2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 1 FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA Primary Women’s Basketball Contact Josh Bates [email protected] @Josh13Bates 574-310-9954 Secondary Women’s Basketball Contact Megan Golden [email protected] GAME 10 AT PENN (2-3) @Meg_Golden 574-631-2664 2017-18 RESULTS GAME INFO Date ND Opp Opponent TV Time (ET)/ Saturday, Dec. 9 | 1:00 pm ET The Palestra (8.722) Rank Rank Result N1 -/5 +IUP N/A W, 108-40 Ivy League Network N11 6/5 Mount St. Mary’s ACCN Extra W, 121-65 Pulse FM 96.9 / 92.1 Bob Nagle N14 6/5 RV/NR at Western Kentucky Fox College Sports W, 78-65 N19 6/5 18/17 at #18/17 Oregon State Pac-12 W, 72-67 Follow the live stats on UND.com N24 ^vs ETSU FloHoops W, 77-46 @NDWBB | #GoIrish N25 ^vs #17/16 USF FloHoops W, 76-66 N26 ^vs #3/2 South Carolina FloHoops W, 92-85 THE SERIES N29 $at #22/20 Michigan BTN W, 83-63 vs Penn ND leads, 3-0 Last time: Irish won, 76-54, on 11/23/13, in Philadelphia Streak: W3 D3 &at #1/1 UConn ESPN L, 80-71 at Penn ND leads, 2-0 Same D6 Michigan State ACCN Extra W, 90-59 D9 at Penn Ivy League Net. 1 pm THE COACHES D17 DePaul ACCN Extra 1 pm Head Coach At School Overall D20 Marquette ACCN Extra 3 pm ND Muffet McGraw 773-228 (31st year) 861-269 (36th year) D28 *Syracuse ACCN Extra 7 pm Penn Mike McLaughlin 135-103 (9th year) 542-164 (23rd year) D31 *at Wake Forest ACCN Extra 1 pm J4 *Miami ACCN Extra 7 pm COUNTDOWN TO TIP-OFF: J7 *at Georgia Tech ACCN Extra 2 pm 8,104 Average amount of fans last season, which ranked sixth nationally. 8th straight year with an average of 8,000+ J11 *at Louisville ESPN 7 pm 1,000 -Point Club welcomed two new members this year in Ogunbowale & Mabrey J14 *Boston College ACCN Extra 1 pm All-time Notre Dame program wins J18 Tennessee ESPN 7 pm 937 J21 *Clemson ACCN Extra 1 pm 198 Consecutive weeks ranked in the AP Poll, including 128 straight weeks in the top-10 J25 *at Pittsburgh ACCN Extra 7 pm 78-13 Against Top-25 teams over the past six years (.865) J28 *at Florida State ESPN2 4 pm 62-2 Notre Dame’s record in league play since joining the ACC for 2013-14 season F1 *North Carolina ACCN Extra 7 pm Total conference championships F4 *at Duke ESPN2 1 pm 24 F11 *Georgia Tech RSN 1 pm 22 Straight NCAA Championship appearances - fourth longest streak in the nation and fifth longest all-time F15 *at Virginia ACCN Extra 7 pm 19 Different All-Americans F18 *at Boston College ACCN Extra 1 pm 12 Straight wins at home F22 *Virginia Tech ACCN Extra 7 pm 9 Consecutive games in double-digit points for Ogunbowale. F25 *NC State ESPN2 2 pm Elite Elights, including six of the past seven years F28 ACC Championships 8 Final Four appearances - one-of-five schools in NCAA history to do so M16 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rds 7 M23 NCAA Regional Finals 6 Regular season league championships in a row (2 Big East / 4 ACC) M30 NCAA Final Four 5 Players in the ACC have 30-point performances this season, including Ogunbowale’s career high tying 32 + - Exhibition Consecutive ACC regular season and tournament title sweeps. If Notre Dame were to secure its fifth straight in ^ - Gulf Coast Showcase | Estero, Florida 4 2018, it would set an ACC record. $ - ACC/Big Ten Challenge | Ann Arbor , Michigan & - Jimmy V Classic | Hartford, Connecticut 3 national ranking in the AP Poll * - Atlantic Coast Conference game national ranks are AP/Coaches Poll 2 come from behind victories this season after trailing by double digits: down 11 at OSU / down 12 vs SC 1 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer - Coach McGraw was enshrined in @HoopsHall on Sept. 9, 2017 2017-18 Notre Dame Men’s Basketball 2 2017-18 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 2017-18 NOTRE DAME ROSTER PRONUNCIATION Niele Ivey knee-ELL No. Name Position Height Year Hometown Previous School Mychal Johnson MIKE-el (Michael) 1 Lili Thompson G 5-7 Gs. Mansfield, Texas Stanford / Timberview Marina Mabrey MAY-bree 2 Kaitlin Cole G 5-10 So. Toledo, Ohio Sylvania Northview Arike Ogunbowale uh-REE-kay OH-goon-buh-WALL-ay 3 Marina Mabrey* G 5-11 Jr. Belmar, N.J. Manasquan Lili Thompson Lee-Lee 5 Jackie Young* G 6-0 So. Princeton, Ind. Princeton Community Brianna Turner bree-ON-uh 11 Brianna Turner^ F 6-3 Sr. Pearland, Texas Manvel 14 Mychal Johnson^ G 5-7 Sr. Huntington, W.Va. Huntington St. Joseph TEAM INFORMATION 21 Kristina Nelson F 6-4 Gs. Buford, Ga. Buford Conference Atlantic Coast 23 Jessica Shepard* F 6-4 Jr. Fremont, Neb. Nebraska / Fremont Home Arena (Capacity) Purcell Pavilion 24 Arike Ogunbowale* G 5-8 Jr. Milwaukee, Wis. Divine Savior Holy Angels at the Joyce Center (9,149) Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 30 Mikayla Vaughn C 6-3 Fr. Philadelphia, Penn. Paul VI Total Returning/Lost 6/5 32 Danielle Patterson F 6-2 Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. The Mary Louis Academy Newcomers 6 First Season 1977-78 33 Kathryn Westbeld* F 6-2 Sr. Kettering, Ohio Kettering Fairmont Full Seasons 40 40 Maureen Butler F 6-1 Jr. Livonia, Mich. Dearborn Divine Child) All-Time Record 937-327 (.741) NCAA Appearances/Record 24 / 56-23 (.709) * - probable starter ^ - will redshirt 2017-18 season due to ACL injury First/Last NCAA Appearance 1992 / 2017 ACC Member 2013-14 - present Karen & Kevin Keyes Women’s Basketball Head Coach Muffet McGraw Saint Joseph’s ‘77 31st Season / 36th Overall ACC Regular Season 62-2 (.969) Associate Head Coach Niel Ivey Notre Dame ‘00 11th Season ACC Tournament 12-0 (1.000) ACC Championships 4 - 2014-17 Associate Head Coach Carol Owens Northern Illinois ‘90 18th Season Associate Coach Beth Cunningham Notre Dame ‘97 6th Season Director of Operations Katie Capps Western Kentucky ‘02 3rd Season NATIONAL RANKINGS Video Coordinator Erica Williamson Notre Dame ‘10 2nd Season 2017-18 AP TOP 25 2017-18 USA TODAY COACHES AT THE HELM made field goals. As a direct result, Arike is now 1-of-5 (Week 5) (Week 5) 1. UConn 1. UConn Karen and Kevin Keyes head coach Muffet McGraw ACC players this season to notch a 30+ point perfor- 2. Texas 2. Notre Dame embarks on her 31st season at the helm of the Irish mance. 3. Notre Dame 3. Mississippi State 4. Louisville 4. Texas (773-228) and 36th overall (861-269) as a head coach. 5. South Carolina 5. Louisville 6. Mississippi State McGraw ranks 10th all-time among NCAA Division I Then, after scoring 23 points vs Michigan State on Dec. 7. UCLA 6. South Carolina coaches in career wins and sixth among active coaches. 6, Arike became the only ACC player with 6 games of 8. Baylor 7. UCLA 9. Oregon 8. Baylor 20+ points. Keep in mind, Arike tallied 7 20+ point 10. West Virginia 9. Oregon 11. Tennessee 10. Florida State McGraw is also just one of six coaches (men’s or women’s games all last season. 12. Ohio State 11. West Virginia basketball) in NCAA Division I history with 800 wins, sev- 13. Florida State 12. Ohio State 14. Duke 13. Tennessee en Final Fours and five NCAA title games. The prestigious Finally, Arike is the only Irish players to score in 15. Maryland 14. Duke list includes Pat Summitt, Geno Auriemma, Duke men’s double-figures each game. The junior’s 20.8 ppg ranks 16. South Florida 15. Maryland 17. Missouri coach Mike Krzyzewski, the late North Carolina men’s second in the ACC and 26th in the nation. 18. Stanford 16. South Florida 19. Oregon State 17. Missouri coach Dean Smith and current North Carolina men’s 20. Kentucky 18. Stanford coach Roy Williams. PHILLY HOMECOMING 21. Texas A&M 19. Oregon State 22. Villanova 20. Villanova Notre Dame’s Dec. 9 contest at Penn will mark a 23. Green Bay 21. Michigan This past fall, McGraw took her rightful place among the homecoming of sorts for Philadelphia area natives Coach 24. Michigan 22. Texas A&M 25. California 23. Kentucky game’s elite when she was enshrined into the Naismith McGraw and freshman Mikayla Vaughn. Receiving Votes: 24. Syracuse 25. Green Bay Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, becoming the 32nd Arizona State, New Mexico, Iowa, woman ever to do so. Coach McGraw, a native of West Chester, Pennsylvania, Marquette, Syracuse, Oklahoma Receiving Votes: graduated from St. Joseph’s in 1977, and is commemo- State, DePaul, USC, Oklahoma, DePaul, New Mexico, California, WHO’S HOT rated in the concourse of the Palestra as a 1990 inductee South Dakota State Georgia Tech, Marquette, USC, Virginia Tech, Ole Miss, No Irish player is hotter than Arike Ogunbowale over the of the Big Five Hall of Fame. Oklahoma State, Rice, South last five games. In that span, the junior is averaging 23.6 Dakota State, Troy, Arizona State, ppg on 48.4 percent shooting, including a 37.0 percent McGraw is 32-18 all-time against the Big-Five since Chattanooga mark from three-point range. Since the USF game on taking the helm of the Irish and boast a 13-12 record in Nov. 25, Arike has risen her scoring average from 17.3 the city of brotherly love.