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 17 13-3 / 1-0 BIG EAST #13/12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13-3 / 2-0 BIG EAST) vs. N3 (12/12) Michigan Tech (exhib.) W, 102-30 #2/2 Connecticut Huskies (13-1 / 3-0 BIG EAST) N12 (12/12) New Hampshire W, 99-48 uDATE: January 8, 2011 uTV: CBS (live) N15 (12/12) Morehead State W, 91-28 uTIME: 2:00 p.m. ET Don Criqui, p-b-p N18 (12/12) UCLA (15/15)1 L, 83-862OT uAT: Notre Dame, Ind. Rebecca Lobo, color N21 (12/12) @ Kentucky (9/10)FSS L, 76-81 Purcell Pavilion (9,149) uRADIO: Pulse FM (96.9/92.1) N26 (18/16) IUPUI2 W, 95-29 uSERIES: UCONN leads 25-4 Bob Nagle, p-b-p N27 (18/16) Wake Forest2 W, 92-69 u1ST MTG: UCONN 87-64 (1/18/96) uLIVE STATS: UND.com 2 uLAST MTG: UCONN 59-44 (3/8/10) uTWITTER: @ndwbbsid/@UND_com 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 Saturday’s game will be the 30th in the all- u Notre Dame: www.UND.com D8 (18/18) • @ Providence W, 79-43 time series between Notre Dame and Con- u Connecticut: www.uconnhuskies.com D11 (18/18) Creighton W, 91-54 necticut, with both teams coming into their u BIG EAST: www.bigeast.org D20 (17/16) @ Valparaiso W, 94-43 matchup ranked for the 19th time. 3 u The Fighting Irish are set to make their fourth D29 (16/14) vs. Gonzaga W, 70-61 Setting The Standard 3 appearance all-time on CBS, and their third Under the guidance of 24th-year head coach D30 (16/14) vs. Loyola Marymount W, 91-47 at Purcell Pavilion, which is expected to be Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J2 (16/14) Southeast Missouri State W, 97-21 sold out for the second time this season and one of the country’s leading women’s basketball J5 (13/12) • @ Marquette W, 73-55 the 14th time in program history. powers. The Irish have appeared in 17 NCAA J8 (13/12) • Connecticut (2/2)CBS 2:00 ET Tournaments (including a current streak of 15 J12 • Louisville 7:00 ET fter tipping off the BIG EAST Conference in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 J15 • @ Pittsburgh 2:00 ET season with a pair of road victories, No. eight times in the past 14 seasons. Notre Dame CBS C 13/12 Notre Dame returns home to Pur- also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four J18 • Georgetown 7:00 ET A ESPNU cell Pavilion Saturday for a 2 p.m. (ET) matinee twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate J23 • St. John’s 2:00 ET against second-ranked Connecticut. The game prize with the 2001 national championship. J29 • @ Villanova 7:00 ET will be televised live to a national audience on In its history, Notre Dame has developed F1 • Syracuse 7:00 ET CBS as the opener in that network’s annual nine All-Americans, 10 WNBA players (including F5 • @ South Florida 7:00 ET women’s college basketball doubleheader. seven draft picks in the past decade) and four The Fighting Irish (13-3, 2-0 BIG EAST) USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). F8 • Seton Hall 7:00 ET stretched their current winning streak to a Now in their 34th season in 2010-11, the Irish F12 • Rutgers 2:00 ET season-high eight games with a 73-55 victory own an all-time record of 702-305 (.697). F19 • @ ConnecticutBETV 2:00 ET at Marquette on Wednesday night. Notre Dame F22 • @ West VirginiaCBS C 7:00 ET used a 16-1 run midway through the first half to Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw F26 • Cincinnati 2:00 ET take control and, with the exception of a brief Saint Joseph’s ’77 F28 • @ DePaulCBS C 9:00 ET hiccup near halftime, maintained a double-digit u 24th season at Notre Dame 4 lead the rest of the way. • 538-206 (.723) at Notre Dame M4 BIG EAST 1st Round TBA Senior forward Devereaux Peters paced • 626-247 (.717) in 29th season overall M5 BIG EAST 2nd Round4-BETV TBA four Fighting Irish players in double figures with u 2011 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee M6 BIG EAST Quarterfinal4-ESPNU TBA 18 points, while junior guard Natalie Novosel u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M7 BIG EAST Semifinal4-ESPNU 6/8:00 ET chipped in 14 points (10 in the second half). u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist M8 BIG EAST Final4-ESPN 7:00 ET u Four-time conference Coach of the Year 5-ESPN/ESPN2 • 2001 BIG EAST Coach of the Year M19- NCAA 1st-2nd Rounds TBA Rankings 22 u e Notr Dame is No. 13 in the latest Associ- • 1991 Midwestern Collegiate Coach of the Year 6-ESPN ated Press poll and No. 12 in the current • 1988 North Star Coach of the Year M26- NCAA Regionals TBA ESPN/USA Today poll. • 1983 East Coast Coach of the Year 29 u Connecticut is No. 2 in both the Associated u 2009 WBCA Carol Eckman Award recipient A3 NCAA National Semifinals7-ESPN TBA Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. A5 NCAA Championship Game7-ESPN TBA (x) = numbers before opponent name indicate ND rank in AP/ESPN-USA Today polls; numbers after are opponent rank; when only one ranking is Notre Dame’s Possible Starting Lineup (C = captain) shown, it is from the AP poll. No Name Pos Ht Yr* PPG RPG Other Notes 14 Devereaux Peters F 6-2 Sr. 10.3 6.3 2.2 spg • 13.8 ppg, 9.3 rpg, .628 FG% past 4 gms • = BIG EAST Conference game 1 = Super Six Series (Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center - Notre Dame, Ind.) 32 Becca Bruszewski (C) F 6-1 Sr. 8.3 5.2 1.7 apg • .722 combined FG% (13-18) past 3 gms 2 = WBCA Classic (Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center - Notre Dame, Ind.) 4 Skylar Diggins G 5-9 So. 13.3 3.4 4.5 apg • 5+ assists in nine games this season 3 = State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic (KeyArena - Seattle, Wash.) 4 = BIG EAST Championship (XL Center - Hartford, Conn.) 21 Natalie Novosel G 5-11 Jr. 15.1 3.9 2.1 apg • More than tripled scoring output from last yr 5 = NCAA 1st/2nd rounds (at campus sites) 22 Brittany Mallory (C) G 5-10 Sr. 6.5 1.6 2.5 spg • Season-high 13 pts, 4 stls at Marquette 6 = NCAA Regionals (at Dallas, Dayton, Philadelphia, Spokane) Off the Bench For the Fighting Irish 7 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind.) 2 Veronica Badway G 5-7 Jr. 0.7 0.3 0.1 spg • Walk-on hit 3FG in 2nd half vs. SEMO FSS = Game televised on Fox Sports South 11 Natalie Achonwa F 6-3 Fr. 8.7 5.5 1.4 apg • Leads BIG EAST with .620 FG% CBS C = Games to be televised on CBS College Sports 12 Fraderica Miller G 5-10 Jr. 2.6 2.8 2.1 spg • Career-high 10 rebounds vs. SEMO BETV = Games to be televised on BIG EAST Network package 15 Kaila Turner G 5-8 So. 3.9 1.1 2.7 apg • 19 assists/4 turnovers past past 6 gms NOTE: All home games not scheduled for commercial TV tentatively will 23 Kayla McBride G 5-11 Fr. 8.8 3.1 1.5 apg • Career-high 20 points vs. Loyola Marymount be webcast live and free of charge at UND.com. 41 Mary Forr F 5-11 Sr. 1.6 0.6 0.3 apg • Walk-on played career-high 10 min vs. SEMO All games will be broadcast live on radio by South Bend’s Pulse FM 44 Ariel Braker F 6-1 Fr. 3.0 3.2 0.9 bpg • Career-high 8 rebounds vs. SEMO (96.9/92.1) and worldwide on the Internet at UND.com. * = players listed by academic class (Mallory and Peters retain additional year of eligibility) All times Eastern // Dates and times subject to change Pronunciations: Achonwa (uh-CHAWN-wuh); Bruszewski (broo-SHEFF-skee); Fraderica (fruh-DARE-uh-kuh); Kaila (KAY-luh); Novosel (KNOW-vuh-sell) 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 No. 13 ranking in the Jan. 3 As- sion I program to record 700 wins, earning C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor sociated Press poll, Notre Dame now has 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 appeared in the AP poll for a school-record Chris Masters, Associate Media Relations Director (WBB) 67 consecutive weeks, extending the pro- Holiday Hoops Classic in Seattle. The Fight- [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 gram standard that began with the 2007-08 ing Irish are 702-305 (.697) in 34 seasons of 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.