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NOTRE DAME Women’s Basketball 2006-07 2001 NCAA Champions • 1997 NCAA Final Four 6 NCAA Sweet 16 Berths • 13 NCAA Tourney Appearances 2006-07 ND Women’s Basketball: Game 18 2006-07 Schedule 12-5 / 3-1 BIG EAST Notre Dame Fighting Irish (12-5 / 3-1 BIG EAST) vs. O31 Lake Superior St. (exhib.) W, 82-55 Syracuse Orange (8-11 / 2-4 BIG EAST) N5 Northwood (exhibition) W, 82-35 uDATE: January 20, 2007 uRADIO: ESPN Radio 1490 AM N10 Central Michigan W, 88-66 OT uTIME: 2:00 p.m. ET www.und.com N13 Bowling Green W, 85-81 CSTV uAT: Notre Dame, Ind. Sean Stires, p-b-p N16 @ Penn State L, 49-75 Joyce Center (11,418) uTV: www.und.com (live) N19 Western Michigan W, 87-67 uSERIES: ND leads 19-2 uLIVE STATS: www.und.com N24 @ USC L, 58-69 u1ST MTG: 1/16/88 (ND 81-64) uTICKETS: (574) 631-7356 N28 Richmond W, 87-66 uLAST MTG: 1/31/06 (ND 67-55) D1 @ Michigan W, 61-58 D3 Indiana L, 51-54 Storylines Web Sites D6 Purdue (10/9)CL W, 67-58 u Notre Dame’s offense has been sharp in the u Notre Dame: http://www.und.com D16 IUPUI W, 75-65 past three games, averaging 80.7 ppg. dur- u Syracuse: http://www.suathletics.com D19 @ ValparaisoWHME W, 60-59 ing that span. u BIG EAST: http://www.bigeast.org D28 Prairie View A&M W, 94-55 u The Irish reserves have been a key compo- D30 @ Tennessee (4/4)CSS L, 54-78 nent to Notre Dame’s success this year, av- Setting The Standard J2 • @ Seton Hall W, 64-61 eraging 23.1 ppg. and outscoring the oppo- Under the guidance of 20th-year head coach J10 • Cincinnati W, 81-70 sition by more than eight points per night. Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J13 • @ South FloridaBETV L, 78-87OT one of the country’s leading women’s basketball ollowing a solid opening to its BIG EAST powers. The Irish have appeared in 13 NCAA J16 • St. John’s W, 83-65 Conference schedule, Notre Dame heads Tournaments (including a current streak of 11 J20 • Syracuse 2:00 ET into the second quarter of the league in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 J23 • @ MarquetteCSTV 8:00 CT F CPTV docket on Saturday when it plays host to Syra- six times in the previous 10 years. Notre Dame J27 • @ Connecticut 7:00 ET cuse in a 2 p.m. (ET) game at the Joyce Cen- also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four J31 • @ Pittsburgh 7:00 ET ter. The Orange will be making their first visit to twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate F4 • West VirginiaESPNU 5:30 ET South Bend since the 2004-05 season and just prize with the 2001 national championship. F7 • Louisville 7:00 ET their third in the past five years. In its history, Notre Dame has developed F11 • DePaulESPN2 5:30 ET The Irish have won nine of the past 12 eight All-Americans, nine WNBA players (includ- F13 • @ Villanova 7:30 ET games heading into this weekend’s contest. In ing six draft picks in the past six years) and four F17 • @ Providence 2:00 ET its last outing on Tuesday night, Notre Dame USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). F21 • Georgetown 7:00 ET used a season-best 19-0 run late in the first Now in their 30th season in 2006-07, the Irish BETV half to erase an early five-point deficit and race F24 • Rutgers Noon ET own an all-time record of 605-271 (.691). CSTV past St. John’s, 83-65 at the Joyce Center. The F26 • @ DePaul 8:00 CT Irish committed a season-low 10 turnovers and M3 BIG EAST First Round1-BETV TBD Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw 1-ESPNU canned a season-best seven three-pointers in Saint Joseph’s ’77 M4 BIG EAST Quarterfinal TBD 1-ESPNU the victory. u 20th season at Notre Dame M5 BIG EAST Semifinal 6/8:00 ET Junior guard Charel Allen was an offensive • 441-172 (.719) at Notre Dame. M6 BIG EAST Final1-ESPN2 7:00 ET dynamo against St. John’s, pouring in a ca- • 529-213 (.713) in 25 years as head coach. M17 NCAA First Round2 TBD reer-high 31 points on 14-of-19 shooting in 33 NOTES M18 minutes. Junior center Melissa D’Amico added u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M19 NCAA Second Round2 TBD a double-double with 10 points and a career- u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist M20 best 11 rebounds, while freshman guard Ashley u Four-time conference Coach of the Year M24 NCAA Regional Semifinals3 TBD Barlow came off the bench to score 14 points. • BIG EAST Conference (2001) M25 • Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1991) M26 NCAA Regional Finals3 TBD • North Star Conference (1988) Rankings M27 • East Coast Conference (@ Lehigh) (1983) u Notre Dame is not ranked. A1 NCAA National Semifinals4 7/9:30 ET u Syracuse is not ranked. A3 NCAA Championship Game4 8:30 ET Notre Dame’s Probable Starting Lineup (c = captain) (x) = numbers before opponent name indicate ND rank in AP/ No Name Pos Ht Yr PPG RPG Other Notes ESPN-USA Today polls; numbers after are opponent rank. 34 Crystal Erwin F 6-2 Sr. 6.0 3.8 0.8 apg • .636 FG% in league gms (2nd in conf.) • = BIG EAST Conference game 33 Melissa D’Amico C 6-5 Jr. 10.3 5.7 1.3 bpg • 2nd dbl-dbl of year vs. STJ (10p, 11r) 1 = BIG EAST Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 1 Tulyah Gaines (C) G 5-7 Jr. 10.5 2.2 3.6 apg • 4.4 apg., 1.8 A/TO in BIG EAST play 2 = Sites include: Austin, East Lansing, Hartford, Los Angeles, 2 Charel Allen G 5-11 Jr. 15.4 5.9 2.2 spg • 7-gm dbl-fig scoring streak (31 vs. STJ) Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Raleigh and Stanford 3 = Sites include: Dallas, Dayton, Fresno and Greensboro 32 Breona Gray (C) G 5-9 Sr. 6.6 3.1 2.2 apg • One of 5 ND players with 25+ steals 4 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (Cleveland, Ohio) Off the Bench For the Irish 11 Amanda Tsipis G 5-9 Jr. 0.2 0.2 0.2 spg • Played in last 6 gms (2p, 2r vs. PVAMU) ESPN2/ESPNU = Game to be televised on ESPN2/ESPNU CSTV = Game to be televised on College Sports Television 20 Ashley Barlow G 5-9 Fr. 10.8 5.5 2.1 spg • Team-best .387 3FG% this season CPTV = Game to be televised on Connecticut Public Television 23 Melissa Lechlitner G 5-7 Fr. 4.7 2.1 2.9 apg • 9a vs. STJ (most by ND frosh since ’95) CSS = Game televised on Comcast/Charter Sports SE 24 Lindsay Schrader G 6-0 So. — — — • Will miss ’06-07 season (torn right ACL) CL = Game televised on Comcast Local (Detroit) BETV = Game to be televised on BIG EAST TV package 31 Danielle Ben-Tsvulun F 6-3 Fr. 0.8 0.6 0.3 bpg • Rebound, block in win vs. St. John’s WHME = Game televised on WHME-TV in South Bend 52 Erica Williamson C 6-4 Fr. 6.8 6.0 1.4 bpg • 8.7 ppg., 7.8 rpg., .633 FG% since Xmas All times local to site and subject to change 2006-07 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 1 fighting irish women’s basketball 2006-07 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish A Quick Look At The Fighting Irish Allen’s classmate and backcourt running Notre Dame Sports Information Just beyond the halfway point of the 2006-07 partner, Tulyah Gaines, is a candidate as one C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor season, the growth of the Notre Dame women’s of the conference’s most improved players. Notre Dame, IN 46556 phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 basketball team already is evident, and the best The speedy Gaines has stoked the Notre Dame offensive fire to an even hotter level, averaging Chris Masters, Asst. Sports Information Director (WBB) may be yet to come. [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 With a young and inexperienced roster that 10.5 points and 3.6 assists per game. Gaines, has only two seniors and is missing its top return- who came into the season with a 3.7 ppg. career Media Services ing scorer from a year ago, the Irish have had to scoring average, has scored 20 points in a game The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains sched- learn on the run — and run is exactly what they three times this year, including a career-high 27 ules, rosters, updated statistics and historical information have done this season. Notre Dame is averag- points on Jan. 10 in a win over Cincinnati. from previous seasons. High-resolution color headshots ing 71.9 points per game thus far, a significant Another Irish junior, 6-foot-5 center Melissa and action photos of Notre Dame players, coaches and improvement over the previous five Irish squads, D’Amico, continues to make strides in the post. staff are available upon request. : none of which has averaged better than 66.3 The second-year starter is carding 10.3 points Official Notre Dame athletics web site • http://www.und.com points per night.