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 16 2006-07 Schedule 11-4 / 2-0 BIG EAST Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-4 / 2-0 BIG EAST) vs. O31 Lake Superior St. (exhib.) W, 82-55 South Florida Bulls (12-4 / 2-1 BIG EAST) N5 Northwood (exhibition) W, 82-35 uDATE: January 13, 2007 uRADIO: ESPN Radio 1490 AM N10 Central Michigan W, 88-66 OT uTIME: Noon ET Sean Stires, p-b-p N13 Bowling Green W, 85-81 CSTV uAT: Tampa, Fla. uTV: BIG EAST TV (live) N16 @ Penn State L, 49-75 Sun Dome (10,411) Al Keck, p-b-p N19 Western Michigan W, 87-67 uSERIES: ND leads 3-1 Leah Secondo, color N24 @ USC L, 58-69 u1ST MTG: 12/13/97 (ND 73-50) uLIVE STATS: www.GoUSFBulls.com N28 Richmond W, 87-66 uLAST MTG: 3/4/06 (ND 73-66) uTICKETS: (800) 462-8557 D1 @ Michigan W, 61-58 D3 Indiana L, 51-54 Storylines Web Sites D6 Purdue (10/9)CL W, 67-58 u Notre Dame has won five consecutive BIG u Notre Dame: http://www.und.com D16 IUPUI W, 75-65 EAST Conference games, and three in a row u South Florida: http://www.GoUSFBulls.com D19 @ ValparaisoWHME W, 60-59 on the road, dating back to last season. u BIG EAST: http://www.bigeast.org D28 Prairie View A&M W, 94-55 u The Irish are 19-4 all-time vs. Florida schools, D30 @ Tennessee (4/4)CSS L, 54-78 including a 10-1 record on the road. Setting The Standard J2 • @ Seton Hall W, 64-61 Under the guidance of 20th-year head coach J10 • Cincinnati W, 81-70 or the first time in nearly three seasons, Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J13 • @ South FloridaBETV Noon ET Notre Dame will visit the state of Florida one of the country’s leading women’s basketball when it travels to Tampa for a Saturday powers. The Irish have appeared in 13 NCAA J16 • St. John’s 7:00 ET F J20 • Syracuse 2:00 ET contest against BIG EAST foe South Florida. Tournaments (including a current streak of 11 Tipoff from the Sun Dome is scheduled for noon in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 J23 • @ MarquetteCSTV 8:00 CT (ET) and the game will be broadcast live as six times in the previous 10 years. Notre Dame J27 • @ ConnecticutCPTV 7:00 ET part of the BIG EAST-Regional Sports Network also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four J31 • @ Pittsburgh 7:00 ET (RSN) Game of the Week package (see page 9 twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate F4 • West VirginiaESPNU 5:30 ET of these notes for a complete listing for outlets prize with the 2001 national championship. F7 • Louisville 7:00 ET carrying the game). In its history, Notre Dame has developed F11 • DePaulESPN2 5:30 ET Notre Dame picked up its eighth win in the eight All-Americans, nine WNBA players (includ- F13 • @ Villanova 7:30 ET past 10 games on Wednesday night with an ing six draft picks in the past six years) and four F17 • @ Providence 2:00 ET 81-70 victory over Cincinnati at the Joyce Cen- USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). F21 • Georgetown 7:00 ET ter. After a brief stumble in the game’s open- Now in their 30th season in 2006-07, the Irish BETV ing minutes, the Irish moved in front and never F24 • Rutgers Noon ET own an all-time record of 604-270 (.691). CSTV trailed again, keeping a double-digit lead on the F26 • @ DePaul 8:00 CT Bearcats for much of the second half. Notre M3 BIG EAST First Round1-BETV TBD Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw 1-ESPNU Dame also benefitted from an aggressive de- Saint Joseph’s ’77 M4 BIG EAST Quarterfinal TBD 1-ESPNU fense that forced 25 turnovers and turned those u 20th season at Notre Dame M5 BIG EAST Semifinal 6/8:00 ET giveaways into 31 points. • 440-171 (.720) at Notre Dame. M6 BIG EAST Final1-ESPN2 7:00 ET Junior guard Tulyah Gaines scored a ca- • 528-212 (.714) in 25 years as head coach. M17 NCAA First Round2 TBD reer-high 27 points, including 17 in the second NOTES M18 half, to lead the Irish to the win. Classmate and u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M19 NCAA Second Round2 TBD backcourt partner Charel Allen chipped in 19 u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist M20 points and seven rebounds for Notre Dame. u Four-time conference Coach of the Year M24 NCAA Regional Semifinals3 TBD • BIG EAST Conference (2001) M25 Rankings • Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1991) M26 NCAA Regional Finals3 TBD • North Star Conference (1988) u Notre Dame is not ranked. M27 • East Coast Conference (@ Lehigh) (1983) u South Florida is receiving votes in the As- A1 NCAA National Semifinals4 7/9:30 ET sociated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. 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. 5.7 3.5 0.9 apg • Posting .700 FG% in BIG EAST play • = BIG EAST Conference game 33 Melissa D’Amico C 6-5 Jr. 10.1 5.3 1.2 bpg • Averaging 6.3 rebounds in past 9 gms 1 = BIG EAST Championship (Hartford, Conn.) 1 Tulyah Gaines (C) G 5-7 Jr. 11.1 2.3 3.5 apg • Career-high 27 points vs. Cincinnati 2 = Sites include: Austin, East Lansing, Hartford, Los Angeles, 2 Charel Allen G 5-11 Jr. 14.7 6.1 2.5 spg • 16.0 ppg., 7.8 rpg. in past 5 games Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Raleigh and Stanford 3 = Sites include: Dallas, Dayton, Fresno and Greensboro 32 Breona Gray (C) G 5-9 Sr. 7.0 2.9 2.0 apg • One of 4 ND players with 25+ steals 4 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (Cleveland, Ohio) Off the Bench For the Irish 11 Amanda Tsipis G 5-9 Jr. 0.3 0.3 0.3 spg • Played in last 4 gms (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. 10.5 5.4 2.3 spg • Eighth in nation in FT% (.914) CPTV = Game to be televised on Connecticut Public Television 23 Melissa Lechlitner G 5-7 Fr. 4.2 2.1 2.4 apg • 1.18 assist/turnover ratio as freshman 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. 0.9 0.6 0.1 bpg • First career FG, block vs. Prairie View WHME = Game televised on WHME-TV in South Bend 52 Erica Williamson C 6-4 Fr. 6.5 5.2 1.4 bpg • 8.5 ppg., 6.0 rpg. .722 FG% in past 4 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 partner, Tulyah Gaines, is a candidate as one Notre Dame Sports Information Just two months into the 2006-07 season, the of the conference’s most improved players. The C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor growth of the Notre Dame women’s basketball speedy Gaines assumed the large footprint left at Notre Dame, IN 46556 phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 team already is evident, and the best may be the point by All-American (and WNBA Draft pick) Megan Duffy and has stoked the Notre Dame Chris Masters, Asst. Sports Information Director (WBB) yet to come. [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 With a young and inexperienced roster that offensive fire to an even hotter level, averaging has only two seniors and is missing its top return- 11.1 points and 3.5 assists per game with a Media Services ing scorer from a year ago, the Irish have had to .492 field goal percentage. Gaines, who came The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains sched- learn on the run — and run is exactly what they into the season with a 3.7 ppg. career scoring ules, rosters, updated statistics and historical information have done this season. Notre Dame is averag- average, has scored 20 points in a game three from previous seasons. High-resolution color headshots ing 70.7 points per game thus far, a significant times this year, including a career-high 27 points and action photos of Notre Dame players, coaches and improvement over the previous five Irish squads, on Wednesday night in a win over Cincinnati. staff are available upon request. : none of which has averaged better than 66.3 Another Irish junior, 6-foot-5 center Melissa Official Notre Dame athletics web site • http://www.und.com points per night. D’Amico, continues to make strides in the post. Of course, the Irish have traditionally hung The second-year starter is averaging 10.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game with a .547 field goal In-Season Interview Policy their hat on their defense, a trait that is much All requests for Notre Dame player, coach or staff interviews harder to master and takes a bit longer.