NOTRE DAME Women’s Basketball 2006-07 2001 NCAA Champions • 1997 NCAA Final Four 6 NCAA Sweet 16 Berths • 13 NCAA Tourney Appearances 2006-07 ND Women’s Basketball: Game 22 2006-07 Schedule 13-8 / 4-4 BIG EAST Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13-8 / 4-4 BIG EAST) vs. O31 Lake Superior St. (exhib.) W, 82-55 West Virginia Mountaineers (15-7 / 6-3 BIG EAST) N5 Northwood (exhibition) W, 82-35 uDATE: February 4, 2007 uRADIO: ESPN Radio 1490 AM N10 Central Michigan W, 88-66 OT uTIME: 5:30 p.m. ET Sean Stires, p-b-p N13 Bowling Green W, 85-81 CSTV uAT: Notre Dame, Ind. uTV: ESPNU (live) N16 @ Penn State L, 49-75 Joyce Center (11,418) Jim Barbar, p-b-p N19 Western Michigan W, 87-67 uSERIES: ND leads 14-1 Brooke Weisbrod, color N24 @ USC L, 58-69 u1ST MTG: 2/26/96 (ND 73-55) uLIVE STATS: www.und.com N28 Richmond W, 87-66 uLAST MTG: 2/22/06 (ND 70-58) uTICKETS: (574) 631-7356 D1 @ Michigan W, 61-58 D3 Indiana L, 51-54 Storylines Web Sites D6 Purdue (10/9)CL W, 67-58 u Notre Dame opens a stretch of three con- u Notre Dame: http://www.und.com D16 IUPUI W, 75-65 secutive games at the Joyce Center, where u West Virginia: http://www.MSNsportsNET.com D19 @ ValparaisoWHME W, 60-59 the Irish are 10-1 this season. u BIG EAST: http://www.bigeast.org D28 Prairie View A&M W, 94-55 u The Notre Dame bench has been a major D30 @ Tennessee (4/4)CSS L, 54-78 asset this year, averaging 23.5 points per Setting The Standard J2 • @ Seton Hall W, 64-61 game. Under the guidance of 20th-year head coach J10 • Cincinnati W, 81-70 Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J13 • @ South FloridaBETV L, 78-87OT eturning home after arguably the tough- one of the country’s leading women’s basketball est road trip in its 30-year history, Notre powers. The Irish have appeared in 13 NCAA J16 • St. John’s W, 83-65 Dame will look to snap a three-game los- Tournaments (including a current streak of 11 J20 • Syracuse W, 83-55 R CSTV ing streak when it plays host to West Virginia in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 J23 • @ Marquette (17/18) L, 62-71 Sunday at 5:30 p.m. (ET) inside the Joyce Cen- six times in the previous 10 years. Notre Dame J27 • @ Connecticut (7/5)CPTV L, 47-64 ter. The game will be broadcast live to a national also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four J31 • @ Pittsburgh L, 62-71 television audience on ESPNU, the third TV twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate F4 • West VirginiaESPNU 5:30 ET game in the past four outings for the Irish. prize with the 2001 national championship. F7 • Louisville 7:00 ET Notre Dame is coming off another tough road In its history, Notre Dame has developed F11 • DePaulESPN2 5:30 ET loss, this time a 71-62 setback at Pittsburgh on eight All-Americans, nine WNBA players (includ- F13 • @ Villanova 7:30 ET Wednesday night. The Irish led nine points in ing six draft picks in the past six years) and four F17 • @ Providence 2:00 ET the first half, then saw their fortunes reversed USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). F21 • Georgetown 7:00 ET and trailed by 10 points with under four minutes Now in their 30th season in 2006-07, the Irish BETV to play. They rallied to within three points and F24 • Rutgers Noon ET own an all-time record of 606-274 (.689). CSTV had two looks at a potential game-tying shot in F26 • @ DePaul 8:00 CT the final 30 seconds, but neither attempt would M3 BIG EAST First Round1-BETV TBD Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw 1-ESPNU fall. It was Notre Dame’s third consecutive road Saint Joseph’s ’77 M4 BIG EAST Quarterfinal TBD 1-ESPNU game against an opponent that was either u 20th season at Notre Dame M5 BIG EAST Semifinal 6/8:00 ET ranked or receiving votes in the national polls. • 442-175 (.716) at Notre Dame. M6 BIG EAST Final1-ESPN2 7:00 ET Junior guard Charel Allen did all she could, • 530-216 (.710) in 25 years as head coach. M17 NCAA First Round2 TBD scoring a game-high 17 points and adding NOTES M18 seven rebounds with a career-high six assists u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M19 NCAA Second Round2 TBD at Pittsburgh. Freshman center Erica William- u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist M20 son added 10 points and a game-high eight re- u Four-time conference Coach of the Year M24 NCAA Regional Semifinals3 TBD bounds off the bench for the Irish. • BIG EAST Conference (2001) M25 • Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1991) M26 NCAA Regional Finals3 TBD • North Star Conference (1988) Rankings M27 • East Coast Conference (@ Lehigh) (1983) u Notre Dame is not ranked. A1 NCAA National Semifinals4 7/9:30 ET u West Virginia is not ranked. A3 NCAA Championship Game4 8:30 ET Notre Dame’s Probable Starting Lineup (c = captain) (x) = numbers before opponent name indicate ND rank in AP/ No Name Pos Ht Yr PPG RPG Other Notes ESPN-USA Today polls; numbers after are opponent rank. 34 Crystal Erwin F 6-2 Sr. 5.9 4.0 0.7 apg • Scored 11 pts. (3-5 3FG) at UConn • = BIG EAST Conference game 33 Melissa D’Amico C 6-5 Jr. 9.3 5.1 1.3 bpg • .530 FG% ranks ninth in BIG EAST 1 = BIG EAST Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 1 Tulyah Gaines (C) G 5-7 Jr. 9.8 2.0 4.0 apg • 5+ assists in 5 of past 7 games 2 = Sites include: Austin, East Lansing, Hartford, Los Angeles, 2 Charel Allen G 5-11 Jr. 15.7 6.2 2.3 spg • Solid all-around day at Pitt (17p, 7r, 6a) Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Raleigh and Stanford 3 = Sites include: Dallas, Dayton, Fresno and Greensboro 32 Breona Gray (C) G 5-9 Sr. 6.1 2.8 2.0 apg • One of 4 ND players with 35+ steals 4 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (Cleveland, Ohio) Off the Bench For the Irish 11 Amanda Tsipis G 5-9 Jr. 0.2 0.2 0.2 spg • Played in 8 of last 10 (2p, 2r vs. PVAMU) ESPN2/ESPNU = Game to be televised on ESPN2/ESPNU CSTV = Game to be televised on College Sports Television 20 Ashley Barlow G 5-9 Fr. 10.3 5.0 2.0 spg • One of top scoring frosh in BIG EAST CPTV = Game televised on Connecticut Public Television 23 Melissa Lechlitner G 5-7 Fr. 5.6 2.3 3.1 apg • 2.55 A/TO in league gms (2nd BIG EAST) CSS = Game televised on Comcast/Charter Sports SE 24 Lindsay Schrader G 6-0 So. — — — • Will miss ’06-07 season (torn right ACL) CL = Game televised on Comcast Local (Detroit) BETV = Game to be televised on BIG EAST TV package 31 Danielle Ben-Tsvulun F 6-3 Fr. 0.8 0.5 0.2 bpg • 2 pts. (1-1 FG) against Syracuse WHME = Game televised on WHME-TV in South Bend 52 Erica Williamson C 6-4 Fr. 7.0 6.3 1.4 bpg • 11.0 ppg., 8.0 rpg. in past 2 outings All times local to site and subject to change 2006-07 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 1 fighting irish women’s basketball 2006-07 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish A Quick Look At The Fighting Irish offensive fire to an even hotter level, averaging Notre Dame Sports Information Heading into the final month of the 2006-07 9.8 points and 4.0 assists per game. Gaines, C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor regular season, the growth of the Notre Dame who came into the season with a 3.7 ppg. career Notre Dame, IN 46556 phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 women’s basketball team already is evident, and scoring average, has scored 20 points in a game three times this year, including a career-high 27 Chris Masters, Asst. Sports Information Director (WBB) the best may be yet to come. [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 With a young and inexperienced roster that points on Jan. 10 in a win over Cincinnati. has only two seniors and is missing its top return- Another Irish junior, 6-foot-5 center Melissa Media Services ing scorer from a year ago, the Irish have had to D’Amico, continues to make strides in the post. The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains sched- learn on the run — and run is exactly what they The second-year starter is carding 9.3 points and ules, rosters, updated statistics and historical information have done this season. Notre Dame is averag- 5.1 rebounds per game with a team-high .530 from previous seasons. High-resolution color headshots ing 70.3 points per game thus far, a significant field goal percentage. She also earned a spot on and action photos of Notre Dame players, coaches and improvement over the previous five Irish squads, the BIG EAST Honor Roll on Dec. 18, and has staff are available upon request. : none of which has averaged better than 66.3 posted two double-doubles this year.