at least 50 percent from the field for the fourth consecutive a season (and career) high 12 points against Purdue, freshman four players score in double figures for the eighth time this season game and seventh time in the past eight outings … Notre Dame forward Natalie Achonwa did one better at Providence with a (6-2 record) … for the third consecutive game, Natalie Achonwa posted a season-high +21 rebound margin, its largest advantage team-high 13 points in just nine minutes; Achonwa is the second posted a career-high scoring total, finishing with 14 points (7-8 on the glass since Jan. 6, 2009, at DePaul (50-29, +21) … the Fighting Irish player this season to register a “point-a-minute” FG) which also matched the most points scored by a Notre Dame Fighting Irish dished out at least 20 assists for the eighth time performance (min. 10 points scored), after Devereaux Peters had reserve this season … Becca Bruszewski dropped in a season- this year … Brittany Mallory scored a season-high 12 points a career-high 23 points in 16 minutes against New Hampshire on high 17 points … Brittany Mallory tied her career high with seven and matched her season best with five steals … Fraderica Miller Nov. 12 in the season opener at Purcell Pavilion … speaking of assists (also vs. Charlotte on Dec. 20, 2009 at Purcell Pavilion) scored a season-high eight points and tied her career high with Peters, the senior forward tied her career high with four assists, … Devereaux Peters dished out a career-high six assists, after five steals … for the second consecutive game, a Notre Dame a mark she first set in the Nov. 18 home game against UCLA. having four assists in a game on four separate occasions (most player came close to a perfect shooting night — Natalie Novosel recently on Dec. 8 at Providence) … Kaila Turner tied her career had a game-high 18 points (6-7 FG, 6-6 FT) after Natalie Achonwa best with five assists, having hit that mark in two prior outings scored a career-best 14 points (7-8 FG) in the Dec. 11 win over (most recently on Nov. 26 against IUPUI at Purcell Pavilion) … Creighton at Purcell Pavilion … Devereaux Peters recorded a several hundred stuffed animals were collected at halftime during season-high four blocked shots … Skylar Diggins handed out Notre Dame’s annual “Teddy Bear Toss,” with all collections going a game-high five assists, the seventh time this season she has to area charities including Riley Children’s Hospital. had 5+ assists in a game.
24 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME 2010-11 Box Scores
#16/14 Notre Dame 70, Gonzaga 61 #16/14 Notre Dame 91, Loyola Marymount 47 #16/14 Notre Dame 97, SE Missouri State 21 State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic January 2, 2011 December 29, 2010 December 30, 2010 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 13 KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.) GAME 14 KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.) GAME 15 Gonzaga (61) Notre Dame (91) SE Missouri State (21) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Standish 36 7-20 0-1 2-3 12 1 3 16 Peters 18 8-9 0-0 0-0 6 2 0 16 Harriel 19 0-2 0-1 0-0 3 1 3 0 Bowen 37 2-9 0-4 3-5 6 0 3 7 Bruszewski 19 6-6 0-0 0-0 4 3 0 12 Shiffer 28 0-4 0-0 1-2 3 0 2 1 Bekkering 30 3-9 1-6 0-0 1 1 0 7 Diggins 18 5-8 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 10 Evans 23 1-5 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 3 Vandersloot 38 4-14 0-3 2-3 1 7 4 10 Novosel 16 2-4 1-2 3-4 2 2 1 8 Davis 28 2-11 2-7 0-0 1 1 4 6 Redmon, K. 36 7-16 1-3 0-0 4 2 2 15 Mallory 20 2-5 2-3 0-0 1 1 2 6 Norman 28 1-9 1-6 0-0 1 1 2 3 Lorenzo 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Achonwa 17 1-6 0-0 3-4 6 1 2 5 Beck 30 0-8 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 0 Redmon, J. 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 4 0 Miller 23 1-4 0-0 4-4 5 1 4 6 Fields 13 1-7 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 3 Raap 18 3-3 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 6 Turner 25 1-4 1-2 0-0 1 6 1 3 Holmes 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Team 7 McBride 27 9-14 0-1 2-2 6 1 0 20 Roberts 28 2-10 1-7 0-0 5 1 4 5 Totals 200 26-71 2-17 7-11 36 13 17 61 Forr 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 Team 10 Braker 10 1-2 0-0 1-2 4 0 0 3 Totals 200 7-56 6-32 1-2 24 7 18 21 Team 3 Notre Dame (70) Totals 200 37-64 4-8 13-16 42 20 14 91 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Notre Dame (97) Peters 22 5-10 0-0 0-0 10 1 4 10 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Bruszewski 33 1-4 0-0 0-0 8 3 2 2 Loyola Marymount (47) Peters 14 5-12 0-0 1-3 13 2 1 11 Diggins 34 8-18 3-4 0-5 11 5 2 19 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Bruszewski 16 6-9 0-1 0-0 5 2 0 12 Novosel 33 8-11 2-2 9-9 4 1 2 27 Ysaguirre 16 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Diggins 19 7-8 0-1 4-5 4 7 1 18 Mallory 24 1-4 1-2 0-0 0 3 4 3 Love 18 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 4 Novosel 14 3-4 1-1 0-0 6 3 1 7 Achonwa 15 2-2 0-0 1-2 3 0 3 5 Ramirez 29 0-7 0-3 0-0 0 2 0 0 Mallory 15 1-6 1-6 0-0 1 1 0 3 Miller 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 Young 34 9-18 3-8 0-0 2 0 1 21 Badway 5 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 Turner 9 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 0 Nichols 26 6-17 1-3 4-6 1 0 2 17 Achonwa 18 4-6 0-0 0-0 7 2 1 8 McBride 20 2-6 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 4 Kerins 13 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 2 Miller 22 1-4 0-0 2-2 10 3 3 4 Team 6 Gomez 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Turner 24 1-5 1-4 4-4 4 3 0 7 Totals 200 27-55 6-10 10-17 44 15 19 70 Drinovsky 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 McBride 26 6-10 0-0 5-6 4 2 0 17 Collishaw 20 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 Forr 10 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 Gonzaga 35 26 — 61 Vargas 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Notre Dame 33 37 — 70 Braker 17 1-3 0-0 3-8 8 2 0 5 Wilkins 15 0-1 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 0 Team 4 Buckley 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Totals 200 37-71 4-14 19-28 66 27 8 97 FG Pct: Gonzaga 36.6, Notre Dame 49.1. 3-PT FG Pct: Gonzaga DeAngelis 1 0-0 0-0 3-3 0 0 0 3 11.8, Notre Dame 60.0. FT Pct: Gonzaga 63.6, Notre Dame 58.8. Team 5 SE Missouri St. 6 15 — 21 Turnovers: Gonzaga 18, Notre Dame 26. Blocked Shots: Gon- Notre Dame 46 51 — 97 zaga 3 (Standish 2), Notre Dame 3 (Peters 3). Steals: Gonzaga Totals 200 17-51 4-15 9-11 23 3 10 47 9 (Standish, Bowen, Vandersloot 2), Notre Dame 10 (Novosel, Notre Dame 39 52 — 91 FG Pct: SE Missouri State 12.5, Notre Dame 52.1. 3-PT FG Pct: Mallory 3). Technical Foul: Peters (ND). Attendance: 1,352. Loyola Marymount 21 26 — 47 SE Missouri State 18.8, Notre Dame 28.6. FT Pct: SE Missouri State 50.0, Notre Dame 67.9. Turnovers: SE Missouri State 22, FG Pct: Notre Dame 57.8, Loyola Marymount 33.3. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 12. Blocked Shots: SE Missouri State 1, Notre NOTES: Notre Dame has won 25 of its last 28 regular-season Notre Dame 50.0, Loyola Marymount 26.7. FT Pct: Notre Dame Dame 5 (Achonwa, Braker 2). Steals: SE Missouri State 5 (Beck tournament games (dating back to the start of the 1996-97 season), 81.3, Loyola Marymount 81.8. Turnovers: Notre Dame 15, Loyola 2), Notre Dame 16 (Miller 5). Attendance: 8,653. including a current streak of seven in a row … the Fighting Irish Marymount 24. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 7 (Braker 3), Loyola improve to 4-2 this season against first-time opponents, 25-3 Marymount 0. Steals: Notre Dame 15 (Peters 5), Loyola Marymount (.893) against new foes since the start of the 2000-01 season, 5 (Young 2). Attendance: 1,026. NOTES: Notre Dame set six school records in the victory — fewest and 45-7 (.865) against first-time opponents since joining the BIG points allowed in a game, fewest points allowed in a half, lowest EAST Conference in 1995-96 … Notre Dame rises to 4-1 all-time opponent field goal percentage, largest rebound margin, most against schools from Washington state (2-1 vs. Washington, 1-0 NOTES: Notre Dame is the 32nd NCAA Division I school to earn consecutive points scored (at any time) and most consecutive vs. Gonzaga, 1-0 vs. Pacific Lutheran) … the Fighting Irish are its 700th all-time women’s basketball victory — the Fighting Irish points scored at the start of the game … the Fighting Irish opened 6-1 (.857) all-time against current West Coast Conference teams, now are 700-305 (.697) in 34 seasons of varsity competition … on a 36-0 run covering the first 14:39 of the game, during which with this being the first for Notre Dame against a WCC opponent Notre Dame has won 26 of its last 29 regular-season tournament time Southeast Missouri State missed all 18 of its shots and since March 17, 2000 (an 87-61 win over San Diego in the first games, including eight in a row (and all five this season) … although had 12 turnovers … Notre Dame also posted the second-largest round of the NCAA Championship at Purcell Pavilion) … this the State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic didn’t officially declare a margin of victory in school history (76 points), topped only by a was Notre Dame’s first win in six all-time games in Seattle, and tournament champion (the matchups were pre-determined because 78-point margin in a 113-35 win over Liberty on Nov. 24, 1989, just its second in seven career games in the state of Washington Gonzaga and Loyola Marymount could not play each other as at the UCF Rotary Classic in Orlando … the Fighting Irish pulled (the Fighting Irish defeated Pacific Lutheran, 57-48, in Tacoma members of the West Coast Conference since they will meet later down 66 rebounds, the fifth-highest total in school history and on March 12, 1980, in the AIAW Division III Tournament) … Notre on in league play), the game with LMU was a de-facto title clash most since Nov. 21, 1998, when they had 67 boards against Dame has won eight in a row and is 23-11 (.676) all-time when … Devereaux Peters was voted as the tournament Most Valuable Duke in an 84-57 home win … this was Notre Dame’s eighth playing its first game after the Christmas holiday, including an Player, while Natalie Novosel made the all-tournament team … 90-point game of the season, erasing the old school record of 11-5 (.688) mark away from South Bend and a 17-7 (.708) record the Fighting Irish registered their seventh win this season by 35 seven that was set three times (1996-97, 1998-99 and 2007-08) in the 24-year McGraw era … Notre Dame won for the first time points or more, extending their school record in that category … … the Fighting Irish registered their ninth 30-point win of the this season (in three tries) when trailing at halftime … for the first this also was the eighth 30-point triumph this year, two shy of the year, one shy of the school record set in 2000-01 … Southeast time this season, the Fighting Irish won when shooting less than school record in that department (set in 2000-01) … the Fighting Missouri State was the seventh different first-time opponent for 50 percent from the floor (albeit barely, as they connected as a Irish topped the 90-point mark for the seventh time this season, Notre Dame this season; the Fighting Irish are 5-2 against new .491 clip against Gonzaga) … Notre Dame’s .600 three-point tying the school record set on three other occasions (1996-97, foes this season, as well as 26-3 (.897) since the start of the percentage was its second-best of the season (.750, 3-4 vs. 1998-99 and 2007-08) … Notre Dame came into this week’s 2000-01 season and 46-7 (.868) since joining the BIG EAST in Creighton Dec. 11) … the Fighting Irish committed 26 turnovers, tournament having never won in the city of Seattle (and just once 1995-96 … Notre Dame also now has won 23 consecutive home their second-highest total of the season (27 vs. UCLA on Nov. 18) in six previous games in the state of Washington), but leaves the games against first-time opponents, dating back to Jan. 18, … Notre Dame had two players register double-doubles in the Emerald City with two victories … the Fighting Irish also improve 1996 … the Fighting Irish are 10-1 all-time against schools from same game for the first time since March 23, 2008, when Ashley to 7-1 (.875) all-time against WCC schools … Notre Dame is 2-0 the state of Missouri and 3-0 all-time against current members Barlow (20 pts/12 rebs) and Charel Allen (14 pts/11 rebs) turned all-time against Loyola Marymount, having also won 78-40 back of the Ohio Valley Conference … Notre Dame is 14-2 (.875) in the trick against SMU in the first round of the NCAA Championship on Jan. 3, 1987, in Los Angeles … the LMU series was the last of its first game of a new calendar year, having now won five in a at West Lafayette, Ind. … Natalie Novosel scored a career-high four non-conference rivalries that Notre Dame renewed this year row and seven of their last eight January openers … Devereaux 27 points, four more than her previous high set on Nov. 27, 2010, following a hiatus of a decade or longer — the others were UCLA Peters recorded her third career double-double and second this against Wake Forest at Purcell Pavilion … Novosel’s 27 points are (12 years), Butler (11 years) and Creighton (29 years) … the Fight- season (both in the past three games) … Fraderica Miller pulled the most by a Notre Dame player since Skylar Diggins’ 31-point ing Irish move to 23-15 (.605) all-time against California schools, down a career-high 10 rebounds. effort against Vermont in the second round of last year’s NCAA including a 21-7 (.750) record in the 24-year Muffet McGraw era Championship (March 23, 2010) at Purcell Pavilion … Novosel’s … Notre Dame rises to 20-14 (.588) all-time in its final game before 9-for-9 free throw shooting performance against Gonzaga was the start of the new year (12-11, .522 away from South Bend), the best by a Notre Dame player since March 25, 2008, when with a 17-7 (.708) record in the McGraw era and its current “end- Allen went 12-for-12 from the charity stripe against Oklahoma in of-December” winning streak stretching to four games … the the second round of the NCAA Championship at West Lafayette, Fighting Irish shot .578 from the floor, their second-best field goal Ind. … Diggins posted her second career double-double and percentage of the season … for the second consecutive game, grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds, after her previous double- a Notre Dame player posted a new career scoring high, as Kayla double (vs. Pittsburgh, Feb. 6, 2010 at Purcell Pavilion) featured McBride scored a career-high 20 points and also tied her career her former personal high with 10 rebounds … Devereaux Peters high with six rebounds … Kaila Turner dished out a career-high also chalked up the second double-double of her career, and first six assists … Becca Bruszewski’s 6-for-6 effort was a career best since Jan. 27, 2008, when she tallied 10 points and 12 rebounds but one short of the minimum number of made shots for inclusion against Connecticut at Purcell Pavilion. in the school’s record books.
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#13/12 Notre Dame 73, Marquette 55 January 5, 2011 Al McGuire Center (Milwaukee, Wis.) GAME 16 Notre Dame (73) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 30 9-12 0-0 0-0 8 0 4 18 Bruszewski 15 1-3 0-0 2-2 3 2 4 4 Diggins 27 3-13 1-3 2-2 5 4 3 9 Novosel 29 4-10 0-3 6-7 7 3 3 14 Mallory 32 4-7 3-4 2-2 2 2 1 13 Badway 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Achonwa 26 5-7 0-0 2-2 4 1 0 12 Miller 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 Turner 9 0-3 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 McBride 19 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 2 Forr 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Braker 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 Team 5 Totals 200 27-57 4-12 15-18 39 13 22 73
Marquette (55) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Plouffe 26 2-4 0-1 0-0 7 0 1 4 Fiedorowicz 21 1-3 0-0 2-3 2 2 4 4 Simmons 20 2-7 0-0 0-0 4 1 2 4 McMorris 27 5-9 3-6 2-2 3 2 1 15 Robinson 33 4-10 1-1 5-8 4 3 1 14 Collins 23 4-11 0-0 2-4 8 1 1 10 Weibel 19 1-5 1-5 0-0 3 0 2 3 Young 7 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 Thomas 5 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 1 1 Minix 19 0-4 0-2 0-1 1 4 3 0 Team 2 Totals 200 19-56 5-17 12-20 35 14 16 55 Notre Dame 40 33 — 73 Marquette 31 24 — 55
FG Pct: Notre Dame 47.4, Marquette 33.9. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 33.3, Marquette 29.4. FT Pct: Notre Dame 83.3, Marquette 60.0. Turnovers: Notre Dame 18, Marquette 24. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 5 (Peters 2), Marquette 2 (Fiedorowicz 2). Steals: Notre Dame 14 (Peters, Mallory 4), Marquette 9 (Plouffe, Robinson, Minix 2). Attendance: 1,300.
NOTES: Notre Dame snaps a two-game losing streak at the Al McGuire Center, picking up its first win at Marquette since Dec. 19, 2004 (a 50-47 victory on a Jacqueline Batteast three-pointer at the horn) … this was the largest win for the Fighting Irish at Marquette since Dec. 21, 2000, when Notre Dame posted a 75-56 win over the Golden Eagles at their former home, U.S. Cellular Arena … Notre Dame improves to 30-6 all-time against Marquette, including an 11-5 record on the road — the 30 series wins and 36 series games both are school records … the Fighting Irish are the first team to win back-to-back games in the series since Marquette joined the BIG EAST Conference in 2005-06 … Notre Dame is 12-2 against Marquette in conference play, including the schools’ prior memberships in the (now-defunct) North Star Conference (4-0) and the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now the Horizon League) (4-0) in addition to the BIG EAST (4-2) … the Fighting Irish have scored at least 70 points in 24 of their last 30 games against Marquette, while the Golden Eagles have reached the 70-point mark five times in that span … Notre Dame is 200-17 (.922) when leading at halftime since the start of the 2000-01 season, including wins in 128 of their last 139 such contests and an active streak of 37 in a row … the Fighting Irish move to 219-15 (.936) when holding their opponent to fewer than 60 points since joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96.
26 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Head Coach Muffet McGraw 24th season at ND (538-206, .723) • 29th season overall (626-247, .717)
“If we searched for an entire year, I don’t think we would find Still, with all of those accomplishments in hand, McGraw has anyone better suited for our program.” shown no signs of slowing down any time soon. In July 2008, the veteran head coach signed a contract extension that will keep her With those words, former Notre Dame athletics director Gene patrolling the Irish sidelines through the 2014-15 campaign. Corrigan announced the hiring of Muffet McGraw as the third “For more than 20 years, Muffet has led our program with head coach of the Irish women’s basketball program on May 18, integrity and passion, and, of course, to much success,” said 1987. Corrigan may not have realized it at the time, but he also Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Notre Dame’s president. “As we ushered in an era of unparalleled success in women’s basketball look forward to many more years together, I am confident that the at Notre Dame, brought to life on the shoulders of a 5-foot-6 dy- excellence she has achieved on and off the court will continue.” namo who accepts nothing less than the very best from herself, Under McGraw’s guidance, the past 16 seasons (1995-96 to her players and her program. 2010-11) have been the most successful in Notre Dame’s history. Women’s Basketball Ask anyone familiar with women’s basketball about McGraw The Irish have compiled an impressive 379-126 (.750) record, and her Notre Dame program and inevitably, you’ll hear the same including a sparkling 190-60 (.760) regular-season mark in BIG Hall of Fame, 2011 two words — consistency and excellence. And it’s no wonder, EAST play, the second-best winning percentage in league history. when you consider what McGraw and the Irish have achieved in Notre Dame also has averaged more than 23 victories per year Consensus National the past 23 seasons: during that span, with two 30-win seasons and seven 25-win campaigns to its credit. The Irish have won at least one NCAA Coach of the Year, • The 2001 NCAA Championship, defeating Purdue in the title Tournament game 13 times in the past 15 years, advancing to the 2001 game, 68-66. McGraw is one of only eight active Division I Sweet 16 eight times (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, coaches to guide her team to a national title. 2010) and the Final Four twice (1997 and 2001). • Two trips to the NCAA Final Four (1997 and 2001). McGraw Success for McGraw also has meant coaching great players. Naismith National is one of just 15 active Division I coaches to lead her team to During her illustrious career, the Notre Dame skipper has coached Coach of the Year multiple Final Four appearances. 11 All-Americans, including 2001 consensus National Player of the • Eight NCAA Sweet 16 trips, all in the past 14 seasons (1997- Year Ruth Riley. She also has worked with five players who have Finalist, 1997, 1998, 2010). The Irish are one of only 10 programs in the nation that been selected for USA Basketball National Teams, with those play- can make that claim. ers going on to win a total of nine medals (highlighted by Riley’s 2001, 2005 • 20 seasons with 20-or-more victories, including 16 in the past gold with the ’04 U.S. Olympic Team). In addition, McGraw has 17 years (1993-2010). Notre Dame also has posted seven 25- coached 22 players who have earned all-conference recognition Conference Coach win seasons and two 30-win campaigns in the past 14 years a total of 48 times, including 15 first-team picks who have been of the Year, 1983, (1997-2010). chosen a total of 27 times, and has helped shape several other • 17 NCAA Tournament appearances, including a current string national award winners, namely two Frances Pomeroy Naismith 1988, 1991, 2001 of 15 consecutive NCAA Tournament berths. During the first award recipients (Niele Ivey in 2001, Megan Duffy in 2006) and 15 years of this current streak (1996-2010), Notre Dame has 2002 United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) NCAA National won at least one NCAA postseason game 13 times. National Freshman of the Year Jacqueline Batteast. • 66 wins over ranked opponents, including 56 in the past 12- Another sign of McGraw’s success has been her ability to Champion, 2001 plus seasons alone (1998-2011). In addition, 20 of those wins prepare her players for the next level. No less than 21 Notre have come against top-10 opponents. Dame cagers have gone on to play professionally (domestically or NCAA Final Four • 206 appearances in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, putting overseas), including nine who either have been drafted or signed McGraw 13th among active Division I coaches and 22nd all- as free agents with WNBA teams. The past decade has seen the 1997, 2001 time on that list (through the Jan. 3, 2010 poll). Notre Dame greatest influx of Irish talent into the WNBA, with seven Notre also has spent 95 weeks ranked among the top 10 teams in Dame players having been selected in the league’s annual draft NCAA Tournament the nation, all in the past 13-plus seasons (1997-2011). since 2001. Four of those players — Riley, Ivey, Kelley Siemon 1992, 1994, 1996- • 12 top-four finishes in the BIG EAST Conference during and Ericka Haney — were starters on the ’01 Irish NCAA cham- Notre Dame’s first 15 years in that league (1995-96 through pionship team, and five of the recent Irish WNBA draftees (Riley, 2010 2009-10). The Irish also won a share of the 2001 BIG EAST Ivey, Batteast, Duffy and Charel Allen) earned All-America status regular-season title. during their careers at Notre Dame. NIT 1989, 1991, • 15 consecutive top-20 recruiting classes, dating to the incoming Dedicated to helping grow and further the sport in any way class of 1997. Notre Dame is one of just three programs in the possible, McGraw has groomed 10 of her former players and/or 1995 nation that owns an active streak of that length. assistant coaches who currently are serving as coaches at either • Ranks among the top 20 active NCAA Division I coaches with the high school or college level. Of those 10 proteges, five pres- 626 career wins (reaching the 600-win milestone on Jan. 19, ently are Division I head coaches — 1988 Notre Dame graduate 2010, at Louisville in her 839th game, tying for 10th-fastest Sandy Botham (Wisconsin-Milwaukee), 1997 Notre Dame to 600 wins in Division I history) and a .717 all-time winning graduate and the school’s all-time leading scorer Beth (Morgan) percentage. Cunningham (Virginia Commonwealth), Bill Fennelly (Iowa • One of only five coaches in the 124-year history of Fighting Irish State), Kevin McGuff (Xavier) and 1991 Notre Dame graduate athletics to win 500 games at Notre Dame, joining fencing’s Coquese Washington (Penn State). McGuff and Washington Michael DeCicco and Yves Auriol, men’s tennis/wrestling (along with current Irish associate coach Carol Owens) comprised coach Tom Fallon and baseball’s Jake Kline. McGraw’s assistant coaching staff on the 2001 Irish NCAA national • Far and away the winningest basketball coach (men’s or championship squad, while McGuff and Owens also were on staff women’s) in school history, with noted men’s skipper Richard for Notre Dame’s run to the 1997 NCAA Final Four. “Digger” Phelps second on that list (393 wins). A native of West Chester, Pa., McGraw received her bachelor’s • A perfect 100-percent graduation rate for all players entering degree in sociology from Saint Joseph’s University (Pa.) in 1977. the program since 1987 who have completed their athletic and Following graduation, she coached for two seasons at Philadel- academic eligibility at Notre Dame (a spotless 62-for-62 suc- phia’s Archbishop Carroll High School (50-3 record) and two more cess rate). The Irish have posted a perfect 100-percent NCAA at her alma mater as an assistant coach under Jim Foster (now Graduation Success Rate (GSR) score in each of the past four the head coach at Ohio State). In 1982, McGraw was named head years, and they are one of only five programs in the country to coach at Lehigh University, her teams finishing 88-41 (.683) during NOTE: McGraw’s complete bio, combine a perfect GSR score with a trip to the NCAA Sweet her five-year tenure. including year-by-year records/ 16 twice within the past three seasons (2008 and 2010). McGraw and her husband, Matt, celebrated their 33rd wedding results can be found on 64-69 anniversary in 2010 and make their home in Granger, Ind. They of this year’s Notre Dame wom- Add it all up and you have the framework for a Hall of Fame are the proud parents of 20-year-old son Murphy, who is a junior en’s basketball media guide. career. And, on July 10, 2010, that’s exactly what McGraw became, at Indiana University. as she was named to the six-person Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011. McGraw officially will become the Hall’s first Notre Dame representative when she is inducted during Enshrine- ment Weekend activities June 10-12, 2011, in Knoxville, Tenn. Career Highs # Points...... 3 (2) 2 Veronica Badway last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11)
Guard • 5-7 • Jr.-HS Rebounds...... 2 Pittsburgh, Pa. (Fox Chapel Area HS) vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) Assists...... None Overview u Officially added as a walk-on player during preseason. Field Goals...... 1 (2) last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Gritty, hard-working guard who adds depth to Notre Dame roster. u Cerebral player who makes significant contributions during practices and games. Field Goal Attempts...... 3 u Nickname is “V”. vs. IUPUI (11/26/10)
3-Point Field Goals...... 1 (2) High School last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Three-year starter and two-year captain at Fox Chapel Area High School in Pittsburgh, Pa. u 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 1 (2) Averaged 9.0 points, 7.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as a senior in 2007-08, leading last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) team to the first WPIAL Class 4A sectional title. u Played in the A-K Valley Cager Classic (all-star game) following her senior season. Free Throws...... 1 u Also played for a trio of successful AAU programs in western Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania Hoopstars, vs. Morehead State (11/15/10) Pittsburgh Press and SMAC PA Elite. u National Honor Society member who graduated as a senior scholar and was among the top five percent Free Throw Attempts...... 2 in her graduating class. vs. Morehead State (11/15/10) Steals...... 1 Personal Data vs. Morehead State (11/15/10) u Born June 4, 1990, in Pittsburgh, Pa. … second of four children (older brother Aaron, younger brother Blaise and younger sister Gabriella) born to Andrea and David Badway … father is a 1978 graduate of Blocked Shots...... None Notre Dame. u One of three Pennsylvania residents on this year’s Fighting Irish roster, joining freshman guard Kayla Minutes Played...... 6 vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) McBride (Erie) and fellow walk-on, senior forward Mary Forr (Altoona). u Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, as an accounting major … dean’s list honoree each semester … recipient of Notre Dame Accountancy Excellence Scholarship … member of Notre Dame’s Beta Alpha Miscellaneous Psi international honorary society (accounting/finance). Double-doubles...... 0 u Only the second Fighting Irish player ever to wear No. 2, following in the footsteps of two-time honorable Double-figure scoring games... 0 mention All-America guard (and Monessen, Pa., native) Charel Allen. 20-point games...... 0 Double-figure rebound games.... 0 5-assist games...... 0 2010-11 Highlights 5-steal games...... 0 u Made college debut late in season opener vs. New Hampshire, hitting a three-pointer and grabbing a rebound in four minutes. u Also played four minutes against Morehead State, converting 1-of-2 free throws and adding a steal. u Connected on a three-pointer during a home rout of Southeast Missouri State.
Badway Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 4 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.0 IUPUI 11/26/10 6 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.3 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 2 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 BUTLER 11/28/10 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 PURDUE 12/05/10 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 2 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 SE MISSOURI ST. 01/02/11 5 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.8 at Marquette 01/05/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 TOTAL 0 28 2 7 .286 2 2 1.000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.3 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 0.7 Badway’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 10 0 28 2.8 2 7 .286 2 2 1.000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.3 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 0.7 TOTAL 10 0 28 2.8 2 7 .286 2 2 1.000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.3 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 0.7 Badway’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Career Highs # Points...... 31 4 Skylar Diggins vs. Vermont (3/23/10) Guard • 5-9 • So.-1V Rebounds...... 11 South Bend, Ind. (Washington HS) vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) Assists...... 9 Did You Know? vs. Marquette (2/23/10) u One of three McDonald’s All-Americans (McBride, Peters) on 2010-11 Fighting Field Goals...... 13 Irish roster. vs. Vermont (3/23/10) u Received NCAA waiver to participate in the inaugural ESPNW Retreat Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2010, in La Jolla, Calif. … took part in panel discussion entitled “The Field Goal Attempts...... 21 (2) Future: The Journey To Becoming A World-Class Athlete”, joining 16-year-old last vs. UCLA (11/18/10) snowboard phenom Maddy Schaffrick and USA Hockey forward Kendall Coyne for the session … some other notable female sports figures who participated in 3-Point Field Goals...... 4 (3) the ESPNW Retreat included 39-time Grand Slam tennis champion and women’s sports pioneer Billie Jean last at Baylor (12/1/10) King, Olympic gold medalists Jennie Finch (softball), Julie Foudy (soccer), Shannon Miller (gymnastics), Jessica Mendoza (President of the Women’s Sports Foundation and former Olympic softball silver medal 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 9 at Syracuse (1/30/10) ist), champion boxer Laila Ali (daughter of the legendary Muhammad Ali), multi-time X Games champion snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler and ESPN Sportscenter anchor/1983 Notre Dame graduate Hannah Storm. Free Throws...... 10 Honors & Awards ... added five assists and four steals against the at St. John’s (2/16/10) u State Farm/WBCA Wade Trophy Watch List Lady Bears. u u Scored all 14 of her points in the first half against Free Throw Attempts...... 12 Preseason John R. Wooden Award Watch List at St. John’s (2/16/10) u Preseason Naismith Trophy Watch List Purdue, including six in the first three minutes ... u also handed out a game-high six assists. Preseason All-BIG EAST Team (unanimous) u Steals...... 7 u BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 6) Averaged 17.5 ppg, 5.5 apg and 2.5 spg while shooting .484 (15-of-31) from the floor during a vs. Vermont (3/23/10) 2010-11 Highlights two-game jaunt from Dec. 1-5 (Baylor and Purdue) Blocked Shots...... 3 u to earn BIG EAST Honor Roll honors (Dec. 6). Ranks second on team in scoring (13.3 ppg), tops u vs. San Diego St. (11/26/09) in assists (4.5 apg) and fourth in steals (1.7 spg). Drained 5-of-11 shots for 10 points at Providence. u u Scorched Creighton for game-high 18 points. Collected 12 points, four assists and four steals u Minutes Played...... 47 in season opener against New Hampshire. Posted second career double-double in win over vs. UCLA (11/18/10) u Had game-high eight assists vs. Morehead State. Gonzaga, pairing 19 points with career-best 11 u Led all scorers with 22 points and added team-high rebounds and team-high five assists (second 5-5-5 Miscellaneous game of season; 10th of career). five assists in career-best 47 minutes of double u Double-doubles...... 2 overtime loss vs. #15 UCLA. Needed 19 minutes to hit 7 of 8 shots for 18 points Double-figure scoring games.36 u Went for 18 points at #9 Kentucky. with seven assists against Southeast Missouri 20-point games...... 9* u State. Posted a pair of seven-assist games during the u Double-figure rebound games.... 2 WBCA Classic against IUPUI and Butler. Racked nine points and four assists to help down 5-assist games...... 16 u Matched All-American Brittney Griner for game- Marquette. 5-steal games...... 3 high honors with 21 points (including 15 in a 17-2 * - includes one 30-point game second-half run that pulled Irish within six with 5:00 left) during a road defeat at #2/3 Baylor ... tied a career-best mark with a quartet of three-pointers Diggins Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 * 19 4 11 .364 0 1 .000 4 6 .667 2 0 2 2.0 1 0 4 3 0 4 12 12.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 * 21 4 9 .444 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 2 1 3 2.5 1 0 8 2 0 2 9 10.5 UCLA 11/18/10 * 47 10 21 .476 0 4 .000 2 3 .667 0 1 1 2.0 4 0 5 6 0 3 22 14.3 at Kentucky 11/21/10 * 34 7 17 .412 0 2 .000 4 5 .800 0 3 3 2.3 4 0 1 6 1 1 18 15.3 IUPUI 11/26/10 * 22 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 3 5 .600 0 4 4 2.6 1 0 7 2 0 2 7 13.6 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 * 29 3 9 .333 0 1 .000 5 7 .714 0 2 2 2.5 3 0 2 3 0 3 11 13.2 BUTLER 11/28/10 * 27 3 6 .500 0 2 .000 5 5 1.000 3 2 5 2.9 2 0 7 2 2 1 11 12.9 at Baylor 12/01/10 * 39 8 17 .471 4 7 .571 1 3 .333 0 1 1 2.6 1 0 5 7 0 4 21 13.9 PURDUE 12/05/10 * 34 7 14 .500 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 3 0 3 2.7 2 0 6 2 0 1 14 13.9 at Providence 12/08/10 * 29 5 11 .455 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 4 5 2.9 1 0 3 2 1 1 10 13.5 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 * 27 7 13 .538 2 3 .667 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 2.7 1 0 1 2 0 0 18 13.9 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 * 16 1 3 .333 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 0 2 2 2.7 0 0 5 1 0 2 3 13.0 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 * 34 8 18 .444 3 4 .750 0 5 .000 2 9 11 3.3 2 0 5 8 0 0 19 13.5 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 * 18 5 8 .625 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 3.3 2 0 2 2 1 0 10 13.2 SE MISSOURI ST. 01/02/11 * 19 7 8 .875 0 1 .000 4 5 .800 1 3 4 3.3 1 0 7 2 0 2 18 13.5 at Marquette 01/05/11 * 27 3 13 .231 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 3.4 3 0 4 3 0 1 9 13.3 TOTAL 16 442 84 184 .457 11 35 .314 33 53 .623 17 38 55 3.4 29 0 72 53 5 27 212 13.3 Diggins’ Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2009-10 35 30 1028 29.4 169 385 .439 35 100 .350 111 142 .782 48 95 143 4.1 80 0 112 97 23 90 484 13.8 2010-11 16 16 442 27.6 84 184 .457 11 35 .314 33 53 .623 17 38 55 3.4 29 0 72 53 5 27 212 13.3 TOTAL 51 46 1470 28.8 253 569 .445 46 135 .341 144 195 .738 65 133 198 3.9 109 0 184 150 28 117 696 13.6 Diggins’ Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2009-10 16 15 479 29.9 76 172 .442 17 49 .347 53 70 .757 21 38 59 3.7 41 0 50 39 7 36 222 13.9 2010-11 2 2 56 28.0 8 24 .333 1 3 .333 2 3 .667 2 8 10 5.0 4 0 7 5 1 2 19 9.5 TOTAL 18 17 535 29.7 84 196 .429 18 52 .346 55 73 .753 23 46 69 3.8 45 0 57 44 8 38 241 13.4 Career Highs # Points...... 14 11 Natalie Achonwa vs. Creighton (12/11/10)
Forward • 6-3 • Fr.-HS Rebounds...... 13 Guelph, Ontario (St. Mary’s Catholic) at Kentucky (11/21/10) Assists...... 5 Did You Know? vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) u Last name is pronounced “uh-CHAWN-wuh” … nicknames are “Ace” (short- ened version of last name and/or her jersey numbers) or “Canada”. Field Goals...... 7 u First international player in the 34-year history of the Notre Dame women’s vs. Creighton (12/11/10) basketball program. u Youngest player ever to suit up for Canadian Senior National Team, doing so Field Goal Attempts...... 10 at age 16 in September 2009. vs. Purdue (12/6/10) u Held her own against some of world’s top players, facing off with three-time WNBA MVP (and Australian National Team forward) Lauren Jackson and 2010 3-Point Field Goals...... 1 WNBA Rookie of the Year (and USA center) Tina Charles, among others, while at Valparaiso (12/20/10) representing Canada at 2010 FIBA World Championships in the Czech Republic. 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 1 u Honors & Awards Averaged 13.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, at Valparaiso (12/20/10) u BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (Dec. 13) scoring better than a point per minute (27 points in 26 minutes), and registered an astronomical .857 Free Throws...... 5 2010-11 Highlights field goal percentage (12-of-14) during a two-game vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) u Averaging 8.7 ppg. and 5.5 rpg. ... leads BIG EAST stretch (Dec. 8-11) to earn BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors. with .620 field goal percentage. u Free Throw Attempts...... 6 u Nearly chalked up “5-5-5” game in her college de- Tallied a career-high14 points (on 7-of-8 shooting), vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) but against New Hampshire, finishing with seven the highest production by a Notre Dame reserve points, four rebounds and game-high five assists on the season, and added five rebounds during a Steals...... 3 home victory over Creighton. before fouling out in 16 minutes. u vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) u One of four Fighting Irish players in double figures One of three Irish players to score in double figures against Morehead State with 10 points (5-8 FG). (12 points) against Valparaiso while successfully Blocked Shots...... 2 u draining her first career three-point attempt. Grabbed career-high 13 boards — including eight u vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) on the offensive end — and scored four points at Good for eight points, seven boards, two assists, #9 Kentucky. two blocks and two steals in a home rout of South- Minutes Played...... 28 u east Missouri State. Dropped in 11 points during win over Wake Forest u vs. UCLA (11/18/10) in WBCA Classic. Registered 12 points, four rebounds and two steals u Posted a season-high 12 points during a home at Marquette. Miscellaneous win over Purdue while snatching seven caroms with four assists and two steals in 24 minutes. Double-doubles...... 0 u Made quick work of Providence with a team- and Double-figure scoring games... 7 career-high 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting in only 20-point games...... 0 nine minutes (weakened by flu). Double-figure rebound games.... 1 5-block games...... 0 5-assist games...... 1 Achonwa Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 16 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 2 2 4 4.0 5 1 5 2 0 2 7 7.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 17 5 8 .625 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 3 3 3.5 2 0 1 3 1 1 10 8.5 UCLA 11/18/10 28 4 5 .800 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 3 6 9 5.3 1 0 0 6 1 0 9 8.7 at Kentucky 11/21/10 22 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 8 5 13 7.3 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 7.5 IUPUI 11/26/10 16 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 3 2 5 6.8 2 0 0 1 0 3 9 7.8 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 15 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 3 2 5 6.5 0 0 3 2 0 2 11 8.3 BUTLER 11/28/10 19 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 6.1 0 0 2 0 1 1 6 8.0 at Baylor 12/01/10 16 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 5.8 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 7.3 PURDUE 12/05/10 24 5 10 .500 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 4 3 7 5.9 3 0 4 2 1 2 12 7.8 at Providence 12/08/10 9 5 6 .833 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 1 2 3 5.6 2 0 0 0 0 1 13 8.3 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 17 7 8 .875 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 3 5 5.5 0 0 2 0 1 1 14 8.8 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 14 5 9 .556 1 1 1.000 1 3 .333 5 2 7 5.7 1 0 0 2 0 1 12 9.1 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 15 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 3 3 5.5 3 0 0 5 0 1 5 8.8 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 17 1 6 .167 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 2 4 6 5.5 2 0 1 4 1 1 5 8.5 SE MISSOURI ST. 01/02/11 18 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 5 7 5.6 1 0 2 1 2 2 8 8.5 at Marquette 01/05/11 26 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 5.5 0 0 1 2 1 2 12 8.7 TOTAL 0 289 57 92 .620 1 1 1.000 24 35 .686 37 51 88 5.5 28 1 22 32 10 22 139 8.7 Achonwa’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 16 0 289 18.1 57 92 .620 1 1 1.000 24 35 .686 37 51 88 5.5 28 1 22 32 10 22 139 8.7 TOTAL 16 0 289 18.1 57 92 .620 1 1 1.000 24 35 .686 37 51 88 5.5 28 1 22 32 10 22 139 8.7 Achonwa’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 2 0 35 17.5 10 13 .769 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 1 6 7 3.5 2 0 1 2 1 3 25 12.5 TOTAL 2 0 35 17.5 10 13 .769 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 1 6 7 3.5 2 0 1 2 1 3 25 12.5 Career Highs # Points...... 11 12 Fraderica Miller vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11/15/09)
Guard • 5-10 • Jr.-2V Rebounds...... 10 Atlanta, Ga. (The Marist School) vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Assists...... 3 (2) Did You Know? last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u First name is pronounced “fruh-DARE-uh-kuh” … nickname is “Fred”. u Field Goals...... 5 Also strong in the classroom, earning dean’s list honors in spring 2009 with vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11/15/09) 3.667 semester GPA (she is enrolled in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business as an accounting major with a secondary major in film, television & Field Goal Attempts...... 8 theater through the College of Arts and Letters). vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11/15/09) u One of eight Irish players who also competed in another sport in high school — ran track & field, competing primarily in sprints (100m/200m/400m). 3-Point Field Goals...... None
2010-11 Highlights 3-Point Field Goal Att.... None u Posting career high averges in scoring (2.6 ppg.), Free Throws...... 4 rebounding (2.8 rpg.), assists (1.0 apg.) and steals vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) (2.1 spg.) this season. u Nabbed three steals, two rebounds and two assists Free Throw Attempts...... 5 in season opener against New Hampshire. vs. Loyola-Chicago (12/20/08) u Nearly tallied first career “5-5-5” game with five Steals...... 5 (4) points, career-high-tying five steals and four re- last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) bounds against Morehead State. u Provided a huge spark while coming off the bench Blocked Shots...... 1 (2) against Creighton with six boards, four points and last vs. IPFW (12/8/09) three steals in 16 minutes. u Eight points, three assists and five steals at Val- Minutes Played...... 23 paraiso. vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) u Chalked up six points (career-high 4-4 FT), five rebounds and two steals in career-best 23 minutes Miscellaneous against Loyola Marymount. Double-doubles...... 0 u Has emerged as spark off bench in past five Double-figure scoring games... 1 games, averaging 4.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 20-point games...... 0 2.2 steals in that span. Double-figure rebound games.... 1 u Against Southeast Missouri State, set or matched Double-figure assist games...... 0 5-assist games...... 0 career bests in rebounds (10), assists (3) and 5-steal games...... 4 steals (5). Miller Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 12 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 0 2 2.0 1 0 2 3 0 3 1 1.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 15 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 4 4 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 3.0 UCLA 11/18/10 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 at Kentucky 11/21/10 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 PURDUE 12/05/10 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 at Providence 12/08/10 15 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 2 0 2 1.3 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1.5 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 16 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 5 6 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 1.9 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 12 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 2 1 3 2.1 3 0 3 2 0 5 8 2.6 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 10 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 23 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 2 3 5 2.3 4 0 1 1 0 2 6 2.7 SE MISSOURI ST. 01/02/11 22 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 8 10 3.0 3 0 3 2 0 5 4 2.8 at Marquette 01/05/11 8 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2.8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.6 TOTAL 0 138 9 21 .429 0 0 .000 13 18 .722 12 22 34 2.8 21 0 12 9 0 25 31 2.6 Miller’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2008-09 23 0 92 4.0 8 11 .727 0 0 .000 1 5 .200 6 7 13 0.6 25 0 8 5 0 15 17 0.7 2009-10 15 0 118 7.9 16 23 .696 0 0 .000 5 10 .500 16 14 30 2.0 13 0 9 17 2 16 37 2.5 2010-11 12 0 138 11.5 9 21 .429 0 0 .000 13 18 .722 12 22 34 2.8 21 0 12 9 0 25 31 2.6 TOTAL 50 0 348 7.0 33 55 .600 0 0 .000 19 33 .576 34 43 77 1.5 59 0 29 31 2 56 85 1.7 Miller’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2008-09 13 0 43 3.3 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 4 6 0.5 10 0 5 2 0 7 4 0.3 2009-10 1 0 5 5.0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 2010-11 2 0 23 11.5 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 3 0 3 1.5 3 0 1 1 0 2 3 1.5 TOTAL 16 0 71 4.4 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 5 4 9 0.6 13 0 6 3 0 11 9 0.6 Career Highs # Points...... 23 14 Devereaux Peters vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) Forward • 6-2 • Sr.-3V Rebounds...... 14 Chicago, Ill. (Fenwick HS) at St. John’s (2/16/10) Assists...... 6 Did You Know? vs. Creighton (12/11/10) u First name pronounced “DEV-er-OH” … nickname is “Dev”. Field Goals...... 11 u Has a 77-inch (6-foot-5) wingspan. vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) u Peters’ alma mater, Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Ill., holds a special place in Notre Dame athletics history, having produced numerous Irish greats in several Field Goal Attempts...... 15 sports — the most notable is 1953 Heisman Trophy John Lattner. at Maryland (11/16/07) u Peters’ uncle, Tom Seabron, played linebacker at Michigan and was a fifth-round draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 1979. 3-Point Field Goals...... None u Has registered four career “5-5-5” games. u Top 10 in school history for career blocks avg. (third - 1.55) and total (10th - 104). 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 1 at Syracuse (1/30/10) Honors & Awards free throws and pulled down 18 rebounds during u the three-game stretch. Free Throws...... 8 State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic MVP u u WBCA Classic All-Tournament Team One of her two blocks at #2/3 Baylor was a second- at Richmond (1/2/08) u BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Jan. 3) half rejection of 6-foot-8 Brittney Griner, which is believed to be the first time the sophomore center Free Throw Attempts...... 10 has been stuffed during her college career. at Richmond (1/2/08) 2010-11 Highlights u u Third on team in scoring (10.3 ppg.) and tops in Had career-high six assists vs. Creighton. u Rejected a season-high four shots at Valparaiso. Steals...... 7 rebounding (6.3 rpg.) ... also leads team in blocks u (1.4 bpg.), second in field goal percentage (.567) Earned State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic MVP vs. Villanova (1/16/08) and third in steals (2.2 spg.). honors after averaging 13.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, Blocked Shots...... 6 u Averaging 13.8 ppg., 9.3 rpg. and 4.0 spg. with 2.5 blocks and 2.5 steals with .684 FG% (13-19) in two-game tournament. at St. John’s (2/16/10) .628 FG% (27-43) in four games since Xmas. u u Made big splash in season opener vs. New Hamp- Rang up second career double-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds against Gonzaga. Minutes Played...... 34 shire with career-high 23 points (career-high 11 u at Maryland (11/16/07) FGM on 13 FGA), eight rebounds four steals and Delivered 16 points (8-9 FG), six rebounds and five two blocks in only 16 minutes … her first career steals vs. Loyola Marymount (first “5-5-5” game of year). Miscellaneous “point-a-minute” game. u u Collected eight points, four rebounds and four Averaged 12.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.7 steals Double-doubles...... 3 steals against Morehead State. per game with .581 FG% (18-31) and two double- Double-figure scoring games.28 u Great outing on the glass at #9 Kentucky with six doubles in 54 total minutes (18.0 per game) from 20-point games...... 1 rebounds (three offensive/three defensive). Dec. 29-Jan. 1, including 13 rebounds in just 14 Double-figure rebound games.. 4 u Recorded three-straight double-digit scoring per- minutes against Southeast Missouri State. 5-block games...... 2 u 5-steal games...... 2 formances at the WBCA Classic while shooting Drained 9-of-12 shots for game-high 18 points .652 from the floor ... also drained each of her 11 vs. Marquette ... also registered eight boards, two blocks and four steals. Peters Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 * 16 11 13 .846 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 8 0 8 8.0 0 0 0 2 2 4 23 23.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 * 18 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 1 3 4 6.0 2 0 2 2 0 4 8 15.5 UCLA 11/18/10 * 18 1 9 .111 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 0 2 4.7 3 0 4 2 0 1 3 11.3 at Kentucky 11/21/10 * 13 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 3 6 5.0 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 9.0 IUPUI 11/26/10 * 20 7 12 .583 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 2 4 6 5.2 0 0 0 0 1 4 18 10.8 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 * 21 4 5 .800 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 1 4 5 5.2 3 0 2 3 1 2 12 11.0 BUTLER 11/28/10 * 27 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 3 4 7 5.4 4 0 3 2 0 0 11 11.0 at Baylor 12/01/10 * 16 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 3 3 6 5.5 4 0 1 2 2 0 8 10.6 PURDUE 12/05/10 * 22 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 2 7 9 5.9 3 0 0 4 1 2 7 10.2 at Providence 12/08/10 * 16 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 5.6 3 0 4 1 2 3 8 10.0 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 * 17 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 5.4 2 0 6 1 2 1 4 9.5 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 * 15 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 5.3 0 0 3 2 4 2 6 9.2 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 * 22 5 10 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 5 5 10 5.6 4 0 1 2 3 0 10 9.2 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 * 18 8 9 .889 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 4 6 5.6 0 0 2 1 2 5 16 9.7 SE MISSOURI ST. 01/02/11 * 14 5 12 .417 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 7 6 13 6.1 1 0 2 2 0 3 11 9.8 at Marquette 01/05/11 * 30 9 12 .750 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 5 8 6.3 4 0 0 2 2 4 18 10.3 TOTAL 16 303 72 127 .567 0 0 .000 21 25 .840 45 55 100 6.3 38 1 31 29 23 35 165 10.3 Peters’ Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 23 2 468 20.3 82 157 .522 0 0 .000 42 56 .750 57 72 129 5.6 78 5 23 40 45 39 206 9.0 2008-09 3 1 61 20.3 11 16 .688 0 0 .000 0 3 .000 3 10 13 4.3 6 0 5 4 6 5 22 7.3 2009-10 25 0 455 18.2 67 139 .482 0 1 .000 33 60 .550 48 91 139 5.6 69 0 27 30 30 34 167 6.7 2010-11 16 16 303 18.9 72 127 .567 0 0 .000 21 25 .840 45 55 100 6.3 38 1 31 29 23 35 165 10.3 TOTAL 67 19 1287 19.2 232 439 .528 0 1 .000 96 144 .667 153 228 381 5.7 191 6 86 103 104 113 560 8.4 Peters’ Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 9 2 161 17.9 30 58 .517 0 0 .000 22 29 .759 18 34 52 5.8 37 4 8 15 13 16 82 9.1 2009-10 16 0 297 18.6 42 84 .500 0 1 .000 25 39 .641 30 62 92 5.8 45 0 12 20 18 19 109 6.8 2010-11 2 2 46 23.0 12 19 .632 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 5 6 11 5.5 7 0 4 3 4 7 26 13.0 TOTAL 27 4 504 18.7 84 161 .522 0 1 .000 49 70 .700 53 102 155 5.7 89 4 24 38 35 42 217 8.0 Career Highs # Points...... 11 15 Kaila Turner vs. Charlotte (12/20/09) Guard • 5-8 • So.-1V Rebounds...... 4 (3) last vs. Morehead St. (11/15/10) Joliet, Ill. (Marian Catholic HS) Assists...... 6 vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) Did You Know? u Field Goals...... 4 One of 12 Illinois natives who have played for Notre Dame through the years, vs. Charlotte (12/20/09) with 11 of those players (including Turner) coming from the Chicagoland area. u From the “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” files, Turner’s high school team ad- Field Goal Attempts...... 7 (2) vanced to the Illinois Class AA semifinals during her junior year (2007-08), only last vs. Morehead St. (11/15/10) to be defeated by eventual champion Fenwick High School, which was led by 3-Point Field Goals...... 2 (3) her future Notre Dame teammate, senior forward Devereaux Peters (Turner’s last at Valparaiso (12/20/10) team came back to win the state third-place game). 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 5 vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) 2010-11 Highlights u Totaled eight points - including a pair of treys - at u Second on team in assists (2.7 apg) ... tops in Valparaiso with five steals. Free Throws...... 4 u vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) assist/turnover ratio (2.5) … third in three-point Handed out career-high six assists (no turnovers) in 25 minutes against Loyola Marymount. percentage (.306). u Free Throw Attempts...... 4 (2) u Logged two points and three assists (no turnovers) Went 4-for-4 from the charity stripe against South- last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) in season opener against New Hampshire. east Missouri State while adding four defensive u boards and three helpers. Steals...... 5 (2) Posted one of best nights of career (and nearly last vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) first “5-5-5” game) against Morehead State with 10 points, and career highs for assists (5), rebounds Blocked Shots...... None (tied-4) and minutes (25). u Minutes Played...... 28 Totaled seven points at #9 Kentucky with a pair vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) of rebounds in 18 minutes. u Dished out five assists with five steals and scored Miscellaneous eight points against IUPUI (including career-high Double-doubles...... 0 two three-pointers) … also tallied first career “5- Double-figure scoring games... 2 20-point games...... 0 5-5” game. Double-figure rebound games.... 0 u Posted 5.5 assist/turnover ratio (11 assists, two 5-assist games...... 4 turnovers) during three-game WBCA Classic. 5-steal games...... 1 u Matched a career-high after draining a pair of three-pointers at Providence. u Third five-assist outing came during a home rout of Creighton. Turner Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 22 0 3 .000 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 3 0 3 0 0 1 2 2.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 25 3 7 .429 1 3 .333 3 3 1.000 0 4 4 2.5 3 0 5 3 0 2 10 6.0 UCLA 11/18/10 7 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 at Kentucky 11/21/10 18 3 6 .500 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.8 4 0 0 3 0 2 7 4.8 IUPUI 11/26/10 28 2 6 .333 2 5 .400 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 1.8 2 0 5 0 0 5 8 5.4 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 23 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 1.8 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 4.8 BUTLER 11/28/10 15 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 4.6 at Baylor 12/01/10 9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.4 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 4.0 PURDUE 12/05/10 14 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.6 at Providence 12/08/10 16 3 3 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 1 2 0 0 8 4.0 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 17 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.1 2 0 5 0 0 2 3 3.9 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 20 3 6 .500 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 4.3 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3.9 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 25 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 6 0 0 1 3 3.9 SE MISSOURI ST. 01/02/11 24 1 5 .200 1 4 .250 4 4 1.000 0 4 4 1.2 0 0 3 1 0 0 7 4.1 at Marquette 01/05/11 9 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 3.9 TOTAL 0 281 18 56 .321 11 36 .306 15 19 .789 1 17 18 1.1 24 0 43 17 0 17 62 3.9 Turner’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2009-10 21 0 128 6.1 15 36 .417 3 16 .188 6 10 .600 1 14 15 0.7 8 0 18 12 0 7 39 1.9 2010-11 16 0 281 17.6 18 56 .321 11 36 .306 15 19 .789 1 17 18 1.1 24 0 43 17 0 17 62 3.9 TOTAL 37 0 409 11.1 33 92 .359 14 52 .269 21 29 .724 2 31 33 0.9 32 0 61 29 0 24 101 2.7 Turner’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2009-10 11 0 31 2.8 3 10 .300 0 4 .000 1 2 .500 0 5 5 0.5 2 0 4 2 0 1 7 0.6 2010-11 2 0 25 12.5 3 6 .500 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 2 4 0 0 9 4.5 TOTAL 13 0 56 4.3 6 16 .375 2 8 .250 2 4 .500 0 5 5 0.4 4 0 6 6 0 1 16 1.2 Career Highs # Points...... 27 21 Natalie Novosel vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) Guard • 5-11 • Jr.-2V Rebounds...... 8 (3) last at Kentucky (11/21/10) Lexington, Ky. (Lexington Catholic HS) Assists...... 6 (2) last vs. Louisville (3/6/10) Did You Know? u Last name is pronounced “KNOW-vuh-sell” … nickname is “Nasty”. Field Goals...... 8 (2) u First Notre Dame women’s basketball player ever to come from Kentucky. last vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) u Twin brother, Nathan, who is a two-time all-conference forward at Division Field Goal Attempts...... 24 III University of Rochester (N.Y.); older sister, Shannon, completed career at at Kentucky (11/21/10) Evansville in 2008-09 … honed her strong finishing ability at rim through back- yard games with taller siblings (Nathan is 6-5; Shannon is 6-1) growing up 3-Point Field Goals...... 2 (4) last vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) Honors & Awards u Averaged a team-high 18.3 ppg while going 18-22 u from the charity stripe during the WBCA Classic 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 7 WBCA Classic MVP at Kentucky (11/21/10) u State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic All-Tournament Team en route to being named the tournament’s MVP ... u BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 29) back-to-back 20-point efforts against Wake Forest (23) and Butler (20). Free Throws...... 11 2010-11 Highlights u Stretched her streak of contests with 10+ points vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) to eight games on the season after posting a u Leads team in scoring (15.1 ppg), more than Free Throw Attempts...... 12 12-piece at #2/3 Baylor. tripling her production from last season … sec- u vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) ond on team in steals (2.1 spg) and three-point Tied for game-high honors with 16 points (6-12 FG) during home win over Purdue. percentage (.333). u Steals...... 7 u Contributed 11 points against Creighton. vs. Morehead State (11/15/10) Dropped in 11 points and swiped career-high u seven steals in season opener against New Steadied the Irish against Valparaiso with a game- Hampshire. high 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting with four swipes. Blocked Shots...... 2 u at Kentucky (11/21/10) u Chalked up 13 points, including career-high-tying Made State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic All- 6-of-8 FT in 15 minutes against Morehead State. Tournament Team after averaging 17.5 ppg. and u shooting .667 from floor (10-15) in tourney. Minutes Played...... 39 Enjoyed career night against #15 UCLA, tying u vs. UCLA (11/18/10) personal high with 19 points (career bests of 7 Poured in career-high 27 points (8-11 FG, 2-2 3FG, 9-9 FT) in win over Gonzaga. FG and 2 3FG) in career-high 39 minutes … also u Miscellaneous hit two big shots in final 1:15 of regulation to give Dropped in 14 points (10 in second half) and snagged seven boards at Marquette. Double-doubles...... 0 team four-point lead, as well as putback shot with Double-figure scoring games.27 8.6 seonds left in first overtime that nearly stood 20-point games...... 4 up as game-winner. Double-figure rebound games.. 0 u In front of her hometown crowd, dropped 21 points 5-assist games...... 4 and eight boards at #9 Kentucky ... added three 5-steal games...... 3 assists and a pair of blocks. Novosel Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 * 18 4 5 .800 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 7 11 11.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 * 15 3 5 .600 1 1 1.000 6 8 .750 1 3 4 3.0 1 0 0 4 0 0 13 12.0 UCLA 11/18/10 * 39 7 12 .583 2 4 .500 3 6 .500 3 3 6 4.0 4 0 4 4 0 1 19 14.3 at Kentucky 11/21/10 * 35 8 24 .333 1 7 .143 4 6 .667 3 5 8 5.0 2 0 3 4 2 0 21 16.0 IUPUI 11/26/10 * 23 4 7 .571 2 3 .667 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 4.2 1 0 2 1 2 1 12 15.2 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 * 28 5 9 .556 2 5 .400 11 12 .917 1 2 3 4.0 1 0 3 3 0 4 23 16.5 BUTLER 11/28/10 * 30 7 14 .500 1 5 .200 5 8 .625 1 4 5 4.1 1 0 3 6 0 2 20 17.0 at Baylor 12/01/10 * 26 3 10 .300 0 4 .000 6 8 .750 1 2 3 4.0 5 1 1 1 0 4 12 16.4 PURDUE 12/05/10 * 27 6 12 .500 1 2 .500 3 3 1.000 1 3 4 4.0 2 0 3 5 1 1 16 16.3 at Providence 12/08/10 * 23 3 6 .500 0 2 .000 3 4 .750 1 1 2 3.8 0 0 2 1 0 1 9 15.6 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 * 28 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 2 2 4 3.8 0 0 1 1 1 2 11 15.2 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 * 20 6 7 .857 0 1 .000 6 6 1.000 1 1 2 3.7 0 0 2 1 0 4 18 15.4 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 * 33 8 11 .727 2 2 1.000 9 9 1.000 1 3 4 3.7 2 0 1 4 0 3 27 16.3 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 * 16 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 3 4 .750 0 2 2 3.6 1 0 2 0 0 1 8 15.7 SE MISSOURI ST. 01/02/11 * 14 3 4 .750 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 3 3 6 3.7 1 0 3 1 0 1 7 15.1 at Marquette 01/05/11 * 29 4 10 .400 0 3 .000 6 7 .857 3 4 7 3.9 3 0 3 3 1 1 14 15.1 TOTAL 16 404 77 147 .524 14 42 .333 73 90 .811 23 40 63 3.9 24 1 34 39 7 33 241 15.1 Novosel’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2008-09 31 0 638 20.6 74 150 .493 1 10 .100 65 90 .722 44 45 89 2.9 57 0 47 60 3 45 214 6.9 2009-10 35 4 527 15.1 59 138 .428 7 20 .350 51 67 .761 26 51 77 2.2 48 0 61 60 7 47 176 5.0 2010-11 16 16 404 25.3 77 147 .524 14 42 .333 73 90 .811 23 40 63 3.9 24 1 34 39 7 33 241 15.1 TOTAL 82 20 1569 19.1 210 435 .483 22 72 .306 189 247 .765 93 136 229 2.8 129 1 142 159 17 125 631 7.7 Novosel’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2008-09 16 0 341 21.3 42 85 .494 0 1 .000 34 48 .708 22 22 44 2.8 34 0 28 30 2 29 118 7.4 2009-10 16 0 233 14.6 28 61 .459 2 5 .400 16 21 .762 10 18 28 1.8 16 0 23 23 2 13 74 4.6 2010-11 2 2 52 26.0 7 16 .438 0 5 .000 9 11 .818 4 5 9 4.5 3 0 5 4 1 2 23 11.5 TOTAL 34 2 626 18.4 77 162 .475 2 11 .182 59 80 .738 36 45 81 2.4 53 0 56 57 5 44 215 6.3 Career Highs # Points...... 22 22 Brittany Mallory vs. Valparaiso (12/12/09) Guard • 5-10 • Sr.-3V Rebounds...... 8 at Cincinnati (2/9/10) Baltimore, Md. (McDonogh School) Assists...... 7 (2) vs. Creighton (12/11/10) Did You Know? u Nickname is “Chip”, which she gained during summer school prior to her fresh- Field Goals...... 7 (2) last vs. Valparaiso (12/12/09) man year after an encounter with a chipmunk while biking across campus. u Earned certificate of merit for participation in Notre Dame’s Rosenthal Leader- Field Goal Attempts...... 17 ship Institute in 2007-08 academic year. at St. John’s (2/16/10) u One of two ND players (along with Devereaux Peters) coming off torn ACLs in 3-Point Field Goals...... 4 their left knees suffered in first month of 2008-09 season. vs. South Florida (2/27/08) u One of eight Irish basketball players who also competed in another sport in high school — was a two-time honorable mention All-America lacrosse midfielder 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 8 and was named to the 2006 high school All-Tewaaraton Team; in fact, she was at St. John’s (3/3/08) actively recruited by several Division I schools to play lacrosse, but chose to Free Throws...... 6 (3) focus on basketball at Notre Dame. last at Valparaiso (12/20/10) u Steady ballhandler with 1.36 career assist/turnover ratio. u Free Throw Attempts...... 8 2010-11 Highlights Torched Valparaiso with 12 points, four assists and vs. San Diego St. (11/26/09) u five steals in 23 minutes. Averaging 6.5 points and team-high 2.5 steals per u game with team-best .417 three-point percentage Bested previous season-high by scoring 13 points Steals...... 6 vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11/15/09) (also a career high). in the win over Marquette, highlighted by 3-of-4 shooting from long distance ... also added game- u Notched nine points and five steals in season Blocked Shots...... 1 (7) opener against New Hampshire. high four steals. last vs. Marquette (2/23/10) u Delivered seven points and game-high five steals Minutes Played...... 36 vs. Morehead State. at St. John’s (2/16/10) u Suffered sprained ankle early in second half of double-OT loss to #15 UCLA … did not play in Miscellaneous loss at #9 Kentucky. Double-doubles...... 0 u In her first start in nearly two weeks, posted eight Double-figure scoring games.18 points and six boards at #2/3 Baylor. 20-point games...... 1 u Double-figure rebound games.. 0 Dished out a game-high seven assists to match a 5-assist games...... 5 career-best against Creighton. 5-steal games...... 6
Mallory Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 * 20 3 8 .375 1 4 .250 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 3 1 0 5 9 9.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 * 18 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 4 6 .667 1 1 2 1.5 0 0 2 0 0 5 7 8.0 UCLA 11/18/10 * 22 1 4 .250 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 1 0 1 1.3 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 6.7 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 15 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.3 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 5.8 BUTLER 11/28/10 13 2 3 .667 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.4 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 5.8 at Baylor 12/01/10 * 22 3 7 .429 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 2 4 6 2.2 3 0 2 4 0 1 8 6.2 PURDUE 12/05/10 * 23 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 2 3 .667 0 0 0 1.9 1 0 3 2 0 2 4 5.9 at Providence 12/08/10 * 23 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1.6 1 0 2 0 0 3 6 5.9 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 * 27 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 0 3 3 1.8 2 0 7 2 0 2 7 6.0 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 * 23 3 5 .600 0 2 .000 6 7 .857 2 1 3 1.9 1 0 4 3 0 5 12 6.6 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 * 24 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 4 0 3 1 0 3 3 6.3 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 * 20 2 5 .400 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.7 2 0 1 1 0 1 6 6.3 SE MISSOURI ST. 01/02/11 * 15 1 6 .167 1 6 .167 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.6 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 6.0 at Marquette 01/05/11 * 32 4 7 .571 3 4 .750 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 1.6 1 0 2 1 0 4 13 6.5 TOTAL 12 297 29 66 .439 15 36 .417 18 24 .750 7 16 23 1.6 20 0 32 17 0 35 91 6.5
Mallory’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 33 0 533 16.2 64 187 .342 34 122 .279 46 57 .807 26 46 72 2.2 52 0 29 36 3 42 208 6.3 2008-09 7 3 154 22.0 21 45 .467 7 20 .350 8 13 .615 5 18 23 3.3 15 0 20 9 1 11 57 8.1 2009-10 35 2 676 19.3 76 206 .369 28 91 .308 49 66 .742 32 74 106 3.0 62 0 79 56 5 61 229 6.5 2010-11 14 12 297 21.2 29 66 .439 15 36 .417 18 24 .750 7 16 23 1.6 20 0 32 17 0 35 91 6.5 TOTAL 89 17 1660 18.7 190 504 .377 84 269 .312 121 160 .756 70 154 224 2.5 149 0 160 118 9 149 585 6.6
Mallory’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 16 0 246 15.4 30 73 .411 21 55 .382 24 30 .800 9 15 24 1.5 24 0 14 20 2 16 105 6.6 2009-10 16 2 320 20.0 25 90 .278 10 40 .250 26 32 .813 13 29 42 2.6 29 0 36 26 3 30 86 5.4 2010-11 2 2 55 27.5 7 12 .583 3 5 .600 2 3 .667 0 2 2 1.0 2 0 4 1 0 7 19 9.5 TOTAL 34 4 621 18.3 62 175 .354 34 100 .340 52 65 .800 22 46 68 2.0 55 0 54 47 5 53 210 6.2 Career Highs # Points...... 20 23 Kayla McBride vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) Guard • 5-11 • Fr.-HS Rebounds...... 6 (3) Erie, Pa. (Villa Maria Academy) last vs. LMU (12/30/10) Assists...... 4 Did You Know? at Kentucky (11/21/10) u Nickname is “K-Mac”. Field Goals...... 9 u One of three McDonald’s All-Americans (Diggins, Peters) and two Gatorade vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) state high school players of the year (Diggins - Indiana) on this year’s Fighting Field Goal Attempts...... 14 Irish roster. vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) u One of three current Notre Dame players (Achonwa, Diggins) to earn a medal in international basketball competition, having started for gold medal-winning 3-Point Field Goals...... 2 USA side at 2010 FIBA U18 Americas Championships in Colorado Springs. vs. UCLA (11/18/10) 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 3 (2) 2010-11 Highlights at Baylor (12/1/10) u Ranks fourth on team in scoring (8.8 ppg), first in free throw percentage (.870) and third in field goal Free Throws...... 5 percentage (.546). vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Collected eight points and three steals in college debut against New Hampshire. Free Throw Attempts...... 6 u Dropped in game-high 14 points (7-11 FG) while vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) adding six rebounds and two steals against More- Steals...... 3 (2) head State. last vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) u Played season-high 33 minutes against #15 UCLA, tallying 11 points (2-3 3FG), four rebounds Blocked Shots...... 1 (3) and season-best three assists. last vs. Creighton (12/11/10) u Made first career start at #9 Kentucky, dishing out career-high four assists while pouring in 10 points Minutes Played...... 34 against the Wildcats. at Kentucky (11/21/10) u Filled the stat sheet against Butler with 11 points, Miscellaneous five boards, three assists and a pair of steals. u Steady outing with nine points vs. Creighton. Double-doubles...... 0 u Tied a season-best with six boards at Valparaiso Double-figure scoring games... 6 while adding seven points. 20-point games...... 1 u Double-figure rebound games.. 0 Posted best day of young career vs. Loyola Mary- 5-assist games...... 0 mount with personal bests of 20 points (9-14 FG) 5-steal games...... 0 and six rebounds. u Stayed hot with 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting with four boards against Southeast Missouri State.
McBride Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 23 3 9 .333 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 2.0 0 0 2 2 0 3 8 8.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 21 7 11 .636 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 4 6 4.0 2 0 1 2 1 2 14 11.0 UCLA 11/18/10 33 4 8 .500 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 4 0 4 4.0 2 0 3 1 0 1 11 11.0 at Kentucky 11/21/10 * 34 5 9 .556 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.5 1 0 4 1 0 0 10 10.8 IUPUI 11/26/10 * 26 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.2 1 0 2 1 0 3 8 10.2 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 * 20 3 4 .750 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.0 2 0 0 5 0 2 6 9.5 BUTLER 11/28/10 * 30 4 7 .571 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 2 3 5 3.3 0 0 3 1 1 2 11 9.7 at Baylor 12/01/10 24 2 6 .333 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 3.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 9.3 PURDUE 12/05/10 22 3 3 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.0 1 0 3 1 0 0 6 8.9 at Providence 12/08/10 21 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.8 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 8.2 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 17 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 0 2 2 2.7 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 8.3 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 25 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 1 5 6 3.0 0 0 1 2 0 1 7 8.2 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 20 2 6 .333 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.8 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 7.8 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 27 9 14 .643 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 2 4 6 3.1 0 0 1 1 0 2 20 8.7 SE MISSOURI ST. 01/02/11 26 6 10 .600 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 2 2 4 3.1 0 0 2 1 0 0 17 9.3 at Marquette 01/05/11 19 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3.1 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 8.8 TOTAL 4 388 59 108 .546 3 16 .188 20 23 .870 16 34 50 3.1 13 0 24 24 3 17 141 8.8 McBride’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 16 4 388 24.3 59 108 .546 3 16 .188 20 23 .870 16 34 50 3.1 13 0 24 24 3 17 141 8.8 TOTAL 16 4 388 24.3 59 108 .546 3 16 .188 20 23 .870 16 34 50 3.1 13 0 24 24 3 17 141 8.8 McBride’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 2 0 40 20.0 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 2.0 2 0 1 3 0 1 4 2.0 TOTAL 2 0 40 20.0 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 2.0 2 0 1 3 0 1 4 2.0 Career Highs # Points...... 25 32 Becca Bruszewski vs. DePaul (2/14/10) Rebounds...... 13 Forward • 6-1 • Sr.-3V vs. UCLA (11/18/10) Valparaiso, Ind. (Wheeler HS) Assists...... 7 at Louisville (1/19/10)
Did You Know? Field Goals...... 10 u Last name is pronounced “broo-SHEFF-skee” … nickname is “Bruiser”, due vs. DePaul (2/14/10) to her fearless, physical style of play and her penchant for leaving teammates and opponents black and blue after a practice or game. Field Goal Attempts...... 17 vs. DePaul (2/14/10) u One of eight Irish basketball players who also competed in another sport in high school — was a three-time all-state volleyball middle blocker and still holds 3-Point Field Goals...... 2 (7) school records for career kills (2,042) and blocks (452), and single-season kills last vs. Iona (11/22/09) (657) and blocks (139). u 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 6 First Notre Dame women’s basketball player from northwest Indiana, hailing vs. Minnesota (3/22/09) from same area of state as former Irish men’s basketball All-America power forward (and current Boston Celtics rookie) Luke Harangody. Free Throws...... 8 at South Florida (2/17/09) 2010-11 Highlights u Solid at the WBCA Classic with 9.0 ppg and 3.7 Free Throw Attempts...... 12 u Second on team in rebounding (5.2 rpg.) while rpg while going 10-for-19 (.526) from the floor over the three game stretch. vs. Syracuse (2/24/09) adding 8.3 ppg. … fourth on team in field goal u Eight points and six boards against Purdue. Steals...... 4 (2) percentage (.537). u u Dished out three assists in season opener against Poured in season-high 17 points with six rebounds last vs. IPFW (12/8/09) in 25 minutes of action during a home win over New Hampshire. Blocked Shots...... 3 u Creighton. at Pittsburgh (2/3/09) Tallied seven points (including six in game-opening u 20-2 run) and game-high seven rebounds against Despite being weakened with head cold, converted all six shots in 19 minutes vs. Loyola Marymount, Minutes Played...... 44 Morehead State. vs. UCLA (11/18/10) u finishing with 12 points (eight in second half). Posted third career double-double with 12 points u and career-high 13 rebounds in career-best 44 Knocked down 6-of-9 shots for 12 points with five Miscellaneous minutes against #15 UCLA. boards during a home rout of Southeast Missouri Double-doubles...... 3 u State. Double-figure scoring games.43 Narrowly missed out on back-to-back double- 20-point games...... 3 doubles with 12 points and eight caroms at #9 Double-figure rebound games.. 3 Kentucky. 5-assist games...... 2 5-steal games...... 0
Bruszewski Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 * 15 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 1.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 * 18 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 5 7 3.5 2 0 0 2 1 1 7 4.0 UCLA 11/18/10 * 44 6 12 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 9 13 6.7 5 1 3 3 0 2 12 6.7 at Kentucky 11/21/10 * 31 5 9 .556 0 1 .000 2 5 .400 5 3 8 7.0 5 1 1 1 0 0 12 8.0 IUPUI 11/26/10 * 19 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 0 3 3 6.2 1 0 2 1 1 2 9 8.2 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 * 19 3 8 .375 0 2 .000 2 4 .500 3 4 7 6.3 3 0 4 2 0 2 8 8.2 BUTLER 11/28/10 * 20 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 1 0 1 5.6 3 0 1 1 1 0 10 8.4 at Baylor 12/01/10 * 28 1 7 .143 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 5.1 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 7.6 PURDUE 12/05/10 * 22 4 6 .667 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 5 6 5.2 4 0 1 3 0 0 8 7.7 at Providence 12/08/10 * 25 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 1 5 6 5.3 2 0 1 0 1 1 9 7.8 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 * 25 8 13 .615 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 5 6 5.4 2 0 0 2 1 0 17 8.6 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 * 20 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 5.3 1 0 1 2 0 0 8 8.6 vs Gonzaga 12/29/10 * 33 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 7 8 5.5 2 0 3 4 0 2 2 8.1 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 * 19 6 6 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 5.4 0 0 3 4 0 1 12 8.4 SE MISSOURI ST. 01/02/11 * 16 6 9 .667 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 2 5 5.3 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 8.6 at Marquette 01/05/11 * 15 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 5.2 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 8.3 TOTAL 16 369 58 108 .537 0 6 .000 17 28 .607 28 55 83 5.2 38 2 27 30 6 13 133 8.3 Bruszewski’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 32 0 423 13.2 58 104 .558 1 2 .500 42 54 .778 37 43 80 2.5 58 0 13 31 10 16 159 5.0 2008-09 31 31 842 27.2 132 271 .487 21 56 .375 48 71 .676 31 125 156 5.0 88 2 52 53 15 33 333 10.7 2009-10 34 26 629 18.5 129 261 .494 8 31 .258 42 64 .656 46 60 106 3.1 92 3 48 42 18 23 308 9.1 2010-11 16 16 369 23.1 58 108 .537 0 6 .000 17 28 .607 28 55 83 5.2 38 2 27 30 6 13 133 8.3 TOTAL 113 73 2263 20.0 377 744 .507 30 95 .316 149 217 .687 142 283 425 3.8 276 7 140 156 49 85 933 8.3 Bruszewski’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 14 0 171 12.2 21 35 .600 1 2 .500 21 24 .875 14 18 32 2.3 26 0 5 12 5 4 64 4.6 2008-09 16 16 458 28.6 73 158 .462 12 34 .353 30 40 .750 17 70 87 5.4 46 0 24 20 9 15 188 11.8 2009-10 16 14 323 20.2 64 133 .481 3 13 .231 17 25 .680 17 27 44 2.8 44 1 23 14 10 10 148 9.3 2010-11 2 2 40 20.0 4 10 .400 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 2 7 9 4.5 6 0 3 1 2 1 13 6.5 TOTAL 48 32 992 20.7 162 336 .482 16 49 .327 73 95 .768 50 122 172 3.6 122 1 55 47 26 30 413 8.6 Career Highs # Points...... 6 41 Mary Forr vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10)
Forward • 5-11 • Sr.-HS Rebounds...... 2 Altoona, Pa. (Bishop Guilfoyle) vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) Assists...... 1 (3) Overview last vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) u Officially added as a walk-on player during preseason. u Previously spent parts of three seasons as a member of Notre Dame’s “Sixth Field Goals...... 3 Man Team” (practice squad), a role also held by former walk-on guard and vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) 2010 graduate Alena Christiansen. u Has been active in Notre Dame’s RecSports program, winning a total of 11 Field Goal Attempts...... 4 team/individual intramural championships and being named the Notre Dame vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) RecSports Female Athlete of the Year in 2009. u Determined, fundamentally-sound post player who adds depth to Fighting Irish 3-Point Field Goals...... None front line corps, both in practices and games. 3-Point Field Goal Att.... None High School u Four-year starter at Bishop Guilfoyle High School in Altoona, Pa. Free Throws...... None u Averaged 17.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as a senior in 2006-07, leading team to a 30-1 record and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Class A state championship. Free Throw Attempts..... None u First-team all-state selection, as well as Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Blair County Sports Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2006-07. Steals...... None u Also played tennis in high school, twice earning second-team all-state honors. Blocked Shots...... 1 (2) Personal Data vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u . Born Nov 3, 1988, in Altoona, Pa. … youngest of three children (older sister Marita and older brother Tommy, a 2007 Notre Dame graduate) born to Patricia and R. Thomas Forr, Jr. Minutes Played...... 10 u One of three Pennsylvania residents on this year’s Fighting Irish roster, joining freshman guard Kayla vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) McBride (Erie) and fellow walk-on, junior guard Veronica Badway (Pittsburgh). u Enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a double major in political science and philosophy. Miscellaneous u Worked three summers at Helen Diller Home for the Blind and can read grade one braille. u Spent time as basketball coach for St. Joseph County (Ind.) Special Olympics, and sister of former Special Double-doubles...... 0 Olympian of the Month, Marita Forr. Double-figure scoring games... 0 u Just the third Fighting Irish player to wear No. 41, following Imani Dunbar (1997-2001) and Courtney 20-point games...... 0 LaVere (2002-06). Double-figure rebound games.... 0 5-assist games...... 0 2010-11 Highlights 5-steal games...... 0 u Saw first collegiate action in season opener against New Hampshire, piling up six points (3-4 FG), two rebounds and an assist in nine minutes. u Played six minutes against Morehead State, finishing with an assist and rebound. u Each of her two shots at Valparaiso found the bottom of the net for four points in six minutes. u Tallied two points, with a rebound and an assist in seven minutes against Loyola Marymount. u Broke a sweat in 10 minutes on the floor with two points and a block against Southeast Missouri State.
Forr Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 9 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 6.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 6 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 IUPUI 11/26/10 7 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.7 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 BUTLER 11/28/10 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 PURDUE 12/05/10 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 3 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.4 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 6 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.8 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 7 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.8 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1.8 SE MISSOURI 01/02/11 10 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.8 at Marquette 01/05/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 TOTAL 0 54 9 19 .474 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 7 0.6 6 0 3 3 2 0 18 1.6 Forr’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 11 0 54 4.9 9 19 .474 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 7 0.6 6 0 3 3 2 0 18 1.6 TOTAL 11 0 54 4.9 9 19 .474 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 7 0.6 6 0 3 3 2 0 18 1.6 Forr’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Career Highs # Points...... 10 44 Ariel Braker vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) Forward • 6-1 • Fr.-HS Rebounds...... 8 Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. (Grosse Pointe North) vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Assists...... 2 (2) Did You Know? vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Nickname is “Earl”. Field Goals...... 4 (2) u One of eight Fighting Irish basketball players who also competed in another last at Valparaiso (12/20/10) sport in high school — was a star high jumper in high school, qualifying for the Field Goal Attempts...... 6 state meet as a sophomore. vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) u Also competed in gymnastics for four years during her formative years. u Has read every book in the “Twilight” series. 3-Point Field Goals...... None
3-Point Field Goal Att.... None
2010-11 Highlights Free Throws...... 3 u Nearly had “5-5-5” game in her college debut vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) against New Hampshire, registering five points, five rebounds and four steals in 12 minutes. Free Throw Attempts...... 48 vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Grabbed four rebound in six minutes against Morehead State. Steals...... 4 u f Came of the bench vs. IUPUI and netted career vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) highs of 10 points and six rebounds in 13 minutes … also blocked a pair of Jaguar shots. Blocked Shots...... 3 vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) u Rejected two Creighton shots in three minutes. u Finished 4-for-4 from the field with eight points and Minutes Played...... 17 three steals in nine minutes at Valparaiso. vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Delivered three points, four rebounds and career- high three blocks in 10 minutes against Loyola Miscellaneous Marymount. Double-doubles...... 0 u Did a bit of everything in 17 minutes vs. Southeast Double-figure scoring games... 1 20-point games...... 0 Missouri State while finishing with eight boards, Double-figure rebound games.... 0 two assists, two blocks and five points. 5-block games...... 0 5-steal games...... 0
Braker Game-by-Game Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NEW HAMPSHIRE 11/12/10 12 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 3 2 5 5.0 2 0 2 1 1 4 5 5.0 MOREHEAD STATE 11/15/10 6 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 4.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 at Kentucky 11/21/10 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 IUPUI 11/26/10 13 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 2 4 6 3.8 0 0 0 1 2 0 10 3.8 WAKE FOREST 11/27/10 10 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 3.6 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 3.4 BUTLER 11/28/10 3 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 1 3 3.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3.0 at Providence 12/08/10 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.6 CREIGHTON 12/11/10 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 2.8 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2.5 at Valparaiso 12/20/10 9 4 4 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 3.1 vs Loyola Marymount 12/30/10 10 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 3 1 4 2.9 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 3.1 SE MISSOURI ST. 01/02/11 17 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 3 8 .375 3 5 8 3.4 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 3.3 at Marquette 01/05/11 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 0 1 3.2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 TOTAL 0 91 12 25 .480 0 0 .000 12 24 .500 18 20 38 3.2 7 0 6 7 11 8 36 3.0 Braker’s Career Statistics — All Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 12 0 91 7.6 12 25 .480 0 0 .000 12 24 .500 18 20 38 3.2 7 0 6 7 11 8 36 3.0 TOTAL 12 0 91 7.6 12 25 .480 0 0 .000 12 24 .500 18 20 38 3.2 7 0 6 7 11 8 36 3.0 Braker’s Career Statistics — BIG EAST Games Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2010-11 2 0 7 3.5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 1 2 1.0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 2 0 7 3.5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 1 2 1.0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.0