Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 NOTRE DAME 574-631-7941 FAX WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2004-05 Irish Schedule/Results (#10 AP/#10 ESPN/USA Today) Notre Dame Fighting Irish (23-4, 11-3) (23-4, 11-3 BIG EAST) GAME 28 vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (16-9, 7-7) November 12 # (10/11) Illinois State............ W, 92-73 The Date and Time: Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005, at 2 p.m. ET. 14 # (10/11) Nebraska................. W, 73-57 17 # (11/10) Duke (6/6) ................ W, 76-65 The Site: Joyce Center (11,418) in Notre Dame, Ind. 20 # (11/10) Ohio State (10/9) .... W, 66-62 The Tickets: Still available through the Notre Dame athletics ticket office (574-631-7356) or at 22 (6/6) Colorado State ........... W, 69-47 26 (6/6) at USC ......................... W, 60-56 the Joyce Center Gate 10 ticket windows on game day. 30 (3/3) at Valparaiso ................ W, 69-59 The TV Plans: Comcast Local regional broadcast with Ben Holden (play-by-play), Bob Nagle December (analysis) and Andy Greathouse (producer/director). Comcast SportsNet Chicago will air the 2 (3/3) Michigan St. (15/15) .... L, 73-82 (ot) game on a delayed basis (4 p.m. ET) and is available nationally on DirecTV (Channel 640). 9 (7/5) at Dayton ..................... W, 65-39 11 (7/5) Washington ................ W, 72-58 The Radio Plans: Saturday’s game will be broadcast live on WDND-AM (ESPN Radio 1580) 19 (7/5) at Marquette ................ W, 50-47 and WNDV-AM (1490) in South Bend with Shawn Lewallen (play-by-play) calling the action. 30 (6/4) at Northern Illinois ........ W, 73-49 These broadcasts also are available through the Notre Dame athletics web site at www.und.com. January Real-Time Statistics: Live in-game statistics, courtesy of College Sports Online’s GameTracker, 2 * (6/4) Seton Hall ................... W, 54-33 are available for the West Virginia game, via the Notre Dame (www.und.com) athletics web site. 5 * (4/3) Syracuse ..................... W, 75-58 9 * (4/3) at Villanova ................... L, 54-59 Web Sites: Notre Dame (www.und.com), West Virginia (www.msnsportsnet.net). 12 * (7/6) Connecticut (16/16) .... L, 50-67 16 $ (7/6) Purdue (20/20) ............ W, 86-69 #10 NOTRE DAME PLAYS HOST TO WEST VIRGINIA SATURDAY ON SENIOR DAY 19 * (11/10) at Syracuse .............. W, 74-61 For the final time in their brilliant college careers, Notre Dame seniors Jacqueline Batteast and Teresa 23 * (11/10) Rutgers (6/7) ........... W, 63-47 Borton will step onto the Joyce Center hardwood 26 * (6/7) St. John’s ................... W, 72-65 Saturday afternoon when the 10th-ranked Irish wel- LAST IRISH GAME 30 * (6/7) at Connecticut (9/10) ... W, 65-59 come West Virginia to town for a 2 p.m. (ET) BIG #10/10 Rutgers 59, #5/7 Notre Dame 48 February EAST Conference contest. Both Batteast and Borton, February 19, 2005 2*(6/7) Boston College (16/13) ..... W, 64-57 along with senior managers Kathleen Tallmadge and Louis Brown Athletic Center (Piscataway, N.J.) 5 * (6/7) at Pittsburgh ................ W, 75-47 Caitlin Early, will be honored in a pregame ceremony. Notre Dame (48) 9 * (6/7) at Providence............... W, 75-57 Notre Dame (23-4, 11-3 BIG EAST) has not played Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp 12 * (6/7) Georgetown ................ W, 72-58 Batteast 38 3-14 0-1 8-9 8 2 4 14 since Feb. 19, when the Irish saw their 10-game win- LaVere 25 3-6 0-1 2-2 6 1 3 8 15 * (5/7) at Boston College (25/22) ... W, 54-47 Borton 19 1-4 0-0 2-2 3 1 2 4 19 * (5/7) at Rutgers (10/10) ......... L, 48-59 ning streak snapped with a 59-48 loss at then-No. 10 Duffy 40 4-6 2-4 4-4 2 3 1 14 Rutgers. Notre Dame picked the wrong time to have Gray 34 3-7 0-2 0-0 5 0 3 6 26 * West Virginia (COM) .................... 2:00 ET Gaines 15 0-2 0-0 1-2 4 0 3 1 its worst shooting and ballhandling game of the year, Allen 15 0-2 0-0 1-2 5 1 0 1 March Erwin 14 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 5 0 1 * at Seton Hall .......................... 7:00 ET connecting on 33.3 percent of its shots and commit- Team 3 6-8 % BIG EAST Championship ting a season-high 23 turnovers. Batteast and junior Totals 200 14-42 2-8 18-21 37 8 21 48 19-22 NCAA First/Second Rounds (ESPN) guard Megan Duffy led the Irish with 14 points. Rutgers (59) 26-29 NCAA Regionals (ESPN) West Virginia (16-9, 7-7) has won three in a row Player min fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb ast pf tp Campbell 37 5-11 0-0 0-1 6 0 3 10 April and four of its past five games following a 99-59 rout Richman 25 1-2 0-0 3-8 6 1 4 5 3-5 NCAA Final Four (ESPN) of Providence at home on Tuesday night. The Moun- Jett 13 2-6 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 5 Ajavon 15 2-7 0-2 0-2 2 2 4 4 (Indianapolis, Ind.) taineers shot a staggering 65.5 percent from the floor Newton 38 5-13 1-1 3-4 4 8 4 14 (57.1 percent from three-point range) to easily dis- Locke 16 1-2 1-2 0-0 3 0 1 3 * BIG EAST Conference game Carson 8 1-7 0-0 2-4 4 0 1 4 # Sportsview.tv Preseason WNIT (contested at campus sites) patch the Friars. Sophomore guard Meg Bulger led Adams 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 $ BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge (Notre Dame, Ind.) Reed 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 % To be played at Hartford Civic Center (Hartford, Conn.) five WVU players in double figures with 28 points. Pondexter 38 5-7 2-3 1-2 4 2 2 13 (COM) Game to be televised on Comcast Local (Detroit) Bulger, the BIG EAST’ s leading scorer, is aver- Theodoris 8 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 1 (ESPN/ESPN2) Game to be televised on ESPN or ESPN2 Team 3 aging 20.5 points per game while shooting .490 from Totals 200 22-56 5-11 10-23 34 15 20 59 Numbers before opponent name indicate Notre Dame’s ranking in AP and ESPN/USA Today polls at tipoff; numbers after opponent the floor and .463 from the three-point line. Senior Notre Dame 20 28 -- 48 name indicate its ranking; one number indicates AP rank only. guard Yolanda Paige is averaging 11.3 points and Rutgers 32 27 -- 59 Boldface indicates home game played at Joyce Center (11,418) 9.1 assists per game, leading the nation in the latter FG Pct: Notre Dame 33.3, Rutgers 39.3. 3-PT FG Pct: Notre Dame All times are local to site // Dates and times subject to change 25.0, Rutgers 45.5. FT Pct: Notre Dame 85.7, Rutgers 43.5. Turn- category. overs: Notre Dame 23, Rutgers 13. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 4, WVU head coach Mike Carey has a 66-47 (.584) Rutgers 4. Steals: Notre Dame 5, Rutgers 16 (Newton 5). Atten- dance: 7,725. record in four years at the school. 2004-05 FIGHTING IRISH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FEBRUARY 26, 2005 NOTRE DAME VS. WEST VIRGINIA A QUICK LOOK AT THE FIGHTING IRISH One of the primary goals for Notre Dame this season has been to put itself in position to contend for a Page 2 national championship. As the regular season winds down, the Irish certainly have done just that, post- ing a 23-4 record (11-3 in the BIG EAST) with seven victories over ranked opponents, including four against top-10 foes. Notre Dame also won the Sportsview.tv Preseason WNIT in mid-November, claim- ing its first regular-season tournament title since 2000-01. ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL Below the surface, it’s apparent the Irish have been strong in nearly all facets of their game. They (Feb. 21) are 10-2 on the road, making big strides from last year’s struggles away from home. Notre Dame also has shown excellent resiliency, losing back-to-back games just once all season and rebounding from Rk. Team Record Previous 1. LSU (45) 25-1 1 those two losses with a season-long 10-game winning streak (the program’s longest since the ’00-01 2. Duke 25-2 3 campaign). And, the Irish have displayed an ability to win games in numerous different ways — last- 3. Stanford 24-2 4 second buzzer beaters (Marquette), thrilling second half comebacks (Duke, Ohio State, Rutgers, Bos- 4. Ohio State 25-3 2 ton College), gritty road victories (Connecticut, USC), defensive battles (Seton Hall) and high-scoring 5. Tennessee 21-4 6 shootouts (Purdue, Illinois State). 6. (tie) Michigan State 24-3 9 (tie) Baylor 21-3 7 Despite the added focus shown to her by opposing teams, senior All-America forward Jacqueline 8. North Carolina 22-3 8 Batteast was a major catalyst for the Irish this season, averaging 17.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.0 9.