2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 1 FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA Primary Women’s Basketball Contact Josh Bates [email protected] @Josh13Bates 574-310-9954 Secondary Women’s Basketball Contact Megan Golden [email protected] GAMES 4-6 AT THE GULF COAST SHOWCASE @Meg_Golden 574-631-2664 2017-18 RESULTS QUARTERFINALS: VS ETSU (4-1) Date ND Opp Opponent TV Time (ET)/ Friday, Nov. 24 | 7:30 pm ET Germain Arena (8,284) Rank Rank Result N1 -/5 +IUP N/A W, 108-40 FloHoops Stream Service ($) N11 6/5 Mount St. Mary’s ACCN Extra W, 121-65 Pulse FM 96.9 / 92.1 Bob Nagle (play-by-play) N14 6/5 RV/NR at Western Kentucky Fox College Sports W, 78-65 N19 6/5 18/17 at Oregon State Pac-12 W, 72-67 Follow the live stats on UND.com N24 ^vs ETSU FloHoops 7:30 pm @NDWBB #GoIrish N25 ^vs USF/Wash St FloHoops TBD N26 ^vs TBD FloHoops TBD THE SERIES N29 $at Michigan BTN 6 pm vs ETSU 1st Meeting D3 &at UConn ESPN 4 pm D6 Michigan State ACCN Extra 7 pm D9 at Penn Ivy League Net. 1 pm THE COACHES D17 DePaul ACCN Extra 1 pm Head Coach At School Overall D20 Marquette ACCN Extra 3 pm ND Muffet McGraw 768-227 (31st year) 856-268 (36th year) D28 *Syracuse ACCN Extra 7 pm ETSU Brittney Ezell 64-61 (5th year) 184-174 (12th year) D31 *at Wake Forest ACCN Extra 1 pm J4 *Miami ACCN Extra 7 pm COUNTDOWN TO TIP-OFF: J7 *at Georgia Tech ACCN Extra 2 pm 8,104 Average amount of fans last season, which ranked sixth nationally. 8th straight year with an average of 8,000+. J11 *at Louisville ESPN 7 pm 1,000 -Point Club welcomed its 37th member in Arike Ogunbowale on Nov. 11. Up next, Marina Mabrey (944 points) J14 *Boston College ACCN Extra 1 pm All-time Notre Dame program wins. J18 Tennessee ESPN 7 pm 932 J21 *Clemson ACCN Extra 1 pm 196 Consecutive weeks ranked in the AP Poll, including 126 straight weeks in the top-10. J25 *at Pittsburgh ACCN Extra 7 pm 121 Points scored in opener - tied for the second highest point total in Division I WBB over the weekend J28 *at Florida State ESPN2 4 pm 75-12 Against Top-25 teams over the past six years (.860) F1 *North Carolina ACCN Extra 7 pm Notre Dame’s record in league play since joining the ACC for 2013-14 season. F4 *at Duke ESPN2 1 pm 62-2 F11 *Georgia Tech RSN 1 pm 24 Total conference championships. F15 *at Virginia ACCN Extra 7 pm 22 Straight NCAA Championship appearances - fourth longest streak in the nation and fifth longest all-time. F18 *at Boston College ACCN Extra 1 pm 21 Points - A new career high for sophomore Jackie Young - obtained at Oregon State on Nov. 19 F22 *Virginia Tech ACCN Extra 7 pm 19 Different All-Americans F25 *NC State ESPN2 2 pm Elite Elights, including six of the past seven years. F28 ACC Championships 8 M16 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rds 7 Final Four appearances - one-of-five schools in NCAA history to do so. M23 NCAA Regional Finals 6 Regular season league championships in a row (2 Big East / 4 ACC) M30 NCAA Final Four 5 th in the country in offensive rebounds per game with 21.7. + - Exhibition Consecutive ACC regular season and tournament title sweeps. If Notre Dame were to secure its fifth straight in ^ - Gulf Coast Showcase | Estero, Florida 4 2018, it would set an ACC record. $ - ACC/Big Ten Challenge | Ann Arbor , Michigan & - Jimmy V Classic | Hartford, Connecticut 3 Straight games in double figures for both Arike Ogunbowale and Jackie Young * - Atlantic Coast Conference game national ranks are AP/Coaches Poll 2 Preseason All-ACC selections in junior guards Arike Ogunbowale and Marina Mabrey 1 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer - Coach McGraw was enshrined in @HoopsHall on Sept. 9, 2017. 2017-18 Notre Dame Men’s Basketball 2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 2 2017-18 Notre Dame Men’s Basketball 2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 3 2017-18 NOTRE DAME ROSTER PRONUNCIATION Niele Ivey knee-ELL No. Name Position Height Year Hometown Previous School Mychal Johnson MIKE-el (Michael) 1 Lili Thompson* G 5-7 Gs. Mansfield, Texas Stanford / Timberview Marina Mabrey MAY-bree 2 Kaitlin Cole G 5-10 So. Toledo, Ohio Sylvania Northview Arike Ogunbowale uh-REE-kay OH-goon-buh-WALL-ay 3 Marina Mabrey* G 5-11 Jr. Belmar, N.J. Manasquan Lili Thompson Lee-Lee 5 Jackie Young* G 6-0 So. Princeton, Ind. Princeton Community Brianna Turner bree-ON-uh 11 Brianna Turner^ F 6-3 Sr. Pearland, Texas Manvel 14 Mychal Johnson^ G 5-7 Sr. Huntington, W.Va. Huntington St. Joseph TEAM INFORMATION 21 Kristina Nelson F 6-4 Gs. Buford, Ga. Buford Conference Atlantic Coast 23 Jessica Shepard* F 6-4 Jr. Fremont, Neb. Nebraska / Fremont Home Arena (Capacity) Purcell Pavilion 24 Arike Ogunbowale* G 5-8 Jr. Milwaukee, Wis. Divine Savior Holy Angels at the Joyce Center (9,149) Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 30 Mikayla Vaughn C 6-3 Fr. Philadelphia, Penn. Paul VI Total Returning/Lost 6/5 32 Danielle Patterson F 6-2 Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. The Mary Louis Academy Newcomers 6 First Season 1977-78 33 Kathryn Westbeld F 6-2 Sr. Kettering, Ohio Kettering Fairmont Full Seasons 40 40 Maureen Butler F 6-1 Jr. Livonia, Mich. Dearborn Divine Child) All-Time Record 932-326 (.740) NCAA Appearances/Record 24 / 56-23 (.709) * - probable starter ^ - will redshirt 2017-18 season due to ACL injury First/Last NCAA Appearance 1992 / 2017 ACC Member 2013-14 - present Karen & Kevin Keyes Women’s Basketball Head Coach Muffet McGraw Saint Joseph’s ‘77 31st Season / 36th Overall ACC Regular Season 62-2 (.969) Associate Head Coach Niel Ivey Notre Dame ‘00 11th Season ACC Tournament 12-0 (1.000) ACC Championships 4 - 2014-17 Associate Head Coach Carol Owens Northern Illinois ‘90 18th Season Associate Coach Beth Cunningham Notre Dame ‘97 6th Season Director of Operations Katie Capps Western Kentucky ‘02 3rd Season NATIONAL RANKINGS Video Coordinator Erica Williamson Notre Dame ‘10 2nd Season 2017-18 AP TOP 25 2017-18 USA TODAY COACHES AT THE HELM A ROAD LESS TRODDEN (Week 3) (Week 3) 1. UConn 1. UConn Karen and Kevin Keyes head coach Muffet McGraw Two tough road contests for the Irish and two road vic- 2. Texas 2. South Carolina embarks on her 31st season at the helm of the Irish tories in some of the toughest venues. In front of 7,570 3. South Carolina 3. Mississippi State 4. Louisville 4. Texas (768-227) and 36th overall (856-268) as a head coach. Oregon State fans, the Irish emerged with the 72-67 5. UCLA UCLA 6. Notre Dame McGraw ranks 10th all-time among NCAA Division I victory. Since the start of the 2013-14 season, Oregon 7. Mississippi State 6. Notre Dame coaches in career wins and sixth among active coaches. State is 62-7 at home, and of those seven losses, two 8. Baylor 7. Louisville 9. Ohio State 8. Ohio State were now caused by Notre Dame. 10. Oregon 9. Baylor 11. West Virginia 10. Oregon McGraw is also just one of six coaches (men’s or women’s 12. Tennessee 11. Florida State basketball) in NCAA Division I history with 800 wins, sev- On Nov. 14, Notre Dame defeated Western Kentucky, 13. Florida State 12. Stanford 14. Stanford 13. West Virginia en Final Fours and five NCAA title games. The prestigious 78-65, in front of 5,061 fans - the largest inside Diddle 15. Maryland 14. Tennessee list includes Pat Summitt, Geno Auriemma, Duke men’s Arena for a non-Education Day game in 12 years. More 16. Duke 15. Maryland 17. USF coach Mike Krzyzewski, the late North Carolina men’s impressive is that Bowling Green, Ky., ranks in the top- 18. Oregon State 16. USF 19. Texas A&M 17. Duke coach Dean Smith and current North Carolina men’s 10 for toughest places to play in the nation, as WKU is 20. Marquette 18. Oregon coach Roy Williams. one-of-11 programs with a winning percentage over 80 21. California 19. Missouri 22. Kentucky 20. Marquette percent in its home city. 23. Missouri 21. DePaul This past fall, McGraw took her rightful place among the 24. Arizona State 22. Michigan 25. Michigan 23. NC State game’s elite when she was enshrined into the Naismith FOREVER YOUNG Receiving Votes: California Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, becoming the 32nd After tallying a career high 21 points at No. 18/17 25. Texas A&M Oklahoma, Villanova, Michigan Washington woman ever to do so. Oregon State on Nov. 19, Young led the Irish in scoring State, DePaul, Green Bay, Nex for just the second time of her career. Furthermore, Mexico, Iowa, Alabama, Oklaho- Receiving Votes: NOVEMBER NAVIGATION Young has now produced three straight games with ma State, USC, Georgia, Northern Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arizona Colorado, Purdue, Rutgers, State, Villanova, Syracuse, From Nov. 14-Dec. 3, the Irish will play seven straight double-digit points for the first time of her career. Keep Western Kentucky, Georgia Michigan State, Virginia Tech, games away from the friendly confines of Purcell Pavil- in mind, Young produced just 11 games in doubles Tech, Princeton, Dayton Northern Colorado, Wiscon- ion. Notre Dame will ultimately travel 9,800 round-trip figures as a freshman.