NOTRE DAME Women’s Basketball 2009-10 2001 NCAA Champions • 1997 NCAA Final Four 8 NCAA Sweet 16 Berths • 17 NCAA Tourney Appearances 2009-10 Schedule 2009-10 ND Women’s Basketball: Game 35 29-5 / 12-4 BIG EAST NCAA Championship — Kansas City Regional Semifinal N3 (4) Indianapolis (exhibition) W, 97-53 #7/7 [#2 seed] Notre Dame Fighting Irish (29-5 / 12-4 BIG EAST) vs. N15 (4/7) Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 102-57 #12/12 [#3 seed] Oklahoma Sooners (25-10 / 11-5 Big 12) N19 (5/6) @ Michigan State (21/21)BTN W, 68-67 uDATE: March 28, 2010 uTV: ESPN2 (live) N22 (5/6) Iona W, 80-45 uTIME: 6:34 p.m. CT Pam Ward, p-b-p N26 (5/6) vs. San Diego St. (23/24)1-FCS B W, 84-79 uAT: Kansas City, Mo. Debbie Antonelli, color N27 (5/6) vs. South Carolina1-FCS B W, 78-55 Sprint Center (9,455) Heather Cox, sideline N28 (5/6) vs. Oklahoma (20/17)1-FCS B W, 81-71 uSERIES: ND leads 2-1 uRADIO: Pulse FM (96.9/92.1) u1ST MTG: OU 57-54 (12/30/86) Bob Nagle, p-b-p D2 (5/6) Eastern Michigan W, 69-59 uLAST MTG: ND 81-71 (11/28/09) uLIVE STATS: UND.com D8 (3/4) IPFW W, 96-60 D12 (3/4) Valparaiso W, 88-47 Storylines Web Sites D20 (4/4) Charlotte W, 90-31 u Notre Dame is 4-1 against Big 12 Confer- u Notre Dame: www.UND.com D29 (3/3) @ Central FloridaCBS C W, 85-52 ence teams in NCAA tournament play. u Oklahoma: www.soonersports.com D31 (3/3) Vanderbilt (18/16)CBS C W, 74-69 u All three prior series games between the Irish u BIG EAST: www.bigeast.org J4 (3/3) @ PurdueESPN2 W, 79-75 and Sooners were played at neutral sites and u Big 12: www.big12sports.com J9 (3/3) • VillanovaBETV W, 81-46 all three were decided by 10 points or fewer. J12 (3/3) • South Florida W, 81-64 Setting The Standard ESPN our months after they tangled in front of Under the guidance of 23rd-year head coach J16 (3/3) • @ Connecticut (1/1) L, 46-70 less than 1,000 fans in a far-off corner of Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J19 (4/5) • @ LouisvilleCBS C W, 78-60 Fthe Caribbean, Notre Dame and Oklahoma one of the country’s leading women’s basketball J24 (4/5) • West Virginia (16/11)ESPNU W, 74-66 will meet once again, this time in an NCAA Kan- powers. The Irish have appeared in 17 NCAA J27 (3/3) • Providence W, 84-59 sas City Regional semifinal contest at 6:34 p.m. Tournaments (including a current streak of 15 J30 (3/3) • @ Syracuse W, 74-73 (CT) Sunday from the Sprint Center in Kansas in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 F1 (3/3) • @ RutgersESPN2 W, 75-63 City, Mo. The game will televised live nationally eight times in the past 14 seasons. Notre Dame on ESPN2HD, and it’s a rematch of the Paradise also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four F6 (3/3) • Pittsburgh W, 86-76 Jam Island Division title clash won by the Irish, twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate prize F9 (4/3) • @ Cincinnati W, 66-50 81-71, on Nov. 28 in the U.S. Virgin Islands. with the 2001 national championship. F14 (4/3) • DePaulESPN2 W, 90-66 Second-seeded Notre Dame (29-5) ad- In its history, Notre Dame has developed F16 (4/3) • @ St. John’s (22/23) L, 71-76 vanced to the second weekend of this year’s nine All-Americans, 10 WNBA players (including F20 (4/3) • @ Georgetown (14/12) L, 66-76 NCAA Championship with an 84-66 win over seven draft picks in the past nine years) and four No. 10 seed Vermont on Tuesday at Purcell Pa- USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). F23 (7/8) • Marquette W, 82-67 vilion. Behind an aggressive defense that forced Now in their 33rd season in 2009-10, the Irish F27 (7/8) • @ Seton Hall W, 72-47 25 Catamount turnovers, the Irish used a 32-13 own an all-time record of 689-301 (.696). M1 (6/8) • Connecticut (1/1)ESPN2 L, 51-76 run to close the first half and take control. M6 (6/7) vs. Louisville2-BETV W, 89-52 Freshman guard Skylar Diggins turned in Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw M7 (6/7) vs. St. John’s (16/16)2-ESPNU W, 75-67 one of the signature NCAA tournament perfor- Saint Joseph’s ’77 M8 (6/7) vs. Connecticut (1/1)2-ESPNU L, 44-59 mances in school history with a career-high 31 u 23rd season at Notre Dame 3-ESPN points, seven steals and six assists for the Irish. • 525-202 (.722) at Notre Dame. M21 (7/7) Cleveland State W, 86-58 • 613-243 (.716) in 28th season overall. M23 (7/7) Vermont3-ESPN2 W, 84-66 Rankings u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M28 (7/7) vs. Oklahoma (12/12)3-ESPN2 6:34 CT u Notre Dame is No. 7 in the final Associated u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist M30 NCAA Regional Final3-ESPN 8:07 CT u Press poll and No. 7 in the latest ESPN/USA Four-time conference Coach of the Year A4 NCAA National Semifinals4-ESPN TBA Today poll. • BIG EAST (2001) A6 NCAA Championship Game4-ESPN TBA u Oklahoma is No. 12 in the final Associated • Midwestern Collegiate/Horizon League (1991) Press poll and No. 12 in the latest ESPN/ • North Star (1988) (x) = numbers before opponent name indicate ND rank in AP/ USA Today poll. • East Coast (@ Lehigh - 1983) ESPN-USA Today polls; numbers after are opponent rank. • = BIG EAST Conference game 1 = Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) Notre Dame’s Probable Starting Lineup (C = captain) 2 = BIG EAST Championship (Hartford, Conn.) No Name Pos Ht Yr PPG RPG Other Notes 3 = NCAA Championship (1st/2nd rounds at Notre Dame, Ind.; 52 Erica Williamson C 6-4 Sr. 4.6 2.7 0.5 bpg • 7.5 ppg., .714 FG% since return to lineup Regional at Kansas City, Mo.) 4 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (San Antonio, Texas) 4 u4v Skylar Diggins G 5-9 Fr. 13.9 4.1 3.2 apg • Career-high 31p in 2nd-rd win vs. UVM 20 u4 Ashley Barlow (C) G 5-9 Sr. 10.9 5.1 2.5 apg • Scored 10 of 13 pts vs. CSU in 2nd half CBS C = Game televised live on CBS College Sports BETV = Game televised live on BIG EAST TV package 23 Melissa Lechlitner (C) G 5-7 Sr. 8.0 1.9 3.2 apg • ND 24-2 all-time when she has 5+ asst BTN = Game televised live on Big Ten Network 24 u4 Lindsay Schrader (C) G 6-0 Sr. 11.0 6.9 1.6 apg • 6th dbl-dbl of season vs. UVM (14p/11r) FCS B = Game webcast live on Fox College Sports Broadband Off the Bench For the Irish NOTE: All regular-season home games not scheduled for 1 Erica Solomon F 6-2 So. 3.4 1.3 0.9 apg • 9th school history for career bpg (1.07) commercial TV (except Nov. 15 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff) were 12 Fraderica Miller G 5-10 So. 2.5 2.0 1.1 spg • Defensive stopper (1 steal per 5.4 min) webcast live on UND.com. 14 Devereaux Peters F 6-2 Jr. 7.0 5.7 1.4 spg • 8.4 ppg., 6.5 rpg., .551 FG% past 11 gms All games will air live on radio on South Bend’s Pulse FM 15 Kaila Turner G 5-8 Fr. 1.9 0.7 0.9 apg • Tied career high with 3 asst vs. CSU (96.9/92.1) and worldwide on the Internet at UND.com. 21 Natalie Novosel G 5-11 So. 5.1 2.2 1.8 apg • 6.5 ppg., .800 FG% in NCAA tourney 22 Brittany Mallory G 5-10 Jr. 6.7 3.1 2.3 apg • Leads team with 1.41 A/TO ratio All times Eastern and subject to change 32 Becca Bruszewski F 6-1 Jr. 9.3 3.2 1.4 apg • 9.0 ppg., .545 FG% past 6 gms as reserve 44 Alena Christiansen G 5-7 Sr. 0.9 0.7 0.3 spg • Career-high 2 rebounds vs. Vermont u = State Farm/WBCA All-Region I selection // 4 = All-BIG EAST Conference selection // v = BIG EAST All-Freshman Team selection Pronunciations: Bruszewski (broo-SHEFF-skee); Fraderica (fruh-DARE-uh-kuh); Kaila (KAY-luh); Lechlitner (LECK-light-ner); Novosel (KNOW-vuh-sell) 2009-10 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 1 fighting irish women’s basketball 2009-10 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish Quick Hitters Desert in Las Vegas), with freshman guard Notre Dame Sports Information • Notre Dame is in the midst of a 58-week run Skylar Diggins capturing MVP honors and C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor in the Associated Press poll (as of March senior guard/tri-captain Melissa Lechlitner Notre Dame, IN 46556 making the all-tournament team. phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 15), the second-longest streak in school Chris Masters, Asst. 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