1 FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA Primary Women’s Basketball Contact Josh Bates [email protected] @Josh13Bates 574-310-9954 FINAL NOTES 2020-21 2020-21 RESULTS (10-10) Date Opponent TV Time/Result 11/27 @ Ohio University ESPN+ L, 86-85 11/29 Miami (OH) ACCN W, 88-68 12/3 #24 Michigan ACCN L, 76-66 12/6 IUPUI ACCNX W, 65-58 12/13 Georgia Tech* ACCNX L, 82-67 12/17 (RV/25) Virginia Tech* ACCN W, 84-78 12/20 @ Clemson* RSN L, 78-55 12/31 @ Miami* ACCN W, 71-60 1/3 Georgia Tech* ACCN W, 69-67 1/7 @ Boston College* ACCN L, 64-61 1/14 Wake Forest* ACCN W, 79-72 1/17 Boston College* ACCN W, 83-73 1/21 @ Virginia Tech* RSN W, 65-60 1/24 @ North Carolina* ESPNU L, 78-73 1/31 @ Syracuse* ACCN L, 81-69 2/7 @ #1/#3 Louisville* ESPN L, 71-65 2/22 @ Pittsburgh* ACCN W, 59-48 2/25 Florida State* ACCNX W, 72-64 BY THE NUMBERS 2/28 #6/5 Louisville* ESPN L, 78-61 1,022 Program wins 3/4 vs Clemson# RSN L, 68-63 697 Amount of three-pointers all 3 Mabreys have made in their collegiate careers * - Atlantic Coast Conference game 107 total wins in ACC play # - ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) Free-throw percentage for Walker - broke the ND single season record and ranked 6th in the nation ! - NCAA Championship 90.2 67 NCAA Tournament wins - 4th most in Division I 56 Notre Dame’s NET ranking 35.2 Went from dead last in the ACC in 3PT FG% last season to 4th this year and 41st in the nation 34 Points by Dara marked the highest for an Irish debut. 27 Total conference championships 25 As in #25 Olivia Miles - Notre Dame’s first ever early enrollee 24 Straight NCAA Tournament streak came to an end in 2021 22 Different All-Americans 17-3 ACC Tournament record in 8 years in the league 15.2 ppg for Westbeld -- Topped ACC freshmen & ranked 11th among Division I freshmen 15 total women in NCAA D-I history who have played and coached for the same ranked team - includes Ivey 11 30-win seasons in program history 9 Final Four appearances - ranks as fifth most Number of threes Dara hit in first game with Irish - tied her sister Marina for second most in a single game // 7 NCAA Title game appearances - 1 of 4 schools to do so (Tennessee, UConn and La Tech) 6 Westbeld became the 6th all-time player in ND history to win a conference Rookie of the Year award 5 Straight games in double figures for early enrollee Olivia Miles to end the season Westbeld was 1-of-3 ND freshmen all-time ot earn WBCA All-America Regional Finalist honors, joining 3 Brianna Turner & Skylar Diggins-Smith National Titles - Notre Dame is the seventh program with multiple national championships // 2 Class of 2021 2 Signees in Olivia Miles and Sonia Citron 1st Year of the Ivey Era // 1st black female head coach at Notre Dame // 1 transfer incoming in Maya Dodson 2020-21 NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 NOTRE DAME ROSTER PRONUNCIATION No. Name Position Height Year Hometown Previous School Katlyn Gilbert Kate-lyn Anaya Peoples Uh-nay-uh 1 Dara Mabrey G 5-7 Jr. Belmar, N.J. Manasquan Abby Prohaska Pro-hask-kuh 3 Amirah Abdur-Rahim F 6-3 Fr. Marietta, Ga. St. Francis Dara Mabrey Dare-uh 5 Alasia Hayes G 5-7 Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. Riverdale Niele Ivey Knee-elle 10 Katlyn Gilbert G 5-10 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. Heritage Christian 12 Abby Prohaska G 5-10 Jr. Liberty Township, Ohio Lakota West 15 Natalija Marshall F 6-4 Fr. Queens, N.Y. Christ the King TEAM INFORMATION 20 Nicole Benz G 5-8 Sr. Valencia, Calif. William S. Hart Conference Atlantic Coast Home Arena (Capacity) Purcell Pavilion (9,149) 21 Anaya Peoples G 5-10 So. Danville, Ill. Schlarman Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 22 Danielle Cosgrove F 6-4 Jr. Holbrook, N.Y. Sachem East Total Returning/Lost 7/3 Newcomers 6 23 Alli Campbell G 6-0 Fr. Altoona, Penn. Bellwood-Antis First Season 1977-78 24 Destinee Walker G 5-10 Gr. Orlando, Fla. North Carolina Full Seasons 43 All-Time Record 1,022-361 (.739) 25 Olivia Miles G 5-10 Fr. Phillipsburg, N.J. Blair Academy NCAA Appearances/Record 26 / 67-24 (.736) 30 Mikki Vaughn C 6-3 Sr. Philadelphia, Penn. Paul VI/Friends’ Central First/Last NCAA Appearance 1992 / 2019 ACC Member 2013-14 - present 33 Sam Brunelle F 6-2 So. Ruckersville, Va. William Monroe ACC Regular Season 107-22 (.829) 34 Maddy Westbeld F 6-3 Fr. Kettering, Ohio Fairmont ACC Tournament 17-3 (.850) ACC Tournament Championships 5 (2014-17, 19) Karen & Kevin Keyes Women’s Basketball Head Coach Niele Ivey Notre Dame ‘00 1st Season Associate Head Coach Carol Owens Northern Illinois ‘90 21st Season NATIONAL RANKINGS Associate Head Coach Coquese Washington Notre Dame ‘93 9th Season / 1st Back 2020-21 AP TOP 25 2020-21 USA TODAY COACHES Assistant Coach Michaela Mabrey Notre Dame ‘16 2nd Season (Week 16) (Final) 1. UConn 1. Stanford Director of Operations Angie Potthoff Penn State ‘97 2nd Season 2. Stanford 2. Arizona Video Coordinator James Spinelli Temple ‘14 3rd Season 3. NC State 3. UConn 4. Texas A&M 4. South Carolina Sport Administrator Katie Capps Western Kentucky ‘02 6th Season 5. South Carolina 5. Baylor 6. Baylor 6. Louisville 7. Maryland 7. NC State NCAA HISTORY Eight eight times over the last 11 tournaments. Yet, the 8. Louisville 8. Indiana Notre Dame has competed in 26 NCAA Championships. Irish have been more successful than any other regular- 9. Indiana 9. Maryland 10. UCLA 10. Texas A&M Their streak of 24 straight appearances came to an end ly-appearing school at that stage, as their .900 winning 11. Arizona 11. Michigan in March of 2021. It was the fourth longest active streak percentage (9-1) is the best of any program to play in at 12. Georgia 12. UCLA 13. Michigan 13. Georgia in the country and fifth best all-time. least five Elite Eights. 14. Tennessee 14. Missouri St 15. Arkansas 15. Oregon 16. Gonzaga Most Consecutive NCAA Berths Best Elite Eight Winning % (Min. Five App.) 16. Tennessee No. School Streak Years No. School Record Pct. 17. West Virginia 17. Texas 1. Tennessee 39 1982-2021* 1. Notre Dame 9-1 .900 18. Kentucky 18. USF 2. Stanford 33 1988-2021* 2. UConn 21-5 .808 19. Rutgers 19. Iowa 3. UConn 32 1989-2021* 3. Stanford 14-7 .667 20. USF 20. Gonzaga 4. Louisiana Tech 25 1982-2011 4. Tennessee 18-10 .643 21. Missouri St 21. Kentucky 5. Notre Dame 24 1996-2021 22. Ohio St 22. Georgia Tech 23. Oregon 23. Arkansas * denotes active streak Finally, Notre Dame has advanced to 17 Sweet 16s. 24. FGCU 24. West Virginia 25. South Dakota St 25. FGCU The Irish are 67-24 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, as IVEY ERA Receiving Votes: Receiving Votes: their 67 wins rank fourth all-time. Marquette 52, Stephen F. Austin Rice (23-4) 63; Northwestern Welcome to the Ivey Era. McGraw retired with 936 career 34, Oregon State 22, Oklahoma (16-9) 52; Oregon State (12-8) wins, which ranked sixth all-time among Division I State 15, Georgia Tech 11, Virginia 42; Oklahoma State (19-9) 37; Notre Dame joins Louisiana Tech and USC with two coaches Tech 10, Iowa 5, DePaul 5, UCF 2 Rutgers (14-5) 33; South Dakota NCAA titles behind UConn (11), Tennessee (8), Baylor (3) State (21-4) 26; Iowa State and Stanford (3). (17-11) 23; Delaware (24-5) 21; Enter Ivey, who can be linked to all nine of Notre Dame’s Brigham Young (19-6) 18; Ohio Final Fours - two as a player and seven as an assistant State (13-7) 17; Stephen F. Austin Notre Dame is one of three schools (Tennessee & UConn) coach. All-in-all, Ivey spent 17 combined years on (24-3) 9; Mississippi (15-12) 4; to reach seven NCAA Title games. Their nine Final Four campus before receiving the head coaching job. Michigan St (15-9) 4; Syracuse (15-9) 3; Virginia Tech (15-10) appearances are the fifth-most of any school behind UConn (19), Tennessee (18), Stanford (14) and La Tech 1; Marquette (19-7) 1; Belmont In fact, Notre Dame’s last decade of dominance (2010- (21-6) 1. (10). 19) had Ivey’s handprints written all over it. No other program had produced more trips to the national title The Irish have reached 10 Elite Eights. In fact, Notre game (six) in that span. Plus, the Irish posted the third Dame and UConn are the only teams to reach the Elite 2020-21 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 3 NOTRE DAME ACC STATS most wins (339) during that span as well. That decade ACC STANDINGS Team Stats ACC Only (Rk) All Games (Rk) also consisted of 14 conference championships (eight Team ACC Record Overall Record Scoring Offense 68.9 (6) 70.0 (8) regular-season plus six tournament titles split between Louisville 14-2 23-3 NC State 12-2 20-2 Scoring Defense 70.3 (10) 70.5 (13) the BIG EAST and ACC), seven Final Fours and a 2018 national championship. Georgia Tech 12-6 15-8 Scoring Margin -1.4 (8) -0.5 (9) Syracuse 9-7 14-8 FT Percentage .714 (6) .722 (8) Florida State 9-7 10-8 TRAILBLAZER Notre Dame 8-7 10-10 FG Percentage .447 (3) .456 (4) When Niele Ivey accepted the assistant coaching Virginia Tech 8-8 14-9 FG Pct.