NOTRE DAME Women’s Basketball 2010-11 2001 NCAA Champions • 1997 NCAA Final Four 8 NCAA Sweet 16 Berths • 17 NCAA Tourney Appearances 2010-11 Schedule 2010-11 ND Women’s Basketball: Game 19 14-4 / 3-1 BIG EAST #12/12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (14-4 / 3-1 BIG EAST) vs. N3 (12/12) Michigan Tech (exhib.) W, 102-30 Pittsburgh Panthers (9-7 / 1-2 BIG EAST) N12 (12/12) New Hampshire W, 99-48 uDATE: January 15, 2011 uRADIO: Pulse FM (96.9/92.1) N15 (12/12) Morehead State W, 91-28 uTIME: 2:00 p.m. ET UND.com (live) N18 (12/12) UCLA (15/15)1 L, 83-862OT uAT: Pittsburgh, Pa. Bob Nagle, p-b-p N21 (12/12) @ Kentucky (9/10)FSS L, 76-81 Petersen Events Ctr. (12,508) uLIVE STATS: UND.com N26 (18/16) IUPUI2 W, 95-29 uSERIES: ND leads 18-3 uTWITTER: @ndwbbsid/@UND_com N27 (18/16) Wake Forest2 W, 92-69 u1ST MTG: ND 90-51 (2/7/96) uTEXT ALERT: Sign up at UND.com 2 uLAST MTG: ND 86-76 (2/6/10) uTICKETS: (800) 643-7488 N28 (18/16) Butler W, 85-54 D1 (16/16) @ Baylor (2/3) L, 65-76 Storylines Web Sites D5 (16/16) PurdueESPN2 W, 72-51 u Nine of the past 11 games in the Notre u Notre Dame: www.UND.com D8 (18/18) • @ Providence W, 79-43 Dame-Pittsburgh series have been decided u Pittsburgh: www.pittsburghpanthers.com D11 (18/18) Creighton W, 91-54 by 12 points or fewer, with the Fighting Irish u BIG EAST: www.bigeast.org D20 (17/16) @ Valparaiso W, 94-43 winning six of those contests. D29 (16/14) vs. Gonzaga3 W, 70-61 u Notre Dame is seeking to end a two-game Setting The Standard 3 losing streak at the Petersen Events Center, Under the guidance of 24th-year head coach D30 (16/14) vs. Loyola Marymount W, 91-47 one of only three BIG EAST arenas, where Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J2 (16/14) Southeast Missouri State W, 97-21 the Fighting Irish have a current multi-game one of the country’s leading women’s basketball J5 (13/12) • @ Marquette W, 73-55 dry spell (UConn - 6; St. John’s - 3). powers. The Irish have appeared in 17 NCAA J8 (13/12) • Connecticut (2/2)CBS L, 76-79 Tournaments (including a current streak of 15 J12 (12/12) • Louisville W, 80-60 or the only time in a three-week stretch, in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 J15 (12/12) • @ Pittsburgh 2:00 ET No. 12 Notre Dame heads out on the road, eight times in the past 14 seasons. Notre Dame CBS C as the Fighting Irish travel to Pittsburgh also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four J18 • Georgetown 7:00 ET F ESPNU Saturday for a 2 p.m. (ET) BIG EAST Conference twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate J23 • St. John’s 2:00 ET matchup against the Panthers at the Petersen prize with the 2001 national championship. J29 • @ Villanova 7:00 ET Events Center. In its history, Notre Dame has developed F1 • Syracuse 7:00 ET Notre Dame (14-4, 3-1 BIG EAST) bounced nine All-Americans, 10 WNBA players (including F5 • @ South Florida 7:00 ET back from its first conference loss of the season seven draft picks in the past decade) and four with an 80-60 win over Louisville on Wednesday USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). F8 • Seton Hall 7:00 ET night at Purcell Pavilion. The Fighting Irish blew Now in their 34th season in 2010-11, the Irish F12 • Rutgers 2:00 ET the game open with a 27-4 run crossing over own an all-time record of 703-306 (.697). F19 • @ ConnecticutBETV 2:00 ET halftime and built their lead as high as 29 points F22 • @ West VirginiaCBS C 7:00 ET late in the second half. Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw F26 • Cincinnati 2:00 ET Notre Dame also benefitted from a balanced Saint Joseph’s ’77 F28 • @ DePaulCBS C 9:00 ET scoring attack that featured a season-high six u 24th season at Notre Dame 4 players in double figures, led by 14 points each • 539-207 (.723) at Notre Dame M4 BIG EAST 1st Round TBA from senior forward Devereaux Peters and • 627-248 (.717) in 29th season overall M5 BIG EAST 2nd Round4-BETV TBA freshman guard Kayla McBride. Junior guard u 2011 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee M6 BIG EAST Quarterfinal4-ESPNU TBA Natalie Novosel had 12 points, five rebounds u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M7 BIG EAST Semifinal4-ESPNU 6/8:00 ET and five assists, while freshman forward Natalie u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist M8 BIG EAST Final4-ESPN 7:00 ET Achonwa added a game-high nine rebounds. u Four-time conference Coach of the Year 5-ESPN/ESPN2 • 2001 BIG EAST Coach of the Year M19- NCAA 1st-2nd Rounds TBA • 1991 Midwestern Collegiate Coach of the Year 22 Rankings 6-ESPN u e Notr Dame is No. 12 in both the latest As- • 1988 North Star Coach of the Year M26- NCAA Regionals TBA sociated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. • 1983 East Coast Coach of the Year 29 u Pittsburgh is not ranked. u 2009 WBCA Carol Eckman Award recipient A3 NCAA National Semifinals7-ESPN TBA A5 NCAA Championship Game7-ESPN TBA Notre Dame’s Possible Starting Lineup (C = captain) (x) = numbers before opponent name indicate ND rank in AP/ESPN-USA Today polls; numbers after are opponent rank; when only one ranking is No Name Pos Ht Yr* PPG RPG Other Notes shown, it is from the AP poll. 14 Devereaux Peters F 6-2 Sr. 10.9 6.3 1.9 spg • 14.3 ppg, 8.5 rpg, .600 FG% past 6 gms 32 Becca Bruszewski (C) F 6-1 Sr. 8.4 5.3 1.7 apg • .611 combined FG% (22-36) past 5 gms • = BIG EAST Conference game 1 = Super Six Series (Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center - Notre Dame, Ind.) 4 Skylar Diggins G 5-9 So. 13.3 3.4 4.6 apg • 5+ assists in 11 games this season 2 = WBCA Classic (Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center - Notre Dame, Ind.) 21 Natalie Novosel G 5-11 Jr. 14.9 4.1 2.4 apg • “5-5-5” outings vs. UConn and Louisville 3 = State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic (KeyArena - Seattle, Wash.) 4 = BIG EAST Championship (XL Center - Hartford, Conn.) 22 Brittany Mallory (C) G 5-10 Sr. 6.8 1.8 2.4 spg • Leads 5 ND players with 25+ steals 5 = NCAA 1st/2nd rounds (at campus sites) Off the Bench For the Fighting Irish 6 = NCAA Regionals (at Dallas, Dayton, Philadelphia, Spokane) 2 Veronica Badway G 5-7 Jr. 0.6 0.3 0.1 spg • Walk-on hit 3FG in 2nd half vs. SEMO 7 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind.) 11 Natalie Achonwa F 6-3 Fr. 8.4 5.8 1.4 apg • Averaging 7.3 rebounds in past 3 gms FSS = Game televised on Fox Sports South 12 Fraderica Miller G 5-10 Jr. 2.2 2.6 1.9 spg • Career-high 10 rebounds vs. SEMO CBS C = Games to be televised on CBS College Sports 15 Kaila Turner G 5-8 So. 3.7 1.1 2.4 apg • Leads team with 2.2 A/TO ratio BETV = Games to be televised on BIG EAST Network package 23 Kayla McBride G 5-11 Fr. 8.7 3.2 1.4 apg • 14 pts, career-high 6 rebs vs. Louisville NOTE: All home games not scheduled for commercial TV tentatively will 41 Mary Forr F 5-11 Sr. 1.5 0.6 0.3 apg • Walk-on played career-high 10 min vs. SEMO be webcast live and free of charge at UND.com. 44 Ariel Braker F 6-1 Fr. 2.6 2.7 0.8 bpg • Career-high 8 rebounds vs. SEMO All games will be broadcast live on radio by South Bend’s Pulse FM * = players listed by academic class (Mallory and Peters retain additional year of eligibility) (96.9/92.1) and worldwide on the Internet at UND.com. Pronunciations: Achonwa (uh-CHAWN-wuh); Bruszewski (broo-SHEFF-skee); Fraderica (fruh-DARE-uh-kuh); Kaila (KAY-luh); Novosel (KNOW-vuh-sell) All times Eastern // Dates and times subject to change 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 1 fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish Quick Hitters • Notre Dame became the 32nd NCAA Divi- Notre Dame Sports Information • With its season-high No. 12 ranking in sion I program to record 700 wins, earning C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor the Jan. 10 Associated Press poll, Notre the landmark victory (91-47) against Loyola Notre Dame, IN 46556 Marymount on Dec. 30 at the State Farm 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 68 consecutive weeks, Holiday Hoops Classic in Seattle. The Fight- [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 extending the program standard that began ing Irish are 703-306 (.697) in 34 seasons of with the 2007-08 preseason poll. varsity competition. Media Services • The Fighting Irish have posted a school- • Notre Dame celebrated another program The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains milestone on Dec.