December 5, 2010 women’s basketball notes GAME SIX: RV/RV PURDUE (4-1, 0-0 Big Ten) at #16/16 NOTRE DAME (5-3, 0-0 Big East) 2010-11 Schedule November 1 UW-PARKSIDE (exh.) W, 88-48 Notables 7 INDIANAPOLIS (exh.) W, 99-43 12 AUSTIN PEAY# W, 93-53 Purdue holds a 14-9 edge over Notre 15 TOLEDO# (BTN.com) W, 79-66 Dame but has lost four in a row to the 18 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE# W, 73-40 Irish. The Boilermakers last win in the 21 DePAUL# (BTN.com) W, 67-58 25 vs. Montana^ canceled Joyce Center was in 2003. 26 vs. Florida Gulf Coast^ canceled December 2 #22 MARYLAND~ (BTN) L, 55-56 vs. Purdue is without two starters for 5 at #16 Notre Dame (ESPN2) 2 p.m. Sunday’s game. Drey Mingo is recovering 9 at #7 Texas A&M+ 8 p.m. Date & Time 12 MURRAY STATE (BTN.com) 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. ET from meningitis and KK Houser had ACL 18 AUBURN@ 1:30 p.m. surgery on Dec. 1. 20 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (BTN) 7:30 p.m. Location 22 at Gardner-Web (bsn.com) 7 p.m. South Bend, Ind. 28 WESTERN ILLINOIS (BTN.com) 7 p.m. Arena The Boilermakers cancelled their trip to 30 WISCONSIN* (BTN.com) 7 p.m. Joyce Center (9,149) January Mexico after redshirt junior Drey Mingo 2 at Northwestern* 3 p.m. Television was hospitalized with meningitis on 6 MICHIGAN* (BTN) 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 9 at Indiana* (BTN.com) 2 p.m. Pam Ward: play-by-play Nov. 23. 13 at Wisconsin* (BTN) 8:30 p.m. Kara Lawson: analysis 16 NORTHWESTERN* (BTN.com) 2 p.m. 20 PENN STATE* (BTN.com) 7 p.m. Internet Purdue won the Preseason WNIT Live stats via Gametracker at purduesports.com 23 at Michigan* (BTN.com) 2 p.m. championship with a 67-58 victory 30 INDIANA* (BTN) 12 p.m. Radio over DePaul on Nov. 21. At 4-0, the February WBPE (95.3 BOB-FM) and purduesports.com 3 IOWA* (BTN) 6:30 p.m. Tim Newton: play-by-play Boilermakers are off to the best start since 6 at Michigan State* (BTN) 3 p.m. Sara White: analysis a 6-0 start in 2006-07. 10 at Ohio State* 7 p.m. 13 ILLINOIS* (BTN.com) 2 p.m. The Series Purdue leads 14-9 17 at Minnesota* (BTN.com) 8 p.m. Purdue has had at least three players 20 OHIO STATE* (ESPN2) 5 p.m. The Coaches 24 at Penn State* (BTN.com) 7 p.m. Purdue - Sharon Versyp (Purdue ’89) score in double-figures in every game School Record: 94-50, 5th year # Preseason WNIT this season. The Boilermakers had only ^ Caribbean Challenge (Playa del Carmen, Mexico) Overall Record: 211-115, 11th year ~ ACC/Big Ten Challenge nine games last year with three or more + Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge Notre Dame - Muffet McGraw (St. Joseph’s [Pa.] ’77) double-figure scorers. @ Boilermaker Blockbuster School Record: 530-206, 24th year * Big Ten Conference game Overall Record: 618-247, 29th year All times Eastern 2010-11 Statistical Comparison Purdue __________Category _____ Notre Dame 4-1 _______________ Record ______________ 5-3 Purdue Boilermakers 73.4 __________ Points Per Game __________85.8 Roster Statistics 54.6 ___________Points Allowed ___________58.9 Pos. No. Name Cl. Ht. Hometown (Previous School) ppg rpg apg FG 3FG FT +18.8 _________Point Differential ________ +26.9 Probable starters .456 _______________ FG% _______________.476 G 15 Courtney Moses Fr. 5-7 Sweetser, Ind (Oak Hill) 11.2 2.2 3.0 .409 .538 .867 .389 ______________ 3FG% _______________.283 G 5 Brittany Rayburn Jr. 6-0 Attica, Ind. (Attica) 16.2 2.8 1.6 .431 .389 .909 .800 _______________ FT% _______________.729 G 43 Chantel Poston RSo. 5-10 Milan, Tenn. (Milan) 3.4 4.2 1.0 .313 — .875 .370 __________ Opponent FG% ___________.365 F 32 Sam Ostarello So. 6-2 Fort Pierre, S.D. (Stanley County) 6.4 4.4 2.2s .609 .500 .400 .304 __________ Opponent 3FG% __________.239 C 40 Chelsea Jones Jr. 6-4 Fort Smith, Ark. (Southside) 3..0 1.2 0.8 .500 — .750 .653 __________ Opponent FT% ___________.690 Reserves 35.4 _________ Rebound Average __________42.1 G 2 Antionette Howard RJr. 6-0 Duluth, Ga. (Florida State) 10.6 4.6 2.8 .477 .200 .833 11.4 _____ Offensive Rebound Average ______17.5 G 20 Dee Dee Williams Fr. 6-2 Indianapolis, Ind. (Ben Davis) 1.6 2.4 2.4 .091 .000 .667 24.0 _____ Defensive Rebound Average _____24.6 F 41 Alex Guyton Jr. 6-3 Bloomington, Ind. (North) 3.8 1.3 1.7s .462 — .750 F 52 Ashley Wilson So. 6-0 Wheeling, Ill. (Wheeling) 3.0 1.0 — .500 — .500 30.8 _____Opponent Rebound Average _____33.9 F 54 Samantha Woods RJr. 6-3 Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) 1.0 1.0 0.6b .250 .250 .000 +4.6 __________Rebound Margin _________ +8.3 F 24 Drey Mingo RJr. 6-2 Atlanta, Ga. (Maryland) 17.3 7.3 3.3 .611 .500 .759 15.8 __________ Fouls Per Game ___________19.8 G 22 KK Houser So. 5-6 Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) out for season with ACL injury 16.2 __________ Assists Per Game __________19.4 16.6 ________ Turnovers Per Game _________19.1 10.6 __________ Steals Per Game ___________17.1 5.4 ___________ Blocks Per Game ___________4.8 Info Notre Dame Fighting Irish No. Name Class Pos. Ht. Hometown (High School/Previous School) ppg rpg apg PURDUE GENERAL INFORMATION Probable starters Location _______________ West Lafayette, Ind. 21 Natalie Novosel Jr. G 5-11 Lexington, Ky. (Lexington Catholic) 16.4 4.0 2.4s Enrollment ________________________39,726 4 Skylar Diggins So. G 5-9 South Bend, Ind. (Washington) 13.9 2.6 4.9 Founded ___________________________ 1869 14 Devereaux Peters Sr. F 6-2 Chicago, Ill. (Fenwick) 10.6 5.5 1.6 Colors ___________________ Old Gold & Black 23 Kayla McBride Fr. G 5-11 Erie, Pa. (Villa Maria Academy) 9.3 3.3 1.9 Nickname ___________________ Boilermakers 32 Becca Bruszewski Sr. F 6-1 Valparaiso, Ind. (Wheeler) 7.6 5.1 1.8 Mascots _____ Boilermaker Special, Purdue Pete Reserves Fight Song____________________ Hail Purdue! 11 Natalie Achonwa Fr. F 6-3 Guelph, Ontario (St. Mary’s Catholic) 7.3 5.8 1.5 Conference _______________________ Big Ten 1 Erica Solomon Jr. F 6-2 Charleston, W.Va. (Detroit Country Day) 7.6 4.6 1.5s Arena _______________________Mackey Arena 22 Brittany Mallory Sr. G 5-10 Baltimore, Md. (McDonogh School) 6.2 2.2 2.2 Capacity __________________________14,123 15 Kaila Turner So. G 5-8 Joliet, Ill. (Marian Catholic) 4.0 1.4 2.8 Athletics Director ___________ Morgan J. Burke 44 Ariel Braker Fr. F 6-1 Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. (Grosse Point North) 3.0 3.5 0.5 President ________________ France A. Córdova 41 Mary Forr Sr. F 5-11 Altoona, Pa. (Bishop Guilfoyle) 1.6 1.0 0.4 12 Fraderica Miller Jr. G 5-10 Atlanta, Ga. (The Marist School) 1.5 1.5 2.0 HISTORY/RECORDS 2 Veronica Badway Jr. G 5-7 Pittsburgh, Pa. (Fox Chapel Area) 0.8 0.6 0.0 First Year _________________________1975-76 All-Time Record (36 years) ___________680-369 Big Ten Reg. Season Record (since 1982-83) _320-158 Home Record (Big Ten) ______ 358-112 (185-54) Road Record (Big Ten) _____ 217-196 (135-104) Thursday, Dec. 12 vs. Murray State Neutral Site Record __________________105-61 - Take a Kid to a Game - free admission for all youth in the eighth grade or younger with Big Ten Tournament Record _____________30-9 the purchase of an adult regular price ticket. omotions NCAA Tournament Record _____________42-19 r P TRADITION Big Ten Championships _________ 7 (last 2002) The Opponent Big Ten Tournament Championships _7 (last 2008) Notre Dame (5-3) is ranked No. 16 in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches NCAA Tournament Appearances _ 20 (last 2009) Poll. The Fighting Irish are coming off a 76-65 loss at No. 2/3 Baylor on Dec. 1. Notre Dame had won three NCAA Championships __________ 1 (last 1999) games prior to that against IUPUI, Wake Forest and Butler, while its other two losses were at No. 8/9 Kentucky and at home to No. 13/12 UCLA. The Irish are led by 5-foot-11 junior guard Natalie Novosel’s 16.4 points BASKETBALL STAFF and sophomore guard Skylar Diggins’ 13.9 points, 4.9 assists and 2.5 steals per game. Head coach Muffet Head Coach Sharon Versyp ________ Purdue ’89 (5th year) McGraw is in her 24th season at Notre Dame and has amassed a record of 530-206. Overall Record _______ 211-115 (11th year) School Record __________ 94-50 (5th year) The Series Career Big Ten Record ____ 56-30 (6th year) Purdue has a 14-9 lead in the series against Notre Dame. The Irish have a four-game win streak against Assistant Coaches the Boilermakers and are 5-4 against Purdue at home. The last Boilermaker victory in the series came Martin Clapp _____________ Murray State ’89 on Dec. 7, 2005, by a 65-45 margin in Mackey Arena. The last Purdue win in South Bend was on Jan. 4, Nadine Morgan _________James Madison ’03 Ukari Figgs ___________________ Purdue ’99 2003, when the seventh-ranked Boilermakers defeated No.