Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com NOTRE DAME 219-631-7516 219-631-7941 FAX WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2000-01 Schedule/Results (2-0) COACHES VS. CANCER CHALLENGE November Game No. 3 (#5 AP/#5 ESPN/USA Today) Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-0) 5 Sun. Ohio All-Stars (exh.) W, 91-56 14 Tues. Finnish Select (exh.) W, 98-53 vs. (#19 AP) Wisconsin Badgers (1-1) 17 Fri. at Valparaiso W, 71-46 20 Mon. Arizona W, 95-65 The Date and Time: Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000, at 7:35 p.m. CST. 22 Wed. at Wisconsin # 7:35 p.m. The Site: Kolh Center (17,142) in Madison, Wis. 24Fri. vs. Georgia/Oklahoma # 12:30/3 p.m. 27 Mon. Fordham 7:00 p.m. Radio: All Notre Dame games are broadcast on WHLY-AM (1620 in South Bend) with Sean Stires (play by play). This live broadcast also is available through the Notre Dame athletic December department web site at www.und.com. 3 Sun. vs. North Caro. % (ESPN2) 1:30 p.m. 6 Wed. Villanova * 7:00 p.m. Websites: Notre Dame (www.und.com), Wisconsin (www.uwbadgers.com). 9 Sat. Purdue 7:00 p.m. 18 Mon. Western Michigan 7:00 p.m. TONIGHT'S GAME 21 Thurs. at Marquette 7:00 p.m. The fifth-ranked Notre Dame women's basketball team faces host and 19th-ranked Wisconsin in the 28 Thurs. at USC 7:00 p.m. second game of the Coaches Vs. Cancer Challenge on Wednesday night at the Kohl Center. Sixth- 31 Sun. Rice 1:00 p.m. ranked Georgia and 12th-ranked Oklahoma will square in the first game at 5:00 p.m. The winners will play at 3:00 p.m. on Friday on ESPN, with the consolation game slated for 12:30 p.m. January The Irish enter the game with a 2-0 record following a 95-65 win over Arizona, while the Badgers are 3 Wed. at Virginia Tech * 7:00 p.m. 6 Sat. Rutgers * (BETV) 12:00 p.m. 1-1. The teams have met four times previously with two wins each and will play for the first time since a 9 Tues. at St. John's * 7:30 p.m. 89-77 Badger win in Madison on Dec. 8, 1997. Notre Dame has won its first two games by an aver- 13 Sat. Virginia Tech * (BETV) 2:00 p.m. LAST IRISH GAME age of 27.5 points and have outscored Valparaiso and 15 Mon. Connecticut * (ESPN) 2:00 p.m. Notre Dame 95, Arizona 65 21 Sun. at Seton Hall * 12:00 p.m. Arizona by a combined 58 points in the first half. The November 20, 2000 24Wed. at West Virginia * 7:00 p.m.hot shooting of sophomore Alicia Ratay (11-15 3PT), Joyce Center, Notre Dame, IN 31 Wed. Providence * 7:00 p.m. strong point guard play of Niele Ivey (21 assists, 6 Arizona (65) turnovers) and dominating presence and shooting Name min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp James 242-7 0-0 5-5 8 0 49 February touch of All-America center Ruth Riley (nine blocks, Pickney 243-10 0-0 4-76 0 1 10 3 Sat. at Boston Coll. * (BETV) 12:00 p.m. Bristol 36 4-11 2-5 2-2 5 10 2 12 14-21 FG) have led the Irish to big early leads. The Bozeman 18 1-5 0-0 2-42 3 44 7 Wed. Pittsburgh * 7:00 p.m. Irish reserves have played 38.5 percent of the team's Warren 35 6-12 0-3 1-3 8 0 5 13 14Wed. at Syracuse * 7:00 p.m.minutes and outscored Arizona in playing 65 of 100 Allen 11 0-3 0-2 0-0 3 1 0 0 17 Sat. at Rutgers * 7:30 p.m. Grzyb 25 2-6 2-5 1-2 2 0 1 7 second-half minutes. Chesney 40-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 20 Tues. Miami * 7:00 p.m. Taylor 19 3-8 0-0 3-5 6 0 1 9 24 Sat. Georgetown * 1:00 p.m. Head coach Muffet McGraw is in her 14th year at Mitchell 40-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 3 1 Notre Dame with a 290-115 (.716) record and her 19th 4 27 Tues. at Pittsburgh * 7:00 p.m. Team 200 21-64 4-16 19-30 46 14 21 65 as a collegiate coach with a 378-156 (.708) mark. She March has led the Irish to five straight NCAA tournament ap- Notre Dame (95) Name min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp 3- Sat.- at BIG EAST Championships pearances and seven overall. McGraw was named a Haney 26 3-7 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 6 6 Tues. (Storrs, Conn.) finalist for the Naismith Women's Basketball and AP Siemon 23 5-7 0-0 0-0 6 0 5 10 Riley 20 8-11 0-0 1-1 7 3 1 17 16- Fri.- NCAA First and Second Rounds coach-of-the-year awards last year. Ratay 28 8-10 5-6 5-5 5 5 2 26 19 Mon. (campus sites) Notre Dame's three returning starters are among Ivey 21 6-10 1-41-2 2 11 3 14 Joyce 13 1-41-3 0-0 1 40 3 24- Sat.- NCAA Regionals (Pittsburgh, the nation's best players at their respective positions. Swanson 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 26 Mon. Birmingham, Denver, Spokane) Hernandez 17 2-3 0-0 1-2 2 3 3 5 Riley (16.2 ppg., 7.3 rpg. in '99-'00), regarded as the Barksdale 20 2-5 0-0 0-1 2 0 44 30- Fri.- NCAA Final Four premier center in collegiate women's basketball, once Dunbar 15 2-3 0-0 2-5 1 3 1 6 1 Sun. (St. Louis, Mo.) Leahy 12 1-1 0-0 2-41 0 2 4 again is a contender for national player-of-the-year Team 3 honors. Fifth-year All-America candidate Ivey (11.2 Total 200 38-61 7-13 12-20 31 31 25 95 * indicates BIG EAST Conference game. # Coaches Vs. Cancer Challenge, Madison, Wis., ppg., 6.1 apg.) is among the top 10 returning point Arizona 29 36 -- 65 Notre Dame 57 38 -- 95 championship game televised by ESPN guards in the country in terms of assists per game (6.1) % Honda Elite Classic, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. last year. Sophomore and '99-'00 BIG EAST rookie- FG Pct: Notre Dame 62.3, Arizona 32.8. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 53.8, Arizona 25.0. FT Pct: Notre Dame 60.0, Arizona 63.3. BETV - BIG EAST Television of-the-year Ratay (14.0 ppg., 5.0 rpg.) proved she al- Turnovers: Notre Dame 17, Arizona 25. Blocked Shots: Notre Bold indicates home game. ready is one of the nations' top three-point shooters Dame 9, Arizona 0. Steals: Notre Dame 13, Arizona 5. Atten- dance: 3,087. All times are local. last year, finishing fourth in the nation in three-point THE WISCONSIN GAME NOVEMBER 21, 2000 NOTRE DAME WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES field-goal percentage at .480 (73-152). Seniors Kelley Siemon (6.5 ppg., 5.0 rpg.) and Meaghan Leahy (2.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg.) bolster Notre Page 2 Dame in the front court, while sophomore Amanda Barksdale (1.1 ppg, 1.2 rpg.) is expected to see more playing time this year. Junior Erika Haney (6.8 ppg., 3.7 rpg.) brings great athleticism and versatility to the lineup and is expected to take over one of the starting roles. Notre Dame's backcourt depth is strengthened by the return of senior Imani Dunbar (1.1 ppg., 1.9 ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL apg.) and sophomores Monique Hernandez (2.4 ppg.) and walk-on Karen Swanson. In addition to (Nov. 19) these veterans, freshmen Jeneka Joyce and Le'Tania Severe, both ranked among the top 40 prep standouts a year ago, give the Irish great outside shooting ability as well as speed and quickness to Rk. Team Record Last Wk. improve Notre Dame's transition game. 1. Connecticut * (40) 1-0 1 2. Tennessee 1-0 2 3. Duke 3-0 3 STRONG FIRST HALFS LEADS IRISH TO HOME-OPENING WIN OVER ARIZONA 4. Purdue * 3-0 4 Four of fifth-ranked Notre Dame's five starters reached double figures in scoring by halftime as the 5. NOTRE DAME 1-0 6 Irish build a 57-29 lead over visiting Arizona on Monday at the Joyce Center -- just two points short of 6. Georgia 1-1 5 the school record for most points in a half. Alicia Ratay had 15 first-half points, and Ivey's first three 7. Rutgers * 1-0 7 point FG gave the Irish a 31-12 lead just 8:38 into the game. Notre Dame's starters averaged just five 8. Iowa State 0-0 10 9. Penn State 2-0 11 minutes in the second half, and the Irish bench allowed the Wildcats to get no closer than 25 points. 10. LSU 2-1 9 Notre Dame shot .623 from the field, while the Irish defense held Arizona to .328 shooting, had 13 11. Louisiana Tech 3-1 8 steals and blocked nine shots.