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 29 23-5 / 12-2 BIG EAST #8/7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (23-5 / 12-2 BIG EAST) vs. N3 (12/12) Michigan Tech (exhib.) W, 102-30 Cincinnati Bearcats (8-18 / 1-13 BIG EAST) N12 (12/12) New Hampshire W, 99-48 uDATE: February 26, 2011 uWEBCAST: UND.com (live) N15 (12/12) Morehead State W, 91-28 uTIME: 2:00 p.m. ET uRADIO: Pulse FM (96.9/92.1) (live) N18 (12/12) UCLA (15/15)1 L, 83-862OT uAT: Notre Dame, Ind. Bob Nagle, p-b-p N21 (12/12) @ Kentucky (9/10)FSS L, 76-81 Purcell Pavilion (9,149) uLIVE STATS: UND.com N26 (18/16) IUPUI2 W, 95-29 uSERIES: ND leads 6-0 uTWITTER: @ndwbbsid/@UND_com N27 (18/16) Wake Forest2 W, 92-69 u1ST MTG: ND 67-58 (2/13/82) uTEXT ALERT: Sign up at UND.com 2 uLAST MTG: ND 66-50 (2/9/10) uTICKETS: (574) 631-7356 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 Notre Dame is 27-6 (.818) all-time on Senior u Notre Dame: www.UND.com D8 (18/18) • @ Providence W, 79-43 Day, including a 20-3 (.870) record during the u Cincinnati: www.gobearcats.com D11 (18/18) Creighton W, 91-54 Muffet McGraw era. u BIG EAST: www.bigeast.org D20 (17/16) @ Valparaiso W, 94-43 u The Fighting Irish are 36-7 (.837) all-time at 3 home against Ohio schools, including an ac- D29 (16/14) vs. Gonzaga W, 70-61 Setting The Standard 3 tive 16-game winning streak that dates back Under the guidance of 24th-year head coach D30 (16/14) vs. Loyola Marymount W, 91-47 to 1993. Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J2 (16/14) Southeast Missouri State W, 97-21 one of the country’s leading women’s basketball J5 (13/12) • @ Marquette W, 73-55 ith the regular season entering its final powers. The Irish have appeared in 17 NCAA J8 (13/12) • Connecticut (2/2)CBS L, 76-79 weekend, No. 8/7 Notre Dame will take Tournaments (including a current streak of 15 J12 (12/12) • Louisville W, 80-60 time to honor its departing seniors as in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 W J15 (12/12) • @ Pittsburgh W, 82-50 the Fighting Irish play their final home game of eight times in the past 14 seasons. Notre Dame CBS C the 2010-11 season Saturday when they wel- also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four J18 (11/10) • Georgetown (16/17) W, 80-58 come Cincinnati to Purcell Pavilion for a 2 p.m. twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate J23 (11/10) • St. John’s (rv/23)ESPNU W, 69-36 (ET) matinee. Notre Dame also is seeking to re- prize with the 2001 national championship. J29 (9/9) • @ Villanova W, 58-43 cord 15 home wins for the second consecutive In its history, Notre Dame has developed F1 (8/8) • Syracuse (rv/25) W, 71-48 season and just the fifth time in program history. nine All-Americans, 10 WNBA players (including F5 (8/8) • @ South Florida W, 76-68 The Fighting Irish (23-5, 12-2 BIG EAST) seven draft picks in the past decade) and four returned to the win column on Tuesday with a USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). F8 (8/8) • Seton Hall W, 89-38 72-60 victory at No. 19/18 West Virginia, earn- Now in their 34th season in 2010-11, the Irish F12 (8/8) • Rutgers W, 71-49 ing their fourth win over a ranked opponent this own an all-time record of 712-307 (.699). F19 (8/8) • @ Connecticut (2/2)BETV L, 57-78 season. Notre Dame shot a blistering 57.7 per- F22 (8/7) • @ West Virginia (19/18)CBS C W, 72-60 cent from the floor and led by double digits for Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw F26 (8/7) • Cincinnati 2:00 ET much of the night, bumping its lead as high as Saint Joseph’s ’77 F28 • @ DePaulCBS C 9:00 ET 18 points in the second half. u 24th season at Notre Dame 4 Junior guard Natalie Novosel led four Fight- • 548-208 (.725) at Notre Dame M4 BIG EAST 1st Round TBA ing Irish players in double figures with a game- • 636-249 (.719) in 29th season overall M5 BIG EAST 2nd Round4-BETV TBA high 22 points, while senior forward Devereaux u 2011 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee M6 BIG EAST Quarterfinal4-ESPNU TBA Peters added 16 points in just 22 minutes. u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year M7 BIG EAST Semifinal4-ESPNU 6/8:00 ET 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 Rankings M19- NCAA 1st-2nd Rounds5-ESPN/ESPN2 TBA u e Notr Dame is No. 8 in the latest Associated • 2001 BIG EAST Coach of the Year 22 Press poll and is No. 7 in the current ESPN/ • 1991 Midwestern Collegiate Coach of the Year 6-ESPN USA Today poll. • 1988 North Star Coach of the Year M26- NCAA Regionals TBA u Cincinnati is not ranked. • 1983 East Coast Coach of the Year 29 u 2009 WBCA Carol Eckman Award recipient A3 NCAA National Semifinals7-ESPN TBA A5 NCAA Championship Game7-ESPN TBA Notre Dame’s Possible Starting Lineup (C = captain) (x) = numbers before opponent name indicate ND rank in AP/ESPN-USA Today polls; numbers after are opponent rank; when only one ranking is No Name Pos Ht Yr* PPG RPG Other Notes shown, it is from the AP poll. 14 Devereaux Peters F 6-2 Sr. 11.4 7.0 1.8 spg • 1 of 2 in top 15 in conf. in reb/blk/stl (M. Moore) 32 Becca Bruszewski (C) F 6-1 Sr. 9.2 5.3 1.5 apg • Averaging 10.5 points in last 11 games • = BIG EAST Conference game 1 = Super Six Series (Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center - Notre Dame, Ind.) 4 Skylar Diggins G 5-9 So. 14.0 4.1 4.7 apg • 7th “5-5-5” game of year at WVU (10p/7r/7a) 2 = WBCA Classic (Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center - Notre Dame, Ind.) 21 Natalie Novosel G 5-11 Jr. 15.0 4.0 2.0 apg • Dbl-fig pts 12 of last 13 gms (all in BIG EAST) 3 = State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic (KeyArena - Seattle, Wash.) 4 = BIG EAST Championship (XL Center - Hartford, Conn.) 22 Brittany Mallory (C) G 5-10 Sr. 6.8 1.9 2.7 apg • Perfect shooting at WVU (4-4 FG, 9 pts) 5 = NCAA 1st/2nd rounds (at campus sites) Off the Bench For the Fighting Irish 6 = NCAA Regionals (at Dallas, Dayton, Philadelphia, Spokane) 2 Veronica Badway G 5-7 Jr. 0.5 0.2 0.1 spg • Walk-on hit 3FG in 2nd half vs. SEMO 7 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind.) 11 Natalie Achonwa F 6-3 Fr. 7.8 5.3 1.2 apg • .561 FG% (6th BIG EAST/2nd BE frosh) FSS = Game televised on Fox Sports South 12 Fraderica Miller G 5-10 Jr. 2.1 2.4 1.7 spg • 1 of 5 ND players w/ 35+ steals this yr CBS C = Games to be televised on CBS College Sports 15 Kaila Turner G 5-8 So. 3.2 1.3 2.1 apg • Second on team with 1.59 A/TO ratio BETV = Games to be televised on BIG EAST Network package 23 Kayla McBride G 5-11 Fr. 8.7 3.3 1.5 apg • Out for season (off-the-court issue) NOTE: All home games not scheduled for commercial TV tentatively will 41 Mary Forr F 5-11 Sr. 1.6 0.7 0.2 apg • Walk-on had 5 pts, 2 rebs. at Pittsburgh be webcast live and free of charge at UND.com. 44 Ariel Braker F 6-1 Fr. 1.7 2.3 0.6 bpg • 1 reb. per 2.6 min played (leads team) All games will be broadcast live on radio by South Bend’s Pulse FM * = players listed by academic class (Mallory and Peters retain additional year of eligibility) (96.9/92.1) and worldwide on the Internet at UND.com. Pronunciations: Achonwa (uh-CHAWN-wuh); Bruszewski (broo-SHEFF-skee); Fraderica (fruh-DARE-uh-kuh); Kaila (KAY-luh); Novosel (KNOW-vuh-sell) All times Eastern // Dates and times subject to change 2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 1 fighting irish women’s basketball 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish Quick Hitters tics report. Notre Dame ranks third in the Notre Dame Athletic Media Relations • With its season-high No. 8 ranking in nation in scoring margin (+25.8) and field C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor the Feb. 21 Associated Press poll, Notre goal percentage (.491); fourth in steals Notre Dame, IN 46556 (13.6 spg.); fifth in three-point percentage phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 Dame now has appeared in the AP poll for Chris Masters, Associate Media Relations Director (WBB) a school-record 74 consecutive weeks, defense (.249); sixth in assists (18.3 apg.); [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 extending the program standard that began and seventh in scoring offense (79.8 ppg.) with the 2007-08 preseason poll.