NOTRE DAME Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2001 NCAA Champions • 1997 NCAA Final Four 7 NCAA Sweet 16 Berths • 15 NCAA Tourney Appearances 2008-09 Schedule 2008-09 ND Women’s Basketball: Game 6 5-0 / 0-0 BIG EAST #11/10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-0 / 0-0 BIG EAST) vs. N5 Gannon (exhibition) W, 96-30 Eastern Michigan Eagles (2-4 / 0-0 Mid-American) N16 (16/14) @ LSU (24/22)1-ESPN2 W, 62-53 uDATE: December 2, 2008 uRADIO: Pulse FM (96.9/92.1) N19 (15/15) Evansville W, 96-61 uTIME: 7:00 p.m. ET UND.com N23 (15/15) @ Boston College W, 102-54 uAT: Ypsilanti, Mich. Bob Nagle, p-b-p N25 (14/10) Georgia Southern W, 85-36 Convocation Center (8,824) uLIVE STATS: emueagles.com N29 Michigan State 2:00 ET uSERIES: ND leads 2-0 uTEXT ALERT: UND.com u1ST MTG: ND 75-58 (12/15/82) uTICKETS: (734) 487-2282 D2 @ Eastern Michigan 7:00 ET uLAST MTG: ND 70-59 (11/30/84) D7 Purdue 2:00 ET D10 @ MichiganBTN 7:00 ET Storylines Web Sites D13 @ Valparaiso 1:35 CT u Notre Dame will take on Eastern Michigan u Notre Dame: http://www.UND.com D20 Loyola-Chicago 2:00 ET for the first time in more than 24 years, with u Eastern Michigan: http://www.emueagles.com D28 @ CharlotteESPNU 2:00 ET the Eagles being the lone MAC opponent on u BIG EAST: http://www.bigeast.org D30 @ Vanderbilt 7:00 CT this year’s Irish schedule. u MAC: http://www.mac-sports.com u Notre Dame has been making some long- J3 • @ Seton Hall Noon ET CBS CS distance calls of late, sinking 29 three-point- Setting The Standard J6 • @ DePaul 8:00 CT ers in its last four games (7.25 per game). Under the guidance of 22nd-year head coach J10 • Georgetown 7:00 ET Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J13 • @ MarquetteCBS CS 8:00 CT ovember was good to Notre Dame this one of the country’s leading women’s basketball J17 • St. John’s 2:00 ET year, but now the calendar has turned to powers. The Irish have appeared in 15 NCAA J24 • @ Villanova 2:00 ET December and the Irish will look to build Tournaments (including a current streak of 13 N J27 • RutgersCBS CS 8:00 ET on their solid start when they head to Ypsilanti, in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 Mich., Tuesday for a 7 p.m. (ET) game against seven times in the past 12 years. Notre Dame J31 • Cincinnati 2:00 ET Eastern Michigan at the Convocation Center. also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four F3 • @ Pittsburgh 7:00 ET Notre Dame (5-0) knocked off its second twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate F8 • DePaulESPNU 2:00 ET ranked opponent in five games this season with prize with the 2001 national championship. F11 • Louisville 7:00 ET a hard-fought 78-72 win over No. 24 Michigan In its history, Notre Dame has developed F17 • @ South Florida 7:00 ET State last Saturday at the Joyce Center. The nine All-Americans, 10 WNBA players (includ- F22 • @ ConnecticutESPNU 2:00 ET Irish led by as many as 15 points in the second ing seven draft picks in the past eight years) half, but needed some timely free throws down and four USA Basketball veterans (eight medals F24 • Syracuse 7:00 ET the stretch to keep the pesky Spartans at bay. won). Now in their 32nd season in 2008-09, the F28 • @ Providence 2:00 ET Freshman forward Kellie Watson played Irish own an all-time record of 643-287 (.691). M2 • West Virginia 3:30 ET a major role in Notre Dame’s victory over her M6 BIG EAST 1st Round2 TBA homestate team, scoring a season-high 18 Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw 2-BETV points and going 6-of-9 from three-point range. M7 BIG EAST 2nd Round TBA Saint Joseph’s ’77 2-ESPNU Watson hit her first five treys, all in the first half, u 22nd season at Notre Dame M8 BIG EAST Quarterfinal TBA and added six rebounds on the way to being • 479-188 (.718) at Notre Dame. M9 BIG EAST Semifinal2-ESPNU 6/8:00 ET named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week. • 567-228 (.713) in 27 years as head coach. M10 BIG EAST Final2-ESPN 7:00 ET NOTES M22 NCAA 1st Round3-ESPN/ESPN2 TBA Rankings u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M24 NCAA 2nd Round3-ESPN/ESPN2 TBA u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist u Notre Dame is ranked 11th in the latest As- M28 NCAA Regional Semifinal4-ESPN TBA u Four-time conference Coach of the Year sociated Press poll and was 10th in last 4-ESPN week’s ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll (new • BIG EAST Conference (2001) M29 NCAA Regional Semifinal TBA poll to be released Tuesday afternoon). • Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1991) M30 NCAA Regional Final4-ESPN TBA u Eastern Michigan is not ranked. • North Star Conference (1988) M31 NCAA Regional Final4-ESPN TBA • East Coast Conference (@ Lehigh) (1983) A5 NCAA National Semifinals5-ESPN TBA A7 NCAA Championship Game5-ESPN TBA Notre Dame’s Probable Starting Lineup (c = captain) (x) = numbers before opponent name indicate ND rank in AP/ No Name Pos Ht Yr PPG RPG Other Notes ESPN-USA Today polls; numbers after are opponent rank. 32 Becca Bruszewski F 6-1 So. 10.6 3.6 1.8 apg • 2nd on team with .667 field goal pct. • = BIG EAST Conference game 52 Erica Williamson C 6-4 Jr. 5.2 4.4 0.6 bpg • Season-high 10 points in win at BC 1 = State Farm Tip-Off Classic (Baton Rouge, La.) 20 Ashley Barlow (C) G 5-9 Jr. 15.0 5.2 3.4 spg • Team-high 10 3FG this yr (.417 3FG%) 2 = BIG EAST Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 23 Melissa Lechlitner (C) G 5-7 Jr. 6.8 2.2 4.0 apg • 2.00 A/TO ratio; 4+ asst in 4 of 5 gms 3 = NCAA First/Second Rounds (Notre Dame, Ind.) 4 = Regionals to be played at: Berkeley (Calif.), Oklahoma City, 24 Lindsay Schrader (C) G 6-0 Sr. 12.2 5.0 2.4 apg • Also second on team with 9 steals Raleigh (N.C.) and Trenton (N.J.) Off the Bench For the Irish 5 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (St. Louis, Mo.) 1 Erica Solomon F 6-2 Fr. 9.8 3.0 1.4 bpg • 13.0 ppg., .765 FG% (13-17) past 3 gms ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU = Game to be televised on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU 10 Kellie Watson F 6-2 Fr. 6.2 2.6 1.0 apg • 18 pts (6-9 3FG), 6 rebs vs. Mich. St. CBS CS = Game to be televised on CBS College Sports 12 Fraderica Miller G 5-10 Fr. 1.0 0.0 0.8 spg • Steal/layup :10 after entering vs. GSU BETV = Game to be televised on BIG EAST TV package 14 Devereaux Peters F 6-2 So. 7.3 4.3 2.0 bpg • Out for season (torn ACL left knee @ BC) BTN = Game to be televised on Big Ten Network NOTE: All regular-season home games not scheduled for 21 Natalie Novosel G 5-11 Fr. 4.4 2.2 1.4 apg • Season highs 7p, 4r vs. Ga. Southern commercial TV broadcast will air live on UND.com. 22 Brittany Mallory G 5-10 So. 11.5 2.5 3.3 apg • Career-high 19p (7-10 FG, 3-4 3FG) vs. GSU Pronunciations: Bruszewski (broo-SHEFF-skee); Fraderica (fruh-DARE-uh-kuh); Lechlitner (LECK-light-ner); Novosel (KNOW-vuh-sell) All games will be broadcast live on South Bend’s Pulse FM (96.9/92.1) and worldwide on the Internet at UND.com. All times local to site and subject to change 2008-09 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 1 fighting irish women’s basketball 2008-09 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish A Quick Look At The Fighting Irish low on last year’s BIG EAST honorable mention Notre Dame Sports Information Following two seasons of impressive growth squad after logging 10.3 points and a team-high C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor and development, Notre Dame has constructed 6.2 rebounds per game. She earned similar sta- Notre Dame, IN 46556 tus this fall in preseason voting by the conference phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 a firm foundation upon which to build its next Chris Masters, Asst. Sports Information Director (WBB) championship contender. The Irish enter the coaches and gives Notre Dame a unique blend of [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 2008-09 season on the heels of a seventh trip toughness and determination that has become to the NCAA Sweet 16 and a highly-competitive the common thread running through the team’s Media Services effort in that regional semifinal that has players, recent resurgence. The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains The Irish sophomore class proved to be an schedules, rosters, updated statistics and some historical coaches and followers optimistic that even information from previous seasons. High-resolution color greater success may be on the horizon. exceptional complement to their predecessors headshots and action photos of Notre Dame players, Notre Dame has three starters and seven last season, led by forward Devereaux Peters coaches and staff are available upon request.