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fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish Quick Hitters tics report. Notre Dame ranks third in the Notre Dame Athletic Media Relations • With its season-high No. 8 ranking in nation in scoring margin (+25.8) and field C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor the Feb. 21 Associated Press poll, Notre goal percentage (.491); fourth in steals Notre Dame, IN 46556 (13.6 spg.); fifth in three-point percentage phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 Dame now has appeared in the AP poll for Chris Masters, Associate Media Relations Director (WBB) a school-record 74 consecutive weeks, defense (.249); sixth in assists (18.3 apg.); [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 extending the program standard that began and seventh in scoring offense (79.8 ppg.) with the 2007-08 preseason poll. and rebounding margin (+10.0). These rank- Media Services • The Fighting Irish have posted a school- ings are ironic for a Fighting Irish team that The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains has no player ranking higher than 59th in schedules, rosters, updated statistics and some historical record nine wins this season by at least 35 information from previous seasons. High-resolution color points, topping the old program standard any individual category. headshots and action photos of Fighting Irish players, of four 35-point victories set in 2008-09. • Notre Dame became the 32nd NCAA Divi- coaches and staff are available upon request. • Notre Dame has scored at least 90 points sion I program to record 700 wins, earning Official Notre Dame athletics web site: in eight games this season, surpassing the the landmark victory (91-47) vs. Loyola • http://www.UND.com school record of seven set in three separate Marymount on Dec. 30 at the State Farm In-Season Interview Policy seasons (1996-97, 1998-99 and 2007-08). Holiday Hoops Classic in Seattle. The Fight- All requests for Notre Dame player, coach or staff interviews • Notre Dame has won 12 games by 30 points ing Irish are 712-307 (.699) over 34 seasons. must be made through Chris Masters and 24 hours’ notice or more, eclipsing the school record of 10 • Notre Dame celebrated another program is appreciated. Please be aware that student-athletes’ 30-point victories established in 2000-01. milestone on Dec. 5 with its 1,000th all-time academic obligations always take precedence before any game (a 72-51 win over Purdue at Purcell interview requests. • The Fighting Irish are 4-5 against ranked Media members also may speak to Fighting Irish team opponents this season, with those five Pavilion). personnel before or after practice sessions. While most losses (the only defeats for Notre Dame • Part of Notre Dame’s success thus far can practices are open to the media, some may be closed at to date) coming by an average of just 8.6 be traced to the improvement in two of its the coaching staff’s discretion — contact Chris Masters points per game, and only one by more than veterans, both of whom have exceeded her for the latest practice schedule and availability. scoring output from last season by at least On game days, no interviews will be granted with any 11 points. Three of those setbacks came Notre Dame player or coach prior to competition. to the nation’s top two squads (76-65 at 50 percent. Junior guard Natalie Novosel No. 2/3 Baylor on Dec. 1; 79-76 vs. No. 2 (5.0 to 15.0) and senior forward Devereaux Credentials / Parking Connecticut on Jan. 8; 78-57 at No. 2 Con- Peters (6.7 to 11.4) also are currently log- Season credentials will be issued to all media covering necticut on Feb. 19), with the first UConn ging career-high scoring averages this year. the Fighting Irish on a regular basis. Please note — any Notre Dame men’s basketball season credential also offers contest being one of three Top 25 defeats access to all Fighting Irish women’s basketball games. in which Notre Dame led or had a chance Other Notre Dame Notables For single-game credentials, contact Chris Masters no to tie in the final 30 seconds of regulation • Notre Dame is later than 24 hours before tipoff. Credential requests may (also 86-83 double-OT loss to No. 15 UCLA among the nation’s Winningest Teams be submitted via phone, fax or e-mail. Passes will be left and 81-76 loss at No. 9/10 Kentucky). (1996-97 to present) at the media will call entrance (Gate 8) of Purcell Pavilion. winningest pro- Parking is free for all Fighting Irish women’s basketball • The Fighting Irish rank among the top 10 in grams during the 500 Connecticut games in the large lot south of Purcell Pavilion. Due to the country in seven statistical categories, past 15 seasons 468 Tennessee construction near the arena, there are no designated park- according to Friday’s latest NCAA statis- (1996-97 to pres- 426 Duke ing lots or specific parking passes for media members. 381 Louisiana Tech ent), ranking sixth Credentials remain the property of the University of LAST IRISH GAME 369 Old Dominion Notre Dame and may be revoked at any time. with 366 victories. u366 NOTRE DAME #8/7 Notre Dame 72, #19/18 West Virginia 60 • Notre Dame has 363 Purdue Game Notes February 22, 2011 ranked among the NOTE: through games of Feb. 24. Notre Dame’s game notes package is completed and made WVU Coliseum (Morgantown, W.Va.) top 20 in the nation available on-line through the official Irish athletics web site in attendance each of the past 10 seasons. during the season, usually at least one day prior to tipoff. Notre Dame’s game notes are in Adobe PDF format and Notre Dame (72) This year, the program is fifth in the NCAA will be distributed via electronic means only (e-mail or web). Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp attendance rankings with 8,516 fans per Peters 22 8-10 0-0 0-0 5 1 4 16 Fax distribution is by request only. Bruszewski 37 5-8 0-0 0-0 9 0 3 10 game, currently topping last year’s single- Please contact Chris Masters if you wish to be added Diggins 29 4-11 1-1 1-4 7 7 2 10 season school attendance record of 8,377. to the e-mail distribution list for Notre Dame’s regular Novosel 36 7-13 0-1 8-8 7 0 1 22 The Fighting Irish also have drawn 5,000-or- women’s basketball releases. Mallory 32 4-4 1-1 0-0 1 4 3 9 Achonwa 21 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 1 4 3 more fans to 157 of their last 159 home Gameday Services Miller 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 games, logging 16 Purcell Pavilion sellouts Gameday packages containing game notes, programs Turner 18 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 2 2 (most recently on Feb. 12 vs. Rutgers). and other information will be available prior to all home Team 4 contests. A pre-game meal also will be served in the Totals 200 30-52 2-3 10-14 40 15 21 72 • The Fighting Irish have become a regular fixture in the WNBA Draft in recent years, Monogram Room media area (exit through stands above Gate 6 to right of press row, entrance on right after exiting West Virginia (60) as seven Notre Dame players have been outer concourse doors) beginning 75 minutes before tipoff. Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp selected in the past decade. Charel Allen A bank of statistics monitors is located on press row Campbell 27 3-7 0-1 0-0 4 0 1 6 was the most recent Fighting Irish player for the media’s convenience. Final statistics books include Ali 17 4-7 1-1 3-4 3 1 4 12 an official NCAA box score and play-by-play. Telephone, Bussie 22 3-8 0-0 1-5 5 0 4 7 to be chosen, going to the Sacramento Miles 38 8-21 0-0 0-0 4 5 2 16 Monarchs in the third round (43rd overall copier and fax services are available on a first-come, first- served basis. Purcell Pavilion also offers wireless Internet Repella 40 3-15 1-5 1-2 6 3 2 8 pick) of the 2008 WNBA Draft. Ruth Riley Palmer 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 capability — check with Chris Masters for access. Hampton 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 (San Antonio) was active in the league House 21 0-3 0-1 2-2 1 1 0 2 during the ’10 season, helping the Silver Post-Game Interviews Harlee 11 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 1 Stars return to the playoffs for the fourth Following each Notre Dame home game, Fighting Irish Dunning 14 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 4 consecutive season. Three of Notre Dame’s head coach Muffet McGraw and selected players, as Burton 7 2-4 0-0 0-1 3 0 2 4 well as the visiting head coach and selected players, will Team 3 eight WNBA alums have won a total of four be available to speak with the media. Post-game press Totals 200 24-68 2-8 10-18 31 10 18 60 league championships — Riley won a pair conferences are held in the Hammes Auditorium, located Notre Dame 38 34 — 72 of crowns with the Detroit Shock (2003 between Gates 1 & 2 on the first floor of Purcell Pavilion (exit West Virginia 25 35 — 60 Finals MVP, 2006), Coquese Washington court via Gate 1 ramp on opposite end of court from press toiled for the 2000 Houston Comets, while row, go straight and turn right at the Notre Dame women’s FG Pct: Notre Dame 57.7, West Virginia 35.3. 3-PT FG Pct: basketball office; auditorium entrance will be on your left). Notre Dame 66.7, West Virginia 25.0. FT Pct: Notre Dame 71.4, Jacqueline Batteast was Riley’s teammate West Virginia 55.6. Turnovers: Notre Dame 30, West Virginia Media members should submit player requests for 23. 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NOTRE DAME 2010-11 Trends Prior to this season, Notre Dame had posted High Octane Offense Day of the Week 23 steals in a game just seven times in the first Sunday 4-1 Behind one of the nation’s top 10 scoring Monday 2-0 33 years of the Fighting Irish women’s basketball offenses (79.8 ppg., seventh as of Friday), Tuesday 4-0 program (and only three games with 25-plus Notre Dame is moving into uncharted territory Wednesday 4-1 steals in that time, none since a then-record in the school’s record books. Thursday 1-1 tying 29 steals at Saint Louis on Jan. 31, 1991). Friday 2-0 The Fighting Irish have scored 90 points in Saturday 6-2 Individually, Notre Dame has 11 different play- a game in eight contests this season, setting ers with double-digit steals this season (four with a new school record for 90-point games in a Time of Game at least 50 thefts), led by senior guard Brittany Day games (before 6 p.m local time) 12-3 season (the previous mark was seven on three Night games (6 p.m. or later local time) 11-2 Mallory, who has collected a team-high 2.3 occasions - 1996-97, 1998-99 and 2007-08). steals per game (sixth in the BIG EAST). Notre Dame also has set a new school Location record with nine wins by at least 35 points, Home games 14-2 Road games 7-3 Helping Hands more than doubling the previous program Neutral site games 2-0 Notre Dame also enters Saturday’s game record of four 35-point wins set in 2008-09. ranked sixth in the country in assists (18.3 What’s more, the Fighting Irish have won Halftime score Leading at the half 22-0 apg.), having dished out at least 20 assists in 12 games by at least 30 points, topping the Tied at the half 0-2 13 games this season. school record of 10 30-point victories, which Trailing at the half 1-3 Further illustrating the Fighting Irish giv- was set during the program’s 2000-01 national ing spirit, Notre Dame has assisted on 61.8 Individual scoring championship season. Two or fewer double-figure scorers 0-2 percent of its baskets this season, with 512 Last year, Notre Dame averaged 77.2 points Three double-figure scorers 7-1 assists on 829 field goals. per game, the fifth-highest single-season scor- Four double-figure scorers 12-2 At the head of the Fighting Irish assist ing average in school history, and best since Five or more double-figure scorers 4-0 company is sophomore Skylar Diggins, who the Fighting Irish logged a school-record 81.0 Rebounding margin has adapted well to her role as Notre Dame’s ppg. mark in 1998-99. Grab more rebounds than opponents 22-1 primary point guard, ranking fifth in the BIG Grab same number of rebounds 0-2 Grab fewer rebounds than opponents 1-2 EAST Conference at 4.7 assists per game, and Glass Houses just outside the top 15 in the league with a 1.27 One of Notre Dame’s greatest areas of Field goal shooting assist/turnover ratio. She also has handed out improvement this season has been in the Higher pct. than opponent 22-2 at least five assists in 18 games this season, Lower pct. than opponent 0-3 rebounding column, where the Fighting Irish Same pct. as opponent 1-0 after tallying seven five-assist games during are averaging 41.6 caroms per game, up more Shoot 45% or better 22-1 her entire freshman campaign. than two rebounds from last year’s total at this Shoot less than 45% 1-4 time (39.5 rpg.) and good enough for third in Hold opponent under 40% 19-1 Sharp Shooters the BIG EAST. Free throw margin Notre Dame also ranks third in the nation with Notre Dame also is giving up just 31.6 Make more free throws 20-0 a .491 field goal percentage, shooting 50 per- rebounds per game, nearly five caroms better Make same number of free throws 1-1 Make fewer free throws 2-4 cent or better from the floor in 16 games this than last year at this time (36.1 rpg.) and plac- season, and at least 45 percent in 23 outings. ing second in the conference. Turnovers Notre Dame also has seen a rise in its With a +10.0 rpg. margin this season, the Commit fewer turnovers 19-1 three-point shooting numbers following a slow Commit same number of turnovers 1-0 Fighting Irish rank third in the BIG EAST and Commit more turnovers 3-4 start this season. During the past 19 games, seventh in the country as of Friday. the Fighting Irish are connecting at a 40.8 What’s more, Notre Dame has outrebound- Miscellaneous percent clip (69-of-169) from beyond the arc. ed its opponent by double digits in 14 games Vs. Top 25 (AP or ESPN/USA Today polls) 4-5 On commercial television 4-3 Compare that with the first nine contests of the this season, including eight games in which In white jerseys 13-1 season, when Notre Dame had a .269 (29-of- the Fighting Irish posted rebound margins of In alternate white jerseys (green trim) 1-1 108) three-point percentage. +15 or better, topped by a season-high +42 In alternate white jerseys (pink trim) 1-0 mark (66-24) on Jan. 2 against Southeast In blue jerseys 8-2 In green jerseys 0-1 National Leaders Missouri State at Purcell Pavilion. Notre Dame ranks among the top 10 in the Margin of Victory 1-5 points 0-3 nation in seven categories according to last Everyone Gets Into The Act 6-10 points 2-0 Friday’s NCAA statistics report — third in The Fighting Irish have spread the wealth so 11-15 points 2-1 scoring margin (+25.8) and field goal percent- far this season, with six different players lead- 16-20 points 2-0 age (.491); fourth in steals (13.6 spg.); fifth in ing the team in scoring in at least one game 21+ points 17-1 In overtime games 0-1 three-point percentage defense (.249); sixth thus far, with four different 20-point scorers in assists (18.3 apg.); and seventh in scoring along the way. Conference Affiliation offense (79.8 ppg.) and rebounding margin Notre Dame also has seen no fewer America East 1-0 Atlantic Coast 1-0 (+10.0). than eight different players claim team-high BIG EAST 12-2 In addition, Notre Dame ranks in the top 25 rebounding and assist honors at some point Big Ten 1-0 in the NCAA in 11 of a possible 17 categories this year. Big 12 0-1 (not counting won-loss percentage), adding in Horizon League 2-0 Missouri Valley 1-0 turnover margin (11th, +5.71), scoring defense Missed It By That Much Ohio Valley 2-0 (15th, 54.0 ppg.), assist/turnover ratio (20th, Notre Dame may hold a 23-5 record coming Pac-10 0-1 1.03) and field goal percentage defense (21st, into Saturday’s game, but the Fighting Irish are Southeastern 0-1 .352). Summit League 1-0 oh-so-close to owning a much better mark, West Coast 2-0 Yet for all of these high team statistical with all five losses coming to top-15 oppo- marks, no Fighting Irish individual ranks higher nents by an average margin of just 8.6 points Month than No. 59 in any single category — sopho- November 5-2 per game (three by single digits and a fourth December 6-1 more guard Skylar Diggins is 59th in the by 11 points). January 7-1 nation in assists (4.7 apg.). What’s more, Notre Dame led inside the February 5-1 final 30 seconds of regulation in two of those March 0-0 losses, both at home (No. 15 UCLA, also at the
6 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 Quick Facts NOTRE DAME Notre Dame Quick Facts end of the first overtime; No. 2 Connecticut), 2010-11 Notre Dame Top Bench Scorers and the Fighting Irish also had a possession to Official Name: University of Notre Dame Player Points Opponent/Date Location: Notre Dame, Ind. tie the game in the final 30 seconds at No. 9/10 Kayla McBride 20 vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/30/10 Enrollment: 8,363 (undergraduate) / 11,731 (overall) Kentucky. Kayla McBride 17 SE Missouri State, 1/2/11 Founded: 1842 The fourth loss (at No. 2/3 Baylor) saw Natalie Achonwa 14 at South Florida, 2/5/11 Colors: Gold and Blue Notre Dame battle to within six points (65-59) Kayla McBride 14 Louisville, 1/12/11 Nickname: Fighting Irish with five minutes remaining and have a look at Natalie Achonwa 14 Creighton, 12/11/10 School Fight Song: Notre Dame Victory March a three-pointer to halve the margin further on Erica Solomon 14 Wake Forest, 11/27/10 Conference: BIG EAST their next possession, but the shot rattled out Kayla McBride 14 Morehead State, 11/15/10 Arena: Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center (cap. 9,149) Natalie Achonwa 13 Syracuse, 2/1/11 President: Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. and the Lady Bears managed to put the game Natalie Achonwa 13 at Providence, 12/8/10 Provost: Thomas G. Burish away with nine free throws (despite making Natalie Achonwa 12 Seton Hall, 2/8/11 Executive Vice President: John Affleck-Graves only one field goal during the final 8:23). Natalie Achonwa 12 at Marquette, 1/5/11 NCAA Faculty Representative: Patricia Bellia Natalie Achonwa 12 at Valparaiso, 12/20/10 Director of Athletics: Jack Swarbrick Diggins Named Semifinalist For Natalie Achonwa 12 Purdue, 12/5/10 Senior Deputy Athletics Director/SWA: Missy Conboy Erica Solomon 12 IUPUI, 11/26/10 Associate Athletics Director (WBB): Jill Bodensteiner Nancy Lieberman Award Erica Solomon 11 at Providence, 12/8/10 Sophomore guard Skylar Diggins is among a Natalie Achonwa 11 Wake Forest, 11/27/10 Head Coach: Muffet McGraw (Saint Joseph’s (Pa.) ’77) group of 11 players who have been selected Kayla McBride 11 UCLA, 11/18/10 Record: 636-249 (.719) - 29th season as semifinalists for the 2011 Nancy Lieberman Erica Solomon 11 New Hampshire, 11/12/10 At Notre Dame: 548-208 (.725) - 24th season Award, given to the nation’s top point guard, it Ariel Braker 10 IUPUI, 11/26/10 At Purcell Pavilion: 276-54 (.836) Natalie Achonwa 10 Morehead State, 11/15/10 Associate Head Coach: was announced Feb. 19 by the award’s orga- Kaila Turner 10 Morehead State, 11/15/10 Jonathan Tsipis (North Carolina ’96) - 8th season nizer, the Rotary Club of Detroit. Diggins is the Game-high scorers in italics Associate Coach: only underclass player among the 11 remaining Carol Owens (Northern Illinois ’90) - 11th season nominees, joining eight seniors and two juniors Novosel Is Just Plain Nasty Assistant Coach: in contention for this year’s award. Nicknamed “Nasty” for her playmaking abilities, Niele Ivey (Notre Dame ’00) - 4th season Diggins is the first Notre Dame player to be junior guard Natalie Novosel is rapidly making Coordinator of Basketball Operations: chosen as a Nancy Lieberman Award semi- a strong case as one of the most improved Stephanie Menio (Pittsburgh ’04) - 6th season Associate Director of Operations & Technology: finalist since All-American Megan Duffy in players in the BIG EAST Conference, if not the Angie Potthoff (Penn State ’97) - 6th season 2006, and the third since the award’s inception entire country. Administrative Assistant: Tinia Scott in 2001 (when another Notre Dame All-Ameri- The Lexington, Ky., native currently leads the Athletic Trainer: Anne Marquez can and current Fighting Irish assistant coach Fighting Irish (and ranks seventh in the league) Strength & Conditioning Coach: Craig Cheek Niele Ivey was a finalist). This year’s 11 nomi- in scoring at 15.0 points per game, tripling her Academic Counselor: Chad Grotegut nees were selected by a panel of sportswriters offensive output from a season ago. She also Equipment Manager: Kathy Speybroeck from around the country, based on the criteria has scored at least 20 points in a game five times Student Managers: Stephen Lauria (Sr., Staten Island, N.Y.) of floor leadership, play-making and ball-han- this year (after coming Brian Monson (Sr., Rochester, Minn.) dling skills that personified Naismith Memorial into the campaign with Natalie Novosel Basketball Hall of Fame selection Nancy Li- a career single-game Season Improvement eberman during her career. That same sports- high of 19 points) and ’09-10 ’10-11 Women’s Basketball History writer panel will choose the three finalists and has scored in double PPG 5.0 15.0 34th Season: this year’s award recipient during the weekend figures a team-high 24 10p gms 5 24 1st game, Dec. 3, 1977 vs. Valparaiso (W, 48-41) of the NCAA Women’s Final Four (April 3-5), times after doing so a 20p gms 0 5 All-Time Record: 712-307 (.699) with the recipient to attend an awards lun- total of 14 times in her 3-pt FGM 7 21 Record At Purcell Pavilion: cheon on April 27 at the Detroit Athletic Club. first two seasons com- FG% .428 .486 34th season, 353-88 (.800) Diggins is one of three BIG EAST Confer- bined at Notre Dame. 3FG% .350 .368 Record In The BIG EAST (regular season): FT% .786 .781 ence players among the 11 Lieberman Award In addition, Novosel 16th season, 200-62 (.763) RPG 2.2 4.0 Conference/Membership Affiliations: semifinalists, along with Sarah Miles (West added some hardware APG 1.7 2.0 AIAW D-III independent (1977-78 through 1979-80) Virginia) and Sam Quigley (DePaul). The other to her personal trophy SPG 1.3 2.0 AIAW D-I independent (1980-81) remaining nominees are: Cetera DeGraffenreid case as well, taking NCAA D-I independent (1981-82 through 1982-83) (North Carolina), Dawn Evans (James Madison), home Most Valuable North Star (1983-84 through 1987-88) Melissa Jones (Baylor), Jeanette Pohlen (Stan- Player honors at the WBCA Classic, earning a *Midwestern Collegiate (1988-89 through 1994-95) ford), Samantha Prahalis (Ohio State), Danielle spot on the State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic BIG EAST (1995-96 to present) Robinson (Oklahoma), Jasmine Thomas (Duke) All-Tournament Team and also garnering a place Regular-Season Conference Championships (8): North Star - 1985, 1986 and Courtney Vandersloot (Gonzaga). on the Nov. 29 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. *Midwestern Collegiate - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995 Thus, it’s no surprise that ESPN.com’s Gra- BIG EAST - 2001 Diggins Makes Naismith Midseason List ham Hays tweeted the following comment after Conference Tournament Championships (5): On Feb. 14, sophomore guard Skylar Diggins Novosel’s career-high 27 points (8-11 FG, 2-2 North Star - N/A earned a place on the Naismith Trophy Mid- 3FG, 9-9 FT) vs. Gonzaga in a 70-61 Fighting *Midwestern Collegiate - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 season Top 30 List, according to an announce- Irish win on Dec. 29 in Seattle: BIG EAST - None “Is Natalie Novosel the most improved player NCAA Championship Appearances (17): ment by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. The Naismith National Champion - 2001 Trophy, which is presented annually to the na- in the nation? Gotta be on the short list.” Final Four - 1997, 2001 tion’s top player, compiled its midseason can- Elite 8 - 1997, 2001 didates based upon individual performance Peters Showing Her Own Dev-elopment Sweet 16 - 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010 and team results during the 2010-11 season If Novosel is among the nation’s most improved Berths - 1994, 1996-2010 to date. players, senior forward Devereaux Peters can’t Consecutive NCAA Championship Appearances: 15 (1996-present) It’s the second midseason national award be far behind. The veteran frontliner is playing NIT Appearances (4): candidate list that Diggins has made, following some of the best basketball of her career this 1986 (3rd place), 1989 (7th place), 1991 (8th place), her place on the John R. Wooden Award chart season, putting a pair of knee injuries and three 1995 (3rd place) last month, and like that rundown, she is one surgeries well in the rearview mirror. Consecutive Postseason Appearances: of only three sophomores to be tapped for the A three-time BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 17 (1994-present); 16 NCAAs, 1 NIT designation along with Baylor’s Brittney Gri- selection, Peters currently is averaging career * - now known as the Horizon League ner and Georgetown’s Sugar Rodgers. highs of 11.4 points per game (28th in the BIG EAST) and 7.0 rebounds per game (10th), along 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 7
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Team Statistics BIG EAST - All Games NCAA Division I BIG EAST - Conference Games Only Category Rank Leader Rank Leader Rank Leader Scoring Offense 79.8 1 79.8, Notre Dame 7 86.4, Gonzaga 73.8, 2 75.9, Connecticut Scoring Defense 54.0 3 50.1, Connecticut 15 49.6, Marist 54.6, 3 51.9, Connecticut Scoring Margin +25.8 2 +29.3, Connecticut 3 +29.3, Connecticut +19.2, 2 +24.0, Connecticut FT Percentage .710 (478-673) 7 .777, Villanova 101 .800, Bowling Green .697 (242-347), 8 .798, Villanova FG Percentage .491 (829-1688) 2 .507, Connecticut 3 .507, Connecticut .473 (372-786), 2 .511, Connecticut FG Pct. Defense .352 (542-1539) 3 .324, Connecticut 21 .315, Baylor .365 (274-751), 3 .328, Connecticut 3-Point FG Pct. .354 (98-277) 5 .362, Connecticut — .433, Penn State .392 (47-120), 2 .399, Connecticut 3-Point FG Pct. Def. .249 (110-441) 1 .249, Notre Dame 5 .245, Baylor .284 (52-183), 3 .270, Providence 3-Point FG Made 3.5 15 7.9, Villanova 302 9.8, Fresno State 3.4, 15 7.5, Villanova Rebounding 41.6 3 46.6, Syracuse not kept 39.6, 3 41.7, Syracuse Opponent Rebounding 31.6 2 28.9, Connecticut not kept 31.8, 2 29.3, Connecticut Rebounding Margin +10.0 3 +14.9, Syracuse 7 +14.9, Syracuse +7.8, 3 +11.1, Connecticut Offensive Rebounds 15.4 4 19.6, Syracuse not kept 14.4, 4 17.2, Syracuse Defensive Rebounds 26.2 3 29.4, Connecticut not kept 25.3, 2 29.0, Connecticut Blocked Shots 4.5 6 5.8, West Virginia 48 7.2, Baylor 4.0, 5 5.4, Pittsburgh Assists 18.3 3 19.9, Connecticut 6 20.5, Gonzaga 16.1, 3 18.5, Connecticut Steals 13.6 1 13.6, Notre Dame 4 15.0, Oral Roberts 11.4, 1 11.4, Notre Dame Turnover Margin +5.7 1 +5.7, Notre Dame 11 +8.89, Miami (Fla.) +3.9, 2 +4.0, DePaul Turnover Average 17.7 not kept 167 10.9, Marist not kept Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.0 3 1.3, Connecticut 20 1.51, Gonzaga 0.9, 3 1.2, DePaul Personal Fouls 16.8 not kept 144 11.6, Wyoming not kept Won-Loss Percentage .821 not kept 18 .964, Connecticut not kept Conference stats through Feb. 25 // NCAA stats through Feb. 24 333 Division I teams bold = BIG EAST leader OR NCAA Top 25
2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 13 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 2010-11 University of Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Results Overall Record: 23-5 (Home: 14-2, Away: 7-3, Neutral: 2-0); BIG EAST Conference Record: 12-2
————— 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 13/12 2/2 • CONNECTICUTCBS L 76-79 L1 13-4 2-1 Peters-17 Peters-11 two with 5 9,149 (s) Jan. 12 12/12 • LOUISVILLE W 80-60 W1 14-4 3-1 two with 14 Achonwa-9 two with 5 8,058 Jan. 15 12/12 • at Pittsburgh W 82-50 W2 15-4 4-1 Diggins-20 Peters-10 Diggins-5 2,650 Jan. 18 11/10 16/17 • GEORGETOWNCBS C W 80-58 W3 16-4 5-1 Diggins-22 Peters-12 Diggins-6 8,614 Jan. 23 11/10 RV/23 • ST. JOHN’SESPNU W 69-36 W4 17-4 6-1 Bruszewski-19 Peters-10 Diggins-6 9,149 (s) Jan. 29 9/9 • at Villanova W 58-43 W5 18-4 7-1 Peters-20 Bruszewski-10 Diggins-4 2,327 Feb. 1 8/8 RV/25 • SYRACUSE W 71-48 W6 19-4 8-1 Peters-15 Peters-11 Diggins-5 7,797 Feb. 5 8/8 • at South Florida W 76-68 W7 20-4 9-1 Novosel-19 two with 8 Bruszewski-5 1,393 Feb. 8 8/8 • SETON HALL W 89-38 W8 21-4 10-1 Novosel-16 three with 6 Diggins-7 8,072 Feb. 12 8/8 • RUTGERS W 71-49 W9 22-4 11-1 Peters-21 Peters-6 Mallory-10 9,149 (s) Feb. 19 8/8 2/2 • at ConnecticutBIG EAST TV L 57-78 L1 22-5 11-2 Diggins-22 Peters-8 two with 2 10,167 (s) Feb. 22 8/7 19/18 • at West VirginiaCBS C W 72-60 W1 23-5 12-2 Novosel-22 Bruszewski-9 Diggins-7 2,593 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: 175,157 6,256 10,167 (2/19-UConn) (1) = Super Six Series (Notre Dame, Ind.) Home: 136,260 8,516 9,149 (four times) (2) = WBCA Classic (Notre Dame, Ind.) (3) = State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic (Seattle, Wash.) Away: 36,519 3,652 10,167 (2/19-UConn) 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: 23-5 (Home: 14-2, Away: 7-3, 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 28-28 764-27.3 134-276 .486 21-57 .368 132-169 .781 35 77 112 4.0 39-1 57 67 10 55 421 15.0 Diggins, Skylar 28-28 830-29.6 140-322 .435 22-68 .324 90-127 .709 33 81 114 4.1 55-0 132 104 9 53 392 14.0 Peters, Devereaux 28-28 623-22.3 135-229 .590 0-0 .000 48-63 .762 86 111 197 7.0 67-1 49 51 43 51 318 11.4 Bruszewski, Becca 28-28 707-25.3 111-205 .541 0-7 .000 35-59 .593 49 98 147 5.3 71-2 43 56 17 26 257 9.2 McBride, Kayla 19-4 452-23.8 68-122 .557 4-17 .235 25-29 .862 20 43 63 3.3 22-0 29 33 3 18 165 8.7 Achonwa, Natalie 28-0 493-17.6 87-155 .561 2-3 .667 41-66 .621 61 86 147 5.3 49-1 33 46 13 25 217 7.8 Mallory, Brittany 26-24 643-24.7 57-124 .460 32-72 .444 31-42 .738 13 36 49 1.9 49-0 70 44 1 59 177 6.8 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 28-0 481-17.2 26-90 .289 15-51 .294 22-27 .815 3 33 36 1.3 38-0 59 37 1 26 89 3.2 Miller, Fraderica 23-0 237-10.3 16-38 .421 0-0 .000 16-26 .615 21 34 55 2.4 33-0 18 20 0 38 48 2.1 Braker, Ariel 23-0 136-5.9 12-30 .400 0-0 .000 15-32 .469 23 30 53 2.3 15-0 7 8 13 11 39 1.7 Forr, Mary 17-0 78-4.6 13-27 .481 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 6 6 12 0.7 8-0 3 4 2 0 27 1.6 Badway, Veronica 14-0 40-2.9 2-11 .182 2-2 1.000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 0.2 1-0 0 3 0 1 7 0.5 Team 59 63 122 4.4 7 Notre Dame 28 5650 829-1688 .491 98-277 .354 478-673 .710 432 733 1165 41.6 471-6 512 496 125 381 2234 79.8 Opponents 28 5650 542-1539 .352 110-441 .249 319-476 .670 351 535 886 31.6 537-9 310 656 76 235 1513 54.0
BIG EAST Games Only: 12-2 (Home: 6-1, Away: 6-1) (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 14-14 412-29.4 64-145 .441 7-20 .350 68-90 .756 16 42 58 4.1 18-0 28 32 4 24 203 14.5 Diggins, Skylar 14-14 444-31.7 64-162 .395 12-36 .333 59-77 .766 18 51 69 4.9 30-0 67 56 5 28 199 14.2 Peters, Devereaux 14-14 366-26.1 75-121 .620 0-0 .000 29-40 .725 46 62 108 7.7 36-0 22 25 24 23 179 12.8 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 Bruszewski, Becca 14-14 378-27.0 57-107 .533 0-1 .000 23-37 .622 23 50 73 5.2 39-0 19 27 13 14 137 9.8 Mallory, Brittany 14-14 401-28.6 35-70 .500 20-41 .488 15-21 .714 6 22 28 2.0 31-0 42 28 1 31 105 7.5 Achonwa, Natalie 14-0 239-17.1 40-76 .526 1-2 .500 22-37 .595 25 41 66 4.7 23-0 12 16 4 6 103 7.4 McBride, Kayla 5-0 104-20.8 11-20 .550 1-1 1.000 5-6 .833 5 12 17 3.4 11-0 6 12 0 2 28 5.6 Turner, Kaila 14-0 225-16.1 11-40 .275 6-19 .316 8-10 .800 2 16 18 1.3 16-0 18 24 1 9 36 2.6 Miller, Fraderica 13-0 122-9.4 7-18 .389 0-0 .000 6-12 .500 12 12 24 1.8 15-0 7 12 0 15 20 1.5 Forr, Mary 7-0 25-3.6 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3 2 5 0.7 2-0 0 1 0 0 9 1.3 Braker, Ariel 13-0 52-4.0 0-5 .000 0-0 .000 3-9 .333 6 11 17 1.3 10-0 2 3 2 3 3 0.2 Badway, Veronica 5-0 13-2.6 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 33 29 62 4.4 6 Notre Dame 14 2800 372-786 .473 47-120 .392 242-347 .697 201 354 555 39.6 233-0 226 244 56 160 1033 73.8 Opponents 14 2800 274-751 .365 52-183 .284 165-249 .663 175 270 445 31.8 276-3 166 299 47 130 765 54.6
All Games...... ND...... Opp Notre Dame’s Largest … BIG EAST Only...... ND...... Opp SCORING...... 2234...... 1513 LEAD SCORING...... 1033...... 765 Points per game...... 79.8...... 54.0 Overall: 76 (93-17 (2:58 - 2nd) vs. SE Missouri St., 1/2) Points per game...... 73.8...... 54.6 Scoring margin...... +25.8...... — BIG EAST: 51 (89-38 (0:30 - 2nd) vs. Seton Hall, 2/8) Scoring margin...... +19.1...... — FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 829-1688...... 542-1539 DEFICIT FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 372-786...... 274-751 Field goal pct...... 491...... 352 Overall: 23 (63-40 (8:31 - 2nd) at Connecticut, 2/19) Field goal pct...... 473...... 365 3-POINT FG-ATT...... 98-277...... 110-441 BIG EAST: 23 (63-40 (8:31 - 2nd) at Connecticut, 2/19) 3-POINT FG-ATT...... 47-120...... 52-183 3-point FG pct...... 354...... 249 MARGIN OF VICTORY 3-point FG pct...... 392...... 284 3-point FG made/gm...... 3.5...... 3.9 Overall: 76 (97-21 vs. SE Missouri State, 1/2) 3-point FG made/gm...... 3.4...... 3.7 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 478-673...... 319-476 BIG EAST: 51 (89-38 vs. Seton Hall, 2/8) FREE THROWS-ATT...... 242-347...... 165-249 Free throw pct...... 710...... 670 MARGIN OF DEFEAT Free throw pct...... 697...... 663 FT made/gm...... 17.1...... 11.4 Overall: 21 (78-57 at Connecticut, 2/19) FT made/gm...... 17.3...... 11.8 REBOUNDS...... 1165...... 886 BIG EAST: 21 (78-57 at Connecticut, 2/19) REBOUNDS...... 555...... 445 Rebounds per game...... 41.6...... 31.6 HALFTIME LEAD Rebounds per game...... 39.6...... 31.8 Rebounding margin...... +10.0...... — Overall: 41 (53-12 vs. New Hampshire, 11/12) Rebounding margin...... +7.8...... — ASSISTS...... 512...... 310 BIG EAST: 31 (50-19 at Pittsburgh, 1/15) ASSISTS...... 226...... 166 Assists per game...... 18.3...... 11.1 HALFTIME DEFICIT Assists per game...... 16.1...... 11.9 TURNOVERS...... 496...... 656 Overall: 14 (38-24 at Baylor, 12/1) TURNOVERS...... 244...... 299 Turnovers per game...... 17.7...... 23.4 BIG EAST: 8 (37-29 at Connecticut, 2/19) Turnovers per game...... 17.4...... 21.4 Turnover margin...... +5.7...... — HOME CROWD Turnover margin...... +3.9...... — Assist/turnover ratio...... 1.0...... 0.5 Overall: 9,149 (sellout), three times (MR: vs. St. John’s, 1/23) Assist/turnover ratio...... 0.9...... 0.6 STEALS...... 381...... 235 BIG EAST: 9,149 (sellout), twice (MR: vs. St. John’s, 1/23) STEALS...... 160...... 130 Steals per game...... 13.6...... 8.4 ROAD CROWD Steals per game...... 11.4...... 9.3 BLOCKS...... 125...... 76 Overall: 10,167 (sellout) (at Connecticut, 2/19) BLOCKS...... 56...... 47 Blocks per game...... 4.5...... 2.7 BIG EAST: 10,167 (sellout) (at Connecticut, 2/19) Blocks per game...... 4.0...... 3.4 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 1092 1126 12 4 — 2234 BIG EAST: Notre Dame 535 498 — 1033 Opponents 712 782 12 7 — 1513 Opponents 374 391 — 765
2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 15 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 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 • CONNECTICUT DNP 16-4-5 9-8-2 0-0-0 17-11-2 2-0-0 16-5-5 6-1-1 2-2-1 8-6-1 DNP 0-0-0 • LOUISVILLE 0-0-0 12-2-5 4-9-1 0-2-2 14-3-1 2-2-1 12-5-5 11-5-3 14-6-1 11-6-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 • at Pittsburgh 0-0-0 20-4-5 4-3-0 4-3-0 15-10-4 5-2-1 15-3-1 2-2-1 8-5-3 4-4-1 5-2-0 0-3-0 • GEORGETOWN DNP 22-4-6 6-7-1 2-2-1 4-12-0 3-1-1 19-1-1 14-2-4 DNP 10-4-3 DNP 0-1-0 • ST. JOHN’S 0-0-0 6-6-6 4-4-2 2-3-0 14-10-2 3-2-3 13-3-2 6-6-5 DNP 19-1-1 0-2-0 2-3-0 • at Villanova DNP 13-6-4 4-3-1 0-0-0 20-9-0 0-1-1 11-3-2 0-0-1 DNP 10-10-0 DNP 0-0-0 • SYRACUSE DNP 8-7-5 13-2-1 0-0-1 15-11-4 1-1-3 13-4-2 6-1-3 DNP 12-7-1 2-1-0 1-1-0 • at South Florida DNP 17-4-4 14-8-0 0-3-0 7-7-0 0-2-1 19-8-0 3-1-2 DNP 16-6-5 DNP 0-0-0 • SETON HALL 0-0-0 14-6-7 12-6-1 7-5-1 10-5-2 5-1-1 16-4-2 13-1-3 DNP 10-1-2 2-0-0 0-6-1 • RUTGERS DNP 20-5-5 4-4-1 DNP 21-6-0 4-1-1 6-3-1 10-4-10 DNP 6-4-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 • at Connecticut DNP 22-4-1 1-3-0 2-2-1 0-8-2 0-1-1 18-3-2 6-2-1 DNP 8-6-0 DNP 0-0-0 • at West Virginia DNP 10-7-7 3-2-1 0-1-0 16-5-1 2-4-2 22-7-0 9-1-4 DNP 10-9-0 DNP DNP 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 J8 CONNECTICUT Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J8 CONNECTICUT 38/30 22/13 18/4 8/6 13/2 J12 LOUISVILLE Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J12 LOUISVILLE 36/32 20/16 9/15 6/8 20/27 J15 at Pittsburgh Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J15 at Pittsburgh 40/18 21/11 18/7 10/7 26/24 J18 GEORGETOWN Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J18 GEORGETOWN 24/16 31/15 13/10 8/4 11/11 J23 ST. JOHN’S Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J23 ST. JOHN’S 46/20 24/2 14/4 8/2 11/7 J29 at Villanova Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel J29 at Villanova 40/26 20/4 16/0 6/0 4/13 F1 SYRACUSE Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel F1 SYRACUSE 36/16 28/13 12/11 4/2 17/10 F5 at South Florida Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel F5 at South Florida 36/40 20/20 16/9 4/6 14/15 F8 SETON HALL Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel F8 SETON HALL 44/12 36/13 11/4 8/2 26/14 F12 RUTGERS Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel F12 RUTGERS 38/24 26/10 11/4 8/4 8/2 F19 at Connecticut Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel F19 at Connecticut 20/36 14/33 9/7 10/8 3/7 F22 at West Virginia Bruszewski Peters Diggins Mallory Novosel F22 at West Virginia 48/34 25/22 10/9 8/8 5/11 * - not tracked by home statistics crew
16 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME 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) 57 at Connecticut (2/19/11) 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, five times (MR: 2nd by Connecticut, 2/19/11) 6 (1st) by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 38 vs. Creighton (12/11/10) 20 at Connecticut (2/19/11) Field Goals Made 30 by UCLA (11/18/10) 7, twice (MR: by SE Missouri St., 1/2/11) 75 vs. Connecticut (1/8/11) 46 at South Florida (2/5/11) Field Goal Attempts 71 by Gonzaga (12/29/10) 37 by New Hampshire (11/12/10) .640 vs. Seton Hall (2/8/11) .360 vs. Connecticut (1/8/11) FG Percentage .547 by Connecticut (2/19/11) .125 by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 8 vs. Georgetown (1/18/11) 0 at Villanova (1/29/11) 3-Point FG Made 8, twice (MR: by Connecticut, 2/19/11) 1, three times (MR: by St. John’s, 1/23/11) 18 at Baylor (12/1/10) 3 at West Virginia (2/22/11) 3-Point FG Attempts 32 by SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 6 by St. John’s (1/23/11) .750 vs. Creighton (12/11/10) .000 at Villanova (1/29/11) 3-Point FG Percentage .444, twice (MR: by Connecticut, 2/19/11) .100 by Morehead State (11/15/10) 37 vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) 9 vs. Purdue (12/5/10) Free Throws Made 26 by Connecticut (1/8/11) 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 1.000 by Villanova (1/29/11) .273 by St. John’s (1/23/11) 66 vs. SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 31 vs. Rutgers (2/12/11) Rebounds 46 by UCLA (11/18/10) 23, twice (MR: by LMU, 12/30/10) 27 vs. SE Missouri State (1/2/11) 8 at Connecticut (2/19/11) Assists 22 by Connecticut (2/19/11) 2 by Morehead State (11/15/10) 36 vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) 5, three times (MR: at West Virginia, 2/22/11) Steals 16 by West Virginia (2/22/11) 1 by IUPUI (11/26/10) 9 vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) 1 at Connecticut (2/19/11) Blocked Shots 6, twice (MR: by St. John’s, 1/23/11) 0 by Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) 30 at West Virginia (2/22/11) 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, twice (MR: at Villanova, 1/29/11) 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) 31 by Maya Moore of Connecticut (1/8/11) Field Goals Made 11 by Devereaux Peters vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) 11 by Maya Moore of Connecticut (1/8/11) Field Goal Attempts 24 by Natalie Novosel at Kentucky (11/21/10) 21, twice (MR: by Sarah Miles of West Virginia, 2/22/11) Highest FG Percentage (min. 5 made) 1.000 (6-6) by Becca Bruszewski vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) .857 (6-7), twice (MR: by Chelsey Lee of Rutgers, 2/12/11) 3-Point Field Goals Made 4 by Skylar Diggins at Baylor (12/1/10) 5, twice (MR: by Bria Hartley of Connecticut, 2/19/11) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 7, three times (MR: by Brittany Mallory vs. Louisville, 1/12/11) 12 by Keyla Snowden of Kentucky (11/21/10) 3-Point FG Percentage (min. 2 made) 1.000 (2-2), four times (MR: by Brittany Mallory vs. Rutgers, 2/12/11) 1.000 (2-2) by Jasmine Crew of Seton Hall (2/8/11) Free Throws Made 11 by Natalie Novosel vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) 10, twice (MR: by Kelly Faris of Connecticut, 1/8/11) Free Throw Attempts 13 by Natalie Novosel at Connecticut (2/19/11) 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 (10-10) by Kelly Faris of Connecticut (1/8/11) 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 10 by Brittany Mallory vs. Rutgers (2/12/11) 8 by Khadijah Rushdan of Rutgers (2/12/11) Steals 7 by Natalie Novosel vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) 6, three times (MR: by Sarah Miles of West Virginia, 2/22/11) Blocked Shots 5 by Devereaux Peters vs. St. John’s (1/23/11) 4 by Brittney Griner of Baylor (12/1/10) Turnovers 10 by Skylar Diggins at West Virginia (2/22/11) 11 by Kerah Nelson of IUPUI (11/26/10) Minutes Played 47 by Skylar Diggins vs. UCLA (11/18/10) 40, three times (MR: by Liz Repella of West Virginia, 2/22/11)
2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 17 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 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 J8 • NOTRE DAME hL 76-79 27-75 .360 2-11 .182 20-25 .800 23-20-43 18-0 17 14 7 7 41-35 76 #2 CONNECTICUT 24-57 .421 5-17 .294 26-27 .963 14-29-43 18-0 17 20 4 8 41-38 79 J12 • NOTRE DAME hW 80-60 26-55 .473 4-10 .400 24-38 .632 14-31-45 19-0 21 19 3 8 37-43 80 LOUISVILLE 21-61 .344 4-17 .235 14-23 .609 14-21-35 25-0 10 19 2 12 22-38 60 J15 • NOTRE DAME aW 82-50 30-64 .469 4-11 .364 18-22 .818 17-29-46 14-0 16 15 3 13 50-32 82 at Pittsburgh 16-49 .327 5-12 .417 13-20 .650 8-20-28 17-0 8 21 6 4 19-31 50 J18 • NOTRE DAME hW 80-58 26-48 .542 8-14 .571 20-29 .690 12-24-36 20-0 17 19 4 10 45-35 80 #16/17 GEORGETOWN 22-51 .431 7-18 .389 7-17 .412 13-17-30 24-0 16 21 3 12 33-25 58 J23 • NOTRE DAME hW 69-36 28-61 .459 3-10 .300 10-14 .714 17-25-42 14-0 21 18 8 17 39-30 69 #RV/23 ST. JOHN’S 16-50 .320 1-6 .167 3-11 .273 13-18-31 13-0 8 26 6 10 21-15 36 J29 • NOTRE DAME aW 58-43 21-56 .375 0-4 .000 16-20 .800 14-25-39 7-0 9 12 2 14 32-26 58 at Villanova 16-44 .364 2-16 .125 9-9 1.000 3-24-27 17-0 9 19 1 7 20-23 43 F1 • NOTRE DAME hW 71-48 25-55 .455 3-12 .250 18-31 .581 14-30-44 21-0 20 18 3 16 34-37 71 #RV/25 SYRACUSE 13-51 .255 2-14 .143 20-29 .690 14-20-34 21-0 9 24 3 11 20-28 48 F5 • NOTRE DAME aW 76-68 23-46 .500 2-5 .400 28-41 .683 14-26-40 21-0 12 18 4 5 42-34 76 at South Florida 25-56 .446 4-9 .444 14-24 .583 11-16-27 27-0 16 14 5 11 30-38 68 F8 • NOTRE DAME hW 89-38 32-50 .640 3-5 .600 22-32 .688 13-29-42 13-0 20 19 2 17 44-45 89 SETON HALL 14-57 .246 4-15 .267 6-10 .600 16-10-26 23-1 6 24 2 6 23-15 38 F12 • NOTRE DAME hW 71-49 27-52 .519 5-9 .556 12-16 .750 10-21-31 11-0 18 15 3 8 29-42 71 RUTGERS 20-49 .408 2-8 .250 7-10 .700 9-19-28 18-1 13 20 3 7 25-24 49 F19 • NOTRE DAME aL 57-78 20-55 .364 5-9 .556 12-21 .571 15-18-33 19-0 8 19 1 10 29-28 57 at #2 Connecticut 29-53 .547 8-18 .444 12-16 .750 8-25-33 17-0 22 16 2 14 37-41 78 F22 • NOTRE DAME aW 72-60 30-52 .577 2-3 .667 10-14 .714 10-30-40 21-0 15 30 5 5 38-34 72 at #19/18 West Virginia 24-68 .353 2-8 .250 10-18 .556 18-13-31 18-0 10 23 3 16 25-35 60 • = BIG EAST game // h1 = Super Six Series (Notre Dame, Ind.) // h2 = WBCA Classic (Notre Dame, Ind.) // n3 = State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic (Seattle, Wash.)
18 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Double-Figure Points Miscellaneous Notre Dame Statistics 2010-11 Career Natalie Achonwa 10 10 LEADING SCORER TECHNICAL FOULS LARGEST HALFTIME LEAD Ariel Braker 1 1 Natalie Novosel 9 (12) Opponents 2 41, 53-12 vs. New Hampshire Becca Bruszewski 14 51 Devereaux Peters 8 (10) Notre Dame 2 (11/12/10) Skylar Diggins 22 46 Skylar Diggins 7 (20) Brittany Mallory 6 22 Kayla McBride 3 Natalie Achonwa 1 LARGEST HALFTIME DEFICIT Kayla McBride 7 7 Natalie Achonwa 1 Devereaux Peters 1 14, 38-24 at Baylor (12/1/10) Fraderica Miller - 1 Natalie Novosel 24 38 Becca Bruszewski 1 (11) Devereaux Peters 17 37 FOUR-POINT PLAYS LARGEST LEAD Erica Solomon 4 11 LEADING REBOUNDER Opponents 0 76, twice (MR: 97-21, 0:00 - 2nd Kaila Turner 1 2 Devereaux Peters 13 (28) Notre Dame 0 vs. SE Missouri State, 1/2/11) Natalie Achonwa 6 Double-Figure Rebounds/Assists Becca Bruszewski 6 (12) THREE-POINT PLAYS LARGEST DEFICIT 2010-11 Career Erica Solomon 3 (7) Opponents 27 23, 63-40 (8:31 - 2nd) Natalie Achonwa 1 1 Skylar Diggins 2 (4) Notre Dame 45 at Connecticut (2/19/11) Becca Bruszewski 2 4 Ariel Braker 1 Skylar Diggins 1 2 Kayla McBride 1 Natalie Novosel 12 LARGEST WIN Brittany Mallory 1* 1* Fraderica Miller 1 (1) Skylar Diggins 10 76, 97-21 vs. SE Missouri State Fraderica Miller 1 1 Devereaux Peters 7 9 Natalie Novosel 1 (2) Devereaux Peters 8 (1/2/11) Erica Solomon 2 3 Becca Bruszewski 4 * - assists LEADER IN ASSISTS Natalie Achonwa 3 LARGEST DEFEAT Skylar Diggins 19 (29) Kayla McBride 3 23, 78-57 at Connecticut (2/19/11) 5-5-5 Games (aka “Stat Sheet Stuffers”) Natalie Novosel 3 (10) Brittany Mallory 2 2010-11 Career Becca Bruszewski 2 (8) Ariel Braker 1 MOST CONSECUTIVE PTS Becca Bruszewski 1 2 Brittany Mallory 2 (8) Erica Solomon 1 36 vs. SE Missouri State (1/2/11) Skylar Diggins 7 15 Devereaux Peters 2 (2) Kaila Turner 1 Brittany Mallory 1 5 Natalie Achonwa 1 MOST CONSECUTIVE OPP PTS Natalie Novosel 2 3 Kayla McBride 1 ND’S FIRST SUBSTITUTION 11, three times (MR: by Marquette, Devereaux Peters 2 5 Erica Solomon 1 1 Kaila Turner 1 (1) Natalie Achonwa 18 1/5/11) Kaila Turner 1 1 Kayla McBride 10 NOTE: At least 5 in three of five statistical categories (points, GAMES STARTED Kaila Turner 7 LONGEST WINNING STREAK rebounds, assists, steals or blocks) Becca Bruszewski 28 (85) Erica Solomon 3 9 (1/12-2/12) Skylar Diggins 28 (58) Fraderica Miller 1 Double-Doubles Natalie Novosel 28 (32) LONGEST LOSING STREAK 2010-11 Career Devereaux Peters 28 (31) BENCH POINTS 2 (11/18-11/21) Becca Bruszewski 2 4 Brittany Mallory 24 (29) Opponents 369 (13.2 ppg.) 12 pts., 13 rebs. vs. UCLA, 11/18 10 pts., 10 rebs. at Villanova, 1/29 Kayla McBride 4 Notre Dame 643 (23.0 ppg.) LARGEST HOME CROWD Skylar Diggins 1 2 9,149 (sellout), four times (MR: vs. 19 pts., 11 rebs. vs. Gonzaga, 12/29 CHARGES TAKEN SHOT CLOCK VIOLATIONS Rutgers, 2/12/11) Brittany Mallory 1 1 Opponents 24 Opponents 31 10 pts., 10 asst. vs. Rutgers, 2/12 Notre Dame 17 Notre Dame 7 LARGEST ROAD CROWD Devereaux Peters 6 7 10,167 (sellout) at Connecticut 10 pts., 10 rebs. vs. Gonzaga, 12/29 Brittany Mallory 5 (10) JUMP BALLS CONTROLLED (2/19/11) 11 pts., 13 rebs. vs. SE Missouri State, 1/2 17 pts., 11 rebs. vs. Connecticut, 1/8 Becca Bruszewski 3 (17) Opponents 14 15 pts., 10 rebs. at Pittsburgh, 1/15 Skylar Diggins 3 (5) Notre Dame 16 LARGEST NEUTRAL CROWD 14 pts., 10 rebs. vs. St. John’s, 1/23 Natalie Achonwa 2 1,352 vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) 15 pts., 11 rebs. vs. Syracuse, 2/1 Natalie Novosel 1 (5) Natalie Achonwa 2/2 (1.000) Erica Solomon 2 2 Devereaux Peters 1 (3) Devereaux Peters 14/28 (.500) 12 pts., 12 rebs. vs. IUPUI, 11/26 Erica Solomon 1 (6) 11 pts., 10 rebs. at Providence, 12/8 Kaila Turner 1 (1) FIRST SCORE NOTE: totals may not add up Opponents 10 to games played due to ties … Clutch Free Throws (final 5 min. + OT) 20-29-POINT SCORING GAMES Notre Dame 18 figures in parentheses by player FT-FTA Pct. Opponents 6 totals are career totals (charges Erica Solomon 4-4 1.000 Notre Dame 15 Skylar Diggins 5 taken first tracked in ’08-09) Natalie Achonwa 5-6 .833 Kayla McBride 12-15 .800 Becca Bruszewski 4 Brittany Mallory 8-10 .800 Skylar Diggins 6 (13) Natalie Novosel 4 Kaila Turner 4-5 .800 Natalie Novosel 5 (5) Devereaux Peters 4 Natalie Novosel 14-21 .667 Devereaux Peters 3 (3) Kayla McBride 1 Skylar Diggins 8-12 .667 Kayla McBride 1 Devereaux Peters 4-6 .667 RUNS OF 10-0 OR BETTER Fraderica Miller 5-8 .625 30-POINT SCORING GAMES Opponents 5 Ariel Braker 8-14 .571 Opponents 1 Notre Dame 39 Becca Bruszewski 8-14 .571 Veronica Badway 1-2 .500 Notre Dame 0 Mary Forr 1-2 .500 ’10-11 Team Totals 82-119 .689
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SCORING DOUBLE-DOUBLES Player scored 25 points: Natalie Novosel (27) vs. Gonzaga, 12/29/10 (@ Seattle, Wash.) Points & rebounds: Devereaux Peters (15/11) vs. Syracuse, 2/1/11 Player scored 30 points: Skylar Diggins (31) vs. Vermont, 3/23/10 Points & rebounds/consecutive games: Lindsay Schrader (12/10) at Louisville, 1/19/10; (16/12) Player scored 35 points: Charel Allen (35) vs. Oklahoma, 3/25/08 (@ West Lafayette, Ind.) vs. West Virginia, 1/24/10 Player scored 40 points: Ruth Riley (41) at Providence, 1/30/99 Points & rebounds/3 consecutive games: Jacqueline Batteast (17/11) vs. Missouri State, 3/21/04; Two players scored 20 points: Devereaux Peters (21) and Skylar Diggins (20) vs. Rutgers, 2/12/11 (27/12) vs. Middle Tennessee, 3/23/04; (22/12) vs. Penn State, 3/27/04 (@ Hartford, Conn.) Three players scored 20 points: Danielle Green (28), Sheila McMillen (26), Ruth Riley (23) vs. West Points & rebounds/4 consecutive games: Jacqueline Batteast (14/11) vs. Virginia Tech, 1/10/04; Virginia, 1/7/99 (23/11) vs. Connecticut, 1/13/04; (22/10) at West Virginia, 1/17/04; (12/10) at Syracuse, 1/21/04 Two players scored 25 points: Alicia Ratay (26) and Ruth Riley (26) at Rutgers, 2/19/00 Points & rebounds/5 consecutive games: Jacqueline Batteast (20/10) vs. Western Michigan, Player scored 25 points/3 consecutive games: Charel Allen (25 vs. DePaul, 2/11/07; 25 at Vil- 12/12/01; (11/12) vs. Marquette, 12/22/01; (23/10) at Rice, 12/28/01; (25/14) vs. DePaul, 12/31/01; lanova, 2/13/07; 26 at Providence, 2/17/07) (12/13) at Miami (Fla.), 1/2/02 None in double figures: at Seton Hall, 2/8/04 Points & assists: Brittany Mallory (10/10) vs. Rutgers, 2/12/11 One in double figures: Skylar Diggins (10) vs. Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) Points & assists/consecutive games: Niele Ivey (12/10) at Valparaiso, 11/17/00; (14/11) vs. Arizona, 11/20/00 Six in double figures: Natalie Novosel (16), Skylar Diggins (14), Brittany Mallory (13), Natalie Achon- Two players had double-doubles: Skylar Diggins (19p/11r) and Devereaux Peters (10p/10r) vs. wa (12), Becca Bruszewski (10) and Devereaux Peters (10) vs. Seton Hall, 2/8/11 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: 50 (1st half) at Pittsburgh, 1/15/11 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: Brittany Mallory vs. Rutgers, 2/12/11 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: 57.7 (30-52) at West Virginia, 2/22/11 ND had fewer than 10 assists: 8 at Connecticut, 2/19/11 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: 64.0 (32-50) vs. Seton Hall, 2/8/11 BLOCKED SHOTS ND shot 65 percent/game: 68.0 (34-50) vs. Boston College, 2/12/97 Player blocked 5 shots: Devereaux Peters vs. St. John’s, 1/23/11 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: see 65 percent/half ND shot 60 percent/half: see 65 percent/half STEALS ND shot 65 percent/half: 65.2 (15-23), 1st half at West Virginia, 2/22/11 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: 66.7 (16-24) and 61.5 (16-26) vs. Seton Hall, 2/8/11 ND had 20 steals: 24 at Valparaiso, 12/20/10 ND shot below 25 percent/half: 23.1 (6-26), 2nd half at Villanova, 1/29/11 ND shot below 30 percent/half: see below 25 percent/half TURNOVERS ND committed 25 or more: see 30 or more THREE-POINT SHOOTING ND committed 25 or more and won: see 30 or more Player made 4 three-pointers/half: Skylar Diggins (1st half) at Syracuse, 1/30/10 ND committed 30 or more: 30 at West Virginia, 2/22/11 Player made 5 three-pointers/half: Kellie Watson (1st half) vs. Michigan State, 11/29/08 ND committed 10 or fewer: 10 vs. Creighton, 12/11/10 Player made 5 three-pointers: Ashley Barlow at Georgetown, 2/20/10 ND committed 10 or fewer/consecutive games: 10 at Providence, 12/8/10; 10 vs. Creighton, 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 Villanova, 1/29/11 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 (3-5) vs. Seton Hall, 2/8/11 Played every minute: Melissa Lechlitner (40) 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: 41 (made 28) at South Florida, 2/5/11 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: 23 vs. Connecticut, 1/8/11 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 Defeated top-10 opponent by double digits: vs. #6/7 Rutgers (63-47), 1/23/05
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SCORING TRIPLE-DOUBLES Player scored 25 points: Bria Hartley (29), at Connecticut, 2/19/11 Points, rebounds, assists: Liad Suez-Karni (14p/10r/10a), Villanova, 2/7/06 Player scored 30 points: Maya Moore (31), Connecticut, 1/8/11 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: Maya Moore (31) and Kelly Faris (20), Connecticut, 1/8/11 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: St. John’s, 1/23/11 (Centhya Hart - 8 pts) Had fewer than 10 assists: 6, Seton Hall, 2/8/11 One in double figures: Jasmine Crew (10), Seton Hall, 2/8/11 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: Sarah Miles (6) at West Virginia, 2/22/11 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), Seton Hall, 2/8/11 Had 15 steals: 16, at West Virginia, 2/22/11 Scored fewer than 40 points/game: 38, Seton Hall, 2/8/11 Had 20 steals: 24, Georgetown, 1/29/00
FIELD GOAL SHOOTING TURNOVERS Shot 50 percent/game: 54.7 (29-53), at Connecticut, 2/19/11 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, Connecticut, 1/8/11 Shot 60 percent/game: 60.0 (30-50), DePaul, 1/22/08 Committed 25 turnovers or more: 26, St. John’s, 1/23/11 Shot below 25 percent/game: 24.6 (14-57), Seton Hall, 2/8/11 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: see 55 percent/half Committed 40 turnovers or more: 40, Morehead State, 11/15/10 Shot 55 percent/half: 56.5 (13-23), 2nd half at Connecticut, 2/19/11 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: 53.3 (16-30) and 56.5 (13-23) at Connecticut, 2/19/11 Shot below 20 percent/half: 15.4 (4-26), 2nd half by Seton Hall, 2/8/11 MISCELLANEOUS Shot below 25 percent/half: see below 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: see below 20 percent/half Hit “final minute” game-winning shot: Kelly Faris (layup/0:14.7), Connecticut, 1/8/11 Shot below 30 percent/both halves: 26.9 (7-26) and 24.0 (6-25), Syracuse, 2/1/11 Played every minute: Liz Repella (40), at West Virginia, 2/22/11 Played more than 40 minutes: Danielle Robinson & Nyeshia Stevenson (45), Oklahoma, 3/28/10 THREE-POINT SHOOTING (@ Kansas City, Mo.) Player made 5 three-pointers: Bria Hartley, at Connecticut, 2/19/11 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 6 three-pointers: Anne Boese, IPFW, 12/8/09 won 58-47) (@ Hartford, Conn.) Player made 7 three-pointers: Angie Bjorklund, Tennessee, 1/5/08 Led ND by 10 or more at halftime: 14 at Baylor (38-24), 12/1/10 Player attempted 10 three-pointers: Keyla Snowden (12), Kentucky, 11/21/10 Led ND by 15 or more at halftime: 23 at Connecticut (42-19), 1/16/10 Made 10 three-pointers: 11 by IPFW, 12/8/09 Led ND by 25 or more points: 30 by Connecticut (71-41 at 2:58 of 2nd half), 3/1/10 Did not make a three-pointer: 0 at LSU, 11/16/08 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: Kelly Faris (10), Connecticut, 1/8/11 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: Kelly Faris (10-10), Connecticut, 1/8/11 SCORING MARGINS — The Last Time… Shot 90 percent (min. 10 att.): 96.3 (26-27), Connecticut, 1/8/11 ND won by 30-plus points: see 50 Shot below 50 percent (min. 10 att.): 27.3 (3-11), St. John’s, 1/23/11 ND won by 30-plus points at home: see 50 Made 30 free throws: 32 (attempted 37) by Illinois, 11/24/98 ND won by 30-plus points on the road: 32 — ND 82, at Pittsburgh 50, 1/15/11 Made fewer than five FTs: 1 (attempted 2), Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 ND won by 40-plus points: see 50 Attempted 40 free throws: 45 (made 28) at South Florida, 1/13/07 ND won by 50-plus points: 51 — at ND 89, Seton Hall 38, 2/8/11 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, 1/2/11 REBOUNDS Player had 15 rebounds: Tina Charles (17), Connecticut, 3/8/10 (@ Hartford, Conn.) ND lost by 10-19 points: 11 — at Baylor 76, ND 65, 12/1/10 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: see 10-19 points homa, 3/28/10 (@ Kansas City, Mo.) ND lost by 20-29 points: 21 — at Connecticut 78, ND 57, 2/19/11 Three players had double-figure rebounds: Aurora Adams (16), Brenda McCunn (11) and Paula ND lost by 20-29 points at home: 25 — Connecticut 76, at ND 51, 3/1/10 Langseth (10), Hawaii, 3/22/81 (@ Anchorage, Alaska) ND lost by 20-29 points on the road: see 20-29 points Had 50 rebounds: 56 by Pittsburgh, 2/10/08 ND lost by 30-plus points: 39 — at Tennessee 89, ND 50, 3/17/02 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.
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#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 #2 Connecticut 79, #13/12 Notre Dame 76 #12 Notre Dame 80, Louisville 60 January 5, 2011 January 8, 2011 January 12, 2011 Al McGuire Center (Milwaukee, Wis.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 16 GAME 17 GAME 18 Notre Dame (73) Connecticut (79) Louisville (60) 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 30 9-12 0-0 0-0 8 0 4 18 Moore 36 11-21 2-6 7-7 8 1 4 31 Reid 28 3-10 0-0 4-5 5 3 4 10 Bruszewski 15 1-3 0-0 2-2 3 2 4 4 Dolson 27 2-6 0-0 4-4 9 2 3 8 Hines 20 2-7 0-0 3-4 7 0 2 7 Diggins 27 3-13 1-3 2-2 5 4 3 9 Hayes 27 4-9 0-2 3-4 4 4 4 11 Burke 22 1-6 1-5 0-0 0 1 0 3 Novosel 29 4-10 0-3 6-7 7 3 3 14 Hartley 34 3-9 1-5 0-0 4 5 3 7 Schimmel 30 4-16 2-8 1-2 4 2 4 11 Mallory 32 4-7 3-4 2-2 2 2 1 13 Faris 38 4-9 2-3 10-10 6 5 1 20 Gibbs 18 1-2 0-0 0-2 3 0 2 2 Badway 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Walker 19 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 0 3 2 Harper 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 Achonwa 26 5-7 0-0 2-2 4 1 0 12 Dixon 17 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 Vails 12 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 4 2 Miller 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 Buck 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Slaughter 19 1-3 1-3 2-2 3 1 3 5 Turner 9 0-3 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 Team 10 Tay 15 0-2 0-0 2-2 2 2 0 2 McBride 19 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 2 Totals 200 24-57 5-17 26-27 43 17 18 79 Harrington 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 Forr 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Story 6 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Braker 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 Taylor 23 7-9 0-1 2-5 6 1 3 16 Team 5 Notre Dame (76) Team 3 Totals 200 27-57 4-12 15-18 39 13 22 73 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Totals 200 21-61 4-17 14-23 35 10 25 60 Peters 34 5-13 0-0 7-8 11 2 3 17 Bruszewski 22 4-9 0-0 0-0 6 1 3 8 Marquette (55) Diggins 37 5-18 0-4 6-6 4 5 4 16 Notre Dame (80) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Novosel 32 6-15 0-2 4-7 5 5 0 16 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Plouffe 26 2-4 0-1 0-0 7 0 1 4 Mallory 33 2-5 2-3 0-0 1 1 1 6 Peters 20 7-9 0-0 0-0 3 1 3 14 Fiedorowicz 21 1-3 0-0 2-3 2 2 4 4 Achonwa 22 3-11 0-1 3-4 8 2 2 9 Bruszewski 33 5-10 0-0 1-4 6 2 3 11 Simmons 20 2-7 0-0 0-0 4 1 2 4 Miller 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Diggins 30 3-7 0-2 6-6 2 5 1 12 McMorris 27 5-9 3-6 2-2 3 2 1 15 Turner 4 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 2 Novosel 24 2-7 0-0 8-12 5 5 2 12 Robinson 33 4-10 1-1 5-8 4 3 1 14 McBride 14 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 2 Mallory 26 3-8 3-7 2-2 5 3 2 11 Collins 23 4-11 0-0 2-4 8 1 1 10 Braker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Badway 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Weibel 19 1-5 1-5 0-0 3 0 2 3 Team 6 Achonwa 19 1-5 0-0 2-4 9 1 0 4 Young 7 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 27-75 2-11 20-25 43 17 18 76 Miller 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 0 Thomas 5 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 1 1 Turner 8 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 1 1 2 Minix 19 0-4 0-2 0-1 1 4 3 0 Connecticut 41 38 — 79 McBride 19 5-7 1-1 3-4 6 1 4 14 Team 2 Notre Dame 41 35 — 76 Forr 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Totals 200 19-56 5-17 12-20 35 14 16 55 Braker 3 0-1 0-0 0-4 0 0 1 0 FG Pct: Connecticut 42.1, Notre Dame 36.0. 3-PT FG Pct: Con- Team 5 Notre Dame 40 33 — 73 necticut 29.4, Notre Dame 18.2. FT Pct: Connecticut 96.3, Notre Totals 200 26-55 4-10 24-38 45 21 19 80 Marquette 31 24 — 55 Dame 80.0. Turnovers: Connecticut 20, Notre Dame 14. Blocked Shots: Connecticut 4 (Moore, Dolson 2), Notre Dame 7 (Peters 4). Louisville 22 38 — 60 FG Pct: Notre Dame 47.4, Marquette 33.9. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Steals: Connecticut 8 (Hartley 4), Notre Dame 7 (Diggins, Mallory Notre Dame 37 43 — 80 Dame 33.3, Marquette 29.4. FT Pct: Notre Dame 83.3, Marquette 2). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout). 60.0. Turnovers: Notre Dame 18, Marquette 24. Blocked Shots: FG Pct: Louisville 34.4, Notre Dame 47.3. 3-PT FG Pct: Louisville Notre Dame 5 (Peters 2), Marquette 2 (Fiedorowicz 2). Steals: 23.5, Notre Dame 40.0. FT Pct: Louisville 60.9, Notre Dame Notre Dame 14 (Peters, Mallory 4), Marquette 9 (Plouffe, Robinson, NOTES: The 76 points scored by Notre Dame were the most by 63.2. Turnovers: Louisville 19, Notre Dame 19. Blocked Shots: Minix 2). Attendance: 1,300. any team against Connecticut in more than two years — Nov. 30, Louisville 2, Notre Dame 3. Steals: Louisville 12 (Schimmel 4), 2008, when the Huskies defeated fourth-ranked Oklahoma, 106-78 Notre Dame 8 (Diggins, Mallory 2). Technical Foul: Louisville at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn. … while Connecticut won its bench. Attendance: 8,058. NOTES: Notre Dame snaps a two-game losing streak at the Al 10th consecutive game in the series, this was the closest margin McGuire Center, picking up its first win at Marquette since Dec. between Notre Dame and UConn since March 6, 2001, when the 19, 2004 (a 50-47 victory on a Jacqueline Batteast three-pointer Huskies won the BIG EAST title with a 78-76 championship game NOTES: Notre Dame had six players score in double figures for at the horn) … this was the largest win for the Fighting Irish at win at Gampel Pavilion (on Sue Bird’s jumper at the horn) … the 76 the first time since Nov. 15, 2009, when the Fighting Irish had a Marquette since Dec. 21, 2000, when Notre Dame posted a 75-56 points were the most Notre Dame has scored against Connecticut school-record eight double-figure scorers in a 102-57 season- win over the Golden Eagles at their former home, U.S. Cellular since March 30, 2001, when the Fighting Irish avenged their BIG opening win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Arena … Notre Dame improves to 30-6 all-time against Marquette, EAST title game loss with a 90-75 win over the Huskies in the NCAA Dame shot better than 45 percent from the field for the 15th time including an 11-5 record on the road — the 30 series wins and Women’s Final Four in St. Louis … this was Notre Dame’s closest in 18 games this season … Notre Dame also held its opponent to 36 series games both are school records … the Fighting Irish game against a top-five opponent since Jan. 13, 2004, when the fewer than 40 percent shooting from the floor for the 13th time are the first team to win back-to-back games in the series since Fighting Irish defeated fourth-ranked Connecticut, 66-51 at Purcell this year and ninth time in the past 10 games … the Fighting Marquette joined the BIG EAST Conference in 2005-06 … Notre Pavilion … the 41-41 halftime tie marked the first time Notre Dame Irish improve to 6-4 all-time against Louisville (5-2 as members Dame is 12-2 against Marquette in conference play, including was tied or leading Connecticut at the break since Jan. 30, 2005, of the BIG EAST Conference) and win their third consecutive the schools’ prior memberships in the (now-defunct) North Star when the Fighting Irish were up 34-24 on the way to earning their game over the Cardinals (the longest winning streak by either Conference (4-0) and the Midwestern Collegiate Conference most recent win over Connecticut (65-59 at Gampel Pavilion) … side in the series) … in its last two matchups with Louisville, (now the Horizon League) (4-0) in addition to the BIG EAST Notre Dame shot a season-low .360 from the floor, just the third Notre Dame has held the Cardinals to 21 and 22 points in the (4-2) … the Fighting Irish have scored at least 70 points in 24 of time all season the Fighting Irish have connected on less than 45 first half (21 on March 6, 2010, in the second round of the BIG their last 30 games against Marquette, while the Golden Eagles percent of their shots (first since a then-season low .387 at #2/3 EAST Championship at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.) … the have reached the 70-point mark five times in that span … Notre Baylor on Dec. 1) … Notre Dame’s 23 offensive rebounds were 22 first-half points were the fewest allowed by the Fighting Irish Dame is 200-17 (.922) when leading at halftime since the start of third-best this season, exceeded only by 25 at #9/10 Kentucky (Nov. in a regular-season conference game since Feb. 9, 2010 (18 at the 2000-01 season, including wins in 128 of their last 139 such 21) and 24 against Southeast Missouri State (Jan. 2) … Connecticut Cincinnati) … Notre Dame wins its 38th consecutive game when contests and an active streak of 37 in a row … the Fighting Irish had not given up more than 20 offensive rebounds in a game this leading at halftime and rises to 201-17 (.922) in such games since move to 219-15 (.936) when holding their opponent to fewer than season … Connecticut set a Purcell Pavilion opponent record by the start of the 2000-01 season … the Fighting Irish scored at 60 points since joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96. shooting .962 (26-of-27) from the foul line, topping the old mark least 80 points for the 11th time this season (10-1 record) and of .952 (20-of-21) set by West Virginia on Jan. 14, 1998 (record jump to 150-5 (.968) when topping the 80-point mark since requires minimum of 10 attempts to qualify) … Connecticut’s Kelly joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96 … Notre Dame handed out at Faris is the third opposing player in Purcell Pavilion history to go least 20 assists for the 11th time this season … in addition to her at least 10-for-10 from the charity stripe and the first since Jan. team-high point total, Kayla McBride also tied her career high 27, 2009, when Rutgers’ Epiphanny Prince made 12-of-12 free with six rebounds … Skylar Diggins also delivered at least five throws … Notre Dame has scored at least 30 points in the paint assists for the 11th time this year … Natalie Novosel posted her in every game this season and has outscored or tied its opponent second consecutive “5-5-5” game (and third of her career) with in the paint in all but one game this year (30-46 at #2/3 Baylor on 12 points, five rebounds and five assists. Dec. 1) … the 38 points in the paint also were the most allowed by Connecticut this season … Connecticut’s Maya Moore is the first Notre Dame opposing player to score 30 points in a game since March 21, 2010, when Cleveland State’s Kailey Klein also scored 31 points in an 86-58 Notre Dame win at Purcell Pavilion in the first round of the NCAA Championship … Devereaux Peters chalked up her third double-double of the season, all in the past five games; she also tied her season high with four blocked shots … Skylar Diggins not only went a season-best 6-for-6 from the foul line, but also dished out at least five assists for the 10th time this season … despite record-setting snowfall in South Bend (more than two feet), the game was an advanced sellout, the second capacity crowd of the season for Notre Dame and the 14th in program history (eighth in the last two seasons). 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 27 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 2010-11 Box Scores
#12 Notre Dame 82, Pittsburgh 50 #11/10 Notre Dame 80, #16/17 Georgetown 58 #11/10 Notre Dame 69, #RV/23 St. John’s 36 January 15, 2011 January 18, 2011 January 23, 2011 Petersen Events Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) GAME 19 GAME 20 GAME 21 Notre Dame (82) Georgetown (58) St. John’s (36) 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 23 6-9 0-0 3-3 10 4 2 15 Magee 23 2-8 1-2 2-5 4 1 4 7 Stevens 32 3-7 0-0 0-7 9 0 1 6 Bruszewski 20 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 4 Crawford 16 2-3 0-0 1-2 1 0 4 5 Hart 28 4-9 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 8 Diggins 28 7-13 2-4 4-5 4 5 3 20 Wright 36 5-10 2-4 1-3 5 6 3 13 Lindsay 13 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Novosel 23 4-8 1-3 6-8 3 1 0 15 Rodgers 32 5-13 3-6 2-2 6 3 4 15 McKenith 31 2-6 0-0 2-3 3 6 2 6 Mallory 10 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 1 1 2 McNutt 37 3-9 1-6 0-0 4 2 2 7 Smith 31 3-8 0-1 1-1 5 1 2 7 Badway 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 White 11 0-0 0-0 0-1 3 1 2 0 Burakoski 28 1-5 1-2 0-0 4 0 2 3 Achonwa 10 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 4 McBride 14 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 6 Brown 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 Miller 11 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 4 Wilson 17 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 2 3 Blanding 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 2 Turner 21 1-7 1-3 2-2 2 1 0 5 Williams 5 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 1 0 Langley 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 McBride 31 3-6 0-0 2-2 5 3 2 8 Powell 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Shahid-Martin 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Forr 9 2-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 5 Roche 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 McPherson 10 1-6 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 2 Braker 9 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 0 Team 2 Team 4 Team 5 Totals 200 22-51 7-18 7-17 30 16 24 58 Totals 200 16-50 1-6 3-11 31 8 13 36 Totals 200 30-64 4-11 18-22 46 16 14 82 Notre Dame (80) Notre Dame (69) Pittsburgh (50) 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 33 1-3 0-0 2-4 12 0 1 4 Peters 30 7-10 0-0 0-0 10 2 4 14 Cole 16 0-3 0-0 3-4 0 0 2 3 Bruszewski 24 4-10 0-0 2-4 4 3 4 10 Bruszewski 25 8-11 0-0 3-5 1 1 2 19 Scott 31 1-4 1-3 2-2 3 0 3 5 Diggins 35 6-12 2-5 8-10 4 6 3 22 Diggins 27 2-6 1-3 1-2 6 6 1 6 Harrison 30 3-8 2-3 2-2 1 1 3 10 Novosel 31 6-8 2-2 5-7 1 1 2 19 Novosel 27 5-14 0-1 3-3 3 2 1 13 Davis 17 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 2 Mallory 35 4-7 3-6 3-4 2 4 4 14 Mallory 30 2-7 1-3 1-2 6 5 2 6 Sims 24 3-9 0-1 0-0 1 3 1 6 Achonwa 20 3-5 0-0 0-0 7 1 2 6 Badway 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Logan 13 3-5 1-2 1-2 2 0 2 8 Miller 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 2 Achonwa 13 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 4 Anderson 20 3-7 1-3 1-2 4 1 0 8 Turner 14 1-2 1-1 0-0 1 1 1 3 Miller 10 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 2 Dunn 17 1-2 0-0 1-4 10 0 1 3 Braker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 Turner 23 1-4 1-3 0-0 2 3 3 3 Burdgess 16 1-6 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 3 Team 2 Forr 4 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Fuller 16 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 2 0 2 Totals 200 26-48 8-14 20-29 36 17 20 80 Braker 8 0-1 0-0 2-2 3 0 0 2 Team 5 Team 2 Totals 200 16-49 5-12 13-20 28 8 17 50 Georgetown 33 25 — 58 Totals 200 28-61 3-10 10-14 42 21 14 69 Notre Dame 45 35 — 80 Notre Dame 50 32 — 82 St. John’s 21 15 — 36 Pittsburgh 19 31 — 50 FG Pct: Georgetown 43.1, Notre Dame 54.2. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 39 30 — 69 Georgetown 38.9, Notre Dame 57.1. FT Pct: Georgetown 41.2, FG Pct: Notre Dame 46.9, Pittsburgh 32.7. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Notre Dame 69.0. Turnovers: Georgetown 21, Notre Dame 19. FG Pct: St. John’s 32.0, Notre Dame 45.9. 3-PT FG Pct: St. Dame 36.4, Pittsburgh 41.7. FT Pct: Notre Dame 81.8, Pittsburgh Blocked Shots: Georgetown 3 (Wilson 2), Notre Dame 4 (Peters 2). John’s 16.7, Notre Dame 30.0. FT Pct: St. John’s 27.3, Notre 65.0. Turnovers: Notre Dame 15, Pittsburgh 21. Blocked Shots: Steals: Georgetown 12 (Wright 3), Notre Dame 10 (Diggins, Novosel, Dame 71.4. Turnovers: St. John’s 26, Notre Dame 18. Blocked Notre Dame 3 (Peters 2), Pittsburgh 6 (Dunn 3). Steals: Notre Dame Mallory 2). Technical Foul: Crawford (GU). Attendance: 8,614. Shots: St. John’s 6 (Blanding 2), Notre Dame 8 (Peters 5). 13 (Diggins, Miller 3), Pittsburgh 4 (Sims 2). Attendance: 2,650. Steals: St. John’s 10 (McKenith 3), Notre Dame 17 (Novosel 4). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout). NOTES: Notre Dame earns its first win over a ranked opponent in NOTES: Notre Dame tied a school record with its 10th win by five outings this season … the 22-point margin of victory was the 30-or-more points this season, a mark that first was set by the largest for the Fighting Irish against a Top 25 opponent since Feb. NOTES: Notre Dame sets a new school record with its 11th win Fighting Irish in 2000-01 … Notre Dame has won its last four 25, 2004, when an unranked Notre Dame side knocked off No. of the season by at least 30 points, topping the old mark of 10 road games, with three of those victories coming by at least 30 21/19 Miami (Fla.), 93-58 at Purcell Pavilion … the last time Notre 30-point wins set in 2000-01 … in its last two games, the Fighting points … the Fighting Irish scored 50 points in the first half, their Dame defeated a team ranked in the top 20 of the Associated Press Irish defeated a pair of ranked teams (#16/17 Georgetown and sixth 50-point half of the season (first since a 51-point second poll by a larger margin than 22 points was Nov. 22, 2000, when #RV/23 St. John’s) by an average of 27.5 points per game … half vs. Southeast Missouri State on Jan. 2), and second in the the Fighting Irish posted an 83-56 win at No. 19 Wisconsin in the prior to the win over Georgetown, Notre Dame had not defeated opening 20 minutes (53 vs. New Hampshire in the season opener first round of the Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge … the last time a ranked team by more than 17 points since Feb. 25, 2004 (93-58 on Nov. 12 at Purcell Pavilion) … the 31-point halftime margin Notre Dame defeated a team ranked higher than Georgetown by a at home over #21/19 Miami (Fla.)), but the Fighting Irish did that is the fourth-largest this season for the Fighting Irish … Notre larger margin than 22 points was Nov. 21, 1998, when the Fighting in its last two games … Notre Dame defeats ranked opponents Dame improves to 20-3 all-time against Pittsburgh, including a 9-2 Irish logged an 84-57 win over No. 6/4 Duke at Purcell Pavilion … in back-to-back games for the first time since Jan. 30 and Feb. record on the road … the Fighting Irish broke a two-game losing Notre Dame moves to 24-3 all-time against Georgetown (13-0 at 2, 2005, when the Fighting Irish won at #9/10 Connecticut (65-59) streak to Pittsburgh at the Petersen Events Center, defeating the Purcell Pavilion), with the 24 series wins tying for second-most and at home against #16/13 Boston College (64-57) … the 36 Panthers in the Steel City for the first time since Feb. 5, 2005 against one opponent in program history (the Fighting Irish also points by St. John’s are the fewest Notre Dame has allowed to (75-47, also the last time Notre Dame gave up fewer points to have 24 victories over Valparaiso, plus 30 wins over Marquette) a ranked opponent since Jan. 24, 2004, when the Fighting Irish Pittsburgh than it did this year) … the 32-point margin of victory … this was Notre Dame’s largest win in the series with the Hoyas edged No. 23/25 Villanova, 38-36 at Purcell Pavilion … Notre is the third-largest for the Fighting Irish in their 23-game series since Feb. 21, 2007, when the Fighting Irish recorded a 73-48 win Dame improves to 49-5 (.907) all-time against New York schools, against the Panthers, and largest since Feb. 17, 1996 (an 89-51 at Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish have held Georgetown to including a 26-0 record at Purcell Pavilion … the Fighting Irish win at Pittsburgh’s previous home, Fitzgerald Field House) … fewer than 70 points in 19 of their 22 matchups as members of rise to 20-3 (.870) all-time against St. John’s, including a 10-0 Notre Dame recorded a double-digit steal total for the 14th time the BIG EAST Conference (1995-96 to present), going 19-0 in record at home … the 33-point margin of victory is the largest this season … the Fighting Irish shot better than 45 percent from those contests … Notre Dame shot better than 50 percent from for Notre Dame against the Red Storm since Feb. 13, 2002 (a the field for the 16th time this year … Notre Dame shot 57.6 the field for the 12th time this season and topped the 45-percent 66-31 triumph at Purcell Pavilion) … the 36 points by St. John’s percent (19-of-33) from the field in the first half, its best shoot- mark for the 17th time … the Fighting Irish nailed a season-high mark its second-lowest point total in the 23-game series against ing half since Jan. 2, when the Fighting Irish shot 67.7 percent eight three-pointers, their best production from beyond the arc the Fighting Irish, and the 16th time Notre Dame has held the (21-of-31) from the field in the second half against Southeast since Feb. 23, 2010, when they also sank eight treys in an 82-67 Red Storm to 60 points or fewer … the Fighting Irish dished out Missouri State … Notre Dame held Pittsburgh to eight offensive win over Marquette at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Dame forced at least 20 assists for the 12th time this season … Notre Dame rebounds, one shy of the Fighting Irish opponent season-low at least 20 turnovers for the 15th time this season (in addition also registered double-digit steals for the 16th time this year … (set by Morehead State on Nov. 15 and matched by IUPUI on to 19 takeaways in two other outings) … the Fighting Irish also the Fighting Irish shot better than 45 percent from the field for Nov. 26, both at Purcell Pavilion) … the Fighting Irish posted a collected double-digit steals for the 15th time this year … Skylar the 18th time this season … Notre Dame outrebounded its op- +18 rebound margin (46-28), tying their fourth-best mark of the Diggins turned in her second consecutive 20-point night, fourth ponents by a double-digit margin for the 10th time this year … season — Notre Dame has had a double-digit rebound advan- of the season and 11th in her career … Diggins also dished out the Fighting Irish earn their 350th all-time win at Purcell Pavilion, tage in nine games this season, including seven games where at least five assists for the 13th time this year … Brittany Mallory moving to 350-88 (.799) at the venerable Notre Dame arena, the Fighting Irish had a rebound edge of 15 boards or more … scored a season-high 14 points and matched her season best including a 109-19 (.852) record in BIG EAST play … Becca during Pittsburgh’s 11-3 game-ending run against the Notre with three three-pointers … Devereaux Peters snared a game- Bruszewski scored a season-high 19 points and becomes the Dame reserves in the final three minutes, the Fighting Irish were high 12 rebounds, her fifth double-digit rebounding game of the sixth different Fighting Irish player to lead the team in scoring at whistled for only their second shot clock violation of the entire season (all in the past eight games) and the seventh of her career. least once this season … Devereaux Peters recorded her fifth season … Skylar Diggins chalked up her third 20-point game of double-double of the season, all in the past nine games — she the season and 10th of her young career … Diggins also dished also posted her sixth double-digit rebounding game in that time out at least five assists for the 12th time this season and sixth … Peters added a season-high five blocks … Peters was one time in the past eight games … Devereaux Peters collected her of three Notre Dame players to record a “5-5-5” game — it was fourth double-double of the season, all in the past seven games, Peters’ second of the season, while Skylar Diggins posted her and the fifth double-double of her career. third of the year, and Brittany Mallory charted her first of the season and fifth of her career … Diggins handed out at least five assists for the fifth consecutive game … Notre Dame attracted its third sellout crowd of the season and the 15th in program history.
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#9 Notre Dame 58, Villanova 43 #8 Notre Dame 71, #RV/25 Syracuse 48 #8 Notre Dame 76, South Florida 68 January 29, 2011 February 1, 2011 February 5, 2011 The Pavilion (Villanova, Pa.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Sun Dome (Tampa, Fla.) GAME 22 GAME 23 GAME 24 Notre Dame (58) Syracuse (48) Notre Dame (76) 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 36 8-12 0-0 4-4 9 0 0 20 Alexander 23 5-9 0-0 9-11 5 0 3 19 Peters 22 3-6 0-0 1-3 7 0 4 7 Bruszewski 33 4-8 0-1 2-5 10 0 0 10 Hall 29 0-3 0-1 0-1 2 0 2 0 Bruszewski 37 4-7 0-0 8-9 6 5 2 16 Diggins 36 4-13 0-1 5-6 6 4 1 13 Harris 25 0-2 0-1 2-2 1 2 3 2 Diggins 35 4-10 0-2 9-12 4 4 2 17 Novosel 34 3-15 0-0 5-5 3 2 0 11 Morrow 29 2-8 2-5 2-4 4 2 1 8 Novosel 33 7-14 1-1 4-5 8 0 4 19 Mallory 33 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 3 0 Hemingway 27 2-8 0-0 5-7 5 3 3 9 Mallory 26 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 2 4 3 Achonwa 9 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 2 4 Williams 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 Achonwa 19 4-6 0-0 6-10 8 0 2 14 Miller 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Coffey 7 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 Miller 9 0-0 0-0 0-2 3 0 3 0 Turner 17 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 Taft 4 0-2 0-2 2-2 1 1 0 2 Turner 19 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 Braker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Berry 11 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 Braker 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Team 7 Bullard 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Team 1 Totals 200 21-56 0-4 16-20 39 9 7 58 Leary 17 2-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 3 4 Totals 200 23-46 2-5 28-41 40 12 21 76 Tyson-Thomas 23 2-12 0-3 0-0 5 0 2 4 Team 5 Villanova (43) Totals 200 13-51 2-14 20-29 34 9 21 48 South Florida (68) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Swiezynski 27 1-5 0-2 0-0 0 0 2 2 Carn 22 0-6 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 0 Pearson 33 3-7 2-4 0-0 1 2 1 8 Notre Dame (71) McDonald 25 6-7 0-0 2-4 2 0 4 14 Sweeney 26 7-10 0-1 0-0 7 1 4 14 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Wynne 17 1-4 0-0 2-6 0 1 2 4 Roberts 23 1-7 0-3 2-2 5 0 2 4 Peters 26 5-7 0-0 5-10 11 4 2 15 Smith, Andrell 31 6-11 1-3 2-3 5 3 4 15 Carey 33 1-3 0-1 0-0 6 3 1 2 Bruszewski 25 5-7 0-0 2-2 7 1 4 12 Smith, Andrea 39 6-14 3-4 5-7 2 3 4 20 Jones 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Diggins 31 2-9 0-2 4-4 7 5 3 8 Doomes-Stephens 21 2-4 0-1 0-0 3 1 2 4 Kimmel 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 Novosel 28 4-11 1-2 4-6 4 2 2 13 Conner 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 1 4 0 Kane 18 2-5 0-0 2-2 3 3 2 6 Mallory 32 2-5 1-4 1-2 1 3 2 6 Bernard 20 1-2 0-0 3-3 3 5 4 5 Suhey 3 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 Achonwa 18 6-9 1-1 0-3 2 1 3 13 Grant 15 3-7 0-0 0-1 5 0 1 6 Scanlon 23 1-4 0-2 5-5 2 0 3 7 Miller 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 Team 2 Team 3 Turner 25 0-5 0-3 1-2 1 3 2 1 Totals 200 25-56 4-9 14-24 27 16 27 68 Totals 200 16-44 2-16 9-9 27 9 17 43 Forr 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 Braker 4 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 3 1 Notre Dame 42 34 — 76 Notre Dame 32 26 — 58 Team 9 South Florida 30 38 — 68 Villanova 20 23 — 43 Totals 200 25-55 3-12 18-31 44 20 21 71 FG Pct: Notre Dame 50.0, South Florida 44.6. 3-PT FG Pct: FG Pct: Notre Dame 37.5, Villanova 36.4. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame Syracuse 20 28 — 48 Notre Dame 40.0, South Florida 44.4. FT Pct: Notre Dame 68.3, 0.0, Villanova 12.5. FT Pct: Notre Dame 80.0, Villanova 100.0. Notre Dame 34 37 — 71 South Florida 58.3. Turnovers: Notre Dame 18, South Florida 14. Turnovers: Notre Dame 12, Villanova 19. Blocked Shots: Notre Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 4 (Bruszewski 2), South Florida 5 Dame 2, Villanova 1. Steals: Notre Dame 14 (Peters, Bruszewski FG Pct: Syracuse 25.5, Notre Dame 45.5. 3-PT FG Pct: Syracuse (McDonald 2). Steals: Notre Dame 5 (Diggins 2), South Florida 11 4), Villanova 7 (Sweeney 4). Attendance: 2,327. 14.3, Notre Dame 25.0. FT Pct: Syracuse 69.0, Notre Dame 58.1. (McDonald 3). Technical Foul: Achonwa (ND). Attendance: 1,393. Turnovers: Syracuse 24, Notre Dame 18. Blocked Shots: Syracuse 3, Notre Dame 3. Steals: Syracuse 11 (Harris, Coffey, Leary 2), NOTES: For the seventh time in its 16-year membership in the Notre Dame 16 (Diggins 5). Attendance: 7,797. NOTES: Notre Dame earned its 20th victory, marking its 17th BIG EAST Conference, Notre Dame is off to a 7-1 start in confer- 20-win season in the past 18 years and the 21st 20-win cam- ence play, having also done so in 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, paign in the 24-year tenure of head coach Muffet McGraw … the 1999-2000, 2000-01 and most recently last season … while Notre NOTES: Notre Dame picks up its third win over a ranked BIG Fighting Irish recorded their fourth consecutive win over South Dame was held to a season-low 58 points at Villanova (fewest EAST Conference opponent in its last four games, winning all Florida and improved to 7-2 all-time against the Bulls, including since March 8, 2010 - 59-44 loss to top-ranked Connecticut in three by an average of 26.0 points per game … for the fifth time a 3-1 record in Tampa … the last three series games in Tampa all BIG EAST Championship semifinals), the Fighting Irish also held in nine BIG EAST games, the Fighting Irish held their opponent have been decided by single digits … Notre Dame has scored at their 10th opponent of the season to 50 points or fewer, includ- to 50 points or fewer (including their last three in a row and four least 70 points in eight of its nine series games against USF … ing four of their first eight BIG EAST opponents … Notre Dame of the past five) … Notre Dame also held its 11th opponent of the the Fighting Irish are 24-5 (.828) all-time against Florida schools, registered double-digit steals for the 17th time in 22 games this season to 50 points or fewer … the Fighting Irish improve to 24-2 including a 13-2 (.867) record on the road … Notre Dame rises season … the Fighting Irish also outrebounded their opponent all-time against Syracuse, tying with Georgetown and Valparaiso to 16-3 (.842) all-time when playing in the state of Florida … the by double digits for the 11th time this year …Notre Dame fielded for the second-most wins against one opponent in school history Fighting Irish are 89-25 (.781) in the month of February since at least four double-figure scorers for the 14th time this season, (behind the 30 victories against Marquette) … Notre Dame also joining the BIG EAST Conference in 1995-96, with a 137-40 (.774) improving to 12-2 in those games … the Fighting Irish move to has won 11 in a row against the Orange and all 12 meetings at February record in the 24-year McGraw era … for the second 17-10 all-time against Villanova, including a 7-6 record at The Purcell Pavilion, 11 of those South Bend contests by double digits consecutive game, Notre Dame did not trail at any point during Pavilion … the 15-point margin was the largest for Notre Dame … the Fighting Irish top the 70-point mark for the 21st time in the the contest — through 10 BIG EAST games this season, the at Villanova since Feb. 13, 2007 (a 75-58 win), and only the fourth 26-game series against Syracuse, as well as the seventh time in Fighting Irish have not trailed by more than five points at any double-digit Fighting Irish victory on the VU campus in 13 career the past eight contests … SU’s 48 points are the fewest allowed time (7-2 with 17:48 left in the first half at Villanova on Jan. 29) visits … the Wildcats’ 43 points were their fewest against Notre by Notre Dame in the series since March 2, 2004, when the Fight- … Notre Dame shot 50 percent or better from the field for the Dame since Jan. 24, 2004 (a 38-36 Notre Dame win at Purcell ing Irish posted a 54-33 win in the regular season finale at Purcell 13th time this season, and topped the 45-percent mark for the Pavilion) … the Fighting Irish held Villanova to season lows of Pavilion … the 23-point margin is the largest for Notre Dame in the 20th time … the Fighting Irish outrebounded their opponent by two three-pointers and 16 three-point attempts … this marked Syracuse series since Jan. 20, 2007, when the Fighting Irish earned double digits for the 13th time this year … Notre Dame is 14-2 the eighth time this season Notre Dame limited an opponent to an 83-55 victory at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Dame rises to 50-5 this season when having at least four players score in double a three-point percentage of 20 percent or lower (VU shot .125 (.909) all-time against New York schools, including a 27-0 record figures … the Fighting Irish are 19-0 this year when leading at vs. the Fighting Irish) … the Fighting Irish had their streak of 74 at home … since joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96, the Fighting halftime and have won 44 games in a row when taking a lead consecutive games with a three-pointer snapped, going scoreless Irish are 88-25 (.779) all-time in the month of February, with a 50-5 to the intermission … Notre Dame attempted a season-low 46 from beyond the arc for the first time since Jan. 3, 2009 (a 66-60 (.909) record at home — in the 24-year Muffet McGraw era, Notre shots, two fewer than their total against Georgetown on Jan. win at Seton Hall) … Notre Dame shot below 25 percent from Dame is 136-40 (.773) in February games, including a 72-11 (.867) 18 … Natalie Novosel tied her career high with eight rebounds, the field in a single half (.231 in the second half) for the first time mark at home … the Fighting Irish logged double-digit steals for the fourth time she’s hit that mark and the first since Nov. 21 at since Jan. 16, 2010 (.229, 8-of-35 in the first half at top-ranked the 18th time, and at least 20 assists for the 13th time this year Kentucky … Becca Bruszewski scored in double figures for a Connecticut) … Devereaux Peters finished one rebound shy of … Syracuse came into the game leading the nation with a +16.6 career-best fifth consecutive game and the sixth time in her last becoming the first Fighting Irish player with 20 points/10 rebounds rebounding margin, but Notre Dame ended up with a +10 edge seven outings … Bruszewski also tied her career high with eight in a game since Feb. 6, 2010 (Skylar Diggins had 23 points and on the glass, the 12th time this season it has outrebounded an free throws made (first set on Feb. 17, 2009, the last time Notre 10 rebounds in a win over Pittsburgh at Purcell Pavilion) … Peters opponent by double figures … the Fighting Irish held their opponent Dame visited USF), handed out a season-high five assists and recorded the second 20-point game of her career, having scored to a three-point percentage of 20 percent or lower for the ninth registered her first “5-5-5” game of the season, as well as the a career-high 23 points in the season opener vs. New Hampshire time this year … Becca Bruszewski became the 27th Fighting Irish second of her career (five points/six rebounds/seven assists at on Nov. 12 at Purcell Pavilion … Becca Bruszewski collected her player to score 1,000 career points, currently standing 25th on the Louisville on Jan. 19, 2010) … Bruszewski is the seventh differ- second double-double of the season and fourth of her career, school’s all-time scoring list with 1,007 points (passing Melissa ent Fighting Irish player to record a “5-5-5” game this season having previously chalked up 12 points and 13 rebounds against Lechlitner and Kelley Siemon later in the game) … Bruszewski … Natalie Achonwa tied her career high with 14 points, a mark No. 15 UCLA on Nov. 18 at Purcell Pavilion … Bruszewski also also cracked double digits for the fourth consecutive game and she first set on Dec. 11 against Creighton at Purcell Pavilion. moved within five points of becoming the 27th Fighting Irish player fifth time in the past six outings … Devereaux Peters posted her to tally 1,000 career points … Bruszewski tied her career high sixth double-double of the season, all in the past 11 games, and with four steals, a mark she had set twice before, most recently nabbed double-digit rebounds for the fourth time in five games … on Dec. 8, 2009, against IPFW at Purcell Pavilion … head coach Natalie Achonwa collected her eighth double-figure scoring game Muffet McGraw worked her 750th game at Notre Dame, rising to of the season, and first since Jan. 5 (12 points at Marquette) … 543-207 (.724) in 24 seasons under the Golden Dome. Skylar Diggins registered her fourth “5-5-5” game of the season (and first career “5-5-5-5” outing), packing the stat sheet with eight points, seven rebounds, five assists and a season-high five steals.
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#8 Notre Dame 89, Seton Hall 38 #8 Notre Dame 71, Rutgers 49 #2 Connecticut 78, #8 Notre Dame 57 February 8, 2011 February 12, 2011 February 19, 2011 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, Conn.) GAME 25 GAME 26 GAME 27 Seton Hall (38) Rutgers (49) Notre Dame (57) 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 Green, K. 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 Oliver 39 4-12 0-0 4-6 7 2 4 12 Peters 21 0-3 0-0 0-0 8 2 3 0 Joseph 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 1 3 0 Lee 38 6-7 0-0 1-2 3 0 2 13 Bruszewski 31 4-12 0-0 0-0 6 0 4 8 Morris 25 2-9 1-6 0-0 1 1 3 5 Rushdan 34 2-7 0-0 0-0 4 8 5 4 Diggins 38 8-18 2-4 4-6 4 1 3 22 Simmons 26 3-9 0-1 1-2 1 1 3 7 Wheeler 37 5-11 1-4 0-0 3 0 4 11 Novosel 34 5-10 1-1 7-13 3 2 2 18 Crew 24 4-12 2-2 0-0 1 1 5 10 Sykes 36 3-9 1-4 0-0 1 2 0 7 Mallory 30 2-5 2-3 0-0 2 1 4 6 Maseko 25 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 3 0 Lapidus 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Achonwa 18 0-4 0-0 1-2 3 0 1 1 Johnson 22 3-6 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 6 Simmons 13 0-3 0-0 2-2 4 1 2 2 Miller 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 2 Green, T. 13 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 Hutchen 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 Turner 17 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 Wood 28 1-7 1-4 2-2 4 1 1 5 Tucker 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Braker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Ashmeade 11 0-3 0-0 2-4 3 0 2 2 Team 5 Team 4 Henry 9 0-3 0-0 1-2 3 0 2 1 Totals 200 20-49 2-8 7-10 28 13 18 49 Totals 200 20-55 5-9 12-21 33 8 19 57 Team 5 Totals 200 14-57 4-15 6-10 26 6 23 38 Notre Dame (71) Connecticut (78) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Notre Dame (89) Peters 30 9-13 0-0 3-3 6 0 3 21 Moore 34 5-10 2-4 0-0 7 7 3 12 Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Bruszewski 33 3-4 0-0 0-0 4 0 4 6 Dolson 34 7-11 0-0 1-2 5 1 3 15 Peters 23 4-7 0-0 2-3 5 2 0 10 Diggins 37 7-17 3-5 3-6 5 5 2 20 Hayes 38 5-7 1-1 2-2 7 4 3 13 Bruszewski 18 5-7 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 10 Novosel 31 2-6 0-1 2-2 3 1 0 6 Hartley 37 10-16 5-9 4-6 1 5 2 29 Diggins 25 4-4 0-0 6-7 6 7 1 14 Mallory 35 3-4 2-2 2-2 4 10 0 10 Faris 36 0-7 0-4 2-2 6 3 1 2 Novosel 27 6-8 1-1 3-3 4 2 1 16 Achonwa 16 2-6 0-0 0-1 4 1 1 4 Engeln 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 Mallory 24 4-6 1-2 4-6 1 3 3 13 Turner 17 1-2 0-1 2-2 1 1 0 4 Johnson 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 Badway 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Forr 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Dixon 13 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 2 Achonwa 19 4-7 0-0 4-5 6 1 0 12 Braker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 Buck 2 0-0 0-0 3-4 1 0 1 3 Miller 21 2-4 0-0 3-6 5 1 0 7 Team 3 Team 5 Turner 17 2-3 1-2 0-0 1 1 3 5 Totals 200 27-52 5-9 12-16 31 18 11 71 Totals 200 29-53 8-18 12-16 33 22 17 78 Forr 7 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Braker 16 0-0 0-0 0-0 6 1 2 0 Rutgers 25 24 — 49 Notre Dame 29 28 — 57 Team 7 Notre Dame 29 42 — 71 Connecticut 37 41 — 78 Totals 200 32-50 3-5 22-32 42 20 13 89 FG Pct: Rutgers 40.8, Notre Dame 51.9. 3-PT FG Pct: Rutgers FG Pct: Notre Dame 36.4, Connecticut 54.7. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Seton Hall 23 15 — 38 25.0, Notre Dame 55.6. FT Pct: Rutgers 70.0, Notre Dame 75.0. Dame 55.6, Connecticut 44.4. FT Pct: Notre Dame 57.1, Connecti- Notre Dame 44 45 — 89 Turnovers: Rutgers 20, Notre Dame 15. Blocked Shots: Rutgers cut 75.0. Turnovers: Notre Dame 19, Connecticut 16. Blocked 3 (Oliver 2), Notre Dame 3 (Peters 2). Steals: Rutgers 7 (Wheeler Shots: Notre Dame 1, Connecticut 2. Steals: Notre Dame 10 FG Pct: Seton Hall 24.6, Notre Dame 64.0. 3-PT FG Pct: Seton 4), Notre Dame 8 (Peters 4). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout). (Miller 3), Connecticut 14 (Faris 6). Attendance: 10,167 (sellout). Hall 26.7, Notre Dame 60.0. FT Pct: Seton Hall 60.0, Notre Dame 68.8. Turnovers: Seton Hall 24, Notre Dame 19. Blocked Shots: Seton Hall 2, Notre Dame 2 (Bruszewski 2). Steals: Seton Hall 6 NOTES: Notre Dame stretches its current winning streak to nine NOTES: Notre Dame sees its season-high nine-game winning (Morris 2), Notre Dame 17 (Diggins, Mallory 5). Attendance: 8,072. games, the longest BIG EAST regular-season winning streak streak snapped ... the Fighting Irish scored a season-low 57 for the Fighting Irish since the 2004-05 season, when they put points, one fewer than their total in a 58-43 win at Villanova on together a similar nine-game conference success string from Jan. Jan. 29 ... Notre Dame was defeated by 20+ points for the first NOTES: Notre Dame picked up its 10th BIG EAST Conference 19-Feb. 15, 2005 … Notre Dame earns its first win over Rutgers time since March 1, 2010, when Connecticut posted a 76-51 win of the season, the 15th time in the program’s 16-year BIG at Purcell Pavilion since Jan. 23, 2005 (a 63-47 victory), and its win at Purcell Pavilion ... the Huskies match their series-long EAST membership (1995-96 to present) that the Fighting Irish have second consecutive win in the series, which RU now leads 16-11 winning streak (11, first set from 1996-2000) against Notre Dame, recorded double-digit conference wins … it’s also the 21st time (the Fighting Irish hold a 6-4 edge in South Bend) … Notre Dame improving to 27-4 all-time against the Fighting Irish, including a in the 24-year tenure of head coach Muffet McGraw that Notre wins back-to-back series games against Rutgers for the first time 16-1 mark at home (Storrs or Hartford) ... Notre Dame trailed at Dame has posted at least 10 league wins … the 51-point margin since March 1, 1999 (68-61 in BIG EAST Championship semifinal) the half for the first time since Dec. 29, when it was down 35-33 of victory was the second-largest spread ever for Notre Dame in and Feb. 19, 2000 (78-74 in overtime), with both games played in against current No. 25 Gonzaga before rallying for a 70-61 win a BIG EAST Conference regular season game, topped only by a Piscataway … the Fighting Irish post their second-largest margin over the Bulldogs at the State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic in 91-35 win over Seton Hall on Jan. 31, 1998 at Purcell Pavilion; of victory in the 27-game series with the Scarlet Knights, topped Seattle ... the Fighting Irish had only two double-figure scorers the Fighting Irish also posted an 89-33 win over Georgetown in only by an 86-58 win over Rutgers on March 2, 1997, in the BIG for just the second time all season, the other coming on Dec. 1 the quarterfinals of the 2001 BIG EAST Championship (March EAST Championship quarterfinals at Storrs, Conn. … Notre Dame in a 76-65 loss at then-No. 2/3 Baylor (Diggins -21; Novosel - 4, 2001 in Storrs, Conn.) … Notre Dame held Seton Hall to a scored 70 points against RU for the second consecutive meeting, 12) ... Connecticut is just the second Notre Dame opponent to .246 field goal percentage, the lowest by a BIG EAST opponent the first time the Fighting Irish have done that since Feb 19, 2000 shoot better than 50 percent from the floor this year, the other since Jan. 2, 2005, when Seton Hall shot .222 from the field in (the aforementioned 78-74 OT win in Piscataway) and March 6, being another New England school (.514 by New Hampshire on a 54-33 Notre Dame win at Purcell Pavilion … conversely, the 2000 (an 81-72 overtime loss to the Scarlet Knights in the BIG Nov. 12 in a 99-48 Notre Dame win at Purcell Pavilion) ... the Fighting Irish shot a season-high .640 from the field, tying for EAST Championship semifinals at Storrs, Conn.) — Notre Dame Fighting Irish chalked up double-digit steals for the 20th time the 10th-best field goal percentage in school history, and best had never scored 70+ points against Rutgers in consecutive regular this season ... Skylar Diggins scored at least 20 points for the since Nov. 23, 2008 (.646 in a 102-54 win at Boston College), season meetings prior to the past two matchups … the Fighting second consecutive game and a team-high sixth time this season and Notre Dame’s third-best field goal percentage ever against Irish held the Scarlet Knights to 49 points, their third-lowest output ... Diggins scored 17 of her 22 points in the first half, the most by a BIG EAST opponent (best since Feb. 13, 2008, when it shot in series history and lowest since the 2005 Notre Dame win (63-47) a Connecticut opposing individual in the first half this season, as .643 in a 99-76 win over Marquette at Purcell Pavilion) … the at Purcell Pavilion … Notre Dame became just the second Rutgers well as more than five different Connecticut opposing teams in Fighting Irish tied their season high with six double-figure scorers, opponent to make more than half its shots this season (Tennessee the first half this year, most notably No. 3 Duke (15 on Jan. 31) having first achieved that against Louisville on Jan. 12 (80-60 connected at an RU-opponent high .525 from the floor on Dec. 30 and BIG EAST opponents Villanova (12 on Jan. 5) and Providence win at Purcell Pavilion) … the Fighting Irish are 19-4 all-time in Knoxville, Tenn.) … the Fighting Irish had two 20-point scorers (12 on Feb. 12), and nearly No. 14/12 Oklahoma on Feb. 14 (the against Seton Hall (9-2 at Purcell Pavilion) and have won the last in the same game for the first time since Feb. 24, 2009, against Sooners had 18 points at the half) ... Brittany Mallory played in five games in the series, as well as 19 of the 21 meetings since Syracuse (Lindsay Schrader - 23; Becca Bruszewski - 20) … Brittany the 100th game of her college career … Notre Dame broke out Notre Dame joined the BIG EAST in 1995-96 … Skylar Diggins Mallory collected her first career double-double, making her the fifth its alternate green road uniforms for the first time this year, the tallied her fifth game with seven-plus assists this season, and different Notre Dame player this season to record a double-double fifth different uniform combination the Fighting Irish have worn her 16th five-assist outing of the year (she had seven all of last … with 10 points and a career-high 10 assists, Mallory is the first at least once (white/blue, white/green, white/pink, blue/white). season) … for the second time in three games, Diggins packed Fighting Irish player to log double-digit assists (and also record a the stat sheet with a “5-5-5-5” game (14 points, seven assists, points/assists double-double) since Feb. 26, 2005, when Megan six rebounds, season-high-tying five steals), the second of her Duffy tallied 12 points and 10 assists in an 82-57 win over West career, as well as the 13th career “5-5-5” outing for the South Virginia at Purcell Pavilion … for the third time in four games, Skylar Bend native … Becca Bruszewski extended her double-digit Diggins chalked up a “5-5-5” performance, giving her six on the scoring streak to a career-high six games … Natalie Novosel season and 14 for her career … Peters posted her third 20-point collected her career-best 10th consecutive double-figure scoring game of the season (and her career), while Diggins notched her night … Natalie Achonwa scored in double figures for the third fifth 20-point outing of the campaign and the 12th of her career consecutive game … Brittany Mallory posted her fifth double-digit … Bruszewski moved up to 24th on Notre Dame’s career scoring scoring night of the year (first since a season-high 14 points in list with 1,039 points, passing Mollie Peirick (1,034 points from a win over #16/17 Georgetown on Jan. 18 at Purcell Pavilion) … 1994-98) … the Fighting Irish registered their fourth sellout of the Mallory also tied her season high with five steals, the fourth time season, and 10th in the past two years … this was designated as this year she’s had five thefts in a game … Ariel Braker tied for Notre Dame’s annual WBCA Pink Zone game, with the program game-high honors with six rebounds, the ninth different Fighting raising $116,405, topping last year’s total of nearly $104,000 and Irish player to lead the team in rebounds at least once this season. boosting the program’s combined Pink Zone fundraising total in the last three years to more than a quarter of a million dollars (approximately $260,000). 30 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME 2010-11 Box Scores
#8/7 Notre Dame 72, #19/18 West Virginia 60 February 22, 2011 WVU Coliseum (Morgantown, W.Va.) GAME 28 Notre Dame (72) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Peters 22 8-10 0-0 0-0 5 1 4 16 Bruszewski 37 5-8 0-0 0-0 9 0 3 10 Diggins 29 4-11 1-1 1-4 7 7 2 10 Novosel 36 7-13 0-1 8-8 7 0 1 22 Mallory 32 4-4 1-1 0-0 1 4 3 9 Achonwa 21 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 1 4 3 Miller 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 Turner 18 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 2 2 Team 4 Totals 200 30-52 2-3 10-14 40 15 21 72
West Virginia (60) Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Campbell 27 3-7 0-1 0-0 4 0 1 6 Ali 17 4-7 1-1 3-4 3 1 4 12 Bussie 22 3-8 0-0 1-5 5 0 4 7 Miles 38 8-21 0-0 0-0 4 5 2 16 Repella 40 3-15 1-5 1-2 6 3 2 8 Palmer 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Hampton 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 House 21 0-3 0-1 2-2 1 1 0 2 Harlee 11 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 1 Dunning 14 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 4 Burton 7 2-4 0-0 0-1 3 0 2 4 Team 3 Totals 200 24-68 2-8 10-18 31 10 18 60 Notre Dame 38 34 — 72 West Virginia 25 35 — 60
FG Pct: Notre Dame 57.7, West Virginia 35.3. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 66.7, West Virginia 25.0. FT Pct: Notre Dame 71.4, West Virginia 55.6. Turnovers: Notre Dame 30, West Virginia 23. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 5 (Peters 3), West Virginia 3. Steals: Notre Dame 5 (Turner 2), West Virginia 16 (Miles 6). Attendance: 2,593.
NOTES: Notre Dame picked up its fourth win over a ranked op- ponent this season, and its first road win at a Top 25 opponent since Nov. 19, 2009, when they edged No. 21 Michigan State, 68-67 in East Lansing, Mich. … this marked the largest margin of victory for Notre Dame at a ranked opponent since Feb. 16, 2008, when it posted a 79-67 win at No. 21/23 Syracuse … Notre Dame became just the third BIG EAST Conference school to record 200 BIG EAST regular-season victories, improving to 200-62 (.763) in less than 16 seasons as a conference member (1995-96 to present) … the Notre Dame senior class collectively recorded its 99th career win (now 99-29, .773) … the Fighting Irish continue to show excellent resilience, improving to 58-14 (.806) in their first game after a double-digit loss since joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96, including a current run of six in a row covering the past two seasons … the Fighting Irish also secured a winning month of February for the 23rd time in the 24-year Muffet McGraw era … Notre Dame shot better than 65 percent in a single half (.652 in first half) for the first time since Feb. 8 (.667 in first half vs. Seton Hall at Purcell Pavilion) … Notre Dame tied its season low with five steals (set two other times, the last on Feb. 5 at South Florida), while West Virginia had an opponent season-high 16 thefts (previous was 15 by UCLA on Nov. 18 in a double-overtime contest at Purcell Pavilion) … how uncharacteristic was Notre Dame’s 30-turnover night? It was the most by the Fighting Irish in a single game since Nov. 15, 2003, when they had a similar 30 giveaways in a 67-63 overtime loss at 20th-ranked Colorado in the title game of the WBCA Classic … Notre Dame improves to 18-2 all-time against West Virginia, including a 7-2 record in Morgantown … the Fighting Irish earned their first victory at WVU Coliseum in exactly five years (70-58 on Feb. 22, 2006) … Notre Dame’s 72 points are the most the Fighting Irish have scored at WVU since Jan. 24, 2001 (87-64 win) … Natalie Novosel posted her fifth 20-point game of the season after coming into the campaign with a career high of 19 points … Novosel also notched her first career 20-point game against a BIG EAST opponent, having scored 19 points in BIG EAST on three occasions (the last on Feb. 5 at South Florida) … Skylar Diggins tallied her team-high seventh “5-5-5” game this season, and the 15th of her career … Diggins dished out at least seven assists for the sixth time this year, and at least five assists for the 18th time this season … Devereaux Peters turned in her best shooting performance against a BIG EAST team this year and matched her third-best effort overall this season … Peters’ three blocks give her 124 career rejections, tying her for ninth place in school history with Trena Keys (1982-86) … Kaila Turner tied her career high with four rebounds.
2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 31 Head Coach Muffet McGraw 24th season at ND (548-208, .725) • 29th season overall (636-249, .719)
“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 389-128 (.752) record, and her Notre Dame program and inevitably, you’ll hear the same including a sparkling 200-62 (.763) 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 24 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 • 21 seasons with 20-or-more victories, including 17 in the past gold with the ’04 U.S. Olympic Team). In addition, McGraw has 18 years (1993-2011). 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. • 70 wins over ranked opponents, including 60 in the past 13 Another sign of McGraw’s success has been her ability to Champion, 2001 seasons alone (1998-2011). In addition, 20 of those wins have prepare her players for the next level. No less than 21 Notre come against top-10 opponents. Dame cagers have gone on to play professionally (domestically or NCAA Final Four • 213 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 Feb. 21, 2011 poll). Notre Dame greatest influx of Irish talent into the WNBA, with seven Notre also has spent 100 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- • 13 top-four finishes in the BIG EAST Conference during Notre and Ericka Haney — were starters on the ’01 Irish NCAA cham- Dame’s first 16 years in that league (1995-96 through 2010-11). pionship team, and five of the recent Irish WNBA draftees (Riley, 2010 The Fighting 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- 636 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, at the time tying for Sandy Botham (Wisconsin-Milwaukee), 1997 Notre Dame 10th-fastest to 600 wins in Division I history) and a .719 all-time graduate and the school’s all-time leading scorer Beth (Morgan) winning percentage. Cunningham (Virginia Commonwealth), Bill Fennelly (Iowa • One of only six 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, tennis/wrestling coach (along with current Irish associate coach Carol Owens) comprised Tom Fallon and baseball’s Jake Kline and Paul Mainieri. 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. #2 • Veronica Badway Guard • 5-7 • Jr.-SQ • Pittsburgh, Pa. (Fox Chapel Area HS)
Overview u Officially added as a walk-on player during preseason. u Gritty, hard-working guard who adds depth to Notre Dame roster. u Cerebral player who makes significant contributions during practices and games. u Nickname is “V”.
Career Highs High School u Only the second Fighting Irish player ever to wear No. 2, u following in the footsteps of two-time honorable mention Points...... 3 (2) Three-year starter and two-year captain at Fox Chapel All-America guard (and Monessen, Pa., native) Charel .last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Area High School in Pittsburgh, Pa. u Allen. Rebounds...... 2 Averaged 9.0 points, 7.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as a senior in 2007-08, leading team vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) 2010-11 Highlights Assists...... None to the first WPIAL Class 4A sectional title. u u Made college debut late in season opener vs. New Hamp- Field Goals...... 1 (2) Played in the A-K Valley Cager Classic (all-star game) shire, hitting a three-pointer and grabbing a rebound in .last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) following her senior season. u four minutes. Field Goal Attempts...... 3 Also played for a trio of successful AAU programs in u Also played four minutes against Morehead State, con- vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) western Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania Hoopstars, verting 1-of-2 free throws and adding a steal. 3-Point Field Goals...... 1 (2) Pittsburgh Press and SMAC PA Elite. u u Connected on a three-pointer during a home rout of .last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) National Honor Society member who graduated as a Southeast Missouri State. 3-Point Field Goal Att... 1 (2) senior scholar and was among the top five percent in .last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) her graduating class. Free Throws...... 1 Personal Data vs. Morehead State (11/15/10) u Free Throw Attempts...... 2 Born June 4, 1990, in Pittsburgh, Pa. … second of four vs. Morehead State (11/15/10) children (older brother Aaron, younger brother Blaise Steals...... 1 and younger sister Gabriella) born to Andrea and David vs. Morehead State (11/15/10) Badway … father is a 1978 graduate of Notre Dame. u Blocked Shots...... None One of three Pennsylvania residents on this year’s Fight- Minutes Played...... 6 ing Irish roster, joining freshman guard Kayla McBride vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) (Erie) and fellow walk-on, senior forward Mary Forr (Altoona). Miscellaneous u Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, as an accounting major … dean’s list honoree each semester Double-doubles...... 0 … recipient of Notre Dame Accountancy Excellence Double-figure scoring games.0 Scholarship … member of Notre Dame’s Beta Alpha Psi games...... 0 20-point international honorary society (accounting/finance). Double-figure rebound games.0 5-assist games...... 0 5-steal games...... 0
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 14 0 40 2.9 2 11 .182 2 2 1.000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.2 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 0.5 TOTAL 14 0 40 2.9 2 11 .182 2 2 1.000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.2 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 0.5
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 5 0 13 2.6 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 5 0 13 2.6 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 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 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 5 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 SETON HALL 02/08/11 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 TOTAL 0 40 2 11 .182 2 2 1.000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.2 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 0.5 #4 • Skylar Diggins Guard • 5-9 • So.-1V • South Bend, Ind. (Washington HS)
Did You Know? u One of three McDonald’s All-Americans (McBride, Peters) on 2010-11 Fighting Irish roster. 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 Future: The Journey To Becoming A World-Class Athlete,” joining 16-year- old snowboard phenom Maddy Schaffrick and USA Hockey forward Kendall Coyne for the session … some other notable female sports figures who participated in the ESPNW Retreat included 39-time Grand Slam tennis champion and women’s sports pioneer Billie Jean King; Olympic gold medalists Jennie Finch (softball), Julie Foudy (soccer) and Shannon Miller (gymnastics); champion boxer Laila Ali (daughter of the legendary Muhammad Ali) and ESPN anchor/1983 Notre Dame graduate Hannah Storm. u Shows tremendous all-around talent with 15 career “5-5-5” games, including a team-high seven this season.
Career Highs Honors & Awards u Needed 19 minutes to log 18 points (7-8 FG) with seven u assists against Southeast Missouri State. Points...... 31 Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 List u u Racked nine points and four assists to help down Mar- vs. Vermont (3/23/10) John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 20 List u quette. Rebounds...... 11 Nancy Lieberman Award Semifinalist u u Went for 16 points and five assists with two steals against vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) State Farm/WBCA Wade Trophy Watch List u #2 Connecticut. Assists...... 9 BIG EAST Player of the Week (Feb. 14) u u Scored 12 points (6-6 FT) while registering five assists vs. Marquette (2/23/10) BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 6, Jan. 24) u and two steals vs. Louisville. Field Goals...... 13 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team (unanimous) u Netted game-high 20 points (2-4 3FG) and recorded five vs. Vermont (3/23/10) 2010-11 Highlights assists and three steals to down Pitt. Field Goal Attempts.... 21 (2) u u Ranks second on team in scoring (14.0 ppg), tops in Poured in a game-high 22 points (8-10 FT) while posting last vs. UCLA (11/18/10) assists (4.7 apg) and third in steals (1.9 spg). six assists and two steals against #16/17 Georgetown. 3-Point Field Goals...... 4 (3) u u Collected 12 points, four assists and four steals in season Stuffed stat sheet with six points, six rebounds and six last at Baylor (12/1/10) opener against New Hampshire. assists to help down #RV/23 St. John’s. 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 9 u u Had game-high eight assists vs. Morehead State. Dropped in 13 points (5-6 FT) while grabbing six boards at Syracuse (1/30/10) u Led all scorers with 22 points and added team-high five and two steals in win over Villanova. Free Throws...... 10 u assists in career-best 47 minutes of double overtime Posted eight points (4-4 FT), seven rebounds, five assists at St. John’s (2/16/10) loss vs. #15 UCLA. and five steals (first career “5-5-5-5” game) to help down Free Throw Attempts. 12 (2) u Went for 18 points at #9/10 Kentucky. #RV/25 Syracuse. last at South Florida (2/5/11) u u Posted a pair of seven-assist games during the WBCA Put 17 points (9-12 FT) on the board at South Florida, Steals...... 7 Classic against IUPUI and Butler. while charting four rebounds and four assists. vs. Vermont (3/23/10) u u Matched All-American Brittney Griner for game-high Drained 14 points (4-4 FG, 6-7 FT) while registering Blocked Shots...... 3 honors with 21 points (including 15 in a 17-2 second-half game-high six rebounds, seven assists and five steals vs. San Diego St. (11/26/09) run that pulled Irish within six with 5:00 left) during a road (second career “5-5-5-5” game) against Seton Hall. Minutes Played...... 47 u defeat at #2/3 Baylor ... tied a career-best mark with a Finished the game against Rutgers with 20 points (3-5 vs. UCLA (11/18/10) quartet of three-pointers ... added five assists and four 3FG), five rebounds and five assists, marking her sixth steals against the Lady Bears. “5-5-5” game this season. Miscellaneous u u Scored all 14 of her points in the first half against Purdue, Knocked down team-high 22 points (17 in first half) and Double-doubles...... 2 including six in the first three minutes ... also handed out grabbed four rebounds at #2 Connecticut … 17 first-half Double-figure scoring games... 46 a game-high six assists. points were most by UConn opposing individual this year, 20-point games...... 12* u Averaged 17.5 ppg, 5.5 apg and 2.5 spg while shooting and (at the time) topped five UConn opposing teams’ Double-figure rebound games..... 2 .484 (15-of-31) from the floor during a two-game jaunt first-half outputs, including #3 Duke (15). u 5-assist games...... 24 from Dec. 1-5 (Baylor and Purdue) to earn BIG EAST Registered 10 points, seven rebounds and seven assists 5-steal games...... 5 Honor Roll honors (Dec. 6). at #19/18 West Virginia. * - includes one 30-point game u Drained 5-of-11 shots for 10 points at Providence. u Scorched Creighton for game-high 18 points. u Posted second career double-double in win over Gon- zaga, pairing 19 points with career-best 11 rebounds and team-high five assists (second 5-5-5 game of season; 10th of career).
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 28 28 830 29.6 140 322 .435 22 68 .324 90 127 .709 33 81 114 4.1 55 0 132 104 9 53 392 14.0 TOTAL 63 58 1858 29.5 309 707 .437 57 168 .339 201 269 .747 81 176 257 4.1 135 0 244 201 32 143 876 13.9
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 14 14 444 31.7 64 162 .395 12 36 .333 59 77 .766 18 51 69 4.9 30 0 67 56 5 28 199 14.2 TOTAL 30 29 923 30.8 140 334 .419 29 85 .341 112 147 .762 39 89 128 4.3 71 0 117 95 12 64 421 14.0 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 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 * 37 5 18 .278 0 4 .000 6 6 1.000 1 3 4 3.5 4 0 5 5 1 2 16 13.4 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 * 30 3 7 .429 0 2 .000 6 6 1.000 0 2 2 3.4 1 0 5 4 1 2 12 13.3 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 * 28 7 13 .538 2 4 .500 4 5 .800 1 3 4 3.4 3 0 5 4 0 3 20 13.7 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 * 35 6 12 .500 2 5 .400 8 10 .800 1 3 4 3.5 3 0 6 3 0 2 22 14.1 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 * 27 2 6 .333 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 3 3 6 3.6 1 0 6 3 0 1 6 13.7 at Villanova 01/29/11 * 36 4 13 .308 0 1 .000 5 6 .833 2 4 6 3.7 1 0 4 4 0 2 13 13.7 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 * 31 2 9 .222 0 2 .000 4 4 1.000 1 6 7 3.8 3 0 5 4 0 5 8 13.4 at South Florida 02/05/11 * 35 4 10 .400 0 2 .000 9 12 .750 0 4 4 3.8 2 0 4 3 1 2 17 13.6 SETON HALL 02/08/11 * 25 4 4 1.000 0 0 .000 6 7 .857 0 6 6 3.9 1 0 7 4 0 5 14 13.6 RUTGERS 02/12/11 * 37 7 17 .412 3 5 .600 3 6 .500 3 2 5 4.0 2 0 5 2 0 0 20 13.8 at Connecticut 02/19/11 * 38 8 18 .444 2 4 .500 4 6 .667 2 2 4 4.0 3 0 1 5 0 1 22 14.1 at West Virginia 02/22/11 * 29 4 11 .364 1 1 1.000 1 4 .250 2 5 7 4.1 2 0 7 10 1 1 10 14.0 Totals 28 830 140 322 .435 22 68 .324 90 127 .709 33 81 114 4.1 55 0 132 104 9 53 392 14.0 #11 • Natalie Achonwa Forward • 6-3 • Fr.-HS • Guelph, Ontario (St. Mary’s Catholic)
Did You Know? u Last name is pronounced “uh-CHAWN-wuh” … nicknames are “Ace” (shortened version of last name and/or her jersey numbers) or “Canada”. u First international player in the 34-year history of the Notre Dame women’s basketball program. u Youngest player ever to suit up for Canadian Senior National Team, doing so at age 16 in September 2009. 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 WNBA Rookie of the Year (and USA center) Tina Charles, among others, while representing Canada at 2010 FIBA World Championships in the Czech Republic.
Career Highs Honors & Awards u Good for eight points, seven boards, two assists, two u blocks and two steals in a home rout of Southeast Mis- Points...... 14 (2) BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (Dec. 13) souri State. last at South Florida (2/5/11) 2010-11 Highlights u Registered 12 points, four rebounds and two steals at Rebounds...... 13 u Marquette. at Kentucky (11/21/10) Averaging 7.8 ppg. and 5.3 rpg. with .561 field goal u Notched nine points and eight boards vs. #2 UConn. Assists...... 5 percentage. u u Grabbed game-high nine boards during the matchup with vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) Nearly chalked up “5-5-5” game in her college debut Louisville. Field Goals...... 7 against New Hampshire, finishing with seven points, four u Added four points while grabbing three boards vs. Pitts- vs. Creighton (12/11/10) rebounds and game-high five assists before fouling out in 16 minutes. burgh. Field Goal Attempts...... 11 u u Dropped in six points,also snatching seven boards and vs. Connecticut (1/8/11) One of four Fighting Irish players in double figures against Morehead State with 10 points (5-8 FG). one steal, against #16/17 Georgetown. 3-Point Field Goals...... 1 u u Grabbed career-high 13 boards — including eight on the Put down four points and managed four boards and a at Valparaiso (12/20/10) offensive end — and scored four points at #9 Kentucky. steal to limit #RV/23 St. John’s. 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 1 u u Dropped in 11 points during win over Wake Forest in Posted four points, three rebounds and an assist in the at Valparaiso (12/20/10) WBCA Classic. victory over Villanova. Free Throws...... 6 u u Posted a season-high 12 points during a home win over Racked up 13 points (6-9 FG, including second 3FG of at South Florida (02/05/11) Purdue while snatching seven caroms with four assists season) vs. #RV/25 Syracuse. Free Throw Attempts 10 u and two steals in 24 minutes. Matched career high with 14 points (4-6 FG, career-high at South Florida (02/05/11) u Made quick work of Providence with a team- and career- 6-10 FT) at South Florida ... also grabbed eight boards Steals...... 3 high 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting in only nine minutes during the win. vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) u (weakened by flu). Added 12 points, game-high six rebounds and one assist Blocked Shots...... 2 u Averaged 13.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, in the win over Seton Hall. vs. SE Missouri St. (1/2/11) u scoring better than a point per minute (27 points in 26 Notched four points and four rebounds in victory against Minutes Played...... 28 minutes), and registered an astronomical .857 field goal Rutgers. vs. UCLA (11/18/10) u percentage (12-of-14) during a two-game stretch (Dec. Had three rebounds at #2 Connecticut. u Tallied three points and two rebounds in win at #19/18 Miscellaneous 8-11) to earn BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors. u Tallied a career-high 14 points (on 7-of-8 shooting) and West Virginia. Double-doubles...... 0 added five rebounds during home victory over Creighton. Double-figure scoring games. 10 u One of three Irish players to score in double figures (12 20-point games...... 0 points) against Valparaiso while successfully draining Double-figure rebound games... 1 her first career three-point attempt. 5-block games...... 0 5-assist games...... 1
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 28 0 493 17.6 87 155 .561 2 3 .667 41 66 .621 61 86 147 5.3 49 1 33 46 13 25 217 7.8 TOTAL 28 0 493 17.6 87 155 .561 2 3 .667 41 66 .621 61 86 147 5.3 49 1 33 46 13 25 217 7.8
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 14 0 239 17.1 40 76 .526 1 2 .500 22 37 .595 25 41 66 4.7 23 0 12 16 4 6 103 7.4 TOTAL 14 0 239 17.1 40 76 .526 1 2 .500 22 37 .595 25 41 66 4.7 23 0 12 16 4 6 103 7.4 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 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 22 3 11 .273 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 5 3 8 5.6 2 0 2 1 0 1 9 8.7 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 19 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 2 7 9 5.8 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 8.4 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 10 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 5.7 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 8.2 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 20 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 3 7 5.8 2 0 1 2 1 1 6 8.1 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 13 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 5.7 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 7.9 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 18 6 9 .667 1 1 1.000 0 3 .000 1 1 2 5.4 3 0 1 1 1 0 13 8.0 at South Florida 02/05/11 19 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 6 10 .600 6 2 8 5.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 8.2 SETON HALL 02/08/11 19 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 4 5 .800 1 5 6 5.5 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 8.4 RUTGERS 02/12/11 16 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 2 2 4 5.5 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 8.2 at Connecticut 02/19/11 18 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 5.4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.9 at West Virginia 02/22/11 21 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 2 2 5.3 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 7.8 Totals 0 493 87 155 .561 2 3 .667 41 66 .621 61 86 147 5.3 49 1 33 46 13 25 217 7.8 #12 • Fraderica Miller Guard • 5-10 • Jr.-2V • Atlanta, Ga. (The Marist School)
Did You Know? u First name is pronounced “fruh-DARE-uh-kuh” … nickname is “Fred”. u Also strong in the classroom, earning dean’s list honors in spring 2009 with 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 & theater through the College of Arts and Letters). u One of eight Fighting Irish players who also competed in another sport in high school — ran track & field, competing primarily in sprints (100m/200m/400m).
Career Highs 2010-11 Highlights u Nabbed four points, three steals and three boards in the u win over Pittsburgh. Points...... 11 Posting career high (or near-high) averages in scoring u Added two boards and one steal and an assist vs. #16/17 vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11/15/09) (2.1 ppg.), rebounding (2.4 rpg.) and steals (1.7 spg.) Georgetown. Rebounds...... 10 this year. u u Registered two steals to aid the Irish in limiting #RV/23 vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Nabbed three steals, two rebounds and two assists in St. John’s. Assists...... 3 (2) season opener against New Hampshire. u u Posted one steal and one assist in win over #RV/25 last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Nearly tallied first career “5-5-5” game with five points, Syracuse. Field Goals...... 5 career-high-tying five steals and four rebounds against u Reached for three boards to top South Florida. vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11/15/09) Morehead State. u u Put seven points on board along wth five rebounds and Field Goal Attempts...... 8 Provided a huge spark while coming off the bench against two steals against Seton Hall. vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11/15/09) Creighton with six boards, four points and three steals u Had basket, two rebounds and team-high three steals at 3-Point Field Goals...... None in 16 minutes. u Eight points, three assists and five steals at Valparaiso. #2 Connecticut. 3-Point Field Goal Att.... None u Free Throws...... 4 Chalked up six points (career-high 4-4 FT), five rebounds .vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) and two steals in career-best 23 minutes against Loyola Marymount. Free Throw Attempts...... 6 u vs. Seton Hall (2/8/11) Against Southeast Missouri State, set or matched career bests in rebounds (10), assists (3) and steals (5). Steals...... 5 (4) u last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Registered two rebounds, two assists and one steal vs. Blocked Shots...... 1 (2) Louisville. last vs. IPFW (12/8/09) Minutes Played...... 23 vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10)
Miscellaneous Double-doubles...... 0 Double-figure scoring games... 1 20-point games...... 0 Double-figure rebound games.... 1 5-assist games...... 0 5-steal games...... 4
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 23 0 237 10.3 16 38 .421 0 0 .000 16 26 .615 21 34 55 2.4 33 0 18 20 0 38 48 2.1 TOTAL 61 0 447 7.3 40 72 .556 0 0 .000 22 41 .537 43 55 98 1.6 71 0 35 42 2 69 102 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 13 0 122 9.4 7 18 .389 0 0 .000 6 12 .500 12 12 24 1.8 15 0 7 12 0 15 20 1.5 TOTAL 27 0 170 6.3 9 22 .409 0 0 .000 8 14 .571 14 16 30 1.1 25 0 12 14 0 24 26 1.0 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 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 14 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 0 2 2.6 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2.2 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 11 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 2.6 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 2.3 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 7 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 2.6 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2.3 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 10 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.6 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2.3 at Villanova 01/29/11 1 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 10 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2.1 at South Florida 02/05/11 9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 3 3 2.4 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 SETON HALL 02/08/11 21 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 3 6 .500 3 2 5 2.5 0 0 1 2 0 2 7 2.2 at Connecticut 02/19/11 10 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.5 2 0 1 3 0 3 2 2.2 at West Virginia 02/22/11 5 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 Totals 0 237 16 38 .421 0 0 .000 16 26 .615 21 34 55 2.4 33 0 18 20 0 38 48 2.1 #14 • Devereaux Peters Forward • 6-2 • Sr.-3V • Chicago, Ill. (Fenwick HS)
Did You Know? u First name pronounced “DEV-er-OH” … nickname is “Dev”. u Has a 77-inch (6-foot-5) wingspan. u Peters’ alma mater, Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Ill., holds a special place in Notre Dame athletics history, having produced numerous Fighting Irish greats in several sports — the most notable is 1953 Heisman Trophy John Lattner. u Has registered five career “5-5-5” games, including two this season. u Top 10 in school history for career blocks avg. (third - 1.56) and total (10th - 124).
Career Highs Honors & Awards u Delivered 16 points (8-9 FG), six rebounds and five steals u vs. Loyola Marymount (first “5-5-5” game of year). Points...... 23 State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic MVP u u Averaged 12.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.7 steals per vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) WBCA Classic All-Tournament Team u game with .581 FG% (18-31) and two double-doubles in Rebounds...... 14 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Jan. 3, Jan. 10, Jan. 17) 54 total minutes (18.0 per game) from Dec. 29-Jan. 1, at St. John’s (2/16/10) 2010-11 Highlights including 13 rebounds in just 14 minutes against South- Assists...... 6 u east Missouri State. vs. Creighton (12/11/10) n Third o team in scoring (11.4 ppg.) and tops in rebound- u Drained 9-of-12 shots for game-high 18 points vs. Mar- Field Goals...... 11 ing (7.0 rpg.), blocks (1.5 bpg.) and field goal percentage quette ... also registered eight boards, two blocks and vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) (.590) … also fourth in steals (1.8 spg.). u four steals. Field Goal Attempts...... 15 Averaging 13.0 ppg. and 8.4 rpg. with .621 FG% (90-145) u Added third double-double of the season (17 pts., 11 at Maryland (11/16/07) and six double-doubles in 16 games since Xmas. u rebs.) with four swats against #2 UConn. 3-Point Field Goals...... None Made big splash in season opener vs. New Hampshire u Scored 14 points (7-9 FG) vs. Louisville. 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 1 with career-high 23 points (career-high 11 FGM on 13 u Nabbed fourth double-double (15 pts., 10 rebs.) at Pitt. at Syracuse (1/30/10) FGA), eight rebounds, four steals and two blocks in only u Grabbed 12 boards vs. #16/17 Georgetown. Free Throws...... 8 16 minutes … her first career “point-a-minute” game. u u Piled up 14 points, 10 rebounds (her fifth double-double) at Richmond (1/2/08) Collected eight points, four rebounds and four steals and season-high five blocked shots in win over #RV/23 Free Throw Attempts...... 10 against Morehead State. u St. John’s — her second “5-5-5” game of season. at Richmond (1/2/08) Six boards at #9/10 Kentucky. u u Netted 20 points (4-4 FT) while charting nine boards, one Steals...... 7 Recorded three-straight double-digit scoring perfor- block and four steals to limit Villanova. vs. Villanova (1/16/08) mances at the WBCA Classic while shooting .652 from u Tallied 15 points and 11 boards against #RV/25 Syracuse Blocked Shots...... 6 the floor ... also drained each of her 11 free throws and to register her sixth double-double ... also posted four at St. John’s (2/16/10) pulled down 18 rebounds during the three-game stretch. u One of her two blocks at #2/3 Baylor was a second-half assists and two steals. Minutes Played...... 34 (2) u rejection of 6-foot-8 Brittney Griner, which is believed to Had seven points and seven rebounds at South Florida. last vs. Connecticut (1/8/11) u be the first time the sophomore center has been stuffed Added 10 points and five boards against Seton Hall. u Miscellaneous during her college career. Hit 20-point mark for third time this season with game- u Had career-high six assists vs. Creighton. high 21 points against Rutgers, while also registering six Double-doubles...... 6 u Rejected four shots at Valparaiso. rebounds, two blocks and four steals. u Double-figure scoring games.37 u Earned State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic MVP honors Dodged foul trouble to grab game-high eight rebounds 20-point games...... 2 after averaging 13.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and in 21 minutes at #2 Connecticut. u Double-figure rebound games.. 9 2.5 steals with .684 FG% (13-19) in two-game tourna- Dropped in 8-of-10 shots for 16 points in win at #19/18 5-block games...... 3 ment. West Virginia ... also notched five rebounds and three 5-steal games...... 2 u Rang up second career double-double with 10 points, blocks. 10 rebounds against Gonzaga.
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 28 28 623 22.3 135 229 .590 0 0 .000 48 63 .762 86 111 197 7.0 67 1 49 51 43 51 318 11.4 TOTAL 79 31 1607 20.3 295 541 .545 0 1 .000 123 182 .676 194 284 478 6.1 220 6 104 125 124 129 713 9.0
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 14 14 366 26.1 75 121 .620 0 0 .000 29 40 .725 46 62 108 7.7 36 0 22 25 24 23 179 12.8 TOTAL 39 16 824 21.1 147 263 .559 0 1 .000 76 108 .704 94 158 252 6.5 118 4 42 60 55 58 370 9.5 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 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 * 34 5 13 .385 0 0 .000 7 8 .875 6 5 11 6.5 3 0 2 1 4 0 17 10.7 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 * 20 7 9 .778 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 6.3 3 0 1 1 0 0 14 10.9 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 * 23 6 9 .667 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 5 5 10 6.5 2 0 4 1 2 2 15 11.1 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 * 33 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 5 7 12 6.8 1 0 0 3 2 1 4 10.8 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 * 30 7 10 .700 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 8 10 7.0 4 0 2 5 5 2 14 10.9 at Villanova 01/29/11 * 36 8 12 .667 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 6 3 9 7.0 0 0 0 1 1 4 20 11.3 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 * 26 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 5 10 .500 3 8 11 7.2 2 0 4 1 1 2 15 11.5 at South Florida 02/05/11 * 22 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 2 5 7 7.2 4 0 0 5 0 0 7 11.3 SETON HALL 02/08/11 * 23 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 3 2 5 7.1 0 0 2 2 0 1 10 11.2 RUTGERS 02/12/11 * 30 9 13 .692 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 4 2 6 7.1 3 0 0 1 2 4 21 11.6 at Connecticut 02/19/11 * 21 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 4 8 7.1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 at West Virginia 02/22/11 * 22 8 10 .800 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 4 5 7.0 4 0 1 1 3 0 16 11.4 Totals 28 623 135 229 .590 0 0 .000 48 63 .762 86 111 197 7.0 67 1 49 51 43 51 318 11.4 #15 • Kaila Turner Guard • 5-8 • So.-1V • Joliet, Ill. (Marian Catholic HS)
Did You Know? u One of 12 Illinois natives who have played for Notre Dame through the years, 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 advanced to the Illinois Class AA semifinals during her junior year (2007-08), only to be defeated by eventual champion Fenwick High School, which was led by her future Notre Dame teammate, senior forward Devereaux Peters (Turner’s team came back to win the state third-place game).
Career Highs 2010-11 Highlights u Shot 2-for-2 from the foul line while recording two boards u and first career block vs. Louisville. Points...... 11 Second on team in assist/turnover ratio (1.59) and free u Scored five points with two boards and one steal against vs. Charlotte (12/20/09) throw percentage (.815) … fourth in three-point percent- Pittsburgh. Rebounds...... 4 (5) age (.294) and assists (2.1 apg.). u u Drained a three-pointer and posted a single rebound, last vs. West Virginia (2/22/11) Logged two points and three assists (no turnovers) in assist and steal against #16/17 Georgetown. Assists...... 6 season opener against New Hampshire. u u Poured in a triple, dished out three assists and nabbed vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) Posted one of best nights of career (and nearly first two steals to limit #RV/23 St. John’s. Field Goals...... 4 “5-5-5” game) against Morehead State with 10 points, u Dropped in five points (2-3 FG, 1-2 3FG) during the win vs. Charlotte (12/20/09) and career highs for assists (5), rebounds (tied-4) and over Seton Hall. Field Goal Attempts...... 7 (2) minutes (25). u u Added four points (2-2 FT), one board and one assist in last vs. Morehead St. (11/15/10) Totaled seven points at #9/10 Kentucky with a pair of the matchup against Rutgers. 3-Point Field Goals...... 2 (3) rebounds in 18 minutes. u u Tied career high with four rebounds and added two assists last at Valparaiso (12/20/10) Dished out five assists with five steals and scored eight and two steals each in win at #19/18 West Virginia. 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 5 points against IUPUI (including career-high two three- pointers) … also tallied first career “5-5-5” game. vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) u Free Throws...... 4 Posted 5.5 assist/turnover ratio (11 assists, two turn- overs) during three-game WBCA Classic. vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Free Throw Attempts...... 4 (2) Matched a career-high after draining a pair of three- pointers at Providence. last vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Steals...... 5 (2) Third five-assist outing came during a home rout of Creighton. last vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) u Blocked Shots...... 1 Totaled eight points — including a pair of treys — at Valparaiso with career-high-tying five steals. vs. Louisville (1/12/11) u Minutes Played...... 28 Handed out career-high six assists (no turnovers) in 25 vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) minutes against Loyola Marymount. u Went 4-for-4 from the charity stripe against Southeast Miscellaneous Missouri State while adding four defensive boards and three helpers. Double-doubles...... 0 Double-figure scoring games... 2 20-point games...... 0 Double-figure rebound games.... 0 5-assist games...... 4 5-steal games...... 1
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 28 0 481 17.2 26 90 .289 15 51 .294 22 27 .815 3 33 36 1.3 38 0 59 37 1 26 89 3.2 TOTAL 49 0 609 12.4 41 126 .325 18 67 .269 28 37 .757 4 47 51 1.0 46 0 77 49 1 33 128 2.6
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 14 0 225 16.1 11 40 .275 6 19 .316 8 10 .800 2 16 18 1.3 16 0 18 24 1 9 36 2.6 TOTAL 25 0 256 10.2 14 50 .280 6 23 .261 9 12 .750 2 21 23 0.9 18 0 22 26 1 10 43 1.7 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 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 4 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.8 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 8 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 1.1 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 3.7 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 21 1 7 .143 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 1.2 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 3.7 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 14 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 3.7 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 23 1 4 .250 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.2 3 0 3 1 0 2 3 3.7 at Villanova 01/29/11 17 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.5 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 25 0 5 .000 0 3 .000 1 2 .500 1 0 1 1.2 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 3.4 at South Florida 02/05/11 19 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3.3 SETON HALL 02/08/11 17 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.2 3 0 1 5 0 0 5 3.3 RUTGERS 02/12/11 17 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1.2 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 3.3 at Connecticut 02/19/11 17 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3.2 at West Virginia 02/22/11 18 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 1.3 2 0 2 4 0 2 2 3.2 Totals 0 481 26 90 .289 15 51 .294 22 27 .815 3 33 36 1.3 38 0 59 37 1 26 89 3.2 #21 • Natalie Novosel Guard • 5-11 • Jr.-2V • Lexington, Ky. (Lexington Catholic HS)
Did You Know? u Last name is pronounced “KNOW-vuh-sell” … nickname is “Nasty”. u First Notre Dame women’s basketball player ever to come from Kentucky. u Twin brother, Nathan, who is a two-time all-conference forward at Division III University of Rochester (N.Y.); older sis- ter, Shannon, completed career at Evansville in 2008-09 … honed her strong finishing ability at rim through backyard games with taller siblings (Nathan is 6-5; Shannon is 6-1) growing up.
Career Highs Honors & Awards u Poured in career-high 27 points (8-11 FG, 2-2 3FG, 9-9 u WBCA Classic MVP FT) in win over Gonzaga. Points...... 27 u u vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic All-Tournament Team Dropped in 14 points (10 in second half) and snagged u BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 29, Feb. 7) seven boards at Marquette. Rebounds...... 8 (3) u last at South Florida (02/05/11) Had 16 points, five rebounds and five assists in tight 2010-11 Highlights home loss to #2 Connecticut … hit acrobatic go-ahead Assists...... 6 (2) u last vs. Louisville (3/6/10) Leads team in scoring (15.0 ppg), tripling her produc- basket in lane with 30.3 seconds left that was poised to Field Goals...... 8 (2) tion from last season … second on team in three-point be game-winner. percentage (.368) and steals (2.0 spg). u Mimicked her UConn performance with five rebounds and last vs. Gonzaga (12/29/10) u Field Goal Attempts...... 24 Dropped in 11 points and swiped career-high seven five assists while also adding 12 points in the win over at Kentucky (11/21/10) steals in season opener against New Hampshire. Louisville. u Chalked up 13 points, including 6-of-8 FT in 15 minutes u Netted 15 points (6-8 FT) at Pittsburgh. 3-Point Field Goals...... 2 (5) u last vs. Georgetown (1/18/10) against Morehead State. Dropped in 19 points (2-2 3FG. 6-8 FG) and nabbed two u Enjoyed solid night against #15 UCLA with 19 points steals vs. #16/17 Georgetown. 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 7 u at Kentucky (11/21/10) in career-high 39 minutes … hit two big shots in final Made her presence known with 14 points and four steals 1:15 of regulation to give team four-point lead, as well against #RV/23 St. John’s. Free Throws...... 11 u vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) as putback with 8.6 seconds left in first OT that nearly Knocked down 11 points (5-5 FT) and registered three stood up as game-winner. boards, one block and two steals to limit Villanova. Free Throw Attempts...... 12 u u vs. Wake Forest (11/27/10) In front of her hometown crowd, dropped 21 points and Good for 13 points, seven boards and three steals in the Steals...... 7 eight boards at #9/10 Kentucky ... added three assists win over #RV/25 Syracuse. and a pair of blocks. u Finished strong at South Florida with game-high 19 points vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) u Blocked Shots...... 2 Averaged a team-high 18.3 ppg while going 18-22 from (12 in second half), and also grabbed career-high-tying the charity stripe during the WBCA Classic en route to eight rebounds. at Kentucky (11/21/10) u Minutes Played...... 39 being named tournament MVP ... back-to-back 20-point Had solid performance in win over Seton Hall, posting vs. UCLA (11/18/10) efforts against Wake Forest (23) and Butler (20). game-high 16 points (6-8 FG) for career-high 10th con- u Stretched her streak of contests with 10+ points to eight secutive double-digit scoring game (all since resumption Miscellaneous games on the season after posting a 12-piece at #2/3 of BIG EAST play in January). Baylor. u Dropped in 18 points (5-10 FG) at #2 Connecticut. Double-doubles...... 0 u Tied for game-high honors with 16 points (6-12 FG) u Netted game-high 22 points (7-13 FG, 8-8 FT) and Double-figure scoring games.. 38 during home win over Purdue. snatched seven rebounds in victory at #19/18 West 20-point games...... 5 u Contributed 11 points against Creighton. Virginia. Double-figure rebound games... 0 u Steadied the Irish against Valparaiso with a game-high 5-assist games...... 6 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting with four swipes. 5-steal games...... 3 u Made State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 17.5 ppg. and shooting .667 from floor (10-15) in tourney.
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 28 28 764 27.3 134 276 .486 21 57 .368 132 169 .781 35 77 112 4.0 39 1 57 67 10 55 421 15.0 TOTAL 94 32 1929 20.5 267 564 .473 29 87 .333 248 326 .761 105 173 278 3.0 144 1 165 187 20 147 811 8.6
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 14 14 412 29.4 64 145 .441 7 20 .350 68 90 .756 16 42 58 4.1 18 0 28 32 4 24 203 14.5 TOTAL 46 14 986 21.4 134 291 .460 9 26 .346 118 159 .742 48 82 130 2.8 68 0 79 85 8 66 395 8.6 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 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 * 32 6 15 .400 0 2 .000 4 7 .571 2 3 5 4.0 0 0 5 1 0 1 16 15.1 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 * 24 2 7 .286 0 0 .000 8 12 .667 2 3 5 4.1 2 0 5 2 0 1 12 14.9 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 * 23 4 8 .500 1 3 .333 6 8 .750 0 3 3 4.0 0 0 1 3 0 2 15 14.9 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 * 31 6 8 .750 2 2 1.000 5 7 .714 0 1 1 3.9 2 0 1 3 1 2 19 15.2 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 * 27 5 14 .357 0 1 .000 3 3 1.000 1 2 3 3.8 1 0 2 3 0 4 13 15.0 at Villanova 01/29/11 * 34 3 15 .200 0 0 .000 5 5 1.000 0 3 3 3.8 0 0 2 0 1 2 11 14.9 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 * 28 4 11 .364 1 2 .500 4 6 .667 2 2 4 3.8 2 0 2 3 0 3 13 14.8 at South Florida 02/05/11 * 33 7 14 .500 1 1 1.000 4 5 .800 1 7 8 4.0 4 0 0 6 1 1 19 15.0 SETON HALL 02/08/11 * 27 6 8 .750 1 1 1.000 3 3 1.000 1 3 4 4.0 1 0 2 1 0 3 16 15.0 RUTGERS 02/12/11 * 31 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 3.9 0 0 1 3 0 1 6 14.7 at Connecticut 02/19/11 * 34 5 10 .500 1 1 1.000 7 13 .538 1 2 3 3.9 2 0 2 1 0 1 18 14.8 at West Virginia 02/22/11 * 36 7 13 .538 0 1 .000 8 8 1.000 2 5 7 4.0 1 0 0 2 0 1 22 15.0 Totals 28 764 134 276 .486 21 57 .368 132 169 .781 35 77 112 4.0 39 1 57 67 10 55 421 15.0 #22 • Brittany Mallory Guard • 5-10 • Sr.-3V • Baltimore, Md. (McDonogh School)
Did You Know? u Nickname is “Chip”, which she gained during summer school prior to her freshman year after an encounter with a chipmunk while biking across campus. u Earned certificate of merit for participation in Notre Dame’s Rosenthal Leadership Institute in 2007-08 academic year. u One of two ND players (along with Devereaux Peters) coming off torn ACLs in their left knees suffered in first month of 2008-09 season. u One of eight Fighting Irish basketball players who also competed in another sport in high school — was a two-time honorable mention All-America lacrosse midfielder and named to the 2006 high school All-Tewaaraton Team; in fact, was actively recruited by several Division I schools to play lacrosse, but chose to focus on basketball at Notre Dame. u Steady ballhandler with 1.37 career assist/turnover ratio. Career Highs 2010-11 Highlights u 1 Had 1 points vs. Louisville, including three shots outside u the arc (plus trey at the buzzer to close the first half). Points...... 22 Averaging 6.8 points and team-high 2.3 steals per game u Poured in a season-high 14 points vs. #16/17 George- vs. Valparaiso (12/12/09) with team-best/career-high .444 three-point percentage town, including three three-pointers and two steals. Rebounds...... 8 … also has .488 three-point percentage in BIG EAST u Posted five assists and three steals against #RV/23 St. at Cincinnati (2/9/10) play (leads conference both overall and league games). u John’s. Assists...... 10 Notched nine points and five steals in season opener u Dropped in six points with three assists in victory over vs. Rutgers (2/12/11) against New Hampshire. u #RV/25 Syracuse. Field Goals...... 7 (2) Delivered seven points and game-high five steals vs. u Added 13 points (4-6 FG), three assists and season-high last vs. Valparaiso (12/12/09) Morehead State. u five steals against Seton Hall. Field Goal Attempts...... 17 Suffered sprained ankle early in second half of double-OT u Made presence known in win over Rutgers as first ND at St. John’s (2/16/10) loss to #15 UCLA … subsequently did not play in loss at player since 2005 (Megan Duffy) to record double-double 3-Point Field Goals...... 4 #9/10 Kentucky. u in points/assists, posting career-high 10 assists while vs. South Florida (2/27/08) In her first start in nearly two weeks, posted eight points scoring ten points (2-2 3FG) ... also nabbed four boards 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 8 and six boards at #2/3 Baylor. u and two steals. at St. John’s (3/3/08) Dished out a game-high seven assists to match a career- u Played 100th career game at #2 Connecticut, ending up Free Throws...... 6 (3) best against Creighton. u with six points (2-3 3FG) and two steals … made biggest last at Valparaiso (12/20/10) Torched Valparaiso with 12 points, four assists and five steals in 23 minutes. impact at defensive end, holding UConn’s Maya Moore Free Throw Attempts...... 8 u scoreless for first 14:31 of game and just 12 points for vs. San Diego St. (11/26/09) Bested previous season-high by scoring 13 points in the win over Marquette, highlighted by 3-of-4 shooting from contest. Steals...... 6 u long distance ... also added game-high four steals. Had perfect shooting night (4-4 FG, 1-1 3FG) in win at vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11/15/09) u #19/18 West Virginia. Blocked Shots...... 1 (8) Netted two of three attempts from downtown vs. #2 last vs. UConn (1/8/11) Connecticut. Minutes Played...... 36 at St. John’s (2/16/10)
Miscellaneous Double-doubles...... 0 Double-figure scoring games.21 20-point games...... 1 Double-figure rebound games.. 0 5-assist games...... 6 5-steal games...... 7
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 26 24 643 24.7 57 124 .460 32 72 .444 31 42 .738 13 36 49 1.9 49 0 70 44 1 59 177 6.8 TOTAL 101 29 2006 19.9 218 562 .388 101 305 .331 134 178 .753 76 174 250 2.5 178 0 198 145 10 173 671 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 14 14 401 28.6 35 70 .500 20 41 .488 15 21 .714 6 22 28 2.0 31 0 42 28 1 31 105 7.5 TOTAL 46 16 967 21.0 90 233 .386 51 136 .375 65 83 .783 28 66 94 2.0 84 0 92 74 6 77 296 6.4 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 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 * 33 2 5 .400 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.6 1 0 1 3 1 2 6 6.5 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 * 26 3 8 .375 3 7 .429 2 2 1.000 0 5 5 1.8 2 0 3 1 0 2 11 6.8 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 * 10 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.8 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 6.5 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 * 35 4 7 .571 3 6 .500 3 4 .750 1 1 2 1.8 4 0 4 5 0 2 14 6.9 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 * 30 2 7 .286 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 2 4 6 2.1 2 0 5 2 0 3 6 6.8 at Villanova 01/29/11 * 33 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 1 4 0 2 0 6.5 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 * 32 2 5 .400 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 1 0 1 1.9 2 0 3 1 0 1 6 6.5 at South Florida 02/05/11 * 26 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.9 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 6.3 SETON HALL 02/08/11 * 24 4 6 .667 1 2 .500 4 6 .667 0 1 1 1.8 3 0 3 2 0 5 13 6.6 RUTGERS 02/12/11 * 35 3 4 .750 2 2 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 1.9 0 0 10 1 0 2 10 6.8 at Connecticut 02/19/11 * 30 2 5 .400 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1.9 4 0 1 4 0 2 6 6.7 at West Virginia 02/22/11 * 32 4 4 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.9 3 0 4 3 0 1 9 6.8 Totals 24 643 57 124 .460 32 72 .444 31 42 .738 13 36 49 1.9 49 0 70 44 1 59 177 6.8 #23 • Kayla McBride Guard • 5-11 • Fr.-HS • Erie, Pa. (Villa Maria Academy)
Did You Know? u Nickname is “K-Mac”. u One of three McDonald’s All-Americans (Diggins, Peters) and two Gatorade state high school players of the year (Dig- gins - Indiana) on this year’s Fighting Irish roster. u One of three current Notre Dame players (Achonwa, Diggins) to earn a medal in international basketball competition, having started for gold medal-winning USA side at 2010 FIBA U18 Americas Championships in Colorado Springs.
Career Highs 2010-11 Highlights u Tied for team-high scoring honors with 14 points, while u adding career-high-tying six rebounds against Louisville. Points...... 20 Ranks fifth on team in scoring (8.7 ppg), first in free throw u Had successful homecoming to western Pennsylvania in vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) percentage (.862) and third in field goal percentage win at Pittsburgh, pouring in eight points along with five Rebounds...... 6 (4) (.557). u boards and three assists. last vs. Louisville (1/12/11) Collected eight points and three steals in college debut u Will miss remainder of 2010-11 season while she attends Assists...... 4 against New Hampshire. u to an off-the-court issue … continuing to practice with the at Kentucky (11/21/10) Dropped in game-high 14 points (7-11 FG) while adding six rebounds and two steals against Morehead State. team. Field Goals...... 9 u vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) Played season-high 33 minutes against #15 UCLA, tally- Field Goal Attempts...... 14 ing 11 points (2-3 3FG), four rebounds and season-best three assists. vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) u 3-Point Field Goals...... 2 Made first career start at #9/10 Kentucky, dishing out vs. UCLA (11/18/10) career-high four assists while pouring in 10 points against the Wildcats. 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 3 (2) u at Baylor (12/1/10) Filled the stat sheet against Butler with 11 points, five Free Throws...... 5 boards, three assists and a pair of steals. u Steady outing with nine points vs. Creighton. vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Free Throw Attempts...... 6 Tied a season-best with six boards at Valparaiso while adding seven points. vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) u Steals...... 3 (2) Posted best day of young career vs. Loyola Marymount last vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) with personal bests of 20 points (9-14 FG) and six re- bounds. Blocked Shots...... 1 (3) u last vs. Creighton (12/11/10) Stayed hot with 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting with four Minutes Played...... 34 boards against Southeast Missouri State. at Kentucky (11/21/10)
Miscellaneous Double-doubles...... 0 Double-figure scoring games... 7 20-point games...... 1 Double-figure rebound games.. 0 5-assist games...... 0 5-steal games...... 0
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 19 4 452 23.8 68 122 .557 4 17 .235 25 29 .862 20 43 63 3.3 22 0 29 33 3 18 165 8.7 TOTAL 19 4 452 23.8 68 122 .557 4 17 .235 25 29 .862 20 43 63 3.3 22 0 29 33 3 18 165 8.7
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 5 0 104 20.8 11 20 .550 1 1 1.000 5 6 .833 5 12 17 3.4 11 0 6 12 0 2 28 5.6 TOTAL 5 0 104 20.8 11 20 .550 1 1 1.000 5 6 .833 5 12 17 3.4 11 0 6 12 0 2 28 5.6 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 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 14 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.1 3 0 1 3 0 0 2 8.4 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 19 5 7 .714 1 1 1.000 3 4 .750 2 4 6 3.2 4 0 1 3 0 1 14 8.7 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 31 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 3.3 2 0 3 3 0 0 8 8.7 TOTAL 4 452 68 122 .557 4 17 .235 25 29 .862 20 43 63 3.3 22 0 29 33 3 18 165 8.7 #32 • Becca Bruszewski Guard • 6-1 • Sr.-3V • Valparaiso, Ind. (Wheeler HS)
Did You Know? u Last name is pronounced “broo-SHEFF-skee” … nickname is “Bruiser”, due to her fearless, physical style of play and her penchant for leaving teammates and opponents black and blue after a practice or game u One of eight Fighting Irish basketball players who also competed in another sport in high school — was a three-time all-state volleyball middle blocker and still holds school records for career kills (2,042) and blocks (452), and single- season kills (657) and blocks (139). u First Notre Dame women’s basketball player from northwest Indiana, hailing from same area of state as former Fighting Irish men’s basketball All-America power forward (and current Boston Celtics rookie) Luke Harangody. u Became 27th 1,000-point scorer in school history on Feb. 1 vs. Syracuse (currently 24th all-time with 1,057 points).
Career Highs 2010-11 Highlights u Racked up 11 points, six boards and two assists to help u down Louisville. Points...... 25 Collecting 9.2 points and career-high 5.3 rebounds per u Dropped in 10 points and added three assists during win vs. DePaul (2/14/10) game with .541 field goal percentage. u over #16/17 Georgetown. Rebounds...... 13 Dished out three assists in season opener against New u Helped shut down #RV/23 St. John’s with a season-high vs. UCLA (11/18/10) Hampshire. u 19 points (on 8-of 11 shooting). Assists...... 7 Tallied seven points (including six in game-opening 20-2 u Collected her second double-double of the season with at Louisville (1/19/10) run) and game-high seven rebounds against Morehead 10 points and game-high 10 boards at Villanova. Field Goals...... 10 State. u u Piled up 12 points (5-7 FG), seven boards and three steals vs. DePaul (2/14/10) Posted third career double-double with 12 points and against #RV/25 Syracuse … scored 1,000th career point Field Goal Attempts...... 17 career-high 13 rebounds in career-best 44 minutes early in first half. vs. DePaul (2/14/10) against #15 UCLA. u u Picked up her first “5-5-5” game of the season (and 3-Point Field Goals...... 2 (7) Narrowly missed out on back-to-back double-doubles second of her career) with 16 points, six rebounds and a last vs. Iona (11/22/09) with 12 points and eight caroms at #9 Kentucky. u season-high five assists at South Florida. 3-Point Field Goal Att...... 6 Solid at the WBCA Classic with 9.0 ppg. and 3.7 rpg. u Added 10 points and two blocks in win over Seton Hall. vs. Minnesota (3/22/09) while going 10-for-19 (.526) from the floor over the three u Has scored in double figures in a career-high six consecu- Free Throws...... 8 game stretch. u tive games and seven of her last nine. at South Florida (2/17/09) Eight points and six boards against Purdue. u u Tallied six points and four boardsin win against Rutgers. Free Throw Attempts...... 12 Poured in season-high 17 points with six rebounds in 25 u Battled through foul trouble to pile up eight points, six vs. Syracuse (2/24/09) minutes of action during a home win over Creighton. u rebounds and two steals at #2 Connecticut. Steals...... 4 (2) Despite being weakened with head cold, converted all u Had near double-double at #19/18 West Virginia with 10 last vs. IPFW (12/8/09) six shots in 19 minutes vs. Loyola Marymount, finishing with 12 points (eight in second half). points and game-high nine rebounds. Blocked Shots...... 3 u at Pittsburgh (2/3/09) Knocked down 6-of-9 shots for 12 points with five boards Minutes Played...... 44 during a home rout of Southeast Missouri State. vs. UCLA (11/18/10)
Miscellaneous Double-doubles...... 4 Double-figure scoring games.51 20-point games...... 3 Double-figure rebound games.. 4 5-assist games...... 3 5-steal games...... 0
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 28 28 707 25.3 111 205 .541 0 7 .000 35 59 .593 49 98 147 5.3 71 2 43 56 17 26 257 9.2 TOTAL 125 85 2601 20.8 430 841 .511 30 96 .313 167 248 .673 163 326 489 3.9 309 7 156 182 60 98 1057 8.5
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 14 14 378 27.0 57 107 .533 0 1 .000 23 37 .622 23 50 73 5.2 39 0 19 27 13 14 137 9.8 TOTAL 60 44 1330 22.2 215 433 .497 16 50 .320 91 126 .722 71 165 236 3.9 155 1 71 73 37 43 537 9.0 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 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 * 22 4 9 .444 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 4 6 5.2 3 0 1 0 1 1 8 8.3 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 * 33 5 10 .500 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 3 3 6 5.3 3 0 2 1 0 0 11 8.4 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 * 20 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 5.2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 8.2 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 * 24 4 10 .400 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 1 3 4 5.2 4 0 3 1 0 0 10 8.3 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 * 25 8 11 .727 0 0 .000 3 5 .600 1 0 1 5.0 2 0 1 2 1 1 19 8.8 at Villanova 01/29/11 * 33 4 8 .500 0 1 .000 2 5 .400 2 8 10 5.2 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 8.9 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 * 25 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 5 7 5.3 4 0 1 5 1 3 12 9.0 at South Florida 02/05/11 * 37 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 8 9 .889 4 2 6 5.3 2 0 5 1 2 0 16 9.3 SETON HALL 02/08/11 * 18 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 1 5.1 3 0 2 1 2 0 10 9.3 RUTGERS 02/12/11 * 33 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 5.1 4 0 0 3 1 1 6 9.2 at Connecticut 02/19/11 * 31 4 12 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 4 6 5.1 4 0 0 5 1 2 8 9.1 at West Virginia 02/22/11 * 37 5 8 .625 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 6 9 5.3 3 0 0 6 1 0 10 9.2 Totals 28 707 111 205 .541 0 7 .000 35 59 .593 49 98 147 5.3 71 2 43 56 17 26 257 9.2 #41 • Mary Forr Forward • 5-11 • Sr.-SQ • Altoona, Pa. (Bishop Guilfoyle)
Overview 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 Man Team” (practice squad), a role also held by former walk-on guard and 2010 graduate Alena Christiansen. u Has been active in Notre Dame’s RecSports program, winning a total of 11 team/individual intramural championships and being named the Notre Dame RecSports Female Athlete of the Year in 2009. u Determined, fundamentally-sound post player who adds depth to Fighting Irish front line corps, both in practices and games.
Career Highs High School 2010-11 Highlights u u Points...... 6 Four-year starter at Bishop Guilfoyle High School in Saw first collegiate action in season opener against New vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) Altoona, Pa. Hampshire, piling up six points (3-4 FG), two rebounds u Averaged 17.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as a and an assist in nine minutes. Rebounds...... 2 (2) u last vs. Pittsburgh (01/15/11) senior in 2006-07, leading team to a 30-1 record and the x Played si minutes against Morehead State, finishing with Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) an assist and rebound. Assists...... 1 (3) u last vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) Class A state championship. Each of her two shots at Valparaiso found the bottom of u First-team all-state selection, as well as Mountain Athletic the net for four points in six minutes. Field Goals...... 3 u vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) Conference Player of the Year and Blair County Sports Tallied two points, with a rebound and an assist in seven Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2006-07. minutes against Loyola Marymount. Field Goal Attempts...... 4 u u vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) Also played tennis in high school, twice earning second- Broke a sweat in 10 minutes on the floor with two points team all-state honors. and a block against Southeast Missouri State. 3-Point Field Goals...... None u 3-Point Field Goal Att.... None Netted five points (2-2 FG) and grabbed two boards in Personal Data Free Throws...... 1 homecoming game at Pittsburgh. u . Born Nov 3, 1988, in Altoona, Pa. … youngest of three u Grabbed two rebounds against #RV/23 St. John’s. vs. Pittsburgh (1/15/11) u Free Throw Attempts...... 2 children (older sister Marita and older brother Tommy, Added two points and one rebound late in game against vs. Pittsburgh (1/15/11) a 2007 Notre Dame graduate) born to Patricia and R. #RV/25 Syracuse. Thomas Forr, Jr. u Got on the board with two points against Seton Hall. Steals...... None u Blocked Shots...... 1 (2) One of three Pennsylvania residents on this year’s Fight- vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) ing Irish roster, joining freshman guard Kayla McBride Minutes Played...... 10 (Erie) and fellow walk-on, junior guard Veronica Badway vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) (Pittsburgh). u Enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a double Miscellaneous major in political science and philosophy. u Worked three summers at Helen Diller Home for the Double-doubles...... 0 Blind and can read grade one braille. Double-figure scoring games... 0 u Spent time as basketball coach for St. Joseph County 20-point games...... 0 (Ind.) Special Olympics, and sister of former Special Double-figure rebound games.... 0 Olympian of the Month, Marita Forr. 5-assist games...... 0 u Just the third Fighting Irish player to wear No. 41, fol- 5-steal games...... 0 lowing Imani Dunbar (1997-2001) and Courtney LaVere (2002-06).
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 16 0 78 4.9 13 27 .481 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 6 6 12 0.8 8 0 3 4 2 0 27 1.7 TOTAL 16 0 78 4.9 13 27 .481 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 6 6 12 0.8 8 0 3 4 2 0 27 1.7
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 7 0 25 3.6 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 3 2 5 0.7 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 1.3 TOTAL 7 0 25 3.6 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 3 2 5 0.7 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 1.3 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 ST 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 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 9 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 1 2 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.8 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 4 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 0 2 0.8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.6 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 1 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.7 SETON HALL 02/08/11 7 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.7 RUTGERS 02/12/11 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 Totals 0 78 13 27 .481 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 6 6 12 0.7 8 0 3 4 2 0 27 1.6 #44 • Ariel Braker Forward • 6-1 • Fr.-HS • Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. (Grosse Pointe North)
Did You Know? u Nickname is “Earl”. u One of eight Fighting Irish basketball players who also competed in another sport in high school — was a star high jumper in high school, qualifying for the state meet as a sophomore. u Also competed in gymnastics for four years during her formative years. u Has read every book in the “Twilight” series.
Career Highs 2010-11 Highlights u Points...... 10 Highly-efficient defensive presence who leads team with one rebound every 2.6 minutes played. vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) u Rebounds...... 8 Nearly had “5-5-5” game in her college debut against vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) New Hampshire, registering five points, five rebounds and four steals in 12 minutes. Assists...... 2 (2) u vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Grabbed four rebound in six minutes against Morehead State. Field Goals...... 4 (2) u last at Valparaiso (12/20/10) f Came of the bench vs. IUPUI and netted career highs of Field Goal Attempts...... 6 10 points and six rebounds in 13 minutes … also blocked vs. IUPUI (11/26/10) a pair of Jaguar shots. u Rejected two Creighton shots in three minutes. 3-Point Field Goals...... None u 3-Point Field Goal Att.... None Finished 4-for-4 from the field with eight points and three steals in nine minutes at Valparaiso. Free Throws...... 3 u vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Delivered three points, four rebounds and career-high three blocks in 10 minutes against Loyola Marymount. Free Throw Attempts...... 8 u vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) Did a bit of everything in 17 minutes vs. Southeast Mis- Steals...... 4 souri State while finishing with eight boards, two assists, two blocks and five points. vs. New Hampshire (11/12/10) u Blocked Shots...... 3 Registered a steal vs. Louisville. u Grabbed three boards against Pittsburgh. vs. Loyola Marymount (12/30/10) u Minutes Played...... 17 Shot 2-for-2 at the foul line against #RV/23 St. John’s vs. SE Missouri St. (1/ 2/11) while blocking two shots. u One of three Irish players to grab game-high six rebounds Miscellaneous in win over Seton Hall ... also posted an assist and steal. u Snatched one board against Rutgers. Double-doubles...... 0 Double-figure scoring games... 1 20-point games...... 0 Double-figure rebound games.... 0 5-block games...... 0 5-steal games...... 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 23 0 136 5.9 12 30 .400 0 0 .000 15 32 .469 23 30 53 2.3 15 0 7 8 13 11 39 1.7 TOTAL 23 0 136 5.9 12 30 .400 0 0 .000 15 32 .469 23 30 53 2.3 15 0 7 8 13 11 39 1.7
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 13 0 52 4.0 0 5 .000 0 0 .000 3 9 .333 6 11 17 1.3 10 0 2 3 2 3 3 0.2 TOTAL 13 0 52 4.0 0 5 .000 0 0 .000 3 9 .333 6 11 17 1.3 10 0 2 3 2 3 3 0.2 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 CONNECTICUT 01/08/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 LOUISVILLE 01/12/11 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 .000 0 0 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.6 at Pittsburgh 01/15/11 9 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 GEORGETOWN 01/18/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 ST. JOHN’S 01/23/11 8 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 2.6 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2.2 at Villanova 01/29/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 SYRACUSE 02/01/11 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 0 1 2.4 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2.1 at South Florida 02/05/11 0+ 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 SETON HALL 02/08/11 16 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 5 6 2.5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.9 RUTGERS 02/12/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 at Connecticut 02/19/11 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 Totals 0 136 12 30 .400 0 0 .000 15 32 .469 23 30 53 2.3 15 0 7 8 13 11 39 1.7