1 FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA Primary Women’s Basketball Contact Josh Bates [email protected] @Josh13Bates 574-310-9954 GAME 1 OHIO UNIVERSITY (1-0) 2020-21 RESULTS (0-0) GAME INFO Date Opponent TV Time/Result Friday, Nov. 27 | Noon ET Athens, Ohio | Convocation Center 11/27 @ Ohio University ESPN+ Noon ESPN+ (Subscription) Marty Bannister, Jacki Windon 11/29 Miami (OH) ACCN 4 pm 12/3 Michigan ACCN 6 pm 99.9 WQLQ-FM Sean Stires 12/6 IUPUI ACCNX 2 pm 12/13 Georgia Tech* ACCNX 2 pm Follow the live stats on UND.com 12/17 Virginia Tech* ACCN 6 pm @NDWBB | #GoIrish 12/20 @ Clemson* RSN 3 pm 12/31 @ Miami* ACCN 6 pm THE SERIES 1/3 Georgia Tech* ACCN 4 pm 1/7 @ Boston College* ACCN 8 pm vs OHIO ND leads, 1-0 Last: W, 95-82, in Atlanta, on 11/29/96 Streak: W1 1/10 @ Syracuse* ESPNU TBD at OHIO N/A Last: Streak: 1/14 Pittsburgh* ACCNX 6 pm THE COACHES 1/17 Boston College* ACCN Noon 1/21 @ Virginia Tech* RSN 7 pm Head Coach At School Overall 1/24 @ North Carolina* TBD TBD ND Niele Ivey 0-0 (1st year) Same 1/28 Wake Forest* ACCNX 6 pm OHIO Bob Boldon 150-75 (8th year) 248-163 (14th year) 1/31 Duke* ACCN 4 pm 2/7 @ Louisville* TBD TBD BY THE NUMBERS 2/11 Virginia* RSN 7 pm 657 Amount of three-pointers all 3 Mabreys have made in their collegiate careers 2/15 @ NC State* ESPN2 TBD 599 Days from which Prohaska last stepped on the court for the Irish 2/18 Syracuse* ACCN 8 pm Notre Dame’s record in ACC play 2/22 @ Pittsburgh* ACCN 8 pm 99-15 NCAA Tournament wins - 4th most in Division I 2/25 Florida State* ACCNX 7 pm 67 Brunelle three-pointers last season - ranked as second most by a ND freshman 2/28 Louisville* TBD TBD 58 3/3-7 ACC Championships# TBD TBD 27 Total conference championships 3/19-22 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds! TBD TBD 24 Straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Still in tact 3/26-29 NCAA Regionals! TBD TBD 22 Different All-Americans // Notre Dame’s Preseason AP Ranking 4/2-4 NCAA Final Four! TBD TBD 18.1 ppg from Destinee Walker in the month of February of 2020 17-2 ACC Tournament record in seven years in the league 15 total women in NCAA D-I history who have played and coached for the same ranked team - includes Ivey 13.9 Brunelle’s scoring average led all freshmen in the ACC. Gilbert ranked 2nd with her 13.6 ppg. * - Atlantic Coast Conference game 30-win seasons in program history # - ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) 11 ! - NCAA Championship 9 Final Four appearances - ranks as fifth most 7 NCAA Title game appearances - 1 of 4 schools to do so (Tennessee, UConn and La Tech) ND is the only Power-Five school to return five double-digit scorers. Add Dara to the mix and that’s an 5 unprecedented six. 3 Mabrey sisters - Dara completes the Mabrey lineage at NDWBB, following Michaela and Marina National Titles - Notre Dame is the seventh program with multiple national championships // 2 Class of 2021 2 Signees in Olivia Miles and Sonia Citron 1st Year of the Ivey Era // 1st black female head coach at Notre Dame 2020-21 NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 NOTRE DAME ROSTER PRONUNCIATION No. Name Position Height Year Hometown Previous School Katlyn Gilbert Kate-lyn Anaya Peoples Uh-nay-uh 1 Dara Mabrey G 5-7 Jr. Belmar, N.J. Manasquan Abby Prohaska Pro-hask-kuh 3 Amirah Abdur-Rahim F 6-3 Fr. Marietta, Ga. St. Francis Dara Mabrey Dare-uh 5 Alasia Hayes G 5-7 Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. Riverdale Niele Ivey Knee-L 10 Katlyn Gilbert G 5-10 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. Heritage Christian 12 Abby Prohaska G 5-10 Jr. Liberty Township, Ohio Lakota West 15 Natalija Marshall F 6-4 Fr. Queens, N.Y. Christ the King TEAM INFORMATION 20 Nicole Benz G 5-8 Sr. Valencia, Calif. William S. Hart Conference Atlantic Coast Home Arena (Capacity) Purcell Pavilion (9,149) 21 Anaya Peoples G 5-10 So. Danville, Ill. Schlarman Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 23 Alli Campbell G 6-0 Fr. Altoona, Penn. Bellwood-Antis Total Returning/Lost 7/3 Newcomers 6 24 Destinee Walker G 5-10 Gr. Orlando, Fla. North Carolina First Season 1977-78 30 Mikki Vaughn C 6-3 Sr. Philadelphia, Penn. Paul VI/Friends’ Central Full Seasons 43 All-Time Record 1,012-351 (.742) 33 Sam Brunelle F 6-2 So. Ruckersville, Va. William Monroe NCAA Appearances/Record 26 / 67-24 (.736) 34 Maddy Westbeld F 6-3 Fr. Kettering, Ohio Fairmont First/Last NCAA Appearance 1992 / 2018 ACC Member 2013-14 - present Karen & Kevin Keyes Women’s Basketball Head Coach Niele Ivey Notre Dame ‘00 1st Season ACC Regular Season 99-15 (.868) ACC Tournament 17-2 (.895) Associate Head Coach Carol Owens Northern Illinois ‘90 21st Season ACC Tournament Championships 5 (2014-17, 19) Associate Head Coach Coquese Washington Notre Dame ‘93 9th Season / 1st Back Assistant Coach Michaela Mabrey Notre Dame ‘16 2nd Season NATIONAL RANKINGS Director of Operations Angie Potthoff Penn State ‘97 2nd Season 2020-21 AP TOP 25 2020-21 USA TODAY COACHES Video Coordinator James Spinelli Temple ‘14 3rd Season (Preseason) (Week 1) 1. South Carolina 1. South Carolina Sport Administrator Katie Capps Western Kentucky ‘02 6th Season 2. Stanford 2. Stanford 3. UConn 3. UConn 4. Baylor 4. Baylor NCAA HISTORY Irish have been more successful than any other regular- 5. Louisville 5. Louisville Notre Dame has competed in 26 NCAA Championships. ly-appearing school at that stage, as their .900 winning 6. Mississippi St 6. NC State 7. Arizona 7. Mississippi St Their 24 straight appearances mark the fourth longest percentage (9-1) is the best of any program to play in at 8. NC State 8. Arizona active streak in the country and fifth best all-time. Due least five Elite Eights. 9. UCLA 9. Oregon 10. Oregon 10. UCLA to Covid-19 canceling the 2020 NCAA Tournament, the 11. Kentucky 11. Maryland NCAA has ruled that all active streaks remain intact. Best Elite Eight Winning % (Min. Five App.) 12. Maryland 12. Kentucky No. School Record Pct. 13. Texas A&M 13. Texas A&M 1. Notre Dame 9-1 .900 14. Arkansas 14. Arkansas Most Consecutive NCAA Berths 2. UConn 20-5 .800 15. Iowa St 15. Indiana No. School Streak Years 3. Stanford 13-7 .650 16. Indiana 16. Northwestern 1. Tennessee 38 1982-2019* 4. Tennessee 18-10 .643 17. Northwestern 17. Oregon St 2. Stanford 32 1988-2019* 18. Oregon St 18. Iowa St 3. UConn 31 1989-2019* 19. DePaul 19. DePaul 4. Louisiana Tech 25 1982-2011 Finally, Notre Dame has advanced to 17 Sweet 16s. The 20. Ohio St 20. Gonzaga 5. Notre Dame 24 1996-2019* 21. Gonzaga 21. Syracuse Irish are one of four schools to make the last 10 straight 22. Notre Dame 22. Ohio St * denotes active streak Sweet 16s, joining UConn, Stanford and Baylor. 23. Syracuse 23. Notre Dame 24. Missouri St 24. Michigan 25. Michigan 25. Missouri St The Irish are 67-24 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, as IVEY ERA their 67 wins rank fourth all-time. Receiving Votes: Receiving Votes: The passing of the torch from Naismith Memorial Texas 24, South Dakota 21, Florida Texas 72, South Dakota 25, Basketball Hall of Famer Muffet McGraw to Niele Ivey is State 12, North Carolina 10, Arizo- Florida State 23, Iowa 13, North Notre Dame joins Louisiana Tech, USC and Stanford with complete. Welcome to the Ivey Era. McGraw retired with na State 6, Princeton 5, Marquette Carolina 11, Arizona State 11, two NCAA titles behind UConn (11), Tennessee (8) and 936 career wins, which ranked sixth all-time among 4, South Dakota State 3, Boston South Florida 9, Middle Tennessee Baylor (3). College 2, Tennessee 1, Rutgers 1, 7, Rutgers 7, Virginia Tech 6, Division I coaches Duke 1, South Florida 1, USC 1 Tennessee 4, Florida Gulf Coast 3, BYU 3, Princeton 3, South Dakota Notre Dame is one of three schools (Tennessee & UConn) Enter Ivey, who can be linked to all nine of Notre Dame’s State 2, James Madison 2, UT to reach seven NCAA Title games. Their nine Final Four Final Fours - two as a player and seven as an assistant Martin 1, LSU 1 appearances are the fifth-most of any school behind coach. All-in-all, Ivey spent 17 combined years on Tennessee (18), UConn (18), Stanford (13) and La Tech campus before receiving the head coaching job. (10). In fact, Notre Dame’s last decade of dominance (2010- The Irish have reached 10 Elite Eights. In fact, Notre 19) had Ivey’s handprints written all over it. No other Dame and UConn are the only teams to reach the Elite program had produced more trips to the national title Eight eight times over the last 10 tournaments. Yet, the 2020-21 NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL NOTES 3 NOTRE DAME ACC STATS game (six) in that span. Plus, the Irish posted the third PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH Team Stats ACC Only (Rk) All Games (Rk) most wins (339) during that span as well. That decade Team ACC Record Overall Record Scoring Offense 63.1 (10) 64.8 (10) also consisted of 14 conference championships (eight 1. Louisville 2. NC State Scoring Defense 67.9 (12) 68.4 (14) regular-season plus six tournament titles split between the BIG EAST and ACC), seven Final Fours and a 2018 3.