1 FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA Primary Women’s Basketball Contact Josh Bates [email protected] @Josh13Bates 574-310-9954 GAME 15 SYRACUSE (8-3, 5-3) 2020-21 RESULTS (8-6, 6-4) GAME INFO Date Opponent TV Time/Result Sunday, Jan. 31 | 11 am EST Syracuse, NY | Carrier Dome 11/27 @ Ohio University ESPN+ L, 86-85 ACC Network Sam Ravech & Monica McNutt 11/29 Miami (OH) ACCN W, 88-68 12/3 #24 Michigan ACCN L, 76-66 99.9 WQLQ-FM Sean Stires 12/6 IUPUI ACCNX W, 65-58 12/13 Georgia Tech* ACCNX L, 82-67 Post-Game Zoom Und.com/wbbmedia | Email Josh Bates for passcode 12/17 Virginia Tech* ACCN W, 84-78 @NDWBB | #GoIrish 12/20 @ Clemson* RSN L, 78-55 12/31 @ Miami* ACCN W, 71-60 THE SERIES 1/3 Georgia Tech* ACCN W, 69-67 1/7 @ Boston College* ACCN L, 64-61 vs SYR ND leads, 35-3 Last: W, 72-70, at ND, on 2/23/20 Streak: W1 1/14 Wake Forest* ACCN W, 79-72 at SYR ND leads, 15-2 Last: L, 74-63 (OT), on 1/5/20 Streak: L1 1/17 Boston College* ACCN W, 83-73 THE COACHES 1/21 @ Virginia Tech* RSN W, 65-60 1/24 @ North Carolina* ESPNU L, 78-73 Head Coach At School Overall 1/31 @ Syracuse* ACCN 11 am ND Niele Ivey 8-6 (1st year) Same 2/7 @ Louisville* ESPN/ESPN2 2 pm SYR Quentin Hillsman 312-163 (15th year) Same 2/15 @ NC State* ESPN2 5 pm 2/18 Syracuse* ACCN 8 pm BY THE NUMBERS 2/22 @ Pittsburgh* ACCN 8 pm 1,020 Program wins 2/25 Florida State* ACCNX 7 pm 687 Amount of three-pointers all 3 Mabreys have made in their collegiate careers 2/28 Louisville* ESPN2/ACCN Noon total wins in ACC play -- fastest team to reach 100 in league history 3/3-7 ACC Championships# TBD TBD 105 NCAA Tournament wins - 4th most in Division I 3/19-22 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds! TBD TBD 67 Went from dead last in the ACC in 3PT FG% last season to 1st this year and 18th in the nation 3/26-29 NCAA Regionals! TBD TBD 38.0 4/2-4 NCAA Final Four! TBD TBD 34 Points by Dara marked the highest for an Irish debut. 27 Total conference championships 24 Straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Still in tact 22 Different All-Americans ACC Tournament record in seven years in the league * - Atlantic Coast Conference game 17-2 # - ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) 15.4 ppg for Westbeld -- tops all ACC rookies & ranks 8th among Division I freshmen ! - NCAA Championship total women in NCAA D-I history who have played and coached for the same ranked team - includes Ivey // 15 15 straight free throws made by Destinee Walker 12.5 ppg for Walker - the top scoring sub in the country (with 10+ games played, but 5 or less games started) 11 30-win seasons in program history Westbeld (2x), Brunelle, Mabrey & now Walker have all scored 10 or more points in a fourth quarter alone this 10+ season 9 Final Four appearances - ranks as fifth most Number of threes Dara hit in first game with Irish - tied her sister Marina for second most in a single game // 7 NCAA Title game appearances - 1 of 4 schools to do so (Tennessee, UConn and La Tech) 4 Players averaging double-digit points National Titles - Notre Dame is the seventh program with multiple national championships // 2 Class of 2021 2 Signees in Olivia Miles and Sonia Citron // 2 ACC Rookie of the Week Awards for Westbeld 1st Year of the Ivey Era // 1st black female head coach at Notre Dame 2020-21 NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 NOTRE DAME ROSTER PRONUNCIATION No. Name Position Height Year Hometown Previous School Katlyn Gilbert Kate-lyn Anaya Peoples Uh-nay-uh 1 Dara Mabrey G 5-7 Jr. Belmar, N.J. Manasquan Abby Prohaska Pro-hask-kuh 3 Amirah Abdur-Rahim F 6-3 Fr. Marietta, Ga. St. Francis Dara Mabrey Dare-uh 5 Alasia Hayes G 5-7 Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. Riverdale Niele Ivey Knee-elle 10 Katlyn Gilbert G 5-10 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. Heritage Christian 12 Abby Prohaska G 5-10 Jr. Liberty Township, Ohio Lakota West 15 Natalija Marshall F 6-4 Fr. Queens, N.Y. Christ the King TEAM INFORMATION 20 Nicole Benz G 5-8 Sr. Valencia, Calif. William S. Hart Conference Atlantic Coast Home Arena (Capacity) Purcell Pavilion (9,149) 21 Anaya Peoples G 5-10 So. Danville, Ill. Schlarman Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 22 Danielle Cosgrove F 6-4 Jr. Holbrook, N.Y. Sachem East Total Returning/Lost 7/3 Newcomers 6 23 Alli Campbell G 6-0 Fr. Altoona, Penn. Bellwood-Antis First Season 1977-78 24 Destinee Walker G 5-10 Gr. Orlando, Fla. North Carolina Full Seasons 43 All-Time Record 1,020-357 (.740) 25 Olivia Miles G 5-10 Fr. Phillipsburg, N.J. Blair Academy NCAA Appearances/Record 26 / 67-24 (.736) 30 Mikki Vaughn C 6-3 Sr. Philadelphia, Penn. Paul VI/Friends’ Central First/Last NCAA Appearance 1992 / 2018 ACC Member 2013-14 - present 33 Sam Brunelle F 6-2 So. Ruckersville, Va. William Monroe ACC Regular Season 105-19 (.851) 34 Maddy Westbeld F 6-3 Fr. Kettering, Ohio Fairmont ACC Tournament 17-2 (.895) ACC Tournament Championships 5 (2014-17, 19) Karen & Kevin Keyes Women’s Basketball Head Coach Niele Ivey Notre Dame ‘00 1st Season Associate Head Coach Carol Owens Northern Illinois ‘90 21st Season NATIONAL RANKINGS Associate Head Coach Coquese Washington Notre Dame ‘93 9th Season / 1st Back 2020-21 AP TOP 25 2020-21 USA TODAY COACHES Assistant Coach Michaela Mabrey Notre Dame ‘16 2nd Season (Week 10) (Week 8) 1. Louisville 1. Louisville Director of Operations Angie Potthoff Penn State ‘97 2nd Season 2. NC State 2. NC State Video Coordinator James Spinelli Temple ‘14 3rd Season 3. UConn 3. South Carolina 4. South Carolina 4. UConn Sport Administrator Katie Capps Western Kentucky ‘02 6th Season 5. UCLA 5. UCLA 6. Stanford 6. Stanford 7. Maryland 7. Texas A&M NCAA HISTORY Dame and UConn are the only teams to reach the Elite 8. Texas A&M 8. Baylor Notre Dame has competed in 26 NCAA Championships. Eight eight times over the last 10 tournaments. Yet, the 9. Baylor 9. Arizona 10. Arizona 10. Maryland Their 24 straight appearances mark the fourth longest Irish have been more successful than any other regular- 11. Oregon 11. Ohio St active streak in the country and fifth best all-time. Due ly-appearing school at that stage, as their .900 winning 12. Michigan 12. Oregon 13. USF 13. Michigan to Covid-19 canceling the 2020 NCAA Tournament, the percentage (9-1) is the best of any program to play in at 14. Ohio St 14. Kentucky NCAA has ruled that all active streaks remain intact. least five Elite Eights. 15. Kentucky 15. Indiana 16. Indiana 16. USF 17. DePaul 17. Gonzaga Most Consecutive NCAA Berths Best Elite Eight Winning % (Min. Five App.) 18. Gonzaga 18. Arkansas No. School Streak Years No. School Record Pct. 19. Arkansas 19. Mississippi St 1. Tennessee 38 1982-2019* 1. Notre Dame 9-1 .900 20. Tennessee 20. DePaul 2. Stanford 32 1988-2019* 2. UConn 20-5 .800 21. Mississippi St 21. Georgia 3. UConn 31 1989-2019* 3. Stanford 13-7 .650 22. Georgia 22. Tennessee 4. Louisiana Tech 25 1982-2011 4. Tennessee 18-10 .643 23. Northwestern 23. Texas 5. Notre Dame 24 1996-2019* 24. West Virginia 24. Northwestern 25. South Dakota St * denotes active streak Finally, Notre Dame has advanced to 17 Sweet 16s. The 25. Missouri St Irish are one of four schools to make the last 10 straight Receiving Votes: Receiving Votes: Texas 52, Missouri State 49, Iowa Syracuse 45, South Dakota State The Irish are 67-24 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, as Sweet 16s, joining UConn, Stanford and Baylor. their 67 wins rank fourth all-time. State 29, Syracuse 27, Alabama 44, West Virginia 41, Florida Gulf 10, Rice 7, Milwaukee 4, Georgia Coast 15, Iowa 11, Michigan State IVEY ERA Tech 3, TCU 2, South Dakota 2 9, Washington State 8, Dayton 5, Notre Dame joins Louisiana Tech, USC and Stanford with The passing of the torch from Naismith Memorial Alabama 3, Milwaukee 1, IUPUI 1, Iowa State 1, Arizona State 1 two NCAA titles behind UConn (11), Tennessee (8) and Basketball Hall of Famer Muffet McGraw to Niele Ivey is Baylor (3). complete. Welcome to the Ivey Era. McGraw retired with 936 career wins, which ranked sixth all-time among Notre Dame is one of three schools (Tennessee & UConn) Division I coaches to reach seven NCAA Title games. Their nine Final Four appearances are the fifth-most of any school behind Enter Ivey, who can be linked to all nine of Notre Dame’s Tennessee (18), UConn (18), Stanford (13) and La Tech Final Fours - two as a player and seven as an assistant (10). coach. All-in-all, Ivey spent 17 combined years on campus before receiving the head coaching job. The Irish have reached 10 Elite Eights. In fact, Notre 2020-21 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 3 NOTRE DAME ACC STATS PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH Team Stats ACC Only (Rk) All Games (Rk) In fact, Notre Dame’s last decade of dominance (2010- Team ACC Record Overall Record Scoring Offense 70.7 (6) 72.2 (8) 19) had Ivey’s handprints written all over it.