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1 ND Women s Basketball: Game 38 NCAA Women s Final Four National Semifinal #2/2 [#1 seed] Notre Dame Fighting Irish (35-2 / 15-1 ACC) vs. #3/4 [#1 seed] South Carolina Gamecocks (34-2 / 15-1 SEC) udate: April 5, 2015 utime: 6:30 p.m. ET uat: Tampa, Fla. Amalie Arena (21,058) useries: USC leads 2-1 ustreak: ND - won 1 u1st MTG: USC (1/31/81) ulast MTG: ND (11/27/09) Storylines u Notre Dame has advanced to the NCAA Women s Final Four for the fifth consecutive season and seventh time in program history. u The Fighting Irish will face their 14th ranked opponent of the season (fifth in the past seven games), and their eighth top-10 foe (third in six games). For the fifth year in a row, No. 2 Notre Dame finds itself playing on the last weekend of the college basketball season, as the Fighting Irish take on No. 3/4 South Carolina in an NCAA Women s Final Four national semifinal game at 6:30 p.m. (ET) Sunday at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The game will be televised live on ESPN and through the WatchESPN app. Notre Dame (35-2) picked up its 21st consecutive win and the NCAA Oklahoma City Regional title on March 29 with a win over No. 5/6 Baylor. The Fighting Irish trailed by nine points early on, but used a 14-5 first-half run to build the momentum to push past the Bears. Sophomore guard Lindsay Allen was named the regional s Most Outstanding Player after scoring a team-high 23 points against Baylor, while freshman forward Brianna Turner added a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Rankings u Notre Dame is No. 2 in the final Associated Press poll and is No. 2 in the latest WBCA/ USA Today poll. u South Carolina is No. 3 in the final Associated Press poll and is No. 4 in the latest WBCA/USA Today poll. NOTRE DAME Women s Basketball NCAA National Champions 2011, 2012, 2014 NCAA Finalists 7 NCAA Women s Final Fours 20 Conference Championships utv: ESPN/WatchESPN (live) Dave O Brien, p-b-p Doris Burke, color Holly Rowe, sideline uradio: Pulse FM (96.9/92.1)/WatchND (live) Bob Nagle, p-b-p Ruth Riley, color ustats/twitter: UND.com/@NDsidMasters Web Sites u Notre Dame: u South Carolina: u ACC: u SEC: Setting The Standard Under the guidance of veteran head coach Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into one of the nation s elite women s basketball powers. The Fighting Irish have appeared in 22 NCAA Championships (including a current streak of 20 in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet times in the past 19 years. Notre Dame also has reached the NCAA Women s Final Four seven times, winning college basketball s ultimate prize with the 2001 national championship. In its history, Notre Dame has developed 18 All-Americans, 15 WNBA players (including 12 draft picks in the past 14 years) and 17 international basketball veterans (26 medals won). Now in their 38th season in , the Fighting Irish own an all-time record of (.730). Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Women s Basketball Coach Saint Joseph s 77 u 28th season at Notre Dame ( ,.760) (.751) in 33rd season overall u 2011 Women s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee u 2001, 2013, 2014 consensus National Coach of the Year u Six-time conference Coach of the Year Atlantic Coast 2001, BIG EAST Midwestern Collegiate (Horizon League) North Star East Coast (while at Lehigh) Schedule 35-2 / 15-1 ACC N5 (3/3) Ferris State (exhibition) W, N14 (3/3) UMass Lowell WatchND W, N19 Michigan State (15/17) BTN W, N21 (3/2) Chattanooga WatchND W, N23 (3/2) Holy Cross 1-WatchND W, N24 (2/2) Harvard 1-WatchND W, N25 (2/1) Quinnipiac 1-WatchND W, N30 (2/1) vs. Kansas 1-ESPN3 W, D3 (2/1) Maryland (15/10) 2-ESPN3 W, D6 (2/1) Connecticut (3/3) 3-ESPN L, D10 DePaul (25/25) Fox Sports 2 W, OT D13 (5/4) Michigan WatchND W, D21 (5/4) Saint Joseph s (Pa.) WatchND W, D28 UCLA Pac-12 W, J2 (4/4) Florida State WatchND W, J4 Syracuse (21/22) ACC-RSN W, J8 Miami ESPN3 L, J11 (4/4) Boston College ESPN3 W, J15 North Carolina (12/10) ACC-RSN W, J19 (6/7) Tennessee (5/6) ESPN2-BM W, J22 (6/5) Georgia Tech ESPN3 W, J24 Clemson W, J29 Virginia Tech ESPN3 W, F1 (4/4) Wake Forest ACC-RSN W, F5 (4/4) Virginia ESPN3 W, F8 Boston College W, F16 (4/4) Duke (10/11) ESPN2-BM W, F19 Georgia Tech ACC-RSN W, F23 (4/4) Louisville (8/7) ESPN2-BM W, F26 (4/4) Pittsburgh ESPN3 W, M1 North Carolina State ESPN3 W, M6 (2/2) vs. Miami 4-ACC-RSN W, M7 (2/2) vs. Duke (16/16) 4-ESPNU W, M8 (2/2) vs. Florida State (7/6) 4-ESPN W, M20 (2/2) Montana 5-ESPN2 W, M22 (2/2) DePaul 5-ESPN W, M27 (2/2) vs. Stanford (14/17) 6-ESPN W, M29 (2/2) vs. Baylor (5/6) 6-ESPN W, A5 (2/2) vs. South Carolina (3/4) 7-ESPN 6:30 ET A7 NCAA Championship Game 7-ESPN 8:30 ET (x) = numbers before opponent name indicate ND rank in Associated Press/WBCA-USA Today polls; numbers after are opponent rank; when only one ranking is shown, it is from the AP poll. Notre Dame s Possible Starting Lineup (C = captain) No Name Pos Ht Yr* PPG RPG Other Notes 11 Brianna Turner F 6-3 Fr bpg 1st frosh to lead NCAA in FG% (.656) since Taya Reimer F 6-3 So apg 11.3 ppg,.580 FG% last 10 gms (14p/10r vs. DPU) 15 Lindsay Allen G 5-7 So apg OKC Regional MVP (25.5 ppg, 5.5 apg, 5.0 rpg) 23 Michaela Mabrey (C) G 5-10 Jr apg 4-4 3FG vs. BU (best-ever by ND player in NCAA tourn.) 32 Jewell Loyd G 5-10 Jr apg 1st-tm All-America; 23.7 ppg. vs. Top 25 Off the Bench For the Fighting Irish 3 Whitney Holloway (C) G 5-4 Sr apg 1st career start vs. PITT (season-high 3r/3a) 14 Mychal Johnson G 5-8 Fr apg Career-high 17 pts (5-6 3FG) vs. UTC 21 Kristina Nelson F 6-3 So. Will miss season (shoulder surgery) 22 Madison Cable G 5-11 Sr spg 1st reserve to lead ND in steals since Hannah Huffman G 5-9 Jr apg Balanced effort vs. Stanford (4p/5r/3a) 33 Kathryn Westbeld F 6-2 Fr apg 1 of 5 ND players with 40 steals this yr 34 Markisha Wright (C) F 6-2 Sr apg Career-best.561 FG% this yr (6-6 vs. PITT) 35 Diamond Thompson C 6-4 So bpg Doubled point production from last yr * = players listed by academic class (Cable did not play in and has an additional season of athletic eligibility) Pronunciations: Michaela Mabrey (MAY-bree); Taya Reimer (TAY-uh RYE-mer); Brianna (bree-on-uh) Turner; Markisha (marr-key-shuh) Wright = Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) game 1 = Hall of Fame Challenge (Nov. 30 at Uncasville, Conn. - Mohegan Sun Arena) 2 = ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Fort Wayne, Ind. - Allen County War Memorial Coliseum) 3 = Jimmy V Women s Classic (Notre Dame, Ind. - Purcell Pavilion) 4 = ACC Championship (Greensboro, N.C. - Greensboro Coliseum) 5 = NCAA Championship - First/Second Rounds (Notre Dame, Ind. - Purcell Pavilion) 6 = NCAA Championship - Regional (Oklahoma City, Okla. - Chesapeake Energy Arena) 7 = NCAA Women s Final Four (Tampa, Fla. - Amalie Arena) BM = Games televised live as part of ESPN2 s Big Monday package ACC-RSN = Games televised live on ACC/Regional Sports Networks BTN = Game televised live on Big Ten Network PAC-12 = Game televised live on Pac-12 Networks WatchND = Game streamed live and free of charge on official Notre Dame athletics multimedia platform, WatchND (watchnd.tv) All games will be broadcast live on South Bend s Pulse FM (96.9/92.1) and worldwide on Internet (some simulcast with live stream, some audio-only broadcasts) on WatchND (watchnd.tv). All times Eastern and subject to change // All home games in boldface 1

2 NOTRE DAME LAST IRISH #2 Notre Dame 77, #5/6 Baylor 68 NCAA Oklahoma City Regional Final March 29, 2015 Chesapeake Energy Arena (Oklahoma City, Okla.) Baylor (68) Davis Agbuke Johnson Prince Wright Cohen Wallace Cave Team 4 Totals Notre Dame (77) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Cable Huffman Westbeld Team 6 Totals Baylor Notre Dame FG Pct: Baylor 42.0, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Baylor 33.3, Notre Dame FT Pct: Baylor 77.8, Notre Dame Turnovers: Baylor 11, Notre Dame 11. Blocked Shots: Baylor 1, Notre Dame 7 (Turner, Reimer, Cable 2). Steals: Baylor 8 (Davis, Agbuke, Prince 2), Notre Dame 6 (Allen 4). Flagrant Foul: Agbuke (BU). Attendance: 3, Quick Hitters Notre Dame has advanced to the NCAA Women s Final Four for the fifth consecutive season and the seventh time in program history. The Fighting Irish are the fourth Division I team to reach five Final Fours in a row (along with Connecticut, LSU and Stanford) and fifth to make seven all-time (Tennessee, Connecticut, Louisiana Tech and Stanford). Notre Dame is one of two teams in the nation to make the Elite Eight the past five years (Connecticut is the other). Notre Dame s current 21-game winning streak ties the fourth-longest in program history. For the fourth year in a row, the Fighting Irish have fashioned a winning streak of 20 games or more, including last year s schoolrecord 37-game success string. Notre Dame was the only school in the country to have both its men s and women s basketball teams reach this year s NCAA Elite Eight. This marked the first time in school history that both Fighting Irish basketball programs advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight and each won 30 games in the same season. Between its men s and women s basketball programs, Notre Dame has posted the most combined wins (school-record 67) and best combined winning percentage (.893; 67-8) of any school in the country this season. Notre Dame swept the ACC regular-season and tournament titles for the second consecutive season, becoming the third conference school ever to pull off that feat and the first since Duke in 2003 and The Fighting Irish earned their fourth consecutive outright conference regular-season championship (including their final two years in the BIG EAST), the longest string of consecutive conference crowns in program history (previous was three from in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference/ Horizon League). Notre Dame claimed its third consecutive conference tournament title, beginning with the 2013 BIG EAST championship and continuing the past two years in the ACC. The last time the Fighting Irish won three consecutive league tournament crowns was , when they won four in a row in the MCC/Horizon League. Thanks to the Fighting Irish men s basketball team winning its 2015 ACC Tournament a week after the women, Notre Dame became the first school from outside the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) to win both ACC postseason crowns in the same year. Notre Dame was ranked No. 2 in the final Associated Press poll, its 85th consecutive week in the AP Top 10 and 79th of the past 85 weeks in the AP Top 5. Notre Dame has appeared in the AP poll for 155 consecutive weeks, extending a program record that dates back to the preseason poll, and ranking sixth in the nation among active AP poll appearances. What s more, every current Fighting Irish player has competed for a top-10 Notre Dame squad during her career, never ranking lower than seventh in that time ( to present). Notre Dame is ranked No. 2 in the latest Women s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)/USA Today poll, after previously spending two weeks (Nov. 25 and Dec. 2) as the nation s No. 1 team. It was the first time the Fighting Irish had been the topranked team in either major national poll since April 1, 2001, when they were No. 1 in the coaches poll following a win over Purdue that secured the program s first NCAA national championship. Notre Dame ranks among the top 15 in eight NCAA statistical categories (as of March 31), including five top-10 rankings field-goal percentage (2nd -.498), scoring margin (4th ppg.), scoring offense (5th ppg.), three-point percentage (5th -.385) and assists (7th apg.). The Fighting Irish also rank 12th in personal fouls (14.2 per game), 14th in assist/turnover ratio (1.21) and 15th in rebounding margin (+8.6 rpg.), as well as third in the non-statistical measure of win-loss percentage (.948). Notre Dame has a remarkable tradition of success at home inside Purcell Pavilion, with the Fighting Irish owning a (.822) all-time record in 38 seasons at the facility, including a 96-6 (.941) record since the arena was renovated prior to the season. Including regular season and postseason play, the Fighting Irish have won 75 of their last 79 games against conference opponents (and 26 in a row at home), dating back to their membership in the BIG EAST. Since joining the ACC prior to last season, fighting irish women s basketball Covering the Irish Notre Dame Athletic Media Relations C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor Notre Dame, IN phone (574) // fax (574) Chris Masters, Associate Media Relations Director (WBB) masters.5@nd.edu // cell (574) Russell Dorn, Assistant Media Relations Director (WBB) dorn.7@nd.edu // cell (574) Media Services The official Notre Dame athletics web site (UND.com) contains schedules, rosters, updated statistics and some historical information from previous seasons. Highresolution color headshots and action photos of Fighting Irish players, coaches and staff are available upon request. In-Season Interview Policy All Notre Dame player/coach interview requests must be made through Chris Masters and 24 hours notice is appreciated. Be aware that student-athletes academic obligations always take priority before any interview requests. Media members also may speak to Fighting Irish team personnel before or after practice sessions. While most practices are open to the media, some may be closed at the coaching staff s discretion contact Chris Masters for the latest practice schedule and availability. On game days, no interviews will be granted with any Notre Dame player or coach prior to competition. Credentials / Parking Season credentials will be issued to all media covering the Fighting Irish on a regular basis. Please note all Notre Dame basketball season credentials offer access to both Fighting Irish women s and men s basketball games. For single-game credentials, contact Chris Masters no later than 24 hours before tipoff. Credential requests may be submitted via phone, fax or . Passes will be left at the media will call entrance (Gate 8) of Purcell Pavilion, which opens 90 minutes prior to tipoff. Parking is free for all Fighting Irish women s basketball games in the large lot south of Purcell Pavilion. Media members may park in the Gold Lot (exit off Leahy Drive, adjacent to the baseball/soccer stadia southeast of the arena). Broadcast media may temporarily stop at the Gate 6 (loading dock) arena entrance to unload/load their equipment, but then must park in the designated media lot. Credentials remain the property of the University of Notre Dame and may be revoked at any time. Game Notes Notre Dame s game notes package is made available on-line through the official Fighting Irish athletics web site during the season, usually at least one day prior to tipoff. Notre Dame s game notes are in Adobe PDF format and will be distributed via electronic means only ( or web). Please contact Chris Masters if you wish to be added to the distribution list for Notre Dame s regular women s basketball releases. Gameday Services Gameday packages containing game notes, programs and other information will be available prior to all home contests. A pre-game meal also will be served in the Monogram Room media area (exit through stands above Gate 6 to right of press row, entrance on right after exiting outer concourse doors) beginning one hour before tipoff. A bank of statistics monitors is located on press row for the media s convenience. Final statistics books include an official NCAA box score and play-by-play. Purcell Pavilion also offers wireless Internet capability check with Chris Masters for access. Post-Game Interviews Following each Notre Dame home game, Fighting Irish head coach Muffet McGraw and selected players, as well as the visiting head coach and selected players, will be available to speak with the media. Post-game press conferences are held in the Hammes Auditorium, located between Gates 1 & 2 on the first floor of Purcell Pavilion (exit court via Gate 1 ramp on opposite end of court from press row, go straight and turn right at the Notre Dame women s basketball office; auditorium entrance will be on your left). Media members should submit player requests for post-game interviews to Chris Masters at the final media timeout of the second half.

3 fighting irish women s basketball Standings (as of March 27) ACC Overall W L W L u(2/2) NOTRE DAME (7/7) Florida State (8/8) Louisville (RV/RV) Syracuse (16/16) Duke (15/12) North Carolina Pittsburgh Miami Georgia Tech North Carolina State Virginia Boston College Wake Forest Virginia Tech Clemson (n) Ranking in latest Associated Press/WBCA-USA Today polls Postseason Awards Player of Year...Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame Freshman of Year... Brianna Turner, Notre Dame Coach of the Year... Sue Semrau, Florida State Defensive Player of Year... Elizabeth Williams, Duke* Sixth Player Award... Shakayla Thomas, Florida State* Scholar-Athlete of the Year... Elizabeth Williams, Duke All-ACC First Team Adut Bulgak, Jr., C... Florida State Kaela Davis, So., G...Georgia Tech Allisha Gray, So., G...North Carolina Dearica Hamby, Sr., F...Wake Forest Brianna Kiesel, Sr., G... Pittsburgh Jewell Loyd, Jr., G... Notre Dame Stephanie Mavunga, So., F...North Carolina Adrienne Motley, So., G... Miami Brianna Turner, Fr., F... Notre Dame Elizabeth Williams, Sr., C/F...Duke All-ACC Second Team *Sara Hammond, Sr., F... Louisville Mariya Moore, Fr., G... Louisville Alexis Peterson, So., G...Syracuse Faith Randolph, Jr., G... Virginia Leticia Romero, So., G... Florida State **Azura Stevens, Fr., F/G...Duke All-ACC Defensive Team Brianna Kiesel, Sr., G... Pittsburgh Jewell Loyd, Jr., G... Notre Dame Alexis Peterson, So., G...Syracuse Brianna Turner, Fr., F... Notre Dame Elizabeth Williams, Jr., C/F...Duke All-ACC Freshman Team *Myisha Hines-Allen, Fr., F... Louisville Mariya Moore, Fr., G... Louisville Azura Stevens, Fr., F/G...Duke Shakayla Thomas, Fr., F... Florida State Brianna Turner, Fr., F... Notre Dame **Mikayla Venson, Fr., G... Virginia * - coaches choice // ** - Blue Ribbon Panel choice NOTES: Blue Ribbon Panel does NOT vote for All-Defensive Team (top votegetter is Defensive Player of Year) or Sixth Player of the Year Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Kay Yow Award) selected by separate committee unless noted, all honorees selected by both the league s coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel. Around the ACC Notre Dame is 38-1 against conference foes (31-1 regular season, 7-0 postseason). The last ACC school to lose only once in regularseason conference play during a two-year span was Duke in 2003 and Senior guards Madison Cable and Whitney Holloway, and senior forward Markisha Wright are the most successful senior class in program history, having helped Notre Dame to a (.940) record in their fouryear careers, surpassing last year s senior class of Natalie Achonwa, Ariel Braker and Kayla McBride, who helped Notre Dame to 138 wins during their four seasons (138-15,.902). Since arriving at Notre Dame in , Cable, Holloway and Wright have paced Notre Dame to two NCAA national championship games and four NCAA Women s Final Fours (plus four conference regularseason titles and three league tournament crowns), as well as a 53-7 record against ranked teams (23-7 against AP Top 10). Of the nine losses suffered by the current Fighting Irish senior class, four were decided by 13 points or less. With 698 victories in her 28 seasons at Notre Dame, head coach Muffet McGraw ranks second on the Fighting Irish athletics all-time coaching wins list (across all sports), trailing only men s/women s fencing coach Michael DeCicco ( from ). With 786 career wins, McGraw ranks 10th in NCAA Division I coaching history. She also is one of two active ACC coaches in the top 10 along with North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell (second with 961). Other Notre Dame Notables Notre Dame is among the nation s winningest programs during the past six seasons ( to u202 present), ranking second with 202 victories. Notre Dame has Winningest Teams ( to present) 219 Connecticut NOTRE DAME 199 Baylor 196 Stanford 179 Tennessee 172 Duke NOTE: through games of March 30. ranked among the top 20 in the nation in average attendance annually since (including top-five rankings the past five years). The Fighting Irish rank fifth in the nation (as of March 31), averaging 8,544 fans per game at home this season, and have drawn at least 5,000 fans to 227 of their last 229 home games, logging 45 Purcell Pavilion sellouts, including 39 since the start of the campaign and four this season. The Fighting Irish have become a regular fixture in the WNBA Draft in recent years, as 12 Notre Dame players have been selected in the past 14 seasons. Kayla McBride and Natalie Achonwa were the most recent Fighting Irish players to be chosen, with McBride going to the San Antonio Stars in the first round (third overall selection) and Achonwa six picks later (No. 9 overall) to the Indiana Fever in the 2014 WNBA Draft. NOTRE DAME LAST IRISH vs. SOUTH CAROLINA #5/6 Notre Dame 78, South Carolina 55 Paradise Jam - Island Division November 27, 2009 Sports & Fitness Center (St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.) Notre Dame (78) Bruszewski Diggins Barlow Lechlitner Schrader Solomon Miller Turner Novosel Mallory Christiansen Williamson Team 6 Totals South Carolina (55) Stephens May Kennedy Sutton Nainima Wilson Falohun Bone Walker Bruner Newton Team 3 Totals Notre Dame South Carolina FG Pct: Notre Dame 47.0, South Carolina PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 27.8, South Carolina FT Pct: Notre Dame 55.0, South Carolina Turnovers: Notre Dame 11, South Carolina 21. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 4, South Carolina 2. Steals: Notre Dame 9 (Diggins 4), South Carolina 4 (Bruner 3). Attendance: 577. It marked the third consecutive year Notre Dame had a player selected No. 3 overall (Devereaux Peters went third to Minnesota in 2012 and Skylar Diggins was chosen in that same spot by Tulsa in 2013), making the Fighting Irish the second program with lottery choices in three consecutive seasons. Diggins was a 2014 All-WNBA First Team selection and the league s Most Improved Player, in addition to earning the starting nod for the West at the 2014 WNBA All-Star Game. Meanwhile, McBride was chosen for the 2014 WNBA All-Rookie Team, the second Fighting Irish alumna in as many years to be selected for the squad (Diggins was picked for 2013 all-rookie honors). Peters earned her first WNBA Championship in 2013 with the Lynx (and fifth by a Notre Dame alumna), who defeated the Atlanta Dream (and former Fighting Irish All-American Ruth Riley) in the WNBA Finals. Riley previously had won a pair of crowns with the Detroit Shock (2003 Finals MVP, 2006), while Coquese Washington toiled for the 2000 Houston Comets and Jacqueline Batteast was Riley s teammate on the 2006 title-winning squad in Detroit. For the eighth year in a row, the Fighting Irish posted a perfect 100 Graduation Success Rate (GSR) score, according to figures released by the NCAA in October. 3

4 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame was one of only four schools in the previous seven years to record a perfect GSR score and play for a national championship in the same season (and the only program to do it more than once, pulling off that feat in 2011, 2012 and 2014). The Notre Dame-South Carolina Series Notre Dame and South Carolina will play for the fourth time on Sunday night, with the Gamecocks holding a 2-1 series lead over the Fighting Irish. South Carolina swept a home-and-home series with Notre Dame in 1981 and 1982 (during the first two seasons the Fighting Irish played at the Division I level), with Notre Dame winning the only matchup between the schools in the past 33 seasons (a decision at the 2009 Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands). The Last Time Notre Dame and South Carolina Met Melissa Lechlitner scored 15 points to lead four Notre Dame players in double figures, and the No. 5 Fighting Irish defeated South Carolina in a Paradise Jam (Island Division) game on Nov. 27, 2009, at the University of the Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Ashley Barlow scored 14 points for Notre Dame, while Skylar Diggins (making her first career start) contributed 12 points and Becca Bruszewski had 11. Valeria Nainima led South Carolina with 15 points and Kelsey Bone scored 14 points. Notre Dame went on a 15-2 run midway through the first half and led by as many as 17 points at After South Carolina pulled to within six early in the second half, the Fighting Irish reeled off an 11-0 run and cruised from there. Lechlitner, one of three senior captains for Notre Dame, hit six of 12 shots, including a pair of three-pointers. Other Notre Dame-South Carolina Series Tidbits Notre Dame has played a team from South Carolina only five times in program history, posting a 3-2 record against the Palmetto State. In addition to their 1-2 series recird against USC, the Fighting Irish are 2-0 alltime against Clemson, including a win in Atlantic Coast Conference play back on Jan. 24 in Notre Dame s first-ever visit to the Tigers Littlejohn Coliseum. South Carolina holds a special place in Fighting Irish women s basketball history, as the Gamecocks former home, Carolina Coliseum/Frank McGuire Arena, was the site of Notre Dame s 1997 NCAA East Regional championship. The Fighting Irish defeated Alabama (87-71) and George Washington (62-52) in Columbia to earn the first of their seven NCAA Women s Final Four berths. Besides being two of the nation s elite players, Notre Dame junior guard Jewell Loyd and South Carolina guard Tiffany Mitchell were teammates on the 2014 USA Basketball 3x3 World Championship Team that struck gold last summer in Moscow, Notre Dame In the Polls Associated Press Poll Weeks Ranked Week Pts Rank All-Time Oct. 31, 2014 (Pre) Nov. 17, Nov. 24, (12) Dec. 1, (13) Dec. 8, Dec. 15, Dec. 22, Dec. 29, Jan. 5, Jan. 12, Jan. 19, Jan. 26, Feb. 2, Feb. 9, Feb. 16, Feb. 23, March 2, March 9, March 16, 2015 (Final) SEASON HIGHS 845 (13) 2 19* 155* WBCA/USA Today Coaches Poll Weeks Ranked Week Pts Rank All-Time Nov. 3, 2014 (Pre) Nov. 18, (6) Nov. 25, (14) Dec. 2, (19) Dec. 9, Dec. 16, (1) Dec. 23, Dec. 30, Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Jan. 20, Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 10, Feb. 17, Feb. 24, March 3, March 10, March 16, SEASON HIGHS 780 (19) 1 19* 121* * = current streak of poll appearances // first-place votes in parentheses Russia. Louisville s Sara Hammond and Tennessee s Cierra Burdick joined Loyd and Mitchell on that USA 3x3 squad. Notre Dame freshman forward Brianna Turner and South Carolina freshman guard/ forward A ja Wilson suited up for the 2014 USA Basketball U19 National Team that won the FIBA Americas U18 Championship last summer in Colorado Springs. That team was led by South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley and the USA U18 roster also included Notre Dame incoming freshman guard/2015 McDonald s High School All-America selection Marina Mabrey (younger sister of current Notre Dame junior guard/tri-captain Michaela Mabrey). Turner and Wilson also were teammates (and the two youngest players) on the 2013 USA Basketball U19 National Team that won the FIBA U19 World Championship in Lithuania. Notre Dame sophomore forward Taya Reimer and South Carolina freshman forward Jatarie White played alongside one another for the 2011 USA Basketball U16 National fighting irish women s basketball National Polls Associated Press Poll March 16, 2015: Poll #19 (FINAL) Team (First-Place Votes) Rec Pts LP 1 uconnecticut (35) NOTRE DAME usouth Carolina umaryland ubaylor utennessee uflorida State ulouisville Arizona State Oregon State Kentucky Mississippi State Princeton ustanford unorth Carolina uduke uchattanooga Iowa George Washington Florida Gulf Coast Texas A&M Northwestern Ohio State California South Florida Others Receiving Votes: udepaul 46, Rutgers 44, Seton Hall 33, Green Bay 19, Western Kentucky 19, LSU 8, James Madison 7, usyracuse 6, Texas 6, uquinnipiac 4, Wichita State 4, Dayton 3. WBCA/USA Today Coaches Poll March 16, 2015: Poll #19 Team (First-Place Votes) Rec Pts LP 1 uconnecticut (32) NOTRE DAME umaryland usouth Carolina utennessee ubaylor uflorida State ulouisville Arizona State Oregon State Kentucky unorth Carolina Princeton Mississippi State Iowa uduke ustanford uchattanooga George Washington Texas A&M Florida Gulf Coast Rutgers Ohio State Seton Hall South Florida Others Receiving Votes: udepaul 47, Northwestern 45, James Madison 33, Texas 19, usyracuse 15, Western Kentucky 15, Nebraska 12, Arkansas-Little Rock 9, California 7, St. John s 3, Tulane 2, uquinnipiac 1, Wichita State 1. LP = last poll u = Notre Dame opponent 4

5 fighting irish women s basketball South Carolina Leads Series 2-1 Date Site Result Score 1/31/81 Notre Dame L /20/82 Columbia L /27/09 St. Thoms, U.S.V.I. 1 W = Paradise Jam Series Scoring Total Average Notre Dame South Carolina Current Win Streak: Notre Dame - 1 game Muffet McGraw vs. South Carolina: 1-0 Dawn Staley vs. Notre Dame: 0-2 (0-1 at Temple) McGraw vs. Staley: McGraw leads 2-0 ND Biggest Win: 23 (78-55 on 11/27/09) USC Biggest Win: 76 ( on 1/31/81) ND Longest Win Streak: 1 (2009) USC Longest Win Streak: 2 ( ) THE TALE OF THE TAPE ND USC Overall/conference record 35-2/ /15-1 AP/WBCA-USA Today poll 2/2 3/4 SCORING Points scored per game Points allowed per game Field goal percentage Three-point percentage Free throw percentage REBOUNDING Rebounds per game Opponent rebs. per game Rebounding margin OTHER Assists per game Turnovers per game Assist/turnover ratio Blocked shots per game Steals per game South Carolina Series Team that earned the gold at the FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Merida, Mexico. Reimer and Notre Dame sophomore guard Lindsay Allen were teammates with South Carolina sophomore center Alaina Coates on the East Team at the 2013 McDonald s High School All-America Game, won by the West, at the United Center in Chicago. Notre Dame freshman forward Kathryn Westbeld played alongside Wilson, White and South Carolina freshman guard Bianca Cuevas on the East Team at the 2014 Mc- Donald s High School All-America Game, won by the West (whose roster included Turner), at Chicago s United Center. Staley and former Notre Dame All-America center Ruth Riley (now a color analyst on Fighting Irish radio broadcasts) were teammates on the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team that went undefeated and won the gold medal at the Athens Games. Staley actually has coached against Notre Dame twice, having also led Temple into Purcell Pavilion on Dec. 14, 2002 (an Fighting Irish win over an Owls squad that included future WNBA All-Star and Tampa Bay resident Candice Dupree). In 2013, the Phoenix Club of Philadelphia debuted the Dawn Staley Award, which is presented annually to the nation s top guard. The inaugural recipient of the award was Notre Dame s Skylar Diggins, while Loyd and Mitchell are two of the four finalists (along with DePaul s Brittany Hrynko and Ohio State s Kelsey Mitchell) for this year s honor. Notre Dame vs. The Southeastern Conference Notre Dame is (.353) all-time against the current Southeastern Conference membership, although it ND vs. SEC Overall Away* ALA ARK AUB UF UGA UK LSU OLE MISS MSU MU TAMU uusc UT VU TOTAL (.353) (.353) * - road/neutral sites combined should be noted that 20 of those losses have come to one opponent (Tennessee). The Fighting Irish are 14-8 in their last 22 meetings with SEC opponents, including wins in 11 of their last 13 games against current members of that conference (including the 2011 NCAA national championship game matchup with Texas A&M, which actually came before the Aggies joined the SEC in the summer of 2012). The Fighting Irish are (.353) all-time against SEC teams away from Purcell Pavilion (road/neutral sites combined). Notre Dame is 2-5 (.286) all-time in the NCAA Championship against current SEC schools, with an 0-2 record at the Women s Final Four (1997 semifinal loss to Tennessee; 2011 national championship game loss to Texas A&M). NOTRE DAME Other NCAA Women s Final Four Tidbits Three of the four head coaches in this year s NCAA Women s Final Four Notre Dame s Muffet McGraw, South Carolina s Dawn Staley and Connecticut s Geno Auriemma hail from the Philadelphia metro area. For only the second time in its seven NCAA Women s Final Four appearances, Notre Dame will not be playing a conference opponent in the national semifinals (the Fighting Irish played former BIG EAST rival Connecticut in 2001, 2011, 2012 and 2013, and former ACC opponent Maryland in 2014, going 4-1 in those games). The lone prior non-conference opponent came in Notre Dame s first Final Four appearance in 1997, when the Fighting Irish coincidentally faced another SEC school, Tennessee (falling in Cincinnati). Notre Dame returns to the state of Florida for the second time this season, having visited Coral Gables on Jan. 8 and dropping a decision at Miami. Despite that loss, the Fighting Irish are 18-4 (.818) all-time when playing in the Sunshine State, regardless of the opponent. The Fighting Irish last played in Tampa on Jan. 8, 2013, edging former BIG EAST opponent South Florida, in overtime at the Sun Dome. Notre Dame is 10-2 all-time against USF (4-1 in Tampa), which is serving as the host for this year s NCAA Women s Final Four. Notre Dame has had eight Florida natives suit up in the program s 38-year history, with its most recent Sunshine State product being 2010 graduate Alena Christiansen (Fort Lauderdale/Cardinal Gibbons HS). Vince Naimoli, who spearheaded the arrival of Major League Baseball s Tampa Bay Rays and was the first owner/managing general partner of the expansion franchise when it debuted 20 years ago, is a 1959 Notre Dame graduate and earned an honorary monogram from the Notre Dame Monogram Club in In 2007, Naimoli and his family donated $5 million towards the Joyce Center arena renovation project, with the Purcell Pavilion club/hospitality area (and two outdoor patios) named the Naimoli Family Club Room (or informally called Club Naimoli ) and overlooking the south side of the Purcell Pavilion court making its debut in Two of Naimoli s daughters are Notre Dame graduates (Alyson 94; Lindsey 05). Naimoli is scheduled to throw out the first pitch at the Rays season opener on Monday before Tampa Bay takes on the Baltimore Orioles at 3:10 p.m. (ET) at Tropicana Field. Irish In The NCAA Championship Notre Dame is wrapping up its 22nd appearance in the NCAA Championship (and 20th in a row) this weekend. The Fighting Irish have a.714 winning percentage (50-20) in NCAA Championship play, tied for sixth all-time in that category (minimum of 20 games played). In addition, Notre Dame s current streak of 20 consecutive NCAA Championship appearances ranks fifth in the record books (and seventhlongest at any time in tournament history). Here are some other facts about the Fighting Irish in the Big Dance (see pp in this 5

6 NOTRE DAME year s regular-season media guide for NCAA Championship results and records): Notre Dame is one of five schools in tournament history to make at least four appearances in the NCAA national championship game (along with Tennessee-13, Connecticut-9, Louisiana Tech-6 and Stanford-4). The Fighting Irish are 1-3 all-time in the NCAA final, defeating Purdue (68-66) in 2001 in St. Louis, before falling to Texas A&M (76-70) in 2011 in Indianapolis, Baylor (80-61) in 2012 in Denver and Connecticut (79-58) in 2014 in Nashville. Notre Dame is one of five schools ever to make three trips to the NCAA title game in a four-year span, joining Southern California (1983, 1984, 1986), Auburn ( ), Tennessee ( ) and Connecticut ( ) in that elite company. Notre Dame is one of five schools to advance to the NCAA Women s Final Four seven times. Notre Dame s Muffet McGraw is the fifth Division I coach to lead her team to seven NCAA Women s Final Four berths and four national championship game appearances the other four coaches to pull off this feat are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts (Tennessee s Pat Summitt, Connecticut s Geno Auriemma, Stanford s Tara VanDerveer and Louisiana Tech s Leon Barmore). Notre Dame is the fourth school to reach the NCAA Women s Final Four in five consecutive seasons ( ), joining Connecticut ( and 2008-present), LSU ( ) and Stanford ( ) in that elite club. Notre Dame is one of five schools to make seven trips to the NCAA Women s Final Four and come away with at least one national championship, going to the semifinals Most NCAA Women s Final Four/Title Game Appearances F4/Finals Tennessee 18/13 Connecticut 16/9 Stanford 12/4 Louisiana Tech 10/6 unotre DAME 7/4 NOTE: In each case, school was led by the same coach for every one of its Final Four and title game appearances (Summitt-UT; Auriemma- UConn; VanDerveer-Stan; Barmore- LT; McGraw-ND) 7 Final Fours With An NCAA Title F4/Titles Connecticut 16/8 Louisiana Tech 10/2 unotre DAME 7/1 Stanford 12/2 Tennessee 18/8 in 1997, 2013 and 2015, the title game in 2011, 2012 and 2014, and winning it all in The Fighting Irish have a 5-4 (.556) record at the NCAA Women s Final Four, owning the seventh-best winning percentage (minimum of three games played). Last year, Notre Dame became the first ACC school to reach the NCAA national championship game since the 2006 all-acc final, when Maryland defeated Duke, in overtime in Boston. It also was the fifth time the ACC was represented in the NCAA title contest, along with 1991 (Virginia lost to Tennessee, in overtime in New Orleans), 1994 (North Carolina defeated Louisiana Tech, in Richmond, Va.) and 1999 (Duke lost to Purdue, in San Jose). 6 Notre Dame is one of two schools in the country (along with Connecticut) to reach the NCAA Elite Eight the past five seasons. Notre Dame is one of five schools in the land to advance to the NCAA Sweet times in the past 19 years ( ), as well as each of the past six years. 13 Sweet 16 Trips From Connecticut 19* Tennessee 18* Duke 16 unotre DAME 13* Stanford 13* * - among five teams to make Sweet 16 past six years (plus Baylor) With their March 20 victory over Montana, the Fighting Irish have won their NCAA tournament opener in 18 of the past 20 years ( ). Each of Notre Dame s 22 NCAA tournament appearances have come during McGraw s 28-year tenure ( to present). Sowing The Seeds For the fourth consecutive season (and fifth time in program history), Notre Dame has earned a No. 1 seed for the NCAA Championship. The Fighting Irish are 24-3 (.889) all-time as a top seed in the tournament, winning six in a row to claim the 2001 national championship, going 5-1 in 2012 on the way to an NCAA national runner-up finish, posting a 4-1 record en route to the Final Four in 2013, piling up a 5-1 record and finishing as the NCAA national runner-up last season and starting with four wins this year. Notre Dame has been awarded a top-eight seed for the 16th time in its 22 NCAA Championship visits (and a top-four seed for the ninth time). The Fighting Irish are 36-5 (.878) all-time as the higher seed in NCAA tournament play. It Hinges On Defense Notre Dame s success in the NCAA Championship can be directly traced to its performance at the defensive end of the floor. In its 22 NCAA tournament trips (70 games), the Fighting Irish are 25-2 (.926) when holding their opponent to 60 points or fewer, including a current 11-game winning streak since the 2010 tournament. Notre Dame s two losses to teams scoring 60 points or fewer came at the hands of top-seeded clubs Penn State (55-49) in the 2004 East Regional semifinals, and North Carolina (60-51) in the second round of the 2007 Dallas Region. Stoking The Offensive Fires Notre Dame has reached the 80-point mark 22 times in NCAA Championship play, going 22-0 in those games. The Fighting Irish have scored at least 70 points in 28 of their last 33 NCAA tournament games, going 25-3 (.893) in those contests. Last year marked the first time Notre Dame scored at least 80 points five times in a single NCAA Championship the Fighting Irish had three 80-point games in 1997, 2001 and Last year s first-round win over Robert Morris in Toledo, Ohio, represented the larg- fighting irish women s basketball Trends Day of the Week Sunday 12-0 Monday 4-0 Tuesday 1-0 Wednesday 3-0 Thursday 6-1 Friday 6-0 Saturday 3-1 Time of Game Day games (before 6 p.m local time) 15-1 Night games (6 p.m. or later local time) 20-1 Location Home games 19-1 Road games 10-1 Neutral site games 6-0 Halftime score Leading at the half 32-0 Tied at the half 0-0 Trailing at the half 3-2 Individual scoring Two or fewer double-figure scorers 6-2 Three double-figure scorers 10-0 Four double-figure scorers 10-0 Five or more double-figure scorers 9-0 Rebounding margin Grab more rebounds than opponents 30-1 Grab same number of rebounds 1-0 Grab fewer rebounds than opponents 4-1 Field goal shooting Higher pct. than opponent 34-0 Same pct. as opponent 0-0 Lower pct. than opponent 1-2 Shoot 45% or better 30-0 Shoot less than 45% 5-2 Hold opponent under 40% 27-0 Free throw margin Make more free throws 27-0 Make same number of free throws 1-1 Make fewer free throws 7-1 Turnovers Commit fewer turnovers 20-1 Commit same number of turnovers 3-0 Commit more turnovers 12-1 Uniform Combinations In white jerseys 19-1 In alternate white jerseys (green trim) 3-0 In alternate white jerseys (pink trim) 3-0 In blue jerseys 10-1 Miscellaneous Vs. Top 25 (AP or WBCA/USA Today polls) 12-1 On commercial television 25-2 In overtime games 1-0 Margin of Victory 1-5 points points points points points 15-0 Conference Affiliation ACC 18-1 America East 1-0 American 0-1 Atlantic BIG EAST 2-0 Big Sky 1-0 Big Ten 3-0 Big Ivy League 1-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic 1-0 Pac Patriot League 1-0 Southeastern 1-0 Southern 1-0 Month November 7-0 December 5-1 January 8-1 February 7-0 March 8-0 April 0-0

7 Notre Dame Quick Facts fighting irish women s basketball Official Name: University of Notre Dame Location: Notre Dame, Ind. Enrollment: 8,475 (undergraduate) / 12,126 (overall) Founded: 1842 Colors: Gold and Blue Nickname: Fighting Irish School Fight Song: Notre Dame Victory March Conference: Atlantic Coast Arena: Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center (cap. 9,149) President: Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. Provost: Thomas G. Burish Executive Vice President: John Affleck-Graves NCAA Faculty Representative: Patricia Bellia Vice President/Director of Athletics: Jack Swarbrick Senior Deputy Athletics Director/SWA: Missy Conboy Sr. Associate Athletics Director (WBB): Jill Bodensteiner Head Coach: Muffet McGraw (Saint Joseph s (Pa.) 77) Record: (.751) - 33rd season At Notre Dame: (.760) - 28th season At Home (all but one game/win at Purcell Pavilion): (.858) Associate Head Coach: Carol Owens (Northern Illinois 90) - 15th season Associate Coach: Beth Cunningham (Notre Dame 97) - 3rd season Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Niele Ivey (Notre Dame 00) - 8th season Video Coordinator: Garret Garcia (Toledo 12) - 1st season Operations Specialists: Katie Schwab (Saint Mary s-ind. 13) - 2nd season Natalie Achonwa (Notre Dame 14) - 1st season Athletic Trainer: Anne Marquez Strength & Conditioning Coach: Craig Cheek Academic Counselor: Amanda Hall Equipment Manager: Kathy Speybroeck Student Managers: Giuliana Figliomeni, Becca Moore, Lizzy Moulton, Allie Griffith, Katie Higgins, Jasmine Smith Women s Basketball History 38th Season: 1st game, Dec. 3, 1977 vs. Valparaiso (W, 48-41) All-Time Record: (.730) Record At Home (all but one game/win at Purcell Pavilion): 38th season, (.822) Record In Conference (regular season): 32nd season, (.812) Conference/Membership Affiliations: AIAW D-III independent ( through ) AIAW D-I independent ( ) NCAA D-I independent ( through ) North Star ( through ) *Midwestern Collegiate ( through ) BIG EAST ( through ) Atlantic Coast ( to present) Regular Season Conference Championships (12): North Star , 1986 *Midwestern Collegiate (s), 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995 BIG EAST (s), 2012, 2013 ACC , 2015 (s) - shared Conference Tournament Championships (8): North Star - N/A *Midwestern Collegiate , 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 BIG EAST ACC , 2015 NCAA Championship Appearances (22): National Champion National Finalist , 2011, 2012, 2014 Final Four , 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Elite , 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Sweet , , , 2008, Berths , Consecutive NCAA Championship Appearances: 20 (1996-present) NIT Appearances (4): 1986 (3rd place), 1989 (7th place), 1991 (8th place), 1995 (3rd place) Consecutive Postseason Appearances: 22 (1994-present); 21 NCAAs, 1 NIT * - now known as the Horizon League Quick Facts est margin of victory by a Notre Dame squad in the NCAA Championship, surpassing a victory over Alcorn State at Purcell Pavilion in a 2001 first-round contest. Bonus Basketball Notre Dame is 3-1 all-time when going to overtime in the NCAA tournament, most recently going to OT to win its 2012 Women s Final Four national semifinal over Connecticut (83-75 in Denver). The Fighting Irish had previously split two overtime games with Oklahoma in the NCAA tournament (79-75 in a 2008 second-round game at West Lafayette, Indiana; loss in 2010 regional semifinal in Kansas City), and also defeated Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State), 69-65, in extra time in their 2004 NCAA opener at Purcell Pavilion. Notre Dame is (.553) all-time when going to overtime, including a 9-4 record in its last 13 contests. The Fighting Irish last played an overtime game on Dec. 10, 2014, earning a victory at No. 25 DePaul. Don t Mess With Tradition The Notre Dame women s basketball program has developed some traditions that should be quite evident during this weekend s NCAA Women s Final Four in Tampa. Green nails each of the Fighting Irish players and coaches wear green nail polish throughout the NCAA Championship. This tradition started during the 1997 tourney, when the Fighting Irish (whose roster at the time included current associate coach Beth (Morgan) Cunningham and assistant coach Niele Ivey) added the green polish to their fingers prior to their second-round St. Patrick s Day game at Texas, which Notre Dame won The Fighting Irish ended up going to their first NCAA Women s Final Four that season and the green nail polish was here to stay. As a show of solidarity, the male members of the travel party usually paint one of their pinkies green as well. Green uniforms though not limited exclusively to NCAA tournament play, Notre Dame s distinctive kelly green road uniforms have become a staple of the postseason in keeping with the St. Patrick s Day holiday, which often falls during the early rounds of the tournament. The Fighting Irish most recently wore the alternate green road threads in the NCAA Championship for their 2012 national championship game against Baylor (an loss in Denver) Notre Dame is 8-9 (.471) all-time in the NCAA tournament when featuring the wearing o the green. The Fighting Irish also have broken out their alternate home whites with green trim (either lime or kelly green or both) in recent seasons, posting a 17-2 (.895) record in those uniforms (the first time they have been worn in NCAA tournament play). Irish jig this unique pre-game ritual has become one of the widely-recognized traditions of Notre Dame women s basketball. Just prior to the introduction of the starting lineups, the Fighting Irish players will circle NOTRE DAME Notre Dame Top Bench Scorers Player Points Opponent/Date Kathryn Westbeld 17 at Virginia Tech, 1/29/15 Mychal Johnson 17 Chattanooga, 11/21/14 Brianna Turner 15 Pittsburgh, 2/26/15 Kathryn Westbeld 15 Boston College, 1/11/15 Kathryn Westbeld 15 Holy Cross, 11/23/14 Madison Cable 13 vs. Florida State, 3/8/15 Madison Cable 13 vs. Miami, 3/6/15 Mychal Johnson 13 Boston College, 1/11/15 Kathryn Westbeld 13 Michigan, 12/13/14 Madison Cable 12 at N.C. State, 3/1/15 Kathryn Westbeld 12 at Boston College, 2/8/15 Madison Cable 12 Wake Forest, 2/1/15 Madison Cable 12 Harvard, 11/24/14 Hannah Huffman 12 Harvard, 11/24/14 Madison Cable 11 at Boston College, 2/8/15 Kathryn Westbeld 11 at Clemson, 1/24/14 Kathryn Westbeld 10 vs. Miami, 3/6/15 Taya Reimer 10 Pittsburgh, 2/26/15 Kathryn Westbeld 10 Wake Forest, 2/1/15 Kathryn Westbeld 10 Quinnipiac, 11/25/14 Madison Cable 10 UMass Lowell, 11/14/14 Game-high scorers in italics up in the lane with a basketball at their feet. As the Notre Dame pep band plays Rakes of Mallow, the team will perform the Irish Jig (a popular step with Notre Dame fans, especially the student body) with the ball bouncing around in the midst of their dance. This tradition is believed to have started during the season, but picked up steam during Notre Dame s national championship run and has been part of the Fighting Irish pre-game ritual ever since. And Don t Forget The Lime Green Shirts The ever-present lime green t-shirts you might see many Notre Dame fans wearing around Tampa this weekend are given out annually to Fighting Irish women s basketball season ticket holders, a group affectionately known as the Spirit Patrol. Created by former coordinator of basketball operations Stephanie Menio (now the assistant AD/senior woman administrator at Army) the shirts are based on one of head coach Muffet McGraw s favorite colors, which she sported on the sidelines during the 2001 national championship game win over Purdue. Thirty Deeds With its win over No. 5/6 Baylor in the NCAA Oklahoma City Regional final on March 29, Notre Dame earned its 35th victory of the season, marking the fourth consecutive season the Fighting Irish have reached that milestone. Prior to , Notre Dame had not won more than 34 games in a season, but during the four years since, the Fighting Irish have averaged 35.5 wins per season. Thanks to a win over No. 16 Duke in the ACC Championship semifinals on March 7 in Greensboro, North Carolina, Notre Dame picked up its 30th victory of the season, the fifth consecutive year and seventh time in program history the Fighting Irish have reached the 30-win mark. Notre Dame also logged that milestone in (31-7), (34-2), (31-8), (35-4), (35-2) and (37-1). Not only does this represent the first time the 7

8 NOTRE DAME Fighting Irish have posted five consecutive 30-win seasons (and four 35-win campaigns in a row), but it also is the fourth year in a row they registered their 30th win prior to the start of the NCAA Championship. This season s 31 victories were the secondmost for Notre Dame heading into NCAA postseason play, topped only by last year s 32 wins and matching the 31 victories prior to the 2013 tournament. Ranking File Notre Dame is 12-1 against ranked opponents (7-1 against top-10 teams), with eight of those 12 victories coming by double figures, including six wins over top-10 opponents. In the past four seasons ( to present), the Fighting Irish are 53-7 (.883) against ranked opponents, with nearly 75 percent of those Top 25 wins (39 of 53) by double digits. This year s 12 wins over Top 25 opponents are tied for the third-most by Notre Dame in a single season (15 in ; 14 in ; 12 in ). Seven top-10 victories are tied for the second-most by a Fighting Irish squad in a single season (eight in ; seven in ). Junior All-America guard Jewell Loyd is averaging 23.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game in 13 contests against ranked opponents this season. Loyd has scored at least 20 points in 10 games against Top 25 teams this year, including 30-point outings against No. 3 Connecticut (31 points), No. 5/6 Tennessee (34 points) and No. 25 DePaul (school record-tying 41 points). In 10 full games against ranked opponents (not including an injury-shortened four-minute stretch against No. 15/10 Maryland on Dec. 3), freshman forward Brianna Turner is averaging 14.3 points, 9.1 rebounds and 4.3 blocks per game with three double-doubles and a.626 field-goal percentage. Sophomore guard Lindsay Allen also has sparkled against top competition, averaging 12.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game with a 2.03 assist/turnover ratio and a.480 field-goal percentage in 13 games against Top 25 teams this season, highlighted by last weekend s Most Outstanding Player performance at the NCAA Oklahoma City Regional (25.5 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 5.5 apg. in two games, including a career-high 28 points in the Sweet 16 against No. 14/17 Stanford). Conference Call With its victory at North Carolina State on March 1, Notre Dame secured its fourth consecutive outright conference regular-season title, and second in as many years as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Notre Dame has won four consecutive outright conference regular season championships for the first time in its 38-year history, after winning three in a row just once before. In their first three seasons ( through ) in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (Horizon League), the Fighting Irish won the regular season title each time, although they shared the MCC crown in their inaugural season with Loyola-Chicago. Some other notables about Notre Dame s second consecutive ACC title: Notre Dame is the first ACC school to win back-to-back regular-season championships since Duke won four in a row from through (the first two of those four were shared with Florida State and Miami, respectively). Notre Dame is the first ACC school from outside the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) to earn consecutive regular-season titles since Florida State shared crowns with Maryland ( ) and Duke ( ). The Fighting Irish are only the second ACC program from outside the Triangle (Raleigh- Durham-Chapel Hill) to earn consecutive outright regular-season titles and the first since Virginia won six in a row from through Notre Dame has a combined 31-1 record in regular-season ACC play during the past two seasons. Only two other ACC schools has ever had just one conference loss in a two-year span (Virginia went 14-0 in and 15-1 in ; more recently Duke went 16-0 in both and and 15-1 in ). A Clean (ACC) Sweep For the second consecutive season, Notre Dame completed a sweep of the ACC crowns by winning the ACC Championship on March 8 with a victory over No. 7/6 Florida State in the title game in Greensboro, North Carolina. Junior guard Jewell Loyd was named the tournament s Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row, while freshman forward Brianna Turner joined Loyd on the All-ACC Tournament First Team. Senior guard Madison Cable and sophomore forward Taya Reimer earned spots on the All-ACC Tournament Second Team, the first conference all-tournament accolades of their careers. A few added tidbits on Notre Dame s second ACC postseason crown in as many years: The Fighting Irish won their third consecutive conference tournament title and eighth overall, adding the last two ACC crowns with the 2013 BIG EAST championship and five prior titles in the MCC/Horizon League ( , 1994). The MCC run was the last time Notre Dame won back-to-back conference postseason tournaments. Notre Dame is the third ACC school to sweep the conference s regular-season and tournament titles in consecutive seasons and the first since Duke in and (the other was Virginia in and ). Loyd is the seventh player to be a two-time ACC Championship MVP, and the first since Duke s Jasmine Thomas in 2010 and Loyd became just the second Notre Dame player to be named a two-time conference tournament MVP, and the first since Krissi Davis took home top honors at the MCC Championship in 1989 and Coupled with the Fighting Irish men s fighting irish women s basketball Superlatives ( pres.) Notre Dame Superlatives ( to present) Longest winning streak: 37 games (Nov. 9, 2013-April 6, 2014) Longest conference winning streak: 38 games (Feb. 14, 2012-Jan. 4, 2015) Longest losing streak: 3 games, four times (most recently: Feb. 24-March 3, 2007) Longest conference losing streak: 3 games, twice (most recently: Feb. 24-March 3, 2007) Most points scored in a game: 128, twice (most recently: vs. Saint Francis-Pa., Dec. 31, 2012) Most points scored in a conference game: 120 vs. Pittsburgh, Jan. 17, 2012 Fewest points scored in a game: 38 vs. Villanova, Jan. 24, 2004 Fewest points scored in a non-conference game: 39 vs. Villanova, March 9, 2003 (BIG EAST tourn.) Most points allowed in a game: 106 by Connecticut, Dec. 8, 1998 Most points allowed in a non-conference game: 96 by Connecticut, March 2, 1999 (BIG EAST tourn.) Fewest points allowed in a game: 21 by Southeast Missouri State, Jan. 2, 2011 Fewest points allowed in a conference game: 31 by St. John s, Feb. 13, 2002 Largest margin of victory: 86 at Mercer (128-42), Dec. 30, 2011 Largest margin of victory in a conference game: 76 vs. Pittsburgh, Jan. 17, 2012 Largest margin of victory in home game: 76, twice (most recently: vs. Pittsburgh, Jan. 17, 2012) Largest margin of victory in road game: 86 at Mercer (128-42), Dec. 30, 2011 Largest losing margin: 39 at Tennessee (89-50), March 17, 2002 (NCAA tourn.) Most points allowed in a win: 93, twice (most recently: at DePaul (94-93, ot), Dec. 10, 2014) Most points scored in a loss: 84 vs. Texas A&M (88-84, ot), Dec. 3, 1995 Fewest points scored in a win: 38 vs. Villanova (38-36), Jan. 24, 2004 Fewest points allowed in a loss: 48 vs. Villanova (48-45), Feb. 26, 2002 Largest deficit overcome to win a game: 18, twice (most recently: vs. Duke (56-54), Nov. 26, 2011) Largest deficit overcome to win a home game: 15, twice (MR: vs. Syracuse (79-68), Feb. 26, 2013) Largest lead given up in a loss: 17 vs. Texas Tech (69-65), March 25, 2000 (NCAA tourn.) Most consecutive points scored: 36 vs. Southeast Missouri State (97-21), Jan. 2, 2011 Most consecutive points scored (start of game): 36 vs. Southeast Missouri State (97-21), Jan. 2, 2011 Largest halftime lead: 46 vs. Harvard (59-13), Nov. 24, 2014 Largest halftime deficit: 26 at Tennessee (53-27), March 17, 2002 Highest field goal percentage:.702 (40-57) at Mercer, Dec. 30, 2011 Lowest field goal percentage:.220 (13-59) at Seton Hall, March 1, 2005 Highest three-point percentage: (5-5) vs. Duke, Nov. 17, 2004 Highest free throw percentage: (18-18) at Valparaiso, Nov. 30, 2004 Most three-point field goals made: 13, twice (most recently: at Miami (Fla.), Jan. 2, 2002) Most free throws made: 43 at Mercer, Dec. 30, 2011 Most rebounds: 67 vs. Duke, Nov. 21, 1998 Most assists: 38 vs. Saint Francis (Pa.), Dec. 31, 2012 Most blocked shots: 16 vs. Boston College, Feb. 10, 2002 Most steals: 36 vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 12, 2010 Most turnovers forced: 49 vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 12, 2010 Fewest turnovers committed: 3 at Maryland, Nov. 16, 2007 NOTE: Conference marks reflect BIG EAST membership from to 12-13; ACC membership since

9 G Lindsay Allen Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America NCAA Oklahoma City Regional Most Outstanding Player Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist (Top 5) Naismith Trophy Top 50 Watch List G Madison Cable All-ACC Tournament Second Team G Jewell Loyd espnw National Player of the Year espnw Midseason National Player of the Year (unanimous) Associated Press All-America First Team (unanimous) USBWA All-America Team John R. Wooden Award All-America Team espnw All-America First Team Dawn Staley Award Finalist (Top 4) Naismith Trophy Finalist (Top 5) John R. Wooden Award Finalist (Top 5) WBCA Wade Trophy Finalist (Top 12) WBCA All-Region II Team ACC Player of the Year (Blue Ribbon Panel/Coaches) ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player Hall of Fame Challenge Most Valuable Player All-ACC First Team (Blue Ribbon Panel/Coaches) All-ACC Defensive Team (Coaches) NCAA Oklahoma City Regional All-Tournament Team All-ACC Tournament First Team espnw National Player of the Week (Dec. 15) Four-time ACC Player of the Week F Taya Reimer All-ACC Tournament Second Team fighting irish women s basketball F Brianna Turner Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 List John R. Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 List WBCA All-Region II Team ACC Freshman of the Year (Blue Ribbon Panel/Coaches) All-ACC First Team (Blue Ribbon Panel/Coaches) All-ACC Defensive Team (Coaches) All-ACC Freshman Team (Blue Ribbon Panel/Coaches) All-ACC Tournament First Team Two-time USBWA National Freshman of the Week Six-time ACC Freshman of the Week ACC Player of the Week (Jan. 19) Awards basketball team winning the ACC Tournament title on March 14, it marked the 13th time one ACC school swept the men s and women s tournament crowns, and the first by a school not located on Tobacco Road (or the Triangle). Duke was the last school to sweep the ACC postseason titles (in 2011), while North Carolina and N.C. State also have pulled off that feat in the past. Notre Dame Is Hoop City, USA No other campus in America is enjoying the kind of success on the basketball court that Notre Dame has seen in The Fighting Irish men s and women s basketball programs are a combined 67-8 (.893) on the hardwood this season, edging out Maryland for the best combined winning percentage among both basketball programs on a national level. Both Notre Dame squads topped 30 wins in the same season for the first time ever, and surpassed 25 victories in the same season for the fourth time in eight years (also , and ) after never having previously reached that win total in the same season. This year s Fighting Irish teams also set a school record for combined men s/ women s basketball victories and are challenging the combined winning percentage mark in a single season, with Notre Dame amassing a (.833) basketball record in (women 35-2; men 25-10). Notre Dame was one of seven schools appearing in both the final men s and women s Associated Press polls and the combined Fighting Irish rank of 10 (No. 2 for the women, No. 8 for the men) was the best in the nation. Notre Dame was the only school in the country to have both its men s and women s basketball programs reach this year s NCAA Elite Eight. In terms of NCAA tournament seeding, the Fighting Irish earned a No. 1 seed, while the men were seeded third the best combined seeding at Notre Dame since 2011, when both teams garnered No. 2 seeds. Both Notre Dame basketball squads posted perfect 100 Graduation Success Rate scores (as released by the NCAA in October 2014), with the combined 200 GSR rating matched only by Duke and Dayton among 21 schools that sent both teams to this year s NCAA Championship. In A Class By Themselves For the fourth consecutive season, a Notre Dame senior class has set the bar in terms of career wins by one group. The current class of tri-captains Whitney Holloway and Markisha Wright, plus Madison Cable, is now first all-time with 142 wins (142-9, NOTRE DAME Men s/ Women s Basketball Records (combined) unotre Dame 67-8 (.893) (M: 32-6; W: 35-2) Maryland 62-9 (.873) (M: 28-7; W: 34-2) Kentucky (.861) (M: 38-0; W: 24-10) Wichita St (.855) (M: 30-5; W: 29-5) Gonzaga (.847) (M: 35-3; W: 26-8) NOTE: through games of March ), edging past the 2014 seniors. Last year, Notre Dame s three-player senior class of Natalie Achonwa, Ariel Braker and Kayla McBride posted (at the time) the best four-year Most Career Wins By One ND Senior Class u record (138-15,.902) in school history, topping the win total (130) compiled by the previous year s seniors (Skylar Diggins and Kaila Turner). The year before Diggins and Turner departed, Notre Dame s Class of 2012 (Brittany Mallory, Fraderica Miller, Natalie Novosel and Devereaux Peters) rang up 117 wins to set the early benchmark in this current era of Fighting Irish women s basketball success. Prior to the season, the highest four-year win total by a senior class was 109, set by the Class of 2001 that capped their careers with the program s first NCAA national championship and included (among others) consensus national player of the year and 13-year WNBA veteran Ruth Riley, as well as current Fighting Irish assistant coach/ recruiting coordinator Niele Ivey. Youth Movement Notre Dame enters the NCAA Women s Final Four without a senior in its starting lineup. Of the 17 times a team has made the NCAA Women s Final Four in four consecutive seasons, Notre Dame is only the fourth school that has not arrived at the Final Four with a senior starter (others being Tennessee in 1998, Connecticut in 2003 and LSU in 2007 research courtesy of Pete LaFleur, CollegeSports360, LLC). The last time the Fighting Irish didn t have a senior in the everyday lineup was , although technically guard Lindsay Schrader was listed as a senior despite having a fifth year of eligibility for the following season (current reserve guard Madison Cable is in the same situation this year). The only other time in the Muffet McGraw era that Notre Dame did not have a senior in its starting lineup was , when a trio of juniors Krissi Davis, Sara Liebscher and Karen Robinson were joined by sophomore Margaret Nowlin and freshman Coquese Washington. Department of Defense Notre Dame has held 15 of its last 17 opponents to 63 points or fewer, including 12 to 60 points or fewer. In this 17-game span (which began Jan. 24 at Clemson), the Fighting Irish have held their opponents to 55.7 points per game while forcing 15.6 turnovers per game and owning a +8.9 rebounding margin. Notre Dame has been particularly stingy at the three-point line, holding opponents to a.245 three-point percentage (62 of 253) in the past 15 games, a stretch that includes three matchups with nationally-ranked opponents (two with Duke, one with Louisville), as well 9

10 NOTRE DAME as the ACC s top three-point shooting team in conference play, Virginia. Collectively in those four games, those three teams (Duke, Louisville, Virginia) posted a.186 three-point percentage (eight of 43) against Notre Dame, including a zero for 12 whitewash of No. 10/11 Duke on Feb. 16 at Purcell Pavilion. Streak Stats Dating back to the start of the season, Notre Dame has posted a (.955) record. In that three-year span, four of the five Fighting Irish losses have come against top-three teams No. 3 Baylor (73-61 on Dec. 5, 2012, at Purcell Pavilion), No. 3 Connecticut (83-65 on April 7, 2013, in the NCAA Women s Final Four national semifinals at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana), No. 1 Connecticut (79-58 on April 8, 2014, in the NCAA Women s Final Four national championship game at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee) and No. 3 Connecticut (76-58 on Dec. 6, 2014, in the Jimmy V Classic at Purcell Pavilion). The other loss came Jan. 8 with a setback at Miami. That defeat ended Notre Dame s 61-game winning streak against unranked opponents (in the Associated Press poll), the second-longest active run in the nation. The Fighting Irish last fell to an unranked team on Feb. 12, 2012, suffering a last-second home loss to West Virginia (research for this note provided by STATS via the AP). Poise Under Pressure Notre Dame has won its last 18 games decided by single digits and/or in overtime, including all six close games this season. The Fighting Irish last dropped a single-digit decision on March 6, 2012, falling at No. 4 Connecticut in the BIG EAST Conference Tournament championship game at Hartford, Connecticut. Don t Call It A Comeback Twice in less than two weeks earlier this season, Notre Dame has rallied from a double-digit deficit to earn a victory. On Jan. 2, the Fighting Irish trailed Florida State, 20-8 with 7:41 left in the first half before charging back to win, at Purcell Pavilion. On Jan. 15, Notre Dame fell behind at No. 12/10 North Carolina, with 5:28 to go in the first half, but the Fighting Irish rallied to register an victory in Chapel Hill. Even in its second loss of the season on Jan. 8 at Miami, Notre Dame showed remarkable character, erasing nearly all of a 22-point second-half deficit (45-23 with 17:00 to play) and getting within with eight minutes left before UM held on for the win. 10 Visiting Century City Notre Dame has scored at least 100 points four times this season (and posted 97 points in another), challenging last year s schoolrecord mark of five triple-digit outings, erasing the standard of three such contests. The Fighting Irish have piled up point games since the start of the season (and nine other games of points), a remarkable offensive explosion considering Notre Dame had 13 triple-digit games in the first 34 years of the program s existence and just four in the 12 seasons prior to its current run. This season marked the first time the Fighting Irish opened with three 100-point games in their first six contests. In fact, prior to , Notre Dame had never had more than two triple-digit outings in an entire season, something it has now done for a third consecutive campaign. Loyd Crowned espnw National Player of the Year One of the nation s most gifted all-around athletes, junior guard Jewell Loyd added another honor to her trophy case on March 13, when she was chosen as the espnw National Player of the Year. Loyd earns the first national player-of-theyear honor (not limited to a position or class year) for a Notre Dame player since 2001, when Ruth Riley earned the Associated Press National Player of the Year, Naismith Trophy and Sports Illustrated Player of the Year awards. Loyd is a finalist for the WBCA Wade Trophy, Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award and Dawn Staley Award, with the first three honors going to the national player of the year (the latter to the nation s top point guard). It s the second consecutive season Loyd has been a finalist for the Wade and Naismith trophies and her first as a Wooden Award finalist, and the second year in a row she is a prime contender for every major national award. Here s a look at just some of the reasons why Loyd is a name high on everyone s list for national recognition: Loyd ranks second in the ACC and 26th in the nation in scoring (as of March 31). Loyd has scored 738 points this season (19.9 points per game). Already the fastest to each century single-season scoring interval in program history, Loyd ranks second on Notre Dame s single-season scoring list and is just the second 700-point scorer in school history (Katryna Gaither in ). Loyd is the fourth Fighting player to score 600 points in a season twice (she had 687 last year). Gaither and current associate coach Beth (Morgan) Cunningham both topped the mark during the and seasons, while Skylar Diggins was the most recent to post a pair of 600-point seasons ( and ). Loyd could challenge Gaither s single- fighting irish women s basketball ND Most Points - Single Season 1. Katryna Gaither ( 96-97) ujewell Loyd ( 14-15) Beth Morgan ( 96-97) Jewell Loyd ( 13-14) Ruth Riley ( 00-01) Kayla McBride ( 13-14) Signees Marina Mabrey, a 5-11 guard from Belmar, New Jersey (Manasquan High School), Arike Ogunbowale, a 5-9 guard from Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Divine Savior Holy Angels High School) and Ali Patberg, a 5-10 guard from Columbus, Indiana (Columbus North High School) all made their official commitments to Notre Dame during the early signing period, head coach Muffet McGraw announced Nov. 12. All three student-athletes are rated among the top 20 players in the country by various national recruiting services. As a group, this trio currently is ranked No. 3 by multiple recruiting outlets and is a consensus top-five class by all major services for the fourth year in a row, giving Notre Dame a Top 25 class for the 19th consecutive year, a streak only two other schools in the country (Connecticut and Tennessee) can match. A partial preseason capsule look at the newest additions to the Notre Dame women s basketball program follows (the full release and player bios can be found online at und.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/111214aaa.html): MARINA MABREY, 5-11, G (Belmar, N.J./Manasquan) Statistics/Records: Entering third year at Manasquan High School (spent sophomore season at Point Pleasant Beach High School)... combined career per-game statistical averages (both schools) of 21.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3.5 steals, along with 2.5 three-point field goals... has helped her teams to a combined (.894) record, three Shore Conference titles, three New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) state championships and one New Jersey Tournament of Champions crown (across all groups/classes). USA Basketball: Earned gold medal with USA Basketball Under-18 National Team at 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship (teammate of current Notre Dame freshman forward Brianna Turner)... helped 2014 USA U18 squad to a 5-0 record at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship (averaged 7.8 points and 3.6 assists per game with 3.6 assist/ turnover ratio and.417 three-point shooting percentage). Awards/Honors: 2014 USA Today All-New Jersey First Team selection... two-time Newark Star-Ledger All-State First Team... two-time MSG Varsity all-state selection... ranked No. 7 in Class of 2015 by Prospects Nation... ranked No. 8 by Blue Star Basketball... ranked No. 11 by All-Star Girls Report... ranked No. 26 (five-star player) by espnw Hoopgurlz/Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report. ARIKE OGUNBOWALE, 5-9, G (Milwaukee, Wis./Divine Savior Holy Angels) Statistics/Records: Entering final year at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School (combined record of 58-15,.795)... career per-game statistical averages of 20.2 points, 10.1 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.6 steals. USA Basketball: Four-time USA Basketball gold medalist... USA Basketball teams have combined 33-1 (.971) record with Ogunbowale on roster... most recently helped the United States to gold medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games (played using 3x3 format) in Nanjing, China... also played for 2014 USA Basketball Under-17 National Team that won gold medal at the FIBA U17 World Championship in Czech Republic (10.7 points and 3.7 rebounds per game with teamhigh.435 three-point shooting percentage)... earned gold with 2013 USA Basketball Under-16 National Team at FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Cancun, Mexico (10.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game)... played alongside Turner on 2013 USA Basketball 3x3 U18 World Championship Team that won gold medal in Jakarta, Indonesia. Awards/Honors: Two-time Gatorade Wisconsin High School Player of the Year... two-time AP Wisconsin Player of the Year... three-time USA Today All-Wisconsin First Team selection... three-time Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division I All-State First Team pick... ranked No. 4 in Class of 2015 by All-Star Girls Report... ranked No. 5 by Prospects Nation... ranked No. 6 by Blue Star Basketball... ranked No. 10 (five-star player) by espnw Hoopgurlz/Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report. ALI PATBERG, 5-10, G (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North) Statistics/Records: Entering final year at Columbus North High School in Columbus, Indiana (combined record of 71-8,.899)... career per-game statistical averages of 16.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.3 steals. Awards/Honors: 2014 MaxPreps All-America Sixth Team selection... two-time USA Today All-Indiana honoree... threetime AP all-state choice... ranked No. 14 (five-star player) in Class of 2015 by espnw Hoopgurlz/Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report... ranked No. 16 by Prospects Nation... ranked No. 19 by All-Star Girls Report... ranked No. 20 by Blue Star Basketball. Notre Dame Incoming Class of 2015 Marina Mabrey 5-11, G, Belmar, N.J. (Manasquan) Arike Ogunbowale 5-9, G, Milwaukee, Wis. (Divine Savior Holy Angels) Ali Patberg 5-10, G, Columbus, Ind. (Columbus North)

11 fighting irish women s basketball All three Notre Dame women s basketball incoming freshmen guards Marina Mabrey (Belmar, N.J./Manasquan HS), Arike Ogunbowale (Milwaukee, Wis./Divine Savior Holy Angels HS) and Ali Patberg (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North HS) were selected to participate in the 2015 McDonald s High School All-America Game. This marked the first time in Fighting Irish women s basketball history that three players were chosen for the McDonald s High School All-America Game, and the fourth consecutive year that multiple players competed in the same McDonald s game. Last year, current Notre Dame freshmen Brianna Turner and Kathryn Westbeld participated in the game, with Turner earning Most Valuable Player honors after collecting 10 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks, and making the game-winning basket in the West Team s win over Westbeld s East squad. The duo followed appearances by current Notre Dame juniors Jewell Loyd and Michaela Mabrey (Marina s older sister) in 2012, and by current Fighting Irish sophomores Lindsay Allen and Taya Reimer in With the selections of Marina Mabrey, Ogunbowale and Patberg, Notre Dame has had 14 players compete in the McDonald s game since its inception in 2002 (nine who will appear on next season s roster) this year s trio also joins the likes of Courtney La- Vere (2002), Crystal Erwin (2003), Lindsay Schrader (2005), Devereaux Peters (2007) and Skylar Diggins (2009 MVP). In an added twist, all three Notre Dame signees played for the East Team in this year s McDonald s High School All-America Game, which took place April 1 at the United Center in Chicago. Patberg and Ogunbowale, who was one of six finalists for the Morgan Wootten Award that goes to the McDonald s National High School Player of the Year, also were among 10 players named to the Women s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) High School All-America Team, making them the 13th and 14th incoming Notre Dame freshmen to earn that honor, and the sixth and seventh in the past four years (along with Loyd and Michaela Mabrey in 2012, Allen and Reimer in 2013, and Turner last year). What s more, Marina Mabrey was named a WBCA honorable mention All-America selection this year. The newest Notre Dame signees have closed out their respective prep careers in remarkable similar fashion, with all three leading their schools to state championships, earning Gatorade High School Player of the Year honors in their states, and both Ogunbowale and Patberg receiving Miss Basketball honors (New Jersey doesn t present a similar award, although Mabrey would be the odds-on favorite to earn it this year). Patberg will be the third Indiana Miss Basketball to enroll at Notre Dame (along with Diggins in 2009 and Trena Keys in 1982). HS All-Americans season record for scoring average at Notre Dame (20.4 ppg. as a senior in ). Cunningham is the only other Fighting Irish player to average 20 points per game in one season (20.2 ppg. as a junior in ). Loyd is the first Notre Dame player to register eight 20-point games in her first 10 outings of a season, surpassing Gaither (who had seven 20-point games in first 10 contests of ). Loyd currently leads the ACC with point games this season, trailing only Gaither s school-record 20 in , and Loyd has 34 career 20-point games, good for fifth in Fighting Irish annals. Loyd is the first Notre Dame women s basketball player to register back-to-back 30-point games and for good measure, she did it against a pair of ranked opponents in No. 3 UConn (31 points) and No. 25 DePaul (school record-tying 41 points). Cunningham had two 30-point games in three days on Dec. 1 and 3, 1995, in close losses to No. 12/13 Penn State (32) and No. RV/22 Texas A&M (34) at the Kona Women s Basketball Classic in Kona, Hawaii, although there was a game between those two (Cunningham scored 23 points in a win over Washington). Loyd has set a program record with four 30-point games in this season, most recently dropping in 31 points at Georgia Tech on Feb. 19. Loyd s seven career 30-point games also set a school record topping the previous mark of six 30-point games established by Gaither from Loyd is sixth in school history with 1,875 career points, needing one point to move into the top five on Notre Dame s career scoring list (a spot currently held by Loyd s former All-America teammate, Kayla McBride). Loyd scored her 1,500th career point in her 90th career game on Jan. 11, 2015, vs. Boston College at Purcell Pavilion. Loyd is the second-quickest player to score to 1,500 points in program history, trailing only Cunningham, who scored her 1,500th point at Notre Dame in her 80th career game on Feb. 21, 1996, at home against Miami. In less than three years at Notre Dame, Loyd has scored in double figures in 97 of her 110 career games, including 60 in a row from March 12, 2013 to Jan. 11, 2015 (the second-longest run in school history). Also, in 11 of Loyd s 13 career single-digit games, she was within one basket of double figures. Turner Throwing A Block Party Freshman forward Brianna Turner has recorded 74 blocked shots in her last 26 games (2.8 bpg.), all since returning from a shoulder injury that sidelined her for the better part of the four previous games. Following her return on Dec. 21 against Saint NOTRE DAME ND 1,000-Point Scorers 1. Skylar Diggins ( 09-13)... 2, Beth Morgan ( 93-97)... 2, Katryna Gaither ( 93-97)... 2, Ruth Riley ( 97-01)... 2, Kayla McBride ( 10-14)... 1, ujewell Loyd ( 12-pres.)... 1,875 Joseph s (Pa.), the Pearland, Texas, native has logged five blocks in seven games, including a career-high seven rejections three times, all against ranked opponents at No. 21/22 Syracuse on Jan. 4, at No. 12/10 North Carolina on Jan. 15 and at home against No. 8/7 Louisville on Feb. 23. Turner s 22 blocks from Dec. 21-Jan. 4 were the most by a Notre Dame player in a fourgame span since Nov. 21-Dec. 2, 1998, when Ruth Riley had 22 blocks vs. No. 6/4 Duke, No. 25/23 Illinois, San Francisco and Toledo. As of March 31, Turner ranks fifth in the ACC (and 30th in the nation) at 2.5 blocks per game. ND Most Blocks - Single Season 1. Ruth Riley ( 00-01) Ruth Riley ( 98-99) Shari Matvey ( 79-80)... 94* 4. ubrianna Turner ( 14-15)...85* Ruth Riley ( 99-00) * - freshman Turner s 85 total blocks are tied for fourth on the Notre D a m e singleseason list and second all-time among Fighting Irish freshmen (most by a Fighting Irish rookie in one season since Shari Matvey s record-setting 94 rejections in ). Turner is the third player in school history to record 80 blocks in a single season. Riley pulled off that feat during her final three years at Notre Dame (including a school-record 113 in ) and Matvey did so during her aforementioned freshman year. Turner is on pace for the second-best blocked shot average by a freshman in program history, and best since , when Matvey averaged 3.1 blocks per game. Turner Also An Efficient Shooter Freshman forward Brianna Turner leads both the nation (as of March 31) and the ACC with a.656 field-goal percentage. Turner would be the third NCAA Division I freshman to lead the nation in field-goal percentage and the first since Tennessee Tech s Diane Seng in Turner is on pace for the second-highest single-season field-goal percentage mark in school history (Ruth Riley shot.683 from the floor as a sophomore in ). Irish Trio Earns All-America Honors For the fifth consecutive year, three Notre Dame players earned All-America honors from at least one major outlet, with junior guard Jewell Loyd unanimously receiving first-team All-America accolades from the Associated Press, United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and the John R. Wooden Award, while sophomore guard Lindsay Allen and freshman forward Brianna Turner received honorable mention All-America plaudits from the Associated Press. Loyd all but secured consensus All-America honors for the second consecutive season, while Allen and Turner earned All-America status for the first time in their careers. Notre Dame has fielded 18 players who have earned All-America citations (top three teams or honorable mention) during the program s 11

12 NOTRE DAME 38-year history, including 12 multiple-time All-America selections. Loyd, an AP second-team All-America pick last year, becomes the 10th Notre Dame player to be a two-time AP All-America choice, and the fourth to make the media group s top three teams on two occasions, as well as the first unanimous choice since Skylar Diggins in This marks the fifth consecutive season Notre Dame has placed at least one player on the top three squads of the AP All- America Team, following in the footsteps of Diggins ( third team; 2012 and first team), Kayla McBride ( third team; first team) and Natalie Achonwa ( third team). Loyd returns to the USBWA All-America Team this year and is one of four Fighting Irish players who have earned USBWA All- America recognition, as well as the third to make the 10-player team twice (the others being Ruth Riley in 2000 and 2001, and Diggins in 2012 and 2013). This is the fourth consecutive season Notre Dame has produced a USBWA All-America honoree, with McBride joining Loyd on last year s squad following Diggins back-toback selections the previous two campaigns. Loyd repeats as a finalist for the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as the national player of the year, which will be presented at 3:30 p.m. (ET) Sunday at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. This year represents Loyd s first appearance on the Wooden Award All-America Team, and the fourth year in a row Notre Dame has fielded a Wooden Award All-America pick and the resulting distinction as a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award, which is presented by the Los Angeles Athletic Club to the nation s top player. Diggins took Wooden All-America honors in 2012 and 2013, followed by McBride last season. Loyd s selection coincided with Fighting Irish men s basketball player Jerian Grant garnering similar accolades, making Notre Dame the only school in the country to produce a Wooden Award finalist on both the men s and women s sides. Loyd and Turner could add further All-America certificates to their resume on Saturday when the Women s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Coaches All-America Team is announced at 1:10 p.m. (ET) Saturday at Amalie Arena in Tampa, during Super Saturday events at the NCAA Women s Final Four. Both were among 52 WBCA all-region selections (and thus All-America finalists) announced last month. Loyd, Turner Named ACC Player And Freshman Of The Year Notre Dame junior guard Jewell Loyd was named the 2015 ACC Player of the Year and freshman forward Brianna Turner was chosen as the 2015 ACC Freshman of the Year, the conference announced in separate balloting by the ACC s Blue Ribbon Panel (media) and its 15 coaches earlier this month. It s only the second time in program history (both in the past three seasons) the Fighting Irish have swept the conference s top player and freshman awards in the same year in 2013, Skylar Diggins garnered BIG EAST Conference Player of the Year accolades, while Loyd was tapped as the BIG EAST Freshman of the Year. This marked just the fifth time in ACC women s basketball history that one school was swept the ACC Player and Freshman of the Year awards in the same season. Maryland was the last to do so in 2009 with Kristi Toliver (Player of the Year) and Lynetta Kizer (Freshman of the Year), while Duke was the last current ACC school to pull off that feat in 2001 with Georgia Schweitzer (Player) and Alana Beard (Freshman). Loyd was the seventh Notre Dame women s basketball player to earn conference player of the year recognition Kayla McBride was the most recent to do so in 2014, earning ACC Player of the Year status from the conference coaches. Prior to that, Diggins took top honors in the program s final two seasons in the BIG EAST (2012, 2013), while Jacqueline Batteast was the BIG EAST Player of the Year in 2005 and Ruth Riley took the same honor in In addition, Karen Robinson was the twotime Midwestern Collegiate Conference (Horizon League) Player of the Year in 1990 and 1991, while Trena Keys was the first Fighting Irish women s basketball player to garner her league s top award as a two-time North Star Conference Player of the Year in 1985 and Turner was the fifth player in program history chosen as her conference s freshman of the year, following in the footsteps of Loyd and her 2013 BIG EAST honor. Batteast also claimed the award in 2002, while Alicia Ratay did likewise in Current Notre Dame associate coach Beth (Morgan) Cunningham was the first to achieve the feat as the 1994 MCC Newcomer of the Year. Loyd and Turner also earned first-team all- ACC and All-ACC Defensive Team honors, while Turner made the All-ACC Freshman Team. Notre Dame and North Carolina were the only conference schools with two All-ACC selections this season, while Turner was the lone freshman named to the All-ACC First Team, the first Fighting Irish rookie to cop all-conference honors since Loyd was an honorable mention choice in 2013 (and the first to make one of the top two league teams since Diggins was a second-team all-big EAST pick in 2010). Turner was the first Notre Dame player to garner all-freshman honors since Loyd made the 2013 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team. This marked the eighth consecutive season Notre Dame had multiple players earn allconference recognition. For Loyd, it was her second first-team selection in as many seasons, and the third all-conference honor of her career, following her 2013 honorable mention all-big EAST accolade. She became the 13th Fighting Irish player in program history to earn three all-conference awards and the 14th to collect multiple first- fighting irish women s basketball Remembering Father Ted Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987, a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and one of the nation s most influential figures in higher education, the Catholic Church, and national and international affairs, died Feb. 26 at Holy Cross House adjacent to the University. He was 97. Father Hesburgh played an active and influential role in national and international affairs during and after his presidency. He held 16 presidential appointments over the years and they involved him in virtually all major social issues civil rights, peaceful uses of atomic energy, campus unrest, treatment of Vietnam draft evaders, and Third World development and immigration reform, to name only a few. When Father Hesburgh stepped down as Notre Dame s leader on June 1, 1987, it ended the longest tenure at that time among active presidents of American colleges and universities. In a remarkable coincidence and lasting connection to a leader who was so critical to making Notre Dame a coeducational institution, the final Fighting Irish athletics coach hired by the University during the Hesburgh era was current Notre Dame women s basketball coach Muffet McGraw, who took the reins of the Fighting Irish program exactly two weeks prior to Hesburgh s departure. All Notre Dame athletics teams will honor Father Hesburgh with patches on portions of their game or warmup attire, as well as holding moments of silence prior to their next home event. We mourn today a great man and faithful priest who transformed the University of Notre Dame and touched the lives of many, said Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Notre Dame s president. With his leadership, charisma and vision, he turned a relatively small Catholic college known for football into one of the nation s great institutions for higher learning. In his historic service to the nation, the Church and the world, he was a steadfast champion for human rights, the cause of peace and care for the poor. Perhaps his greatest influence, though, was on the lives of generations of Notre Dame students, whom he taught, counseled and befriended. Although saddened by his loss, I cherish the memory of a mentor, friend and brother in Holy Cross and am consoled that he is now at peace with the God he served so well. In accord with Father Hesburgh s wishes, a customary Holy Cross funeral Mass was celebrated March 4 in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame for his family, Holy Cross religious, University Trustees, administrators, and select advisory council members, faculty, staff and students. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Father Ted Hesburgh, C.S.C., Fund for Excellence in Catholic Education at Notre Dame or to the Congregation of Holy Cross. A University tribute to Father Hesburgh also took place March 4 at Purcell Pavilion. Information, updates and a retrospective on Father Hesburgh s life and career are available through the University s website, hesburgh.nd.edu. Father Hesburgh was born May 25, 1917, in Syracuse, New York, the son of Anne Murphy Hesburgh and Theodore Bernard Hesburgh, an executive of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. A brother, James, was graduated from Notre Dame in 1955 and lives in South Bend. Three sisters preceded him in death. Father Hesburgh was educated at Notre Dame and the Gregorian University in Rome, from which he received a bachelor of philosophy degree in He was ordained a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Sacred Heart Church (now Basilica) on the Notre Dame campus June 24, 1943, by Bishop John F. Noll of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Following his ordination, Father Hesburgh continued his study of sacred theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., receiving his doctorate (S.T.D.) in He joined the Notre Dame faculty the same year and served as chaplain to World War II veterans on campus in addition to his teaching duties in the Religion Department. He was appointed the head of that department in 1948, and the following year was appointed executive vice president in the administration of Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., the University s president. At the age of 35 in June 1952, he was named the 15th president of Notre Dame. The accomplishments of the Hesburgh era at Notre Dame are reflected in statistics comparing the Notre Dame of 1952, when Father Hesburgh became president, with the University he left in The annual operating budget went from $9.7 million to $176.6 million, the endowment from $9 million to $350 million, and research funding from $735,000 to $15 million. Enrollment increased from 4,979 to 9,600, faculty from 389 to 950, and degrees awarded annually from 1,212 to 2,500. The two major changes during the Hesburgh era were the transference of governance in 1967 from the Congregation of Holy Cross to a two-tiered, mixed board of lay and religious trustees and fellows, and the admission of women to the undergraduate program in

13 fighting irish women s basketball A student-athlete who helped build the foundation of the University of Notre Dame s perennially powerful women s basketball program and her husband, also a former student-athlete at the University, have made a $5 million gift to their alma mater to endow the Fighting Irish program s head coaching position, the first endowed coaching position in Notre Dame s history. Karen Robinson Keyes was a standout player for Notre Dame from 1987 to 1991 under Coach Muffet McGraw, whose position will now carry the title Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Women s Basketball Coach. Karen s husband, Kevin, was a varsity tennis player for the Fighting Irish and is now the president and a member of the board of directors of Annaly Capital Management. We are so very grateful to Karen and Kevin for this generous and groundbreaking gift, said Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Notre Dame s president. It is especially fitting, given the central role Karen played in the early success of a women s basketball program that has become - on and off the court - one of the very best in the nation. The endowment is thought to be the largest in women s collegiate basketball and launches a new initiative at Notre Dame to endow coaching positions and student-athlete scholarships. It will be used to underwrite the position s annual salary. We are very grateful to Karen and Kevin for this remarkable gift, said Jack Swarbrick, vice president and director of athletics. The fact that Notre Dame s first head coach endowment comes from one of Coach McGraw s former players and her family speaks volumes about the impact Muffet has had on the young women who have been a part of the Notre Dame women s basketball program. Kevin was also a varsity athlete at Notre Dame, and we know that both he and Karen believe passionately in the role that athletics plays in the education of young student-athletes and the power of a great educator like Muffet to impact lives. We are extraordinarily grateful to Karen and Kevin for enabling us to make sure that Muffet can continue to educate many more young women in the years to come. McGraw added: I am overwhelmed and humbled by the incredible generosity that Karen and Kevin have shown with this gift. Karen holds a special place for me as one of my first point guards here, and she, Kevin and their family remain a treasured part of the Notre Dame women s basketball program. It means so much to me to have our alumnae remain close to our program year after year as we continue to build on the foundation that they created, both on the court and in our community. Karen Keyes earned bachelor s and master s degrees from Notre Dame in American studies and business, respectively. She was the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now Horizon League) Player of the Year as a junior and senior and finished as the program s career scoring leader (she now ranks ninth). She currently is the head girls basketball coach at Ridgewood (New Jersey) High School, serves on the board of Reed Academy School for Autism and is a member of the Women for Health Network at The Valley Hospital. Kevin Keyes earned his bachelor s degrees in economics and business administration (ALPA Program) at Notre Dame. He has been an officer at Annaly Capital Management since 2009, a leading real estate investment trust. Previously, he worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. He is also on the advisory board of the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation. The Keyes are members of Notre Dame s Student-Athlete Advisory Council. Muffet is one of the most important influences in our lives, Karen Keyes said. We are proud to honor her, recognize her dedication to the University and continue to admire all of the successful women she has coached and developed over her entire career. Residents of Ridgewood, New Jersey, the Keyes are the parents of three children, Katie, Cassie and John, and previously have supported Notre Dame through the Joyce Grant-in-Aid Program, President s Circle and Sorin Society. As a senior captain in , Karen led the Fighting Irish to their first top-20 ranking. Since then, the program has become a national power, winning the NCAA championship in 2001, reaching the Final Four on six occasions (including the last four) and earning 19 consecutive NCAA Tournament berths. Coaching Endowment team all-league citations during their careers, stretching back to the program s previous affiliations with the BIG EAST ( ), Midwestern Collegiate ( ) and North Star ( ) conferences. With this season s selections for Loyd and Turner, it represented the 12th consecutive year, and 18th time in 20 seasons the Fighting Irish have had at least one player garner first-team all-conference status. In head coach Muffet McGraw s 28 seasons as head coach at Notre Dame, covering four conference affiliations (ACC, BIG EAST, Midwestern Collegiate and North Star), the Fighting Irish have had at least one first-team all-conference selection an astounding 25 times (all but 1993, 1998 and 2003). Allen Throws Wrench Into Opposing Game Plans Sophomore guard Lindsay Allen has emerged as one of the top point guards in the country, currently as one of five finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award (presented annually to the nation s top point guard and won twice before by Notre Dame s Skylar Diggins in 2012 and 2013). Allen charged into the national spotlight last week as the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Oklahoma City Regional. Allen averaged 25.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists during the two-game regional, including a career-high 28 points in an semifinal win over No. 14/17 Stanford, and 23 points, seven assists, five rebounds and four steals in the Elite Eight victory over No. 5/6 Baylor. Allen came into last weekend s action with two career 20-point games, both earlier this season, including a (then) careerbest 24 points at No. 12/10 North Carolina on Jan. 15. Allen ranks among the top five in the ACC in assists (first apg.), assist/turnover ratio (first ), free-throw percentage (second -.851) and field-goal percentage (fifth -.543) the only player in the conference to rank in the top five in those four categories. The latter ranking is particularly notable as Allen is one of only two guards (along with Miami s Adrienne Motley) ranked among the top 15 in the ACC in field-goal percentage. Allen is one of seven players in the nation to rank in the top 30 in both assists (28th) and assist/turnover ratio (29th), as of March 31. The others are: Gillian Abshire (Quinnipiac), Amanda Andrades (Fairleigh Dickinson), Jen Dumiak (American), Niya Johnson (Baylor), Angela Mickens (James Madison) and Nikki Moody (Iowa State). In conference play, Allen led the ACC in assists (6.3 apg.) and assist/turnover ratio (2.17), while ranking fifth in free-throw percentage (.821) and eighth in field-goal percentage (.504). Allen has 195 assists this year, putting her in position to become only the fourth Notre Dame player to record a 200-assist season, joining Mary Gavin (three times), Diggins (twice, most recently 225 in ) and current Fighting Irish assistant coach/recruiting coordinator Niele Ivey (school-record 247 in ) in that elite group. NOTRE DAME Allen has logged at least five assists in 19 of her last 25 games (and 24 times this season), including 6.1 assists per game in nine outings against Top 25 teams during that span. As she proved last weekend, Allen has developed into a potent scoring threat for the Fighting Irish, increasing her offensive output by nearly 75 percent to 10.8 points per game, and she has scored in double figures 17 times this season (after doing so eight times as a rookie in ). Allen is in her second season as the starting point guard for Notre Dame, having not missed a game since she set foot on campus last year. With Allen at the helm, the Fighting Irish have amassed a stellar 72-3 (.960) record and when you factor in her final prep season at St. John s College High School in Washington, D.C., Allen s teams are a combined 99-4 (.961) in the past three years when she s been in the starting lineup. Stealing Cable Is Legal Here Senior guard Madison Cable is arguably Notre Dame s top reserve this season, with the Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, product currently ranking just outside the top 15 in the ACC in steals (1.5 spg.) after sharing fifth in that category during conference play (1.9 spg.). Cable picked off a career-high six steals on Feb. 1 against Wake Forest, matching the most by any ACC player in a conference game this season. It also was the most thefts by a Fighting Irish player in a game since Dec. 19, 2012, when Kaila Turner logged seven steals against Alabama A&M. Cable is posting career-high averages in nearly all categories, including scoring (6.4 ppg.), rebounding (4.2 rpg.), steals and threepoint percentage (.494), with the latter also poised to be the second-best single-season mark in school history (Alicia Ratay in ). Cable currently is tied for the team lead with 57 steals this season. If that holds up, she would be just the second Notre Dame player to lead the team in steals while primarily coming off the bench. Walk-on freshman guard Molly Ryan was the only other player to pull off this rare feat, collecting a teambest 39 steals while starting only two of 28 games in , the program s first season at the Division I level. Cable registered her first career doubledouble back on Dec. 10 in an overtime win at No. 25 DePaul, collecting 20 points and 11 rebounds despite missing parts of the second half and overtime with cramping in both of her calves. Cable leads the ACC in three-point percentage (.494) and finished second in that category during conference play (.465). Polling Station Notre Dame was ranked No. 2 in the final Associated Press poll, its 85th consecutive week in the top 10 of the media balloting (79 of those in the top five), dating back to the middle of the season and marking 155 consecutive weeks in the AP poll. The Fighting Irish continue to extend the 13

14 NOTRE DAME program record for consecutive poll appearances that started with the AP preseason poll in (the old record was 59 consecutive weeks from ), while Notre Dame is one of six teams in the nation with an active streak of at least 150 consecutive AP poll appearances. Every current Notre Dame player has competed for a top-10 Fighting Irish squad throughout her career (78 consecutive weeks for the current senior class), spending the vast majority (72) of those appearances in the AP Top 5 (and never lower than seventh). Notre Dame was No. 3 in the preseason AP poll, representing the 15th time in 16 years (starting with the campaign) that Notre Dame has appeared in the preseason AP poll, something only five schools in the nation have done Connecticut, Duke and Tennessee have shown up in all 16 during that span, while Stanford joins the Fighting Irish with 15 preseason AP poll berths. Notre Dame has been ranked in the AP poll Active AP Poll Streaks 1. Tennessee Connecticut Duke Stanford Baylor unotre DAME AP Poll Appearances Active D-I Coaches 1. VanDerveer (Stan) Auriemma (UConn) Hatchell (UNC) Blair (TAMU) umcgraw (ND) 294 All-Time D-I Coaches 1. Summitt (Tenn) Landers (UGa) VanDerveer (Stan) Blair (TAMU) Goestenkors (Tx) umcgraw (ND) 294 NOTES: through final AP poll; most recent team coached is listed for 294 weeks during the program s 38-year history, with every one of those appearances coming in the Muffet McGraw era (since ). McGraw is seventh among active NCAA Division I head coaches for weeks in the AP poll, and 15th all-time in that category. The Fighting Irish are No. 2 in the latest WBCA/USA Today coaches poll after spending two weeks earlier this season as the nation s No. 1 team (Nov. 25 and Dec. 2). It was the first time Notre Dame stood atop the rankings since April 1, 2001, following the program s first NCAA national championship The Fighting Irish were the first ACC team to be ranked No. 1 in either major national poll since March 12, 2007, when Duke was in that position prior to the NCAA Championship. Notre Dame has been ranked in the coaches poll for 157 of the past 158 weeks (and 121 in a row), falling just outside the Top 25 in the final poll of the season. Nevertheless, the Fighting Irish have appeared in the coaches poll for a total of 289 weeks during their history (all coming in McGraw s tenure). This marks the seventh consecutive season Notre Dame has been ranked in the top 10 of the WBCA/USA Today poll, as well as 13 of the past 17 campaigns ( to present). Half And Half During the past 15 seasons, Notre Dame has been nearly unbeatable when it has the lead at halftime. The Fighting Irish are (.948) since the start of the campaign when they go into the dressing room with the lead, including wins in 272 of their last 285 such contests (.954). In the past six seasons ( to present), Notre Dame is (.989) when leading at the half. The only losses in that time came on April 5, 2011, in the NCAA national championship game at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis (Notre Dame led Texas A&M, at intermission before falling 76-70), and Feb. 12, 2012, against West Virginia (Fighting Irish led at the break before the visiting Mountaineers rallied to win in the closing seconds, 65-63). The Best Offense Is A Good Defense During the past 20 seasons, Notre Dame has an amazing (.954) record when they hold their opponents below 60 points in a game (19-0 record this season). But Sometimes You Have To Score If You Want To Win During the past 20 seasons (since ), the Fighting Irish are (.975) when they score at least 80 points in a game. In that time, the only blemishes on that record are three overtime losses to Texas A&M (88-84) and Michigan State (87-83) in 1995 and UCLA (86-83 in double OT) in 2010, as well as a loss to Connecticut in 1998, an loss to DePaul in 2008, and a setback at Baylor in In the past six years ( to present), Notre Dame is (.982) when topping the 80-point mark, including an active 75-game winning streak since a loss at No. 1 Baylor on Nov. 20, 2011, in the Preseason WNIT final. Oh Captain, My Captain Senior guard Whitney Holloway, senior forward Markisha Wright and junior guard Michaela Mabrey are serving as Notre Dame s team captains for the season. All three players received the captain s honor for the first time in their respective careers following a preseason vote by their teammates. This is the seventh time in 11 seasons the Fighting Irish have had a trio of captains, as well as the second year in a row (Natalie Achonwa, Ariel Braker and Kayla McBride filled the captaincy trio last season). Next Game: NCAA National Championship With a victory over South Carolina, Notre Dame would advance to the NCAA national championship game, where it would play either Albany Regional champion Connecticut or Spokane Regional champion Maryland at 8:30 p.m. (ET) April 7 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The NCAA national championship game will be televised on ESPN, as well as the WatchESPN app. fighting irish women s basketball A Friend In Need Former Notre Dame All-America forward and 2014 WNBA first-round draft pick Natalie Achonwa is in her first year as an operations specialist on the Fighting Irish staff, having assumed that post last June. In her current role, Achonwa oversees the program s travel plans, supervising the team s student managers, helping oversee the program s popular summer camps and serving as a liaison for the team s numerous community service projects, helping fill the void left by fellow operations specialist Katie Schwab, who has been hospitalized since June 9, 2014, following complications related to her Type I diabetes. The Notre Dame women s basketball program and several of Schwab s supporters within and outside the University have banded together to hold several fundraisers to help defray some of Schwab s medical expenses. The most notable of these fundraisers came in August 2014, when the group (known informally as Team Katie ) generated approximately $21,000 through a live and silent auction at the legendary Linebacker Lounge (across from the Notre Dame campus), as well as through online donations. Notre Dame held its first Diabetes Awareness Day on Nov. 23 prior to the Fighting Irish home win over Holy Cross, and the team is active with the local chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDRF), including participation in its annual JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes on Sept. 14, 2014, in nearby Mishawaka, Indiana. Schwab s family continues to provide regular updates on her condition through the CaringBridge web site: 14

15 fighting irish women s basketball CAREER RECORDS Total Points 1. Skylar Diggins ( )...2, Beth Morgan ( )...2, Katryna Gaither ( )...2, Ruth Riley ( )...2, Kayla McBride ( )...1, ujewell Loyd (2012-p)...1,875 Scoring Average 1. Beth Morgan ( ) ujewell Loyd (2012-p) Katryna Gaither ( ) Ruth Riley ( ) Skylar Diggins ( ) Double-Figure Scoring Games 3. Ruth Riley ( ) Jacqueline Batteast ( ) Katryna Gaither ( ) Kayla McBride ( ) ujewell Loyd (2012-p) Point Games 1. Beth Morgan ( ) Katryna Gaither ( ) Skylar Diggins ( ) Ruth Riley ( ) ujewell Loyd (2012-p) Point Games 1. ujewell Loyd (2012-p) Katryna Gaither ( ) Ruth Riley ( )...5 Beth Morgan ( ) Trena Keys ( )...4 Field Goals Made 4. Ruth Riley ( ) Kayla McBride ( ) Jacqueline Batteast ( ) ujewell Loyd (2012-p) Trena Keys ( ) Point Field Goals Made 2. Sheila McMillen ( ) Beth Morgan ( ) Niele Ivey ( ) Megan Duffy ( ) umichaela Mabrey (2012-p) Point Field-Goal Percentage 1. Alicia Ratay ( ) umadison Cable (2011-p) Kari Hutchinson ( ) Niele Ivey ( ) Sherri Orlosky ( ) Natalie Novosel ( ) umichaela Mabrey (2012-p) Lisa Kuhns ( ) Free Throws Made 2. Ruth Riley ( ) Natalie Novosel ( ) Beth Morgan ( ) Megan Duffy ( ) ujewell Loyd (2012-p) Free-Throw Percentage 1. Kayla McBride ( ) Alicia Ratay ( ) Megan Duffy ( ) ulindsay Allen (2013-p) Mollie Peirick ( ) ujewell Loyd (2012-p) Games Played 1. Brittany Mallory ( ) Skylar Diggins ( ) Natalie Achonwa (2010-p) Natalie Novosel ( ) umarkisha Wright (2011-p) Becca Bruszewski ( ) Record Book Update A BIT OF PERSPECTIVE THE NOTRE DAME CLASS OF 2015 (research by Pete LaFleur, former Notre Dame assistant SID/founder-editor of CollegeSports360, LLC) The Notre Dame women s basketball team ( ) is heading to the NCAA Final Four for a fifth consecutive season ensuring a top-4 finish in the national rankings to rank them among the top extended runs in Notre Dame athletics history. Among team-based sports, the five straight top-4 finishes by the current Notre Dame women s basketball seniors puts them on a par with three ND women s soccer senior classes ( 94-97; 06-09; 07-10) and the legendary fouryear run by the ND football team in the late 1940s (still one of the most dominant dynasties in college football history), plus of course the 2014 ND women s basketball seniors. When looking at individualbased sports, the Notre Dame men s cross country team fashioned its own run of top-4 finishes in the late 1950s, as have the ND fencing teams over various stretches during the past 40 years. The three current seniors on the ND women s basketball team (all non-starters) Madison Cable (top reserve), Markisha Wright and Whitney Holloway have helped the Irish post four straight top-4 finishes, joining several former Notre Dame sports legends in that distinction including 1949 Heisman Trophy recipient Leon Hart, women s soccer All- America defender Kate Sobrero (Markgraf) who also was member of the 1999 U.S. Women s National Team that won the FIFA World Cup, and last year s women s basketball seniors (Natalie Achonwa, Kayla McBride and Ariel Braker). The seniors on the 2009 women s soccer team reached the NCAA semifinals (and played in two title games) from , a feat replicated the next year by the 2010 ND seniors (who won the NCAA title) yielding five consecutive years for the Notre Dame women s soccer team in the NCAA semifinal (or better) round. Notre Dame lost to North Carolina in the 2006 NCAA title game, vs. Florida State in the 07 semifinals, and vs. UNC again in both the 08 final and 09 semifinals, before besting Stanford in the 2010 NCAA title game. The seniors on the 1997 Notre Dame women s soccer team reached the NCAA semifinals from (three title games). ND won the 95 NCAA title, lost to North Carolina in the 94 & 96 finals, and to UConn in 97 semifinals. The Irish lost to Portland in the 98 NCAA quarters, one game shy of a fifth straight semifinal (the teams went a combined /.892). The 1997 ND women s soccer seniors fashioned a four-year record of (.901) from ( in 94, then , and finally in 97). Senior starters on that 1997 team were a pair of All-Americans future National Team defender Kate Sobrero (Markgraf) and flank midfielder Holly Manthei, still the NCAA record-holder for assists in a career (129) and season (44, in 96). Twelve years later, the 2009 Notre Dame women s soccer seniors completed their own four-year run to the NCAA semifinals, with a record of (.877), starting with in 2006 (then , and in 2009). Senior starters in 2009 included defensive midfielder Amanda Clark and defender Haley Ford (neither a four-year starter). Notre Dame s 2010 seniors capped their career with an NCAA title and record (for /.861 career record). In addition to versatile All-American Lauren Fowlkes, other 2010 senior starters: forward Rose Augustin, four-year starting right back Julie Scheidler and keeper Nikki Weiss. The combined record for Notre Dame women s soccer during its five-year NCAA top-4 streak ( ) was (.878). In Notre Dame s storied football history, there has been only one four-year period ( ) in which the Irish finished among the top-4 in the AP poll (began in 1936) or the UPI poll (began in 50). The Notre Dame football team won consensus national titles in 1946, 47 and 49 while finishing second in 1948 (per AP, among others). ND s four-year record over that span was (.974). In days before the AP poll, Notre Dame football fashioned a stellar six-year run from , compiling a six-year record of (.941) as part of the legendary coaching career of Knute Rockne. The 1924 team led by the Four Horsemen backfield is considered ND s first consensus national champion (the 19 and 20 teams received non-consensus national champion recognition). NOTRE DAME Notre Dame s top seniors on the 1948 and 49 football teams (i.e. played multiple years in span) included five All-Americans: end Leon Hart (1949 Heisman Trophy recipient), FB Emil Red Sitko, guards Bill Moose Fischer (1948 Outland Trophy/ nation s top lineman; 48 captain) and Marty Wendell, and four-year, two-way starter Jim Martin (3-yr. end, then tackle as 49 co-captain). Notre Dame s men s cross country teams all finished in the top-4 at the NCAA Championship meet, including the NCAA team title in 1957 (also third in 55, plus fourth in 56, 58 and 59). Freshmen of course were not eligible in the late 1950s but the top veterans on the 1958 and 59 teams included Ron Gregory (1958 All-American; placed 13th at 1958 NCAA meet and 17th in 59), who ran for the Irish from Notre Dame s top-5 finishers on the 1957 NCAA title team included senior Ed Monnelly, sophomore Dave Cotton, seniors Dale Vandenberg and Vic Dillon, and junior Mike Haverty (sr. John Burns and so. Galen Cawley also competed at the 57 NCAAs). For each of these runners, their three years of eligibility fell within the span of top-4 team finishes each year (most were max. three-year competitors with the ND cross country team). One other sport fencing has featured runs of finishing among the top-4 at the NCAA Championships (although it should be noted that significantly fewer schools, currently 43, sponsor varsity fencing when compared to sports such as basketball, soccer, football and cross country). The Notre Dame men s fencing team finished third or higher at the NCAAs for five straight years ( ), including NCAA team titles in 1977 and 78, plus the 1979 runner-up season and third in both 75 and 76. Sabre standout Mike Sullivan won NCAA individual titles in both 77 and 78, while finishing runner-up as a senior in 79 (he placed 3rd in 76). The Notre Dame men s fencing team later finished fourth or higher at the NCAAs for seven straight years from , including a team title in 1986 that had been preceded by two runner-up finishes ( 83 and 85) plus a third place in 84. The Irish then were fourth at the 1987 NCAAs, runner-up in 88 and fourth again in 89. The marquee fencers during the era included the foil duo of Charles Higgs- Coulthard and Yehuda Kovacs, each four-year All- Americans. Higgs-Coulthard joined Mike Sullivan as the second ND fencer ever to reach the medal round (top-4) all four years (1st 4th 3rd 4th), a feat turned turned in only three more times over the past 27 years. Kovacs finished 2nd 5th 3rd 7th at the NCAAs, from The Notre Dame women s fencing team had four straight NCAA top-4 finishes from , winning the team title in 87 while finishing as the runner-up in both 86 and 88 (3rd in 89). The men s and women s competition merged into one NCAA Fencing Championship starting in 1990, and Notre Dame finished among the top-4 every year from (a span of 20 years). During that 20-year span, 21 different ND fencers competed in the NCAAs all four years (with 18 of them being four-year All-Americans). The best four-year stretches of NCAA finishes in Notre Dame fencing history have come in and The ND men, led by sabre standout Mike Sullivan, won NCAA titles in 77 and 78, while finishing second in 79 and third in 76. The span, in the NCAA men s and women s combined format, saw the Irish win the team title in both 2003 and 05, plus third-place finishes in 02 and 04. Four fencers in that span were four-time NCAA participants, led by the women s foil duo of Alicja Kryczalo ( NCAA champ, 05 runner-up) and Andrea Ament ( 02 and 04 runner-up, 3rd in 03, 7th in 05). Men s epeeist Michal Sobieraj placed 10th 2nd 3rd 1st at the NCAAs, while women s epeeist Kerry Walton was 1st 5th 2nd 14th at the NCAAs in that span. Other noteworthy four-year stretches in Notre Dame fencing history have included: men (2nd 3rd 2nd 1st) women (2nd 1st 2nd 3rd) combined (runner-up all five years)... and combined (2nd 2nd 3rd 1st). 15

16 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame on the ACC and NCAA statistical leaderboards Individual Statistics ACC - All Games NCAA Division I ACC - Conference Games Only Category Rank Leader Rank Leader Rank Leader Scoring (Top 30 ACC / Top 100 NCAA) Jewell Loyd , Dearica Hamby, WF , Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State 19.0, , Kaela Davis, GT Brianna Turner , 16 Lindsay Allen , - Rebounding (Top 20 ACC / Top 100 NCAA) Brianna Turner , Sarah Imovbioh, VA , Vicky McIntyre, Oral Roberts 8.6, , Briana Day, SU Taya Reimer , - Field-Goal Percentage (Top 15 ACC / Top 100 NCAA) Brianna Turner , Brianna Turner, ND 1.656, Brianna Turner, Notre Dame.686, 1.686, Brianna Turner, ND Lindsay Allen , t-8 Taya Reimer , 12 Kathryn Westbeld , 3 Assists (Top 15 ACC / Top 100 NCAA) Lindsay Allen , Lindsay Allen, ND , Niya Johnson, Baylor 6.3, 1 6.3, Lindsay Allen, ND Jewell Loyd , 11 Free-Throw Percentage (Top 15 ACC / Top 100 NCAA) Lindsay Allen , Faith Randolph, VA -.945, Nici Gilday, Santa Clara.821, 5.905, Faith Randolph, VA Jewell Loyd , 4 Steals (Top 15 ACC / Top 100 NCAA) Madison Cable , Alexis Peterson, SU , Regina Okoye, Weber State 1.9, t-5 2.4, Alexis Peterson, SU Jewell Loyd , t-15 Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (Top 15 ACC / Top 100 NCAA) Madison Cable , Madison Cable, ND -.500, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, UConn.465, 2.472, Breyana Mason, VA Michaela Mabrey , - Three-Pointers Made Per Game (Top 15 ACC / Top 100 NCAA) Michaela Mabrey , Brianna Butler, SU , Melissa Dixon, Iowa 1.7, , Brianna Butler, SU Blocked Shots (Top 15 ACC / Top 100 NCAA) Brianna Turner , Elizabeth Williams, DU , Sophia Ederaine, San Diego 2.9, 2 2.9, Jassany Williams, UM Taya Reimer , t-15 Assist/Turnover Ratio (Top 15 ACC / Top 100 NCAA) Lindsay Allen , Lindsay Allen, ND , Gillian Abshire, Quinnipiac 2.17, , Lindsay Allen, ND Jewell Loyd , 10 Offensive Rebounds (Top 15 ACC / Top 30 NCAA) Brianna Turner , Briana Day, SU - 5.0, two tied 2.8, t , Briana Day, SU Defensive Rebounds (Top 15 ACC / Top 30 NCAA) Brianna Turner , Dearica Hamby, WF , Vicky McIntyre, Oral Roberts 6.0, 5 7.6, Dearica Hamby, WF Conference stats through March 30 // NCAA stats through March 30 bold = ACC leader OR NCAA Top 25 fighting irish women s basketball Division I teams Team Statistics ACC - All Games NCAA Division I ACC - Conference Games Only Category Rank Leader Rank Leader Rank Leader Scoring Offense , Notre Dame , Connecticut 79.0, , Notre Dame Scoring Defense , Florida State , Connecticut 60.9, , Louisville Scoring Margin , Notre Dame , Connecticut +18.1, , Notre Dame FT Percentage.739 ( ) 3.758, North Carolina State , Washington.737 ( ), 2.740, Clemson FG Percentage.498 ( ) 1.498, Notre Dame 2.543, Connecticut.498 ( ), 1.498, Notre Dame FG Pct. Defense.374 ( ) 4.346, Duke , Connecticut.388 ( ), 7.353, Duke 3-Point FG Pct..385 ( ) 1.385, Notre Dame 5.409, Connecticut.357 (74-207), 2.390, Virginia 3-Point FG Pct. Def..285 ( ) 1.285, Notre Dame , Texas A&M.292 (70-240), 5.257, Virginia 3-Point FG Made , Boston College , Sacramento State 4.6, , Boston College Rebounding , Duke not kept 39.6, , Florida State Opponent Rebounding , Florida State not kept 32.7, , Notre Dame Rebounding Margin , Florida State , George Washington +6.9, , Florida State Offensive Rebounds , Syracuse 20.0, Sacramento State 12.4, , Florida State Defensive Rebounds , Duke 31.0, Idaho 27.3, , Duke Blocked Shots , Duke , Connecticut 5.0, 3 6.3, Duke Assists , Notre Dame , Connecticut 18.3, , Notre Dame Steals , Syracuse , Sacramento State 9.4, , Syracuse Turnover Margin , Syracuse , Sacramento State +1.7, , Syracuse Turnover Average 14.8 not kept , Villanova not kept Assist/Turnover Ratio , Notre Dame , Villanova 1.19, , Louisville Personal Fouls 14.2 not kept , Chattanooga not kept Won-Loss Percentage.946 not kept 3.973, Connecticut not kept Conference stats through March 30 // NCAA stats through March 30 bold = ACC leader OR NCAA Top Division I teams 16

17 fighting irish women s basketball NOTRE DAME University of Notre Dame Women s Basketball Results Overall Record: 35-2 (Home: 19-1, Away: 10-1, Neutral: 6-0); ACC Record: 15-1 (1st) Notre Dame Highs Date ND NR Opp NR Opponent Time/Result/Score Streak Record Conf Scorer Rebounder Assists Attendance Nov. 14 3/3 UMASS LOWELL WatchND W W1 1-0 Turner-29 two with 9 two with 5 8,659 Nov. 19 3/2 15/17 at Michigan State BTN W W2 2-0 Loyd-28 Loyd-11 Allen-5 8,644 Nov. 21 3/2 CHATTANOOGA WatchND W W3 3-0 Loyd-20 two with 7 two with 6 8,645 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Women s Challenge (Notre Dame, Ind. Purcell Pavilion) Nov. 23 3/2 HOLY CROSS WatchND W W4 4-0 Turner-19 Reimer-10 Mabrey-7 8,684 Nov. 24 2/2 HARVARD WatchND W W5 5-0 Reimer-14 two with 8 Mabrey-4 8,566 Nov. 25 2/1 QUINNIPIAC WatchND W W6 6-0 Loyd-23 Westbeld-12 Johnson-7 8,429 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Women s Challenge (Uncasville, Conn. Mohegan Sun Arena) Nov. 30 2/1 vs. Kansas ESPN3 W W7 7-0 Loyd-23 Westbeld-7 four with 4 2,307 Dec. 3 2/1 15/10 (1) MARYLAND ESPN3 W W8 8-0 Loyd-27 two with 8 Loyd-6 9,189 Dec. 6 2/1 3/3 (2) CONNECTICUT ESPN L L1 8-1 Loyd-31 Wright-7 Allen-3 9,149 (s) Dec. 10 5/4 25/25 at DePaul Fox Sports 2 W (OT) W1 9-1 Loyd-41 Loyd-12 Allen-6 3,414 Dec. 13 5/4 MICHIGAN WatchND W W Allen-17 Westbeld-8 Mabrey-6 8,904 Dec. 21 5/4 SAINT JOSEPH S (PA.) WatchND W W Turner-19 Allen-8 two with 3 8,630 Dec. 28 4/4 at UCLA Pac-12 W W Allen-22 Turner-16 Loyd-7 3,004 Jan. 2 4/4 FLORIDA STATE WatchND W W Loyd-20 two with 6 Allen-8 9,149 (s) Jan. 4 4/4 21/22 at Syracuse ACC-RSN W W Loyd-25 Turner-13 two with 6 2,158 Jan. 8 4/4 at Miami ESPN3 L L Loyd-27 Turner-10 Allen-6 1,836 Jan. 11 4/4 BOSTON COLLEGE ESPN3 W W Turner-21 two with 6 Allen-5 9,149 (s) Jan. 15 7/7 12/10 at North Carolina ACC-RSN W W Turner-29 Turner-18 Allen-9 4,358 Jan. 19 6/7 5/6 TENNESSEE ESPN2-BM W W Loyd-34 Reimer-10 Allen-6 9,149 (s) Jan. 22 6/5 GEORGIA TECH ESPN3 W W Loyd-29 Reimer-8 Loyd-7 8,865 Jan. 24 6/5 at Clemson W W Loyd-17 Turner-10 Allen-7 1,214 Jan. 29 4/4 at Virginia Tech ESPN3 W W Westbeld-17 Reimer-10 Allen-5 1,835 Feb. 1 4/4 WAKE FOREST ACC-RSN W W Loyd-20 Turner-7 Allen-8 8,741 Feb. 5 4/4 VIRGINIA ESPN3 W W Turner-26 Turner-13 two with 4 8,738 Feb. 8 4/4 at Boston College W W Mabrey-20 Cable-8 Mabrey-5 1,924 Feb. 16 4/4 10/11 DUKE ESPN2-BM W W Loyd-21 Westbeld-7 two with 5 8,659 Feb. 19 4/4 at Georgia Tech ACC-RSN W W Loyd-31 Cable-11 Allen-6 2,303 Feb. 23 4/4 8/7 LOUISVILLE ESPN2-BM W W Loyd-20 Turner-9 Allen-9 8,911 Feb. 26 4/4 PITTSBURGH ESPN3 W W Loyd-16 Turner-9 Allen-8 8,810 March 1 4/4 at N.C. State ESPN3 W W Loyd-16 four with 5 Allen-6 2,649 ACC Championship (Greensboro, N.C. Greensboro Coliseum) March 6 2/2 vs. Miami ACC-RSN W W Loyd-16 Turner-10 Allen-4 4,019 March 7 2/2 16/16 vs. Duke ESPNU W W Loyd-21 Turner-11 Allen-4 7,108 March 8 2/2 7/6 vs. Florida State ESPN W W Loyd-18 two with 8 Mabrey-6 6,874 NCAA Oklahoma City Region First & Second Rounds (Notre Dame, Ind. Purcell Pavilion) March 20 2/2 MONTANA ESPN2 W W Loyd-18 Westbeld-10 Allen-7 6,198 March 22 2/2 DePAUL ESPN W W Mabrey-19 Turner-11 Allen-7 5,658 NCAA Oklahoma City Regional (Oklahoma City, Okla. Chesapeake Energy Arena) March 27 2/2 14/17 vs. Stanford ESPN W W Allen-28 Turner-7 Allen-4 3,878 March 29 2/2 5/6 vs. Baylor ESPN W W Allen-23 Turner-10 Allen-7 3,329 NCAA Women s Final Four (Tampa, Fla. Amalie Arena) April 5 2/2 5/6 vs. South Carolina ESPN 6:30 p.m. ET April 7 NCAA National Championship ESPN 8:30 p.m. ET = Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) game NR = national ranking (listed as Associated Press/WBCA-USA Today) (s) = indicates sellout crowd (1) = ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Fort Wayne, Ind. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum) (2) = Jimmy V Women s Classic (Notre Dame, Ind. Purcell Pavilion) ESPN2-BM = Games televised live as part of ESPN2 s Big Monday package ACC-RSN = Game televised live on ACC/Regional Sports Networks (check local listings/theacc.com) BTN = Game televised live on Big Ten Network PAC-12 = Game televised live on Pac-12 Networks WatchND = Games streamed live and free of charge on official Notre Dame athletics multimedia platform, WatchND (watchnd.tv) Home games listed in ALL CAPS and played inside Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center (capacity 9,149) unless noted All times Eastern // Dates and times subject to change ATTENDANCE Totals Avg. High All Games: 231,736 6,263 9,189 (12/3-MD) Home: 170,882 8,544 9,189 (12/3-MD) Away: 33,339 3,031 8,644 (11/19-MSU) Neutral: 27,515 4,586 7,108 (3/7-DU) 17

18 NOTRE DAME Statistics fighting irish women s basketball All Games: 35-2 (Home: 19-1, Road: 10-1, Neutral: 6-0) Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. OR DR Tot. Avg. PF-DQ A T B S Pts. Avg. Jewell Loyd Brianna Turner Lindsay Allen Taya Reimer Michaela Mabrey Kathryn Westbeld Madison Cable Mychal Johnson Markisha Wright Hannah Huffman Diamond Thompson Whitney Holloway Team Notre Dame Opponents Conference Games: 15-1 (Home: 8-0, Road: 7-1) Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. OR DR Tot. Avg. PF-DQ A T B S Pts. Avg. Jewell Loyd Brianna Turner Taya Reimer Lindsay Allen Kathryn Westbeld Madison Cable Michaela Mabrey Markisha Wright Mychal Johnson Hannah Huffman Diamond Thompson Whitney Holloway Team Notre Dame Opponents All Games...ND... Opp SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total Notre Dame Opponents Notre Dame s Largest LEAD Overall: 76 ( (1:47-2nd) vs. Holy Cross, 11/23) ACC: 52 ( (2:17-2nd) vs. Boston College, 1/11) DEFICIT Overall: 22 (45-23 (17:00-2nd) at Miami, 1/8) ACC: Same MARGIN OF VICTORY Overall: 75 ( vs. Holy Cross, 11/23) ACC: 46 ( vs. Boston College, 1/11) MARGIN OF DEFEAT Overall: 18 (76-58 vs. Connecticut, 12/6) ACC: 15 (78-63 at Miami, 1/8) HALFTIME LEAD Overall: 46 (59-13 vs. Harvard, 11/24) ACC: 34 (58-24 vs. Boston College, 1/11) HALFTIME DEFICIT Overall: 20 (40-20 at Miami, 1/8) ACC: Same HOME CROWD Overall: 9,189 (vs. Maryland, 12/3) (@ Fort Wayne, Ind.) ACC: 9,149 (sellout), twice (MR: vs. Boston College, 1/11) ROAD CROWD Overall: 8,644 (at Michigan State, 11/19) ACC: 4,358 (at North Carolina, 1/15) NEUTRAL SITE CROWD Overall: 7,108 (vs. Duke, 3/7) ACC: Same Note: ACC includes all games vs. ACC teams Conference Games...ND... Opp SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Notre Dame Opponents

19 fighting irish women s basketball Statistics NOTRE DAME Ranked Opponents: 12-1 (Home: 4-1, Road: 4-0, Neutral: 4-0) Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. OR DR Tot. Avg. PF-DQ A T B S Pts. Avg. Jewell Loyd Brianna Turner Lindsay Allen Taya Reimer Michaela Mabrey Madison Cable Kathryn Westbeld Markisha Wright Hannah Huffman Mychal Johnson Diamond Thompson Whitney Holloway Team Notre Dame Opponents NCAA Championship: 4-0 (Home: 2-0, Neutral: 2-0) Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. OR DR Tot. Avg. PF-DQ A T B S Pts. Avg. Lindsay Allen Jewell Loyd Brianna Turner Michaela Mabrey Taya Reimer Kathryn Westbeld Madison Cable Mychal Johnson Markisha Wright Hannah Huffman Whitney Holloway Diamond Thompson Team Notre Dame Opponents ACC Championship: 3-0 (Neutral: 3-0) Player GP-GS Min.-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. OR DR Tot. Avg. PF-DQ A T B S Pts. Avg. Jewell Loyd Taya Reimer Brianna Turner Madison Cable Kathryn Westbeld Lindsay Allen Michaela Mabrey Mychal Johnson Diamond Thompson Markisha Wright Hannah Huffman Whitney Holloway Team Notre Dame Opponents

20 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women s basketball Points-Rebounds-Assists Opponent Holloway Turner Reimer Johnson Allen Nelson Cable Mabrey Huffman Loyd Westbeld Wright Thompson UMASS LOWELL DNP at #15/17 Michigan State DNP DNP DNP CHATTANOOGA DNP (1) HOLY CROSS DNP (1) HARVARD DNP (1) QUINNIPIAC DNP (1) vs. Kansas DNP (2) #15/10 MARYLAND DNP (3) #3/3 CONNECTICUT DNP DNP DNP DNP at #25/25 DePaul DNP DNP DNP DNP MICHIGAN DNP DNP DNP SAINT JOSEPH S (PA.) DNP DNP DNP DNP at UCLA DNP DNP FLORIDA STATE DNP DNP DNP DNP at #21/22 Syracuse DNP DNP DNP DNP at Miami DNP DNP DNP DNP BOSTON COLLEGE DNP DNP at #12/10 North Carolina DNP DNP DNP #5/6 TENNESSEE DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP GEORGIA TECH DNP DNP DNP DNP at Clemson DNP DNP at Virginia Tech DNP DNP WAKE FOREST DNP DNP VIRGINIA DNP DNP at Boston College DNP DNP DNP #10/11 DUKE DNP DNP at Georgia Tech DNP DNP DNP DNP #8/7 LOUISVILLE DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP PITTSBURGH DNP at N.C. State DNP DNP (4) vs. Miami DNP DNP DNP (4) vs. #16/16 Duke DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP (4) vs. $7/6 Florida State DNP (5) MONTANA DNP (5) DePAUL DNP DNP DNP (6) vs. #14/17 Stanford DNP DNP (6) vs. #5/6 Baylor DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Games started in boldface // home games in ALL CAPS // = ACC game // 1 = Naismith Hall of Fame Challenge (Kansas game at Uncasville, Conn.) // 2 = ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Fort Wayne, Ind.) // 3 = Jimmy V Classic (Notre Dame, Ind.) // 4 = ACC Championship (Greensboro, N.C.) // 5 = NCAA Championship - First/Second Rounds (Notre Dame, Ind.) // 6 = NCAA Championship - Oklahoma City Regional (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 20

21 Starting Lineups fighting irish women s basketball Date Opponent F F G G G N14 UMASS LOWELL Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey N19 at #15/17 Michigan State Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey N21 CHATTANOOGA Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey N23 HOLY CROSS Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey N24 HARVARD Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey N25 QUINNIPIAC Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey N30 vs. Kansas Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey D3 #15/10 MARYLAND Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey D6 #3/3 CONNECTICUT Reimer Wright Allen Loyd Mabrey D10 at #25/25 DePaul Reimer Cable (G) Allen Loyd Mabrey D13 MICHIGAN Reimer Cable (G) Allen Loyd Mabrey D21 SAINT JOSEPH S (PA.) Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey D28 at UCLA Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey J2 FLORIDA STATE Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey J4 at #21/22 Syracuse Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey J8 at Miami Cable (G) Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey J11 BOSTON COLLEGE Cable (G) Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey J15 at #12/10 North Carolina Cable (G) Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey J19 #5/6 TENNESSEE Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey J22 GEORGIA TECH Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey J24 at Clemson Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey J29 at Virginia Tech Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey F1 WAKE FOREST Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey F5 VIRGINIA Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey F8 at Boston College Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey F16 #10/11 DUKE Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey F19 at Georgia Tech Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey F23 #8/7 LOUISVILLE Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey F26 PITTSBURGH Wright Cable (G) Allen Loyd Holloway M1 at N.C. State Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey M6 vs. Miami Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey M7 vs. #16/16 Duke Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey M8 vs. #7/6 Florida State Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey M20 MONTANA Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey M22 DePAUL Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey M27 vs. #14/17 Stanford Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey M29 vs. #5/6 Baylor Reimer Turner Allen Loyd Mabrey NOTRE DAME Specialty Stats (ND/Opponent) Date Opponent Paint OffTO 2ndCh FBreak Bench N14 UMASS LOWELL 66/20 37/11 20/1 22/4 33/15 N19 at #15/17 Michigan State 38/28 14/6 13/13 13/8 7/5 N21 CHATTANOOGA 54/16 23/14 4/5 12/4 33/20 N23 HOLY CROSS 64/4 33/4 18/4 12/0 44/10 N24 HARVARD 48/14 27/11 14/2 16/2 51/15 N25 QUINNIPIAC 48/18 43/10 19/0 8/4 38/13 N30 vs. Kansas 36/20 25/12 11/8 16/0 25/15 D3 #15/10 MARYLAND 34/26 23/20 11/15 8/8 23/18 D6 #3/3 CONNECTICUT 28/44 14/15 9/16 6/4 7/12 D10 at #25/25 DePaul 36/44 12/22 19/7 2/8 0/4 D13 MICHIGAN 48/24 22/18 10/7 8/2 21/7 D21 SAINT JOSEPH S (PA.) 44/10 25/11 5/6 6/2 7/13 D28 at UCLA 34/22 20/17 15/15 4/4 15/18 J2 FLORIDA STATE 40/30 13/16 8/11 10/4 10/33 J4 at #21/22 Syracuse 50/38 21/18 14/15 18/16 13/35 J8 at Miami 42/30 9/13 12/5 11/14 7/21 J11 BOSTON COLLEGE 52/12 41/10 22/8 10/0 45/13 J15 at #12/10 North Carolina 46/24 17/18 18/16 14/2 12/27 J19 #5/6 TENNESSEE 46/36 12/10 8/12 6/4 11/15 J22 GEORGIA TECH 54/40 24/14 11/5 14/0 13/14 J24 at Clemson 42/14 18/14 22/7 5/2 26/16 J29 at Virginia Tech 40/20 20/6 16/0 6/3 28/17 F1 WAKE FOREST 48/32 42/10 12/12 9/2 34/7 F5 VIRGINIA 50/18 8/5 16/14 7/0 9/9 F8 at Boston College 36/22 28/15 15/4 2/4 31/7 F16 #10/11 DUKE 24/30 19/8 15/17 4/0 17/7 F19 at Georgia Tech 36/28 16/16 8/11 7/7 11/3 F23 #8/7 LOUISVILLE 38/30 9/14 8/14 2/6 9/17 F26 PITTSBURGH 44/26 18/19 6/7 6/10 36/10 M1 at N.C. State 30/20 14/17 7/12 12/4 21/14 M6 vs. Miami 32/28 13/14 13/7 8/4 23/12 M7 vs. #16/16 Duke 22/18 7/8 13/8 7/0 6/4 M8 vs. #7/6 Florida State 50/20 24/17 10/2 9/4 19/10 M20 MONTANA 44/24 10/7 6/8 8/0 20/10 M22 DePAUL 38/24 8/22 18/12 0/2 11/7 M27 vs. #14/17 Stanford 28/18 15/9 14/14 10/2 8/14 M29 vs. #5/6 Baylor 30/40 10/14 16/12 0/6 6/6 21

22 NOTRE DAME Single Game Highs & Lows fighting irish women s basketball Team Superlatives NOTRE DAME HIGH NOTRE DAME LOW CATEGORY OPPONENT HIGH OPPONENT LOW 112 vs. Quinnipiac (11/25/14) 55 vs. Duke (3/7/15) Points/Game 93 by DePaul (12/10/14) 29 by Holy Cross (11/23/14) 61 (1st) vs. UMass Lowell (11/14/14) 20 (1st) at Miami (1/8/15) Points/Half 47 (2nd) by DePaul (12/10/14) 13, twice (MR: 1st by Harvard, 11/24/14) 42 vs. Holy Cross (11/23/14) 22, twice (MR: vs. Duke, 3/7/15) Field Goals Made 36 by DePaul (12/10/14) 11 by Holy Cross (11/23/14) 82 vs. Holy Cross (11/23/14) 44 vs. Saint Joseph s (12/21/14) Field Goal Attempts 75 by North Carolina (1/15/15) 49 by Clemson (1/24/15).627 vs. Pittsburgh (2/26/15).314 vs. Connecticut (12/6/14) FG Percentage.527 by Miami (1/8/15).186 by Holy Cross (11/23/14) 9, three times (MR: vs. Duke, 2/16/15) 0 vs. Saint Joseph s (12/21/14) 3-Point FG Made 13 by Boston College (1/11/15) 0 by Duke (2/16/15) 23, twice (MR: vs. Duke, 2/16/15) 5 vs. Saint Joseph s (12/21/14) 3-Point FG Attempts 34 by DePaul (3/22/15) 7 by Louisville (2/23/15).750 at UCLA (12/28/14).000 vs. Saint Joseph s (12/21/14) 3-Point FG Percentage.600 by Tennessee (1/19/15).000 by Duke (2/16/15) 32 vs. Quinnipiac (11/25/14) 5, twice (MR: vs. Michigan, 12/13/14) Free Throws Made 18 by Syracuse (1/4/15) 1 by Kansas (11/30/14) 40 vs. Quinnipiac (11/25/14) 5 vs. Chattanooga (11/21/14) Free Throw Attempts 29 by DePaul (12/10/14) 3 by Kansas (11/30/14) 1.000, twice (MR: vs. Stanford, 3/27/15).500, twice (MR: vs. Baylor, 3/29/15) FT Percentage.909 by Florida State (1/2/15).333 by Kansas (11/30/14) 64 vs. Holy Cross (11/23/14) 27 vs. Saint Joseph s (12/21/14) Rebounds 52 by Connecticut (12/6/14) 21 by Pittsburgh (2/26/15) 28 vs. Holy Cross (11/23/14) 8 at Michigan State (11/19/14) Assists 22 by DePaul (12/10/14) 2 by Saint Joseph s (12/21/14) 18 vs. Holy Cross (11/23/14) 3 vs. Miami (3/6/15) Steals 14 by DePaul (12/10/14) 1 by Michigan State (11/19/14) 10 at North Carolina (1/15/15) 1 vs. Georgia Tech (1/22/15) Blocked Shots 10 by Miami (1/8/15) 0 by Michigan (12/13/14) 23 at UCLA (12/28/14) 6 at Michigan State (11/19/14) Turnovers 30 by Wake Forest (2/1/15) 9 by Miami (3/6/15) 25, twice (MR: at Miami, 1/8/15) 6 vs. Saint Joseph s (12/21/14) Fouls 30 by Quinnipiac (11/25/14) 6 by Chattanooga (11/21/14) Individual Superlatives NOTRE DAME OPPONENT Points Scored 41 by Jewell Loyd at DePaul (12/10/14) 32, twice (MR: by Adrienne Motley of Miami, 1/8/15) Field Goals Made 13, twice (MR: by Jewell Loyd vs. Tennessee, 1/19/15) 13 by Adrienne Motley of Miami (1/8/15) Field Goal Attempts 28 by Jewell Loyd at DePaul (12/10/14) 24 by Kaela Davis of Georgia Tech (1/22/15) Highest FG Percentage (min. 5 made) (8-8) by Taya Reimer vs. Louisville (2/23/15).714 (5-7), twice (MR: by Milan Quinn of Wake Forest, 2/1/15) 3-Point Field Goals Made 6 by Michaela Mabrey at Boston College (2/8/15) 5 by Bonnie Samuelson of Stanford (3/27/15) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 11 by Michaela Mabrey vs. Quinnipiac (11/25/14) 10 by Brianna Butler of Syracuse (1/4/15) 3-Point FG Percentage (min. 2 made) (4-4) by Michaela Mabrey vs. Baylor (3/29/15) (2-2), five times (MR: by Megan Podkowa of DePaul, 3/22/15) Free Throws Made 15 by Jewell Loyd at DePaul (12/10/14) 10, twice (MR: by Brianna Kiesel of Pittsburgh, 2/26/15) Free Throw Attempts 18 by Jewell Loyd at DePaul (12/10/14) 16 by Brittany Hrynko of DePaul (12/10/14) Free Throw Percentage (min. 3 made) (9-9) by Jewell Loyd vs. Georgia Tech (1/22/15) (10-10) by Allisha Gray of North Carolina (1/15/15) Rebounds 18 by Brianna Turner at North Carolina (1/15/15) 18 by Kiah Stokes of Connecticut (12/6/14) Assists 9, twice (MR: by Lindsay Allen vs. Louisville, 2/23/15) 10, twice (MR: by Niya Johnson of Baylor, 3/29/15) Steals 6 by Madison Cable vs. Wake Forest (2/1/15) 5, twice (MR: by Alexis Peterson of Syracuse, 1/4/15) Blocked Shots 7, three times (MR: by Brianna Turner vs. Louisville, 2/23/15) 9 by Jassany Williams of Miami (1/8/15) Turnovers 7, twice (MR: by Taya Reimer vs. Michigan, 12/13/14) 8 by Martina Mosetti of Boston College (2/8/15) Minutes Played 42 by Jewell Loyd at DePaul (12/10/14) 45 by Chanise Jenkins of DePaul (12/10/14) 22

23 fighting irish women s basketball NOTRE DAME Game-By-Game Team Statistics Overall 3-Point Rebs. Date Opponent W/L Score FG-A Pct. FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. Off-Def-Tot PF-DQ A TO B S 1-2-OT Tot N14 NOTRE DAME hw UMass Lowell N19 NOTRE DAME aw #15/17 Michigan State N21 NOTRE DAME hw Chattanooga N23 NOTRE DAME h1w Holy Cross N24 NOTRE DAME h1w Harvard N25 NOTRE DAME h1w Quinnipiac N30 NOTRE DAME n1w Kansas D3 NOTRE DAME h2w #15/10 Maryland D6 NOTRE DAME h3l #3/3 Connecticut D10 NOTRE DAME aw (OT) #25/25 DePaul D13 NOTRE DAME hw Michigan D21 NOTRE DAME hw Saint Joseph s (Pa.) D28 NOTRE DAME aw UCLA J2 NOTRE DAME hw Florida State J4 NOTRE DAME aw #21/22 Syracuse J8 NOTRE DAME al Miami J11 NOTRE DAME hw Boston College J15 NOTRE DAME aw #12/10 North Carolina J19 NOTRE DAME hw #5/6 Tennessee J22 NOTRE DAME hw Georgia Tech J24 NOTRE DAME aw Clemson J29 NOTRE DAME aw Virginia Tech F1 NOTRE DAME hw Wake Forest F5 NOTRE DAME hw Virginia F8 NOTRE DAME aw Boston College F16 NOTRE DAME hw #10/11 Duke F19 NOTRE DAME aw Georgia Tech F23 NOTRE DAME hw #8/7 Louisville F26 NOTRE DAME hw Pittsburgh M1 NOTRE DAME aw N.C. State M6 NOTRE DAME n4w Miami M7 NOTRE DAME n4w #16/16 Duke M8 NOTRE DAME n4w #7/6 Florida State M20 NOTRE DAME h5w Montana M22 NOTRE DAME h5w DePaul M27 NOTRE DAME n6w #14/17 Stanford M29 NOTRE DAME n6w #5/6 Baylor = ACC game // h1/n1 = Naismith Hall of Fame Challenge (Nov. 30 at Uncasville, Conn.) // h2 = ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Fort Wayne, Ind.) // h3 = Jimmy V Classic (Notre Dame, Ind.) // n4 = ACC Championship (Greensboro, N.C.) // h5 = NCAA Championship - First/Second Rounds (Notre Dame, Ind.) // n6 = NCAA Championship - Oklahoma City Regional (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 23

24 NOTRE DAME Miscellaneous Notre Dame Statistics LEADING SCORER Jewell Loyd 23 (42) Brianna Turner 6 Lindsay Allen 4 (4) Michaela Mabrey 2 (4) Taya Reimer 1 (1) Kathryn Westbeld 1 Madison Cable 0 (1) LEADING REBOUNDER Brianna Turner 19 Taya Reimer 9 (14) Kathryn Westbeld 8 Jewell Loyd 4 (18) Markisha Wright 3 (10) Lindsay Allen 2 (2) Madison Cable 2 (7) LEADER IN ASSISTS Lindsay Allen 27 (47) Jewell Loyd 8 (14) Michaela Mabrey 7 (12) Taya Reimer 2 (5) Mychal Johnson 1 Kathryn Westbeld 1 Hannah Huffman 0 (1) Markisha Wright 0 (1) S STARTED Lindsay Allen 37 (75) Jewell Loyd 37 (109) Michaela Mabrey 36 (37) Taya Reimer 33 (39) Brianna Turner 33 Madison Cable 6 (9) Markisha Wright 2 (3) Whitney Holloway 1 (1) CHARGES TAKEN Opponents 25 Notre Dame 51 Madison Cable 19 (36) Lindsay Allen 13 (19) Markisha Wright 8 (23) Mychal Johnson 6 Jewell Loyd 2 (21) Hannah Huffman 1 (1) Michaela Mabrey 1 (2) Kathryn Westbeld 1 Taya Reimer 0 (1) 20-POINT SCORING S Opponents 17 Notre Dame 32 Jewell Loyd 19 (34) Brianna Turner 6 Lindsay Allen 4 (4) Madison Cable 1 (2) Michaela Mabrey 1 (1) Taya Reimer 1 (1) 30-POINT SCORING S Opponents 2 Notre Dame 4 Jewell Loyd 4 (7) 40-POINT SCORING S Opponents 0 Notre Dame 1 Jewell Loyd 1 (1) TECHNICAL/FLAGRANT FOULS Opponents 3 Notre Dame 0 Madison Cable 0 (1) FOUR-POINT PLAYS Opponents 1 Notre Dame 1 Madison Cable 1 (1) THREE-POINT PLAYS Opponents 38 Notre Dame 64 Jewell Loyd 22 (44) Brianna Turner 16 Lindsay Allen 9 (17) Kathryn Westbeld 8 Taya Reimer 5 (11) Madison Cable 2 (4) Hannah Huffman 1 (1) Mychal Johnson 1 Michaela Mabrey 0 (3) Kristina Nelson 0 (1) Markisha Wright 0 (5) ND S FIRST SUBSTITUTION Kathryn Westbeld 29 Madison Cable 14 Markisha Wright 4 Mychal Johnson 2 Taya Reimer 1 Brianna Turner 1 BENCH POINTS Opponents 493 (13.3 ppg.) Notre Dame 730 (19.7 ppg.) SHOT CLOCK VIOLATIONS FORCED Opponents 11 Notre Dame SECOND (BACKCOURT) VIOLATIONS FORCED Opponents 0 Notre Dame 0 JUMP BALLS CONTROLLED Opponents 9 Notre Dame 28 Brianna Turner 26/33 (.788) Taya Reimer 2/3 (.667) Markisha Wright 0/1 (.000) FIRST SCORE Opponents 14 Notre Dame 23 fighting irish women s basketball Jewell Loyd 10 Taya Reimer 6 Lindsay Allen 3 Michaela Mabrey 2 Madison Cable 1 Brianna Turner 1 RUNS OF 10-0 OR BETTER Opponents 3 Notre Dame 45 LARGEST HALFTIME LEAD 46 (59-13 vs. Harvard, 11/24/14) LARGEST HALFTIME DEFICIT 20 (40-20 at Miami, 1/8/15) LARGEST LEAD 76 (101-25, 1:47-2nd vs. Holy Cross, 11/23/14) LARGEST DEFICIT 22 (45-23, 17:00-2nd at Miami, 1/8/15) LARGEST DEFICIT OVERCOME TO WIN 12 (20-8, 7:41-1st vs. Florida State, 1/2/15) LARGEST LEAD GIVEN UP IN LOSS 10 (28-18, 10:13-1st vs. Connecticut, 12/6/14) LARGEST WIN 75 ( vs. Holy Cross, 11/23/14) LARGEST DEFEAT 18 (76-58 vs. Connecticut, 12/6/14) MOST CONSECUTIVE PTS 25 (0:57-1st to 14:40-2nd) vs. Holy Cross (11/23/14) MOST CONSECUTIVE OPP PTS 16 (9:59 to 4:15-1st) by Connecticut (12/6/14) LONGEST WINNING STREAK 21 (1/11-present) LONGEST LOSING STREAK 1, twice (MR: 1/8) LARGEST HOME CROWD 9,189 vs. Maryland (12/3/14) LARGEST ROAD CROWD 8,644 at Michigan State (11/19/14) LARGEST NEUTRAL SITE CROWD 7,108 vs. Duke (3/7/15) NOTE: totals may not add up to games played due to ties figures in parentheses by player totals are career totals Double-Figure Points Career Jewell Loyd Brianna Turner Taya Reimer Lindsay Allen Michaela Mabrey Madison Cable 9 18 Kathryn Westbeld 9 9 Mychal Johnson 2 2 Hannah Huffman 1 1 Markisha Wright 1 9 Whitney Holloway 0 1 Double-Figure Rebounds Career Brianna Turner Taya Reimer 5 9 Madison Cable 2 3 Jewell Loyd 2 9 Kathryn Westbeld 2 2 Markisha Wright Games (aka Stat Sheet Stuffers ) Career Lindsay Allen 8 9 Jewell Loyd 5 10 Brianna Turner 5 5 Michaela Mabrey 1 1 Madison Cable 0 1 Taya Reimer 0 1 NOTE: At least 5 in three of five statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals or blocks) Double-Doubles Career Brianna Turner pts., 16 rebs. at UCLA, 12/28 20 pts., 13 rebs. at #21/22 Syracuse, 1/4 17 pts., 10 rebs. at Miami, 1/8 29 pts., 18 rebs. at #12/10 North Carolina, 1/15 15 pts., 10 rebs. at Clemson, 1/24 26 pts., 13 rebs. vs. Virginia, 2/5 13 pts., 10 rebs. vs. Miami, 3/6 14 pts., 11 rebs. vs. DePaul, 3/22 12 pts., 10 rebs. vs. #5/6 Baylor, 3/29 Jewell Loyd pts., 11 rebs. at #15/17 Michigan State, 11/19 41 pts., 12 rebs. at #25/25 DePaul, 12/10 Taya Reimer pts., 11 rebs. at #25/25 DePaul, 12/10 14 pts., 10 rebs. vs. DePaul, 3/22 Madison Cable pts., 11 rebs. at #25/25 DePaul, 12/10 Kathryn Westbeld pts., 12 rebs. vs. Quinnipiac, 11/25 Markisha Wright 0 2 Clutch Free Throws (final 5 min. + OT) FT-FTA Pct. Jewell Loyd Madison Cable Lindsay Allen Hannah Huffman Kathryn Westbeld Mychal Johnson Whitney Holloway Diamond Thompson Brianna Turner Taya Reimer Markisha Wright Team Totals

25 fighting irish women s basketball The Last Time Notre Dame SCORING Player scored 25 points: Lindsay Allen (28) vs. Stanford, 3/27/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Player scored 30 points: Jewell Loyd (31) at Georgia Tech, 2/19/15 Player scored 35 points: see 40 points Player scored 40 points: Jewell Loyd (41) at DePaul, 12/10/14 Player came off bench and scored 20 points: Madison Cable (21) vs. UCLA, 12/7/13 Two players scored 20 points: Lindsay Allen (28) & Jewell Loyd (21) vs. Stanford, 3/27/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Three players scored 20 points: Danielle Green (28), Sheila McMillen (26), Ruth Riley (23) vs. West Virginia, 1/7/99 Two players scored 25 points: Jewell Loyd (26) & Kayla McBride (25) vs. Duke, 3/9/14 (@ Greensboro, N.C.) Player scored 25 points/consecutive games: Jewell Loyd (34 vs. Tennessee, 1/19/15; 29 vs. Georgia Tech, 1/22/15) None in double figures: at Seton Hall, 2/8/04 One in double figures: Jewell Loyd (21) vs. Duke (3/7/15 (@ Greensboro, N.C.) Six in double figures: Brianna Turner (21), Kathryn Westbeld (15), Madison Cable (14), Mychal Johnson (13), Jewell Loyd (11) and Michaela Mabrey (11) vs. Boston College, 1/11/15 Seven in double figures: see eight in double figures Eight in double figures: Devereaux Peters (20), Natalie Achonwa (19), Kaila Turner (14), Natalie Novosel (13), Skylar Diggins (11), Brittany Mallory (11), Kayla McBride (11) and Markisha Wright (11) vs. Pittsburgh, 1/17/12 ND scored 50 points/half: 51 (1st half) at Boston College, 2/8/15 ND scored 55 points/half: 58 (1st half) vs. Boston College, 1/11/15 ND scored 60 points/half: 61 (1st half) vs. UMass Lowell, 11/14/14 ND scored 100 points/game: 104 vs. Boston College, 1/11/15 ND scored 100 points/road game: 109 at Pittsburgh, 1/16/14 ND scored 100 points/neutral site: 100 vs. Duquesne, 12/1/13 (@ Toronto, Ontario) ND scored 100 points/conference game: 104 vs. Boston College, 1/11/15 ND scored fewer than 15 points/half: 11 (1st half) at West Virginia, 1/13/08 ND scored fewer than 20 points/half: 19 (1st half) at Connecticut, 1/16/10 ND scored fewer than 50 points/game: 44 at Connecticut, 3/8/10 FIELD-GOAL SHOOTING Player made every shot from the field (min. 7): Taya Reimer (8-8) vs. Louisville, 2/23/15 ND shot 55 percent/game: see 60 percent/game ND shot 55 percent/consecutive games: 58.2 (32-55) vs. Tennessee, 1/19/15; 56.5 (35-62) vs. Georgia Tech, 1/22/15 ND shot 60 percent/game: 62.3 (33-53) vs. Montana, 3/20/15 ND shot 65 percent/game: see 70 percent/game ND shot 70 percent/game: 70.2 (40-57) at Mercer, 12/30/11 ND shot below 25 percent/game: 24.5 (13-53) at West Virginia, 1/13/08 ND shot below 30 percent/game: 29.7 (22-74) vs. Connecticut, 4/7/13 (@ New Orleans, La.) ND shot below 35 percent/game: 31.4 (22-70) vs. Connecticut, 12/6/14 ND shot below 35 percent/game and won: 34.8 (23-66) vs. South Florida, 3/10/13 (@ Hartford, Conn.) ND shot 55 percent/half: see 65 percent/half ND shot 60 percent/half: see 65 percent/half ND shot 65 percent/half: 65.2 (15-23), 2nd half vs. Montana, 3/20/15 ND shot 70 percent/half: 70.4 (19-27), 2nd half vs. Pittsburgh, 2/26/15 ND shot 55 percent/both halves: 60.0 (18-30) and 65.2 (15-23) vs. Montana, 3/20/15 ND shot below 25 percent/half: 24.0 (6-25), 1st half at Miami, 1/8/15 ND shot below 30 percent/half: see below 25 percent/half THREE-POINT SHOOTING Player made 4 three-pointers/half: Michaela Mabrey (1st half) vs. Baylor, 3/29/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Player made 5 three-pointers/half: Michaela Mabrey (1st half) at Boston College, 2/8/15 Player made 5 three-pointers: Michaela Mabrey vs. DePaul, 3/22/15 Player made 6 three-pointers: Michaela Mabrey at Boston College, 2/8/15 Player made 7 three-pointers: Alicia Ratay at Providence, 2/16/03 Player made 8 three-pointers: Sheila McMillen vs. St. John s, 2/28/98 (@ Piscataway, N.J.) Player attempted 10 three-pointers: Michaela Mabrey (11) vs. Quinnipiac, 11/25/14 ND made 10 three-pointers: 10 vs. Robert Morris, 3/22/14 (@ Toledo, Ohio) ND did not make a three-pointer: vs. Saint Joseph s (Pa.), 12/21/14 ND attempted 20 three-pointers: 23 vs. Duke, 2/16/15 ND shot 60 percent 3FG (min. 5 att.): 71.4 (5-7) vs. Baylor, 3/29/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) FREE-THROW SHOOTING Player made 10 free-throws: Jewell Loyd (10) at Georgia Tech, 2/19/15 Player made 15 free-throws: Jewell Loyd (15) at DePaul, 12/10/14 Player attempted 15 free-throws: Brianna Turner (16) at North Carolina, 1/15/15 Player made 10 for 10 or better: by Natalie Novosel vs. South Florida, 2/25/12 ND shot 90 percent (min. 10 att.): (13-13) vs. Stanford, 3/27/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) ND shot below 50 percent (min. 10 att.): 33.3 (4-12) vs. Cincinnati, 1/31/09 ND made 30 free-throws: 32 (attempted 40) vs. Quinnipiac, 11/25/14 ND made fewer than five FTs: 4 (attempted 7) vs. DePaul, 3/4/12 (@ Hartford, Conn.) ND attempted 40 free-throws: 40 (made 32) vs. Quinnipiac, 11/25/14 ND attempted fewer than five FTs: 2 (made 2) at Connecticut, 3/8/10 REBOUNDS Player had 15 rebounds: Brianna Turner (18) at North Carolina, 1/15/15 Player had 20 rebounds: Natalie Achonwa (20) vs. South Florida, 3/10/13 (@ Hartford, Conn.) Two players had double-figure rebounds: Brianna Turner (11) and Taya Reimer (10) vs. DePaul, 3/22/15 Three players had double-figure rebounds: Jewell Loyd (12), Madison Cable (11) and Taya Reimer (11) at DePaul, 12/10/14 ND had 50 rebounds: 51 vs. DePaul, 3/22/15 ND had 20 offensive rebounds: 20 at Clemson, 1/24/15 ND had 25 offensive rebounds: 28 vs. Connecticut, 4/7/13 (@ New Orleans, La.) ND had 30 offensive rebounds: 30 vs. Longwood, 12/28/11 NOTRE DAME DOUBLE-DOUBLES Points & rebounds: Brianna Turner (12/10) vs. Baylor, 3/29/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Points & rebounds/consecutive games: Brianna Turner (20/13) at Syracuse, 1/4/15; (17/10) at Miami, 1/8/15 Points & rebounds/3 consecutive games: Natalie Achonwa (11/14) at Iowa, 3/26/13; (17/10) vs. Kansas, 3/31/13 (@ Norfolk, Va.); vs. Duke (17/13), 4/2/13 (@ Norfolk, Va.) Points & rebounds/4 consecutive games: Jacqueline Batteast (14/11) vs. Virginia Tech, 1/10/04; (23/11) vs. Connecticut, 1/13/04; (22/10) at West Virginia, 1/17/04; (12/10) at Syracuse, 1/21/04 Points & rebounds/5 consecutive games: Jacqueline Batteast (20/10) vs. Western Michigan, 12/12/01; (11/12) vs. Marquette, 12/22/01; (23/10) at Rice, 12/28/01; (25/14) vs. DePaul, 12/31/01; (12/13) at Miami (Fla.), 1/2/02 Points & assists: Skylar Diggins (17/10) at DePaul, 2/24/13 Points & assists/consecutive games: Niele Ivey (12/10) at Valparaiso, 11/17/00; (14/11) vs. Arizona, 11/20/00 Two players had double-doubles: Brianna Turner (14p/11r) and Taya Reimer (14p/10r) vs. DePaul, 3/22/15 Three players had double-doubles: Jewell Loyd (41p/12r), Madison Cable (20p/11r) and Taya Reimer (15p/11r) at DePaul, 12/10/14 15 points and 15 rebounds: Brianna Turner (29/18) at North Carolina, 1/15/15 20 points and 10 rebounds: Brianna Turner (26/13) vs. Virginia, 2/5/15 20 points and 20 rebounds: Natalie Achonwa (20/20) vs. South Florida, 3/10/13 (@ Hartford, Conn.) TRIPLE-DOUBLES (only four in school history) Skylar Diggins (17p/10r/10a) at DePaul, 2/24/13 Skylar Diggins (22p/10r/11a) vs. Maryland, 3/27/12 (@ Raleigh, N.C.) Sara Liebscher (17p/12r/10a) vs. Detroit, 2/15/90 Mary Gavin (11p/14a/10s) vs. Marquette, 1/31/87 ASSISTS Player had 10 assists: Skylar Diggins (10) at DePaul, 2/24/13 Player had 10 assists/consecutive games: Megan Duffy (11 vs. Rutgers, 1/23/05; 10 vs. St. John s, 1/26/05) Player had 15 assists: Mary Gavin (17) at Marquette, 2/28/87 ND had 30 assists: 30 vs. Central Michigan, 12/22/13 ND had fewer than 10 assists: 9 vs. Florida State, 1/2/15 ND had fewer than 5 assists: 3 vs. Villanova, 3/8/09 (@ Hartford, Conn.) BLOCKED SHOTS Player blocked 5 shots: see blocked 6 shots Player blocked 6 shots: Brianna Turner (7) vs. Louisville, 2/23/15 Player blocked 10 shots: Amanda Barksdale (11) vs. Boston College, 2/10/02 ND blocked 10 shots: 10 at North Carolina, 1/15/15 ND blocked 15 shots: 16 vs. Boston College, 2/10/02 ND blocked 0 shots: vs. Duke, 2/23/14 STEALS Player had 7 steals: Kaila Turner vs. Alabama A&M, 12/19/12 (@ Las Vegas, Nev.) Player had 8 steals: Ashley Barlow vs. Cincinnati, 1/31/09 ND had 20 steals: 21 vs. Saint Francis (Pa.), 12/31/12 TURNOVERS ND committed 25 or more: 28 vs. Georgetown, 1/15/13 ND committed 25 or more and won: see 25 or more ND committed 30 or more: 30 at West Virginia, 2/22/11 ND committed 10 or fewer: 9 vs. Stanford, 3/27/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) ND committed 10 or fewer/consecutive games: 9 vs. N.C. State, 3/8/14; 10 vs. Duke, 3/9/14 (@ Greensboro, N.C.) ND committed 5 or fewer: 3 at Maryland, 11/16/07 MISCELLANEOUS Led ND in points/rebounds/assists: Jewell Loyd (27p/8r/6a) vs. Maryland, 12/3/14 (@ Fort Wayne, Ind.) Hit final minute game-winning shot: Jewell Loyd (2 FT/0:05.3, OT) at DePaul, 12/10/14 Four-point play: Madison Cable (9:52, 2nd half) vs. Wake Forest, 2/1/15 Made shot from midcourt or beyond: Lindsay Allen (50 feet at 0:00, 1st half) vs. Florida State, 1/2/15 Played every minute: Lindsay Allen (40) vs. Baylor, 3/29/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Played more than 40 minutes: Jewell Loyd (42) and Michaela Mabrey (41) at DePaul, 12/10/14 ND rallied from 10-point deficit to win: trailed at North Carolina, (5:28-1st); won 89-79, 1/15/15 ND rallied from 15-point deficit to win: trailed vs. Syracuse, 7-22 (12:45-1st); won 79-68, 2/26/13 ND scored 20 straight points: 20-0 run at Boston College, 2/8/15 ND scored 25 straight points: 25-0 run vs. Holy Cross, 11/23/14 ND scored 30 straight points: 36-0 run vs. Southeast Missouri State, 1/2/11 OVERTIME ND played an OT game: at DePaul (W, 94-93, ot), 12/10/14 ND played multiple overtimes: vs. Connecticut (W, 96-87, 3ot), 3/4/13 ND won an OT game: see played an OT game ND won an OT game at home: vs. Connecticut (W, 96-87, 3ot), 3/4/13 ND won an OT game on the road: see played an OT game ND lost an OT game: vs. UCLA (L, 86-83, 2ot), 11/18/10 RANKINGS Played the No. 1 team in the AP poll: lost vs. Connecticut (79-58), 4/8/14 (@ Nashville, Tenn.) Played the No. 1 team in the WBCA/USA Today poll: see played No. 1 team in AP poll Defeated top-10 opponent: vs. #5/6 Baylor (77-68), 3/29/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Defeated top-10 opponent at home: vs. #8/7 Louisville (68-52), 2/23/15 Defeated top-10 opponent on the road: at #12/10 North Carolina (89-79), 1/15/15 Defeated top-10 opponent by double digits: vs. #7/6 Florida State (71-58), 3/8/15 (@ Greensboro, N.C.) 25

26 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women s basketball The Last Time An Opponent SCORING Player scored 25 points: Nina Davis (26), Baylor, 3/29/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Player scored 30 points: Adrienne Motley (32) at Miami, 1/8/15 Player scored 35 points: Heather Butler (37), UT Martin, 3/24/13 (@ Iowa City, Iowa) Two players scored 20 points: Brittany Hrynko (32) and Megan Podkowa (20) at DePaul, 12/10/14 Three players scored 20 points: Angela Simpson (37), Bridgette Williams (24) and Stephanie Shaw (22), Northwestern State, 3/24/95 (@ Amarillo, Texas) Two players scored 25 points: Brittney Griner (32) and Odyssey Sims (25) at Baylor, 11/20/11 None in double figures: Montana, 3/20/15 (Kayleigh Valley - 9 pts) One in double figures: Brianna Kiesel (27), Pittsburgh, 2/26/15 Five in double figures: Megan Rogowski (18), Megan Podkowa (17), Jessica January (13), Brittany Hrynko (11) and Chanise Jenkins (11), DePaul, 11/26/13 Six in double figures: Jannon Roland (21), Danielle McCulley (14), Jennifer Jacoby (12), Stacey Lovelace (12), Nicole Erickson (11) and Shannon Lindsey (11), Purdue, 11/30/94 Scored 50 points/half: 50 (2nd half), San Diego State, 11/26/09 (@ St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) Scored 55 points/half: see 60 points/half Scored 60 points/half: 63 (2nd half), Northwestern State, 3/24/95 (@ Amarillo, Texas) Scored 100 points/game: 106, Connecticut, 12/8/98 Scored 100 points/non-conference game: 103, Northwestern State, 3/24/95 (@ Amarillo, Texas) Scored fewer than 15 points/half: 13 (1st half), Harvard, 11/24/14 Scored fewer than 20 points/half: 19 (2nd half), Montana, 3/20/15 Scored fewer than 40 points/game: 36 at Clemson, 1/24/15 FIELD-GOAL SHOOTING Shot 50 percent/game: 50.0 (32-64), Georgia Tech, 1/22/15 Shot 55 percent/game: 58.2 (32-55), Texas A&M, 12/21/12 (@ Las Vegas, Nev.) Shot 60 percent/game: 60.0 (30-50), DePaul, 1/22/08 Shot below 25 percent/game: 18.6 (11-59), Holy Cross, 11/23/14 Shot below 30 percent/game: 28.6 (14-49) at Clemson, 1/24/15 Shot 50 percent/half: 50.0 (14-28), 2nd half at Boston College, 2/8/15 Shot 55 percent/half: 55.6 (15-27), 2nd half by Maryland, 12/3/14 (@ Fort Wayne, Ind.) Shot 60 percent/half: 60.7 (17-28), 1st half by Texas A&M, 12/21/12 (@ Las Vegas, Nev.) Shot 65 percent/half: 68.2 (15-22), 2nd half by Texas A&M, 4/5/11 (@ Indianapolis, Ind.) Shot 70 percent/half: 70.0 (14-20), 2nd half by New Hampshire, 11/12/10 Shot 50 percent/both halves: 51.7 (15-29) and 53.8 (14-26) at Miami, 1/8/15 Shot below 20 percent/half: 17.2 (5-29), 1st half by Harvard, 11/24/14 Shot below 25 percent/half: see below 25 percent/half Shot below 30 percent/half: 25.8 (8-31), 2nd half by Montana, 3/20/15 Shot below 30 percent/both halves: 28.6 (8-28) and 28.6 (6-21) at Clemson, 1/24/15 THREE-POINT SHOOTING Player made 5 three-pointers: Bonnie Samuelson, Stanford, 3/27/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Player made 6 three-pointers: Heather Butler, UT Martin, 3/24/13 (@ Iowa City, Iowa) Player made 7 three-pointers: Angie Bjorklund, Tennessee, 1/5/08 Player attempted 10 three-pointers: Brianna Butler (10) at Syracuse, 1/4/15 Made 10 three-pointers: 10, DePaul, 3/22/15 Did not make a three-pointer: Duke, 2/16/15 Shot 50 percent 3FG (min. 5 att.): see 60 percent 3FG Shot 60 percent 3FG (min. 5 att.): 60.0 (6-10), Tennessee, 1/19/15 FREE-THROW SHOOTING Player made 10 free-throws: Brianna Kiesel (10), Pittsburgh, 2/26/15 Player made 15 free-throws: Nok Duany (15) at Georgetown, 2/23/02 Player attempted 15 free-throws: Brittany Hrynko (16) at DePaul, 12/10/14 Player made 10 for 10 or better: Allisha Gray (10-10) at North Carolina, 1/15/15 Shot 90 percent (min. 10 att.): 90.9 (10-11), Florida State, 1/2/15 Shot below 50 percent (min. 10 att.): 45.5 (5-11) at Boston College, 2/8/15 Made 30 free-throws: 32 (attempted 37), Illinois, 11/24/98 Made fewer than five FTs: 3 (attempted 5), Montana, 3/20/15 Attempted 40 free-throws: 45 (made 28), at South Florida, 1/13/07 Attempted fewer than five FTs: 3 (made 1), Kansas, 11/30/14 (@ Uncasville, Conn.) REBOUNDS Player had 15 rebounds: Sarah Imovbioh (16), Virginia, 2/5/15 Player had 20 rebounds: Wendy Scholtens (20) at Vanderbilt, 1/8/89 Two players had double-figure rebounds: Nina Davis (13) and Sune Agbuke (10), Baylor, 3/29/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Three players had double-figure rebounds: Aurora Adams (16), Brenda McCunn (11) and Paula Langseth (10), Hawaii, 3/22/81 (@ Anchorage, Alaska) Had 50 rebounds: 52, Connecticut, 12/6/14 Out-rebounded ND by 10 or more: 18, Connecticut, 12/6/14 (UCONN 52, ND 34) TRIPLE-DOUBLES Points, rebounds, assists: Liad Suez-Karni (14p/10r/10a), Villanova, 2/7/06 Points, rebounds, steals: Diana Vines (23p/11r/12s) at DePaul, 1/24/89 ASSISTS Player had 10 assists: Niya Johnson (10), Baylor, 3/29/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Player had 15 assists: Veronica Pettry (16) at Loyola-Chicago, 2/18/89 Had 25 assists: 25, Connecticut, 4/8/14 (@ Nashville, Tenn.) Had 30 assists: 30 at Loyola-Chicago, 2/18/89 Had fewer than 10 assists: 9, Duke, 3/7/15 (@ Greensboro, N.C.) BLOCKED SHOTS Player blocked 5 shots: Jassany Williams (9) at Miami, 1/8/15 Blocked 10 shots: 10 at Miami, 1/8/15 Blocked 15 shots: 16 at Connecticut, 1/27/07 Blocked 0 shots: Michigan, 12/13/14 STEALS Player had 5 steals: Alexis Peterson at Syracuse, 1/4/15 Player had 6 steals: see player had 10 steals Player had 7 steals: see player had 10 steals Player had 10 steals: Alexis Jones at Duke, 2/2/14 Had 15 steals: 16 at Duke, 2/2/14 Had 20 steals: 24, Georgetown, 1/29/00 TURNOVERS Player committed 10 turnovers: Samantha Logic (11) at Iowa, 3/26/13 Committed 20 turnovers or more and won: 24, Connecticut, 12/6/14 Committed 25 turnovers or more: 26 at Boston College, 2/8/15 Committed 30 turnovers or more: 30, Wake Forest, 2/1/15 Committed 35 turnovers or more: 35, Connecticut, 3/4/13 Committed 40 turnovers or more: 46, Akron, 11/11/11 Committed 5 turnovers or fewer: 5 at Villanova, 1/25/03 Committed 10 turnovers or fewer: 9, Miami, 3/6/15 (@ Greensboro, N.C.) MISCELLANEOUS Led team in points/rebounds/assists: Shannon Samuels (16p/5r/4a), UMass Lowell, 11/14/14 Hit final minute game-winning shot: Brooke Hampton (2 FT/0:04.6), West Virginia, 2/12/12 Played every minute: Nina Davis and Niya Johnson (40), Baylor, 3/29/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Played more than 40 minutes: Chanise Jenkins (45), Megan Rogowski (43) and Brittany Hrynko (41) at DePaul, 12/10/14 Rallied from 10-point deficit to win: Connecticut, 12/6/14 (ND led with 10:13 left in 1st half, UCONN won 76-58) Led ND by 10 or more at halftime: see led by 15 Led ND by 15 or more at halftime: 20 at Miami (40-20), 1/8/15 Led ND by 25 or more points: 25 by Baylor (75-50 at 4:56 of 2nd half), 4/3/12 (@ Denver, Colo.) SCORING MARGINS The Last Time ND won by 30-plus points: 34 at ND 77, Montana 43, 3/20/15 ND won by 30-plus points on road: 33 ND 89, at Boston College 56, 2/8/15 ND won by 30-plus points at neutral site: 42 ND 89, Kansas 47, 11/30/14 (@ Uncasville, Conn.) ND won by 40-plus points: 46 at ND 104, Boston College 58, 1/11/15 ND won by 50-plus points: see 60 ND won by 60-plus points: 60 at ND 112, Quinnipiac 52, 11/25/14 ND won by 70-plus points: 75 at ND 104, Holy Cross 29, 11/23/14 ND lost by points: 15 at Miami 78, ND 63, 1/8/15 ND lost by at home: 18 Connecticut 76, at ND 58, 12/6/14 ND lost by points at neutral site: 18 Connecticut 83, ND 65, 4/7/13 (@ New Orleans, La.) ND lost by points: 21 Connecticut 79, ND 58, 4/8/14 (@ Nashville, Tenn.) ND lost by points at home: 25 Connecticut 76, at ND 51, 3/1/10 ND lost by points on the road: 21 at Connecticut 78, ND 57, 2/19/11 ND lost by 30-plus points: 39 at Tennessee 89, ND 50, 3/17/02 DOUBLE-DOUBLES Points & rebounds: Nina Davis (26/13) and Sune Agbuke (12/10), Baylor, 3/29/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Points & assists: Chanise Jenkins (12/10) at DePaul, 12/10/14 Points & steals: Alexis Jones (16/10) at Duke, 2/2/14 Two players had double-doubles: Nina Davis (26/13) and Sune Agbuke (12/10), Baylor, 3/29/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) Three players had double-doubles: Mary Raese (24p/10r), Mary Westerwelle (11p/10r) and Netra McGrew (10p/10a), Idaho, 3/21/86 (@ Amarillo, Texas) 15 points and 15 rebounds: Stefanie Dolson (17/16), Connecticut, 4/8/14 (@ Nashville, Tenn.) 20 points and 10 rebounds: Nina Davis (26/13), Baylor, 3/29/15 (@ Oklahoma City, Okla.) 20 points and 20 rebounds: Wendy Scholtens (29/20) at Vanderbilt, 1/8/89 26

27 fighting irish women s basketball NOTRE DAME Box Scores 1 #3 Notre Dame 105, UMass Lowell 51 November 14, 2014 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) UMass Lowell (51) Riddick Doucette Samuels McRoy Frase Rudolph Walton Mitchell-Owens Dunphy Parra Hayner Team 5 Totals Notre Dame (105) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 7 Totals UMass Lowell Notre Dame FG Pct: UMass Lowell 28.8, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: UMass Lowell 23.1, Notre Dame FT Pct: UMass Lowell 78.6, Notre Dame Turnovers: UMass Lowell 24, Notre Dame 18. Blocked Shots: UMass Lowell 3 (Parra 2), Notre Dame 9 (Turner 3). Steals: UMass Lowell 8 (Doucette 2), Notre Dame 15 (Allen, Mabrey 4). Attendance: 8,659. NOTES: Notre Dame earned its 20th consecutive season-opening win and improved to 25-3 (.893) on opening night in the Muffet McGraw era, as well as 30-8 (.789) all-time Notre Dame scored 100 points in a season opener for the fourth time in program history and first since Nov. 15, 2009 (a win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Purcell Pavilion) Notre Dame s 61 first-half points tied last year s season high for one half, set in the opening 20 minutes against Syracuse on Feb. 9, 2014, at Purcell Pavilion the Fighting Irish won their 20th consecutive game against a first-time opponent, rising to 44-3 (.936) against new foes since the start of the season the 54-point win was Notre Dame s second-largest margin of victory in a season opener and largest since Nov. 24, 1989, when the Fighting Irish trounced Liberty, , at the UCF Rotary Classic in Orlando Notre Dame extended its current home winning streak to 29 games, the second-longest in program history the Fighting Irish have won 19 of their last 20 games in the month of November and are (.854) in November games since Turner shattered the 33-year-old Notre Dame record for points by a freshman in her debut game (22 by Ruth Kaiser vs. St. Joseph s-ind. on Dec. 3, 1981), tying Kaiser s total with 6:17 left in the first half (Turner rested the remainder of the opening period, then set the record less than 90 seconds into the second half) Turner scored the second-most points by any Notre Dame player (at any grade level) in a season opener, topped only by All-America forward Katryna Gaither s 31 points at Indiana on Nov. 24, Gaither made 13 field goals in that Fighting Irish win, the last time a Notre Dame player converted 13 baskets in a season opener Loyd tied her career high with 10 made free throws, having also converted 10 foul shots at Wake Forest on Feb. 20, 2014 Loyd posted her 16th career 20-point game and scored in double figures for the 44th consecutive game (the second-longest streak in school history behind Gaither s 76-game run from ) Cable scored in double figures for the 10th time in her career and first since March 22, 2014, when she had 13 points in Notre Dame s NCAA Championship first-round win over Robert Morris at Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio Huffman scored a career-high eight points, topping her previous best of seven points at Marquette on Feb. 17, Huffman s four field goals and six field goal attempts also were career highs, supplanting her previous bests (three of five) at DePaul on Feb. 24, 2013 along with Turner, Johnson and Westbeld also made their college debuts against UMass Lowell. 2 #3/2 Notre Dame 71, #15/17 Michigan State 63 November 19, 2014 Breslin Center (East Lansing, Mich.) Notre Dame (71) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Team 2 Totals Michigan State (63) Lumpkin, J Mills Jankoska Morrissey Powers Miller Hines Gussert Johnson Team 4 Totals Notre Dame Michigan State FG Pct: Notre Dame 37.7, Michigan State PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 15.4, Michigan State FT Pct: Notre Dame 68.0, Michigan State Turnovers: Notre Dame 6, Michigan State 16. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 5 (Turner 4), Michigan State 3 (Mills 2). Steals: Notre Dame 7 (Huffman 3), Michigan State 1. Attendance: 8,644. NOTES: Notre Dame improved to 42-6 (.875) against ranked opponents in the past three-plus seasons (since start of ) the Fighting Irish won their 12th consecutive game decided by single digits or in overtime Notre Dame trailed at halftime for only the fourth time in the past two seasons, and first in the regular season since Jan. 20, 2014, at No. 11/10 Tennessee (rallied from halftime deficit to earn win) the Fighting Irish had just six turnovers, their fewest giveaways since Nov. 16, 2007, when it had a school-record three turnovers at No. 3 Maryland in the Preseason WNIT semifinals conversely, Notre Dame had eight assists, its lowest total since Nov. 9, 2012, when it had eight assists against No. 19/21 Ohio State in the Carrier Classic outdoors aboard the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina the Fighting Irish won their school-record 27th consecutive road game, tying Stanford ( through ) for the third-longest road winning streak in NCAA Division I history Notre Dame also won its 54th consecutive regular season game the Fighting Irish earned their fourth consecutive win against Michigan State (the longest streak by either side in the series), tying the all-time rivalry with the Spartans at 8-8 more than half of the 16 games in the Notre Dame-Michigan State series have been decided by single digits, including four of the past five meetings the Fighting Irish posted their 11th consecutive win against a Big Ten Conference opponent (seventh straight road victory) and have won 22 of their last 28 games against Big Ten schools (not counting recent matchups with new Big Ten members Maryland and Rutgers) Notre Dame rose to (.744) all-time against teams from the state of Michigan, including a 38-8 (.826) record under 28th-year head coach Muffet McGraw the Fighting Irish also have won 15 of their last 16 games against Michigan schools Loyd posted her seventh career double-double and first since March 29, 2012, when she tallied 20 points and 12 rebounds in a win over No. 21/18 Oklahoma State in the NCAA Sweet 16 at Purcell Pavilion Loyd also chalked up her 17th career 20-point game Turner went scoreless in the first half (due to foul trouble), but erupted for all 17 of her points after halftime, including Notre Dame s first 10 points of the second half Allen pulled down a career-high nine rebounds, one more than her previous best against Georgia Tech on Feb. 17, 2014 Allen also scored in double figures for the first time since Feb. 2, 2014, when she had 15 points at No. 3 Duke Huffman provided a key spark off the bench, nabbing a career-high three steals, one better than her previous high set on three occasions (most recently on Feb. 9, 2014, against Syracuse). 3 #3/2 Notre Dame 88, Chattanooga 53 November 21, 2014 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Chattanooga (53) Joyner Towns Gilbert, K Shumpert Gilbert, A Payne Noblit Vanlandingham Johnson Bramblett Chilton Team 3 Totals Notre Dame (88) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 1 Totals Chattanooga Notre Dame FG Pct: Chattanooga 35.2, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Chattanooga 32.0, Notre Dame FT Pct: Chattanooga 50.0, Notre Dame Turnovers: Chattanooga 18, Notre Dame 14. Blocked Shots: Chattanooga 8 (Joyner 8), Notre Dame 4. Steals: Chattanooga 8 (Shumpert 4), Notre Dame 9 (Allen 3). Attendance: 8,645. NOTES: Notre Dame shot 76 percent from the field in the first half (19 of 25), the third-best field goal percentage in the opening 20 minutes in program history (eighth-best for any half), and the best single-half shooting percentage since the Fighting Irish connected at an 80-percent clip (24 of 30) in the first half at Mercer on Dec. 30, 2011 Notre Dame shot 60.3 percent from the field during the game, its best field goal percentage since March 7, 2014, when it made 60.4 percent of its shots (32 of 53) against Florida State in the ACC quarterfinals at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum Notre Dame posted its 30th consecutive home win, extending the nation s longest active Division I home winning streak the Fighting Irish earned their 55th consecutive regular season victory (also the longest active run in the country) and 53rd consecutive win over an unranked opponent in the AP poll (nation s second-longest active streak) Notre Dame has won 21 consecutive games against first-time opponents, rising to 45-3 (.938) against new foes since the start of the season the Fighting Irish have won 34 consecutive home games against first-time opponents, a run that dates back to the season this marked the eighth time Fighting Irish head coach Muffet McGraw has faced her mentor, Chattanooga head coach Jim Foster, with McGraw now leading the all-time series, 5-3 (all five wins coming since McGraw arrived at Notre Dame in ) Loyd has 68 points this season, the most by a Fighting Irish player in the opening three games of a season since , when All-America forward Katryna Gaither piled up a combined 72 points Loyd also moved up two more spots into 24th place on the Notre Dame career scoring list (now with 1,205 points), passing Krissi Davis (1,194 from ) and Heidi Bunek (1,202 from ) Johnson s season-high 17 points included five three-pointers, one off the arena record (set several times, most recently by Mabrey on Feb. 9, 2014, vs. Syracuse) Westbeld nabbed a season-best seven rebounds for the second time in three games, Huffman tied her career highs for points (8), field goals made (4) and field goals attempted (6) Mabrey grabbed a career-high six rebounds Chattanooga s Jasmine Joyner set a Purcell Pavilion opponent record with eight blocks, one better than Duke s Alison Bales on Nov. 17,

28 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women s basketball Box Scores 4 #3/2 Notre Dame 104, Holy Cross 29 Naismith Hall of Fame Challenge November 23, 2014 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) 5 #2 Notre Dame 97, Harvard 43 Naismith Hall of Fame Challenge November 24, 2014 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) 6 #2/1 Notre Dame 112, Quinnipiac 52 Naismith Hall of Fame Challenge November 25, 2014 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Holy Cross (29) Sullivan Scott Doherty Mifsud Gillespie Thomas-Waheed Byrne Druck Dynis Hasenauer Parker Team 5 Totals Notre Dame (104) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 8 Totals Holy Cross Notre Dame FG Pct: Holy Cross 18.6, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Holy Cross 16.7, Notre Dame FT Pct: Holy Cross 50.0, Notre Dame Turnovers: Holy Cross 23, Notre Dame 9. Blocked Shots: Holy Cross 1, Notre Dame 8 (Reimer 4). Steals: Holy Cross 4, Notre Dame 18 (Turner, Loyd, Wright 3). Attendance: 8,684. NOTES: Notre Dame held Holy Cross to 29 points, the fewest points by a Fighting Irish opponent since Dec. 28, 2011, when Notre Dame defeated Longwood, at Purcell Pavilion the Fighting Irish 25-0 run crossing halftime was its longest since a 27-0 run during the Longwood game in 2011 this marked the first time in program history the Fighting Irish scored more than 100 points while holding their opponent to less than 30 points the 75-point margin of victory is the fifth-largest spread in school history (largest since Jan. 17, 2012, when Notre Dame downed Pittsburgh, , also at Purcell Pavilion) Notre Dame extended its home winning streak to 31 games, its regular season winning streak to 56 games and its winning streak against unranked opponents (according to the Associated Press poll) to 54 games the first two streaks are the longest active runs in the nation in NCAA Division I, while the latter streak is the secondlongest current run in the country by a Division I program Notre Dame s 64 rebounds tied for seventh-most in a single game in school history and most since Jan. 2, 2011, when the Fighting Irish had 66 rebounds in a win over Southeast Missouri State at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame s 42 field goals tied for seventh-most in a single game in program history and most since Dec. 22, 2013, when it also made 42 baskets in a win over Central Michigan at Purcell Pavilion Holy Cross shot 18.6 percent from the field, the lowest single-game percentage by a Notre Dame opponent since the Jan. 2, 2011, win over Southeast Missouri when the RedHawks shot an opponent record-low 12.5 percent (seven of 56) Holy Cross shot 17.6 percent in the second half, the first time a Fighting Irish opponent shot below 20 percent in a half since Dec. 19, 2012, when Alabama A&M connected at an 18.2-percent clip in a Notre Dame win at the World Vision Classic in Las Vegas the Fighting Irish have won 22 consecutive games against first-time opponents and 35 in a row against new foes at Purcell Pavilion the Fighting Irish are 18-3 (.857) all-time against teams from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including an 11-0 record at home, and they have won their last seven games against the Commonwealth Notre Dame has won 35 of its last 39 regular season tournament games (multi-game events only) Westbeld scored a career-best 15 points Mabrey had a career high-tying seven assists Huffman grabbed a career-high seven rebounds Johnson collected career highs of six rebounds and five assists Reimer tied her career high with four blocked shots Turner had a career-high three steals Wright tied her career best with three steals Thompson tied her career high with four points. Harvard (43) Fagbenle Healy McDonnell Curtis Dinkins Tummala Nunley Porter Metoyer Tessier-Kay Lachenauer Team 2 Totals Notre Dame (97) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 3 Totals Harvard Notre Dame FG Pct: Harvard 28.8, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Harvard 25.0, Notre Dame FT Pct: Harvard 75.0, Notre Dame Turnovers: Harvard 26, Notre Dame 11. Blocked Shots: Harvard 6 (Lachenauer 3), Notre Dame 2. Steals: Harvard 9 (Fagbenle, Healy, McDonnell 2), Notre Dame 17 (Mabrey, Cable, Huffman, Westbeld 3). Attendance: 8,566. NOTES: Notre Dame extended its home winning streak to 32 games, as well as its regular season winning streak to 57 games and its winning streak against unranked opponents (in the Associated Press poll) to 55 games the Fighting Irish led at halftime, with the 46-point spread believed to be the largest halftime lead in the 38-year history of the Notre Dame women s basketball program (previous largest margin at the break was 43 points (58-15) vs. Indiana State on Nov. 13, 2011, in the Preseason Women s National Invitation Tournament quarterfinals at Purcell Pavilion) Harvard s 13 first-half points tied a Notre Dame opponent season low for one half, a mark set one night (and one half) earlier when Holy Cross scored 13 in the second half of a Notre Dame win the Fighting Irish have won 36 of their last 40 regular season tournament games (multi-game events only) Notre Dame has won 23 consecutive games against first-time opponents (36 in a row at home) and is 47-3 (.940) against new foes since the start of the season the Fighting Irish are 19-3 (.864) against schools from Massachusetts, including an active eight-game winning streak Notre Dame is 5-0 all-time against Ivy League opponents, winning all three times against Penn and once against Brown this was only the second time an Ivy League team played the Fighting Irish at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame defeated Penn, on Dec. 2, 2011 the Fighting Irish are (.860) in the month of November since and have won 23 of their last 24 November games Notre Dame matched its season high with five double-digit scorers, also doing so against Chattanooga on Nov. 21 for the second consecutive game, all 12 Fighting Irish players in uniform found the scoring column Notre Dame s bench outscored the entire Harvard team, Huffman became the ninth different Notre Dame player to score in double figures this season, doing so for the first time in her career with a personal-best 12 points (she had scored a career-high eight points in two of her first four games this season against UMass Lowell on Nov. 14 and Chattanooga on Nov. 21) Westbeld gathered a career-high eight rebounds, one more than her total against Chattanooga on Nov. 21 despite an off-night shooting the ball, Loyd scored 11 points, extending her streak of consecutive games scoring in double figures to 48 in a row. Quinnipiac (52) Ostergaard Guastella Driscoll Martin Abshire Earle Webster Martucci Fabbri Napolitano Shewan Ramos Fay Johnson Manz Team 2 Totals Notre Dame (112) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 3 Totals Quinnipiac Notre Dame FG Pct: Quinnipiac 32.8, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Quinnipiac 21.7, Notre Dame FT Pct: Quinnipiac 50.0, Notre Dame Turnovers: Quinnipiac 25, Notre Dame 17. Blocked Shots: Quinnipiac 1, Notre Dame 5. Steals: Quinnipiac 7 (Guastella, Abshire 2), Notre Dame 14 (Johnson 4). Attendance: 8,429. NOTES: Hours before tipoff, Notre Dame ascended to the top spot in the WBCA/USA Today coaches poll, the first time the Fighting Irish have been ranked No. 1 in either major national poll since April 1, 2001, following Notre Dame s win over Purdue in St. Louis to earn the program s first NCAA national championship Notre Dame is the first ACC team to reach No. 1 in the polls since March 12, 2007 (Duke) Notre Dame s 112 points were the fifth-most points scored in a single game in program history (third-most in a home game) and most since Dec. 31, 2012, when the Fighting Irish defeated Saint Francis (Pa.), , at Purcell Pavilion it was the third 100-point game this season for Notre Dame, which has now reached triple digits 13 times in the past three-plus seasons ( to present) after scoring 100 points in a game only 13 times in the program s first 34 seasons the Fighting Irish made 32 free-throws, tying for seventh-most in a single game in school history (tying for fifth-most in a home game) and most since Jan. 15, 2013, when Notre Dame went 35 for 38 from the line against Georgetown at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame s 40 free-throw attempts tied for 10th-most for a single game in program history and most since Dec. 30, 2011, when the Fighting Irish tried a school-record 52 foul shots (making 43) at Mercer Notre Dame extends its home winning streak to 33 consecutive games, as well as its regular-season winning streak to 58 games and its success string against unranked opponents (in the AP poll) to 56 consecutive games the Fighting Irish have won 37 of their last 41 regular-season tournament games, dating back to the season Notre Dame is 48-3 (.941) against first-time opponents since , including an active 24-game winning streak the Fighting Irish also have won 37 in a row at home against new foes since Notre Dame improves to 6-0 all-time against the current Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference alignment Westbeld posted her first career doubledouble, highlighted by a career-best 12 rebounds Johnson had career highs of seven assists (no turnovers) and four steals Turner notched her second career 20-point game Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw raised her 33-year coaching record to (.745), tying for 12th place on the NCAA all-division career wins list with Phil Kahler, who coached at NCAA Division III St. John Fisher College from

29 Box Scores 7 fighting irish women s basketball #2/1 Notre Dame 89, Kansas 47 Naismith Hall of Fame Challenge November 30, 2014 Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.) 8 NOTRE DAME #2/1 Notre Dame 92, #15/10 Maryland 72 ACC/Big Ten Challenge December 3, 2014 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 9 #3 Connecticut 76, #2/1 Notre Dame 58 Jimmy V Classic December 6, 2014 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Kansas (47) Brown Gardner Aldridge Cheadle Knight Boyd Williams Enabulele Bradley Manning-Allen Team 7 Totals Notre Dame (89) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 5 Totals Kansas Notre Dame FG Pct: Kansas 38.2, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Kansas 33.3, Notre Dame FT Pct: Kansas 33.3, Notre Dame Turnovers: Kansas 23, Notre Dame 11. Blocked Shots: Kansas 4 (Manning-Allen 2), Notre Dame 4 (Turner 2). Steals: Kansas 5 (Gardner 3), Notre Dame 14 (Huffman 4). Attendance: 2,307. NOTES: Notre Dame is off to a 7-0 start for the second consecutive season and fourth time in the past seven years the Fighting Irish have won 38 of their last 42 regular-season tournament games (multi-game events only), including their last nine in a row Notre Dame finished the month of November undefeated for the third consecutive season and have won 25 of their last 26 November games, as well as improving to (.863) in the month since the Fighting Irish are (.727) all-time against current Big 12 members including an (.643) record away from home (road/neutral sites combined), and have won their last five games against Big 12 opponents (third in 11 games dating back to last season) Notre Dame extends its regular-season winning streak to 59 consecutive games and its winning streak against unranked opponents (in the Associated Press poll) to 57 in a row the Fighting Irish shot better than 55 percent from the field in consecutive games for the first time since March 2, 2014, at No. 13/17 North Carolina State (.561) and March 7, 2014, against Florida State (.604) in the ACC Championship quarterfinals at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina Notre Dame shot better than 90 percent from the free-throw line (minimum of 10 attempts) for the first time since March 31, 2014, when it went 30 of 33 (.909) against No. 5/6 Baylor in the NCAA Notre Dame Regional final at Purcell Pavilion the Fighting Irish tied their season high with eight three-pointers, while their.615 three-point percentage was a season best and highest since Jan. 16, 2014, when they made nine of 12 three-pointers (.750) in a win at Pittsburgh Loyd posted her fifth 20-point game in seven outings this season and scored in double figures for the 50th consecutive game, the second-longest streak in school history in addition to Westbeld s career-high four assists, Huffman also snared a career-high four steals for the fourth consecutive game, all 12 Notre Dame players in uniform found the scoring column. Maryland (72) Howard Jones Mincy Brown Walker-Kimbrough Leslie Moseley Confroy Pfirman Harrison Team 3 Totals Notre Dame (92) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 2 Totals Maryland Notre Dame FG Pct: Maryland 41.0, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Maryland 42.9, Notre Dame FT Pct: Maryland 88.9, Notre Dame Turnovers: Maryland 17, Notre Dame 17. Blocked Shots: Maryland 1, Notre Dame 3. Steals: Maryland 11 (Mincy 4), Notre Dame 9 (Cable, Huffman, Loyd 2). Attendance: 9,189. NOTES: This was a matchup of the only two schools who were undefeated in ACC/Big Ten Challenge games (Notre Dame was 1-0, Maryland was 7-0, all while members of the ACC) Notre Dame was playing its first off-site home game in the program s 38-year history, and playing in the city of Fort Wayne for the first time since Jan. 24, 1979 (a win at IPFW) the Fighting Irish extended their home winning streak to 34 games and their regular-season winning streak to 60 games Notre Dame earned its second win over a ranked opponent this season and improves to 43-6 against ranked teams since Notre Dame took a 5-4 lead in the all-time series with Maryland, having won the past four games against the Terrapins (three by at least 20 points) the Fighting Irish are all-time against the current Big Ten Conference alignment, including a record at home and a record in the Muffet McGraw era ( to present) Notre Dame now has won its last 12 games against Big Ten teams and 23 of its last 29 against the conference (not including games against Maryland, Nebraska and Rutgers before they recently joined the Big Ten) for the second consecutive season, the Fighting Irish now have shot better than 55 percent from the field in three consecutive games, something they also did last year against UCLA, Michigan and Central Michigan (prior to last season, Notre Dame had not had three consecutive 55-percent shooting games since ) the Fighting Irish also shot better than 55 percent in both halves (.593 in the first,.565 in the second) for the first time since March 22, 2014, when they did so against Robert Morris (.568 in the first,.630 in the second) in the first round of the NCAA Championship in Toledo, Ohio Loyd scored at least 20 points for the sixth time in eight games this season Loyd scored in double figures for the 51st consecutive game, the second-longest streak in school history Loyd tied her career high with six assists, a mark she first set at Maryland on Jan. 27, 2014 Reimer scored a career-high 21 points, two more than her previous high against Michigan State on Nov. 11, 2013 Wright registered season highs of nine points and eight rebounds Notre Dame was playing on the 37th anniversary of the program s inaugural game (a win over Valparaiso at Purcell Pavilion) the attendance of 9,189 (in the 13,000-seat Allen County War Memorial Coliseum) was the largest home crowd for a Notre Dame women s basketball game since Feb. 8, 2009, when 10,011 fans were on hand at Purcell Pavilion (then at a capacity of 11,418, prior to its summer 2009 renovation and creation of its current capacity of 9,149) to see the Fighting Irish edge No. 25 DePaul, Connecticut (76) Tuck Mosqueda-Lewis Stewart Jefferson Nurse Chong Edwards Williams Lawlor Pulido Stokes Team 4 Totals Notre Dame (58) Reimer Wright Allen Mabrey Loyd Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Team 5 Totals Connecticut Notre Dame FG Pct: Connecticut 47.5, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Connecticut 23.5, Notre Dame FT Pct: Connecticut 66.7, Notre Dame Turnovers: Connecticut 24, Notre Dame 18. Blocked Shots: Connecticut 6 (Stokes 4), Notre Dame 4. Steals: Connecticut 9 (Tuck, Mosqueda-Lewis, Stokes 2), Notre Dame 9 (Loyd 4). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout). NOTES: Notre Dame s 34-game home winning streak (secondlongest in school history) and 60-game regular season winning streak (not including conference tournament games and like the home string, the longest active run in the nation) both ended the last time the Fighting Irish either lost at Purcell Pavilion or in the regular season was the same game (Dec. 5, a setback to another third-ranked opponent, Baylor) this was just the eighth loss for Notre Dame in the past four seasons (the Fighting Irish are 115-8,.935, since ), and seven of those losses have come to opponents ranked fourth or higher in both major national polls (UConn four times, Baylor three times) the Fighting Irish led with 10:13 left in the first half this was the first time they lost after holding a double-digit lead for the first time since Feb. 12, 2012, when they gave up a lead with 13:05 left against West Virginia, losing at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame has forced 105 UConn turnovers in the Huskies last four visits to South Bend (averaging 26 takeaways per game in that span) Loyd tied her career high with 31 points, having first scored that many at Maryland on Jan. 27, 2014 this was Loyd s fourth career 30-point game, tying her for fourth in Notre Dame history and making her just the fifth Fighting Irish women s basketball player with four career 30-point nights Loyd also tied her career best with four steals, a mark she had set three times previously (the last at Duke on Feb. 2, 2014) Loyd scored in double figures for the 52nd consecutive game, still the second-longest run of its kind in program history Notre Dame drew its first sellout crowd of the season (9,149), as well as its 36th since and the 42nd in program history. 29

30 NOTRE DAME fighting irish women s basketball Box Scores 10 #5/4 Notre Dame 94, #25 DePaul 93 (OT) December 10, 2014 McGrath-Phillips Arena (Chicago, Ill.) Notre Dame (94) Reimer Allen Cable Mabrey Loyd Johnson Huffman Westbeld Wright Team 8 Totals DePaul (93) Podkowa Hrynko Jenkins January Rogowski Schulte McGee Harvey-Carr Team 3 Totals Notre Dame DePaul FG Pct: Notre Dame 41.0, DePaul PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 39.1, DePaul FT Pct: Notre Dame 80.8, DePaul Turnovers: Notre Dame 22, DePaul 12. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 2, DePaul 2 (Podkowa 2). Steals: Notre Dame 7 (Cable, Mabrey 2), DePaul 14 (Hrynko 4). Attendance: 3,414. NOTES: Notre Dame extended its school-record road winning streak to 28 games, the longest active run in the country and third-longest in NCAA Division I history the Fighting Irish are 3-1 against ranked opponents this season, and 44-7 in the past four seasons Notre Dame played its first overtime game since March 4, 2013, when the Fighting Irish defeated UConn, in triple overtime at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame has won its last five overtime games since an double-overtime loss to 15th-ranked UCLA on Nov. 18, 2010 the 187 combined points tied for seventh-most in a Notre Dame game, and most since Jan. 19, 2008 ( win at Georgetown) Notre Dame s 94 points tied for ninth-most in a road game in program history and most since Jan. 16, 2014 ( win at Pittsburgh) Notre Dame had three players record double-doubles in the same game for the first time since Dec. 8, 2012, against Utah State at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame had three players grab double-figure rebounds in the same game for the first time since Dec. 21, 1995, at Michigan State Loyd tied the school record for points in a game (Ruth Riley - 41 at Providence on Jan. 30, 1999) and became the first player in school history with back-to-back 30-point games Loyd tied for 15th on the Atlantic Coast Conference single-game scoring list, and most by an ACC player in one game since Dec. 29, 2013 (Wake Forest s Chelsea Douglas - 48 vs. FIU) Loyd is the first Fighting Irish player with three consecutive 25-point games since Charel Allen did so from Feb , 2007, against DePaul, at Villanova and at Providence Loyd posted her fifth career 30-point game, tying for second in program history Loyd s 15 free-throws and 18 free-throw attempts both tied for third-most foul shots made and attempted in one game in program history, and most since Natalie Novosel tied the school record with 18 made free-throws (on 20 attempts) on March 20, 2012, against California in the second round of the NCAA Championship at Purcell Pavilion Loyd is the first Notre Dame player to record eight 20-point games in her first 10 outings of a season Cable recorded her first career double-double and second career 20-point game Reimer logged her first double-double of the season and fourth of her career Notre Dame has won six consecutive games against DePaul, the longest winning streak by either team in the 40-game series (DePaul won five in a row from ) this was the first time Notre Dame and DePaul played an overtime game in their series that dates back to 1979 the Fighting Irish lead the all-time series with the Blue Demons, 21-19, with this being the fourth game between the schools decided by one point and the 10th series game decided by one possession (three points or fewer) only once in the series has either team scored more points than both teams tallied DePaul registered a win over Notre Dame on Jan. 16, 1995, in Chicago Notre Dame has won 19 consecutive games against the current (revamped) BIG EAST membership and 10 in a row on the road. 11 #5/4 Notre Dame 70, Michigan 50 December 13, 2014 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Michigan (50) Goree Ristovski Thompson Smith Elmblad Flaherty Dunston Stapleton Rakers Williams Backman Jackson Mitchell Team 3 Totals Notre Dame (70) Reimer Allen Cable Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Huffman Westbeld Wright Team 3 Totals Michigan Notre Dame FG Pct: Michigan 34.5, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Michigan 21.4, Notre Dame FT Pct: Michigan 81.8, Notre Dame Turnovers: Michigan 20, Notre Dame 17. Blocked Shots: Michigan 0, Notre Dame 7 (Cable 4). Steals: Michigan 8 (Goree, Elmblad 2), Notre Dame 9 (Allen 3). Attendance: 8,904.. NOTES: Notre Dame held its opponent to less than 60 points for the seventh time this season, but the first since an win over Kansas on Nov. 30 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut the Fighting Irish earned their 58th consecutive win over an unranked opponent (according to the Associated Press poll), tying UConn for the longest active streak of that kind in the nation Notre Dame shot better than 50 percent from the field for the seventh time this season and first since Dec. 3, when it connected at a.580 clip against No. 15/10 Maryland in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Fort Wayne, Indiana Michigan came into the game ranked fourth in the nation in three-point percentage (.423), but the Fighting Irish held the Wolverines to a.214 three-point percentage (three of 14) Notre Dame earns its second consecutive win over Michigan and fifth in the past six series meetings, improving to 11-7 all-time against the Wolverines (8-1 at Purcell Pavilion) the Fighting Irish also are 10-1 all-time against Michigan when holding the Wolverines to 65 points or less Notre Dame evens its all-time record against the current Big Ten Conference alignment at 69-69, with a (.593) record at home and (.560) mark in the 28-year Muffet McGraw era Notre Dame has won 24 of its last 30 games against current Big Ten schools, including an active 13-game winning streak (three victories this season) the Fighting Irish are (.747) all-time against schools from the state of Michigan, with a 39-8 (.830) record in the McGraw era Notre Dame has won 16 of its last 17 games against Michigan schools, dating back to the season Allen scored a career-high 17 points, one more than her previous best set against Miami on Jan. 23, 2014 Loyd scored in double figures for the 54th consecutive game, continuing the second-longest streak in school history Cable earned her second consecutive start (fifth of her career), ending with nine points, four rebounds and a career-high four blocks (previous best was two blocks against Oklahoma State in the NCAA Sweet 16 on March 29, 2014) Westbeld not only flirted with her second double-double of the season, but also nearly eclipsed her career scoring high of 15 points, set against Holy Cross on Nov. 23 at Purcell Pavilion. 12 #5/4 Notre Dame 64, Saint Joseph s (Pa.) 50 December 21, 2014 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Saint Joseph s (Pa.) (50) Robinson Fairbanks Andrews Cloud Woods Fitzpatrick Franklyn Team 3 Totals Notre Dame (64) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Team 2 Totals Saint Joseph s Notre Dame FG Pct: Saint Joseph s 38.5, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Saint Joseph s 36.4, Notre Dame 0.0. FT Pct: Saint Joseph s 75.0, Notre Dame Turnovers: Saint Joseph s 16, Notre Dame 12. Blocked Shots: Saint Joseph s 1, Notre Dame 6 (Turner 5). Steals: Saint Joseph s 6 (Cloud 5), Notre Dame 5 (Mabrey 2). Attendance: 8,630. NOTES: After allowing at least 70 points in three consecutive games, including 93 in an overtime win at No. 25 DePaul, Notre Dame has given up just 50 points in each of its last two games the Fighting Irish now have won 27 consecutive games coming off their final exam break, and 19 consecutive games heading into the Christmas holiday Notre Dame takes a 2-1 series lead against Saint Joseph s (the alma mater of Fighting Irish head coach Muffet McGraw) in the first meeting between the schools since 1990 the Fighting Irish have won 12 in a row and are (.783) all-time against current members of the Atlantic 10 Conference, including a 21-6 (.778) record at home Notre Dame is (.633) all-time against members of the Big Five, including a 15-4 (.789) record at home Notre Dame shot at least 50 percent from the field for the eighth time this season the Fighting Irish had a season-low 27 rebounds Notre Dame did not make a three-pointer for the first time since Nov. 9, 2012, against No. 19/21 Ohio State in the Carrier Classic aboard the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (ending a string of 85 consecutive games with at least one triple) Turner s five blocks were the most by a Notre Dame player since March 29, 2012, when Natalie Achonwa had five blocks in a win over No. 21/18 Oklahoma State in the NCAA Sweet 16 at Purcell Pavilion Loyd scored in double figures for the 55th consecutive game, continuing the second-longest run in program history Notre Dame had four double-figure scorers for the seventh time this season Allen s eight rebounds were one off her career high set back on Nov. 19 in a win at No. 15/17 Michigan State Saint Joseph s had two assists, the fewest by a Notre Dame opponent since March 25, 2012, when No. 21/25 St. Bonaventure also had two assists in a Fighting Irish win in the NCAA Sweet 16 at Raleigh, North Carolina Notre Dame forced Saint Joseph s into six shot-clock violations after hounded its opponents into a combined eight shot-clock violations in its first 11 games this season this was the 500th home game in Notre Dame women s basketball history (409-91,.818 record), with all but one game played at Purcell Pavilion (earlier this season, a win over Maryland on Dec. 3 at Fort Wayne, Indiana). 30

31 Box Scores 13 fighting irish women s basketball #4 Notre Dame 82, UCLA 67 December 28, 2014 Pauley Pavilion (Los Angeles, Calif.) Notre Dame (82) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Team 4 Totals UCLA (67) Swain Livulo Korver Canada Fields Caldwell Drummer Hayes Hersler Billings Costa Team 8 Totals Notre Dame UCLA FG Pct: Notre Dame 50.0, UCLA PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 75.0, UCLA FT Pct: Notre Dame 70.8, UCLA Turnovers: Notre Dame 23, UCLA 20. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 7 (Turner 5), UCLA 7 (Costa 3). Steals: Notre Dame 8 (Allen, Loyd 2), UCLA 11 (Billings 4). Attendance: 3,004. NOTES: Notre Dame extends its road winning streak to 29 games, tying Baylor ( through ) for the second-longest run in NCAA Division I history, one shy of Connecticut s record 30-game road winning streak from through Notre Dame tied its season high with nine three-pointers (also at DePaul on Dec. 10), one game after failing to make a trey for the first time in a span of 85 games dating back to the 2012 season opener against No. 19/21 Ohio State Notre Dame s.750 three-point percentage tied for the 10th-best single-game mark from distance in school history, and best since a similar nine of 12 (.750) performance at Pittsburgh on Jan. 16, 2014 in their last two games against UCLA, the Fighting Irish have made a combined 19 of 29 three-point attempts (.655) Notre Dame is 9-1 in its last 10 true road games against California schools, dating back to the season the Fighting Irish are (.643) all-time against California teams, including an active six-game winning streak Notre Dame improves to (.583) all-time against current Pac-12 Conference members, having won seven in a row and 25 of its last 32 games against that league the Fighting Irish earn their third consecutive win over UCLA and fifth in the last six meetings against the Bruins, trimming UCLA s series lead over Notre Dame to 9-7 the Fighting Irish have won the past three times they have visited Pauley Pavilion after not winning on their first five trips to the legendary arena Notre Dame has won its last 12 games coming back from the Christmas holiday break, improving to (.711) alltime in post-christmas games, including a 21-7 (.750) record in the Muffet McGraw era ( to present) Allen is the fifth different Fighting Irish player to score 20 points in a game this season Turner posted her first career double-double with 14 points and a career-high 16 rebounds (previous high was nine vs. UMass Lowell in her college debut on Nov. 14); Turner also tied her career best with five blocks for the second consecutive game, securing her first career game Loyd posted her fourth game of the season (ninth of her career) with 12 points, seven rebounds and a career-high seven assists (previous best was six assists on two occasions against Maryland Jan. 27, 2014, and Dec. 3, 2014) Loyd also scored in double figures for the 56th consecutive game, extending the second-longest streak in school history. 14 #4 Notre Dame 74, Florida State 68 January 2, 2015 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Florida State (68) Slaughter Bulgak Jones Brown Conwright Bingley Romero Thomas Degbeon Team 9 Totals Notre Dame (74) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Johnson Cable Westbeld Wright Team 3 Totals Florida State Notre Dame FG Pct: Florida State 40.0, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Florida State 28.6, Notre Dame FT Pct: Florida State 90.9, Notre Dame Turnovers: Florida State 17, Notre Dame 14. Blocked Shots: Florida State 1, Notre Dame 7 (Turner 5). Steals: Florida State 9 (Jones, Conwright 3), Notre Dame 12 (Cable 3). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout).. NOTES: The Fighting Irish win their school-record 37th consecutive regular season conference game, dating back to their membership in the BIG EAST Conference and since a loss to West Virginia on Feb. 12, 2012, at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame earns its 61st consecutive win against an unranked opponent (according to the AP poll), a run that began following that same 2012 loss to West Virginia the Fighting Irish have won their last nine conference openers and 16 of their last 18 they also have claimed eight of their last nine conference home openers Notre Dame has won 19 of its last 21 games when starting a new year the Fighting Irish have won 13 consecutive games against Florida schools (six in a row at home) and are 32-5 (.865) all-time against teams from the Sunshine State Notre Dame moves to 3-0 all-time against Florida State, with this being the Seminoles first-ever visit to Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame s 12-point comeback win was its largest in nearly a year, dating back to an victory at Tennessee on Jan. 20, 2014 (the Fighting Irish trailed with 5:22 left in the first half before rallying past the Lady Vols) Notre Dame has won 14 consecutive games decided by single digits and/or in overtime, including all three such outings this season Notre Dame shot better than 50 percent from the field for the fourth consecutive game, a remarkable achievement considering the Fighting Irish made just three of their first 14 shots against Florida State (Notre Dame shot 63.2 percent from the field during the final 32:45) Loyd posted her ninth 20-point game of the season and moved into 15th place on the Fighting Irish career scoring list with 1,440 points, passing three players Lindsay Schrader (1,429 from ), current Notre Dame assistant coach/recruiting coordinator Niele Ivey (1,430 from ) and Sheila McMillen (1,439 from ) Loyd also scored in double figures for the 57th consecutive game, continuing the second-longest streak in school history Allen s eight assists tied her career high set on Jan. 30, 2014, against Virginia Tech at Purcell Pavilion Allen connected on a shot from midcourt at the halftime horn, the first for a Notre Dame player in exactly eight years (Breona Gray at Seton Hall on Jan. 2, 2007) Turner tied her career high with five blocks for the third consecutive game. Turner s 15 combined blocks in the past three games are the most for a Notre Dame player in a three-game span since Feb , 2002, when another native Texan, Friendswood product Amanda Barksdale blocked a combined 16 shots at home against Boston College (school-record 11) and St. John s (4), and at Rutgers (1) Notre Dame drew its second sellout crowd of the season (9,149) and the 43rd in program history. NOTRE DAME 15 #4 Notre Dame 85, #21/22 Syracuse 74 January 4, 2015 Carrier Dome (Syracuse, N.Y.) Notre Dame (85) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Team 4 Totals Syracuse (74) Day, Briana Peterson Slim Butler Sykes Henderson Fondren Ford Witherspoon Day, Bria Team 6 Totals Notre Dame Syracuse FG Pct: Notre Dame 50.0, Syracuse PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 37.5, Syracuse FT Pct: Notre Dame 68.0, Syracuse Turnovers: Notre Dame 22, Syracuse 18. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 9 (Turner 7), Syracuse 6 (Briana Day 5). Steals: Notre Dame 14 (Loyd 4), Syracuse 13 (Peterson 5). Technical Foul: Head coach Hillsman (SU). Attendance: 2,158. NOTES: Notre Dame ties the NCAA Division I record for consecutive road wins (30), a mark first set by Connecticut from Feb. 9, 2008, to Dec. 28, 2010 Notre Dame improves to 4-1 against ranked opponents this season, including a 3-0 record on the road Notre Dame has won a school-record 38 consecutive regular season conference games, dating back to its membership in the BIG EAST Conference during the season the Fighting Irish have won a school-record 25 consecutive regular season conference road games, dating back to the start of the BIG EAST season Notre Dame moves to 28-2 all-time against Syracuse (second-most wins against one opponent in school history behind 32 wins against Marquette) the Fighting Irish have won the last 15 games in the series, as well as 27 of the last 28 matchups with the Orange the Fighting Irish are 13-1 all-time on the road against Syracuse, including a 5-0 record since the Orange began playing their home games at the Carrier Dome in this marked the fifth time in the last eight series games Notre Dame has defeated Syracuse by 13 points or fewer the Fighting Irish scored at least 70 points for the 25th time in 30 career games against Syracuse, while the Orange reached that mark for only the fifth time in series history, and first since Jan. 30, 2010 (a Notre Dame win at the Carrier Dome) the Fighting Irish are 57-5 (.919) all-time against teams from the state of New York, including a 27-5 (.844) record away from home (road/neutral sites combined) Notre Dame has won 15 of its last 16 games against New York schools since , the Fighting Irish are (.833) when playing on one day s rest or less, including a 5-0 record this season Notre Dame shot at least 50 percent from the field for the fifth consecutive game and the 11th time this season Loyd posted her team-high 10th 20-point game this season and 25th of her career Loyd moved into 14th place on the Fighting Irish all-time scoring list with 1,465 points, passing Sandy Botham (1,460 from ) Loyd scored in double figures for the 58th consecutive game, continuing the second-longest streak in school history Turner posted her third consecutive game and her second double-double in three games (she had 14 points/16 rebounds at UCLA on Dec. 28) Turner logged her third career 20-point game and first since scoring 20 points against Quinnipiac on Nov. 25 at Purcell Pavilion Turner s seven blocks were the most by a Notre Dame player in a single game since March 20, 2012, when Devereaux Peters recorded seven blocks against California in the second round of the NCAA Championship at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame s nine blocks tied its season high set in that season-opening win over UMass Lowell. 31

32 NOTRE DAME Box Scores 16 Miami 78, #4 Notre Dame 63 January 8, 2015 BankUnited Center (Coral Gables, Fla.) Notre Dame (63) Turner Allen Cable Mabrey Loyd Johnson Huffman Westbeld Wright Team 8 Totals Miami (78) Quevedo Williams Thomas Motley McGuire Greene Woods Sterlin Prather Davenport Team 5 Totals Notre Dame Miami FG Pct: Notre Dame 35.9, Miami PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 8.3, Miami FT Pct: Notre Dame 72.7, Miami Turnovers: Notre Dame 13, Miami 10. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 2 (Turner 2), Miami 10 (Williams 9). Steals: Notre Dame 4 (Loyd 2), Miami 4. Attendance: 1,836. NOTES: Notre Dame saw its NCAA Division I record-tying 30- game road winning streak come to an end, as the Fighting Irish lost a road game for the first time since March 6, 2012, a setback at Connecticut in the BIG EAST Conference Tournament championship game the Fighting Irish saw their 61-game winning streak against unranked opponents (according to the Associated Press poll) and their 38-game conference regular season winning streak both stopped the last loss prior to both streaks was a setback to then-big EAST foe West Virginia on Feb. 12, 2012, at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame also had its 25-game regular season conference road winning streak snapped, suffering its first league loss on the road since Feb. 28, 2011, a BIG EAST loss at No. 12/11 DePaul the Fighting Irish lost by double digits to an unranked opponent for the first time since March 8, 2009, when they fell to Villanova in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals at Hartford, Connecticut this marked Notre Dame s largest loss to an unranked opponent since Nov. 16, 2006 (75-49 at Penn State) the Fighting Irish fall to 32-6 (.842) all-time against Florida schools, including a 19-3 (.864) record away from home, with this loss snapping Notre Dame s 12-game winning streak against teams from Florida (last defeat was an overtime setback at South Florida on Jan. 13, 2007) Notre Dame falls to 15-4 all-time against Miami, with the Hurricanes earning their first series win over the Fighting Irish since Jan. 11, 2003 (80-70 at Purcell Pavilion), and their first series victory in Coral Gables since Feb. 3, 1998 (77-76 at UM s previous home, the Knight Sports Complex) Loyd moved into a tie for 13th place on the Fighting Irish career scoring list with 1,492 points, drawing even with Ashley Barlow ( ) Loyd scored in double figures for the 59th consecutive game, the second-longest streak in program history Loyd posted her 11th 20-point game of the season, and her sixth 25-point outing (second in a row) Turner notched her third career double-double (all in the past four games) Allen registered at least six assists for the third game in a row and sixth time this season Westbeld tied her career high with four assists Miami s Jassany Williams tied a Notre Dame opponent record with nine blocks. 17 #4 Notre Dame 104, Boston College 58 January 11, 2015 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Boston College (58) Gabriel Kelsick Boudreau Daley Hughes Coulombe Engeln Mosetti Quandt Cooper Team 1 Totals Notre Dame (104) Turner Allen Cable Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 8 Totals Boston College Notre Dame FG Pct: Boston College 33.3, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Boston College 59.1, Notre Dame FT Pct: Boston College 53.8, Notre Dame Turnovers: Boston College 26, Notre Dame 13. Blocked Shots: Boston College 5 (Coulombe, Quandt 2), Notre Dame 3 (Turner 2). Steals: Boston College 6 (Kelsick 2), Notre Dame 15 (Cable, Loyd 3). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout). NOTES: Notre Dame had six players score in double figures for the first time since Dec. 31, 2012, against Saint Francis (Pa.) Notre Dame posted its fourth 100-point game this season, one off the school record set last year in the past 20 seasons, Notre Dame is (.823) when coming off a double-digit loss and has won its last 12 such games Notre Dame tied a season high by forcing 26 turnovers, matching the total by Harvard on Nov. 24 at Purcell Pavilion Boston College s 13 three-pointers tied the Fighting Irish opponent record set twice before (Connecticut on Jan. 15, 2001, and more recently, DePaul on Jan. 17, 2006 both games were played at Purcell Pavilion) Notre Dame improves to 15-5 all-time against Boston College and has won five in a row in the series, the most by either side in a rivalry that dates back to the season during their current five-game series winning streak, the Fighting Irish have defeated the Eagles by an average of 37.4 points per game, including three wins by at least 40 points the 46-point margin was the second-largest in the 20-game series, exceeded only by a Notre Dame win on Nov. 23, 2008, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts the Fighting Irish are 10-0 all-time against BC at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame is 13-3 against Boston College in conference games (ACC and previously, BIG EAST) and has won its last six conference matchups between the schools the Fighting Irish have held the Eagles to 61 points or fewer in eight of the past nine meetings, winning each time Notre Dame has scored at least 82 points in its last five games against Boston College after reaching that mark once in the first 15 series games the 104 points were the most ever scored by the Fighting Irish against the Eagles Notre Dame is 20-5 (.800) all-time against Massachusetts schools, including a 14-0 record at home the Fighting Irish are 4-0 against Massachusetts teams this season (all at home), winning those four contests by an average of 57.3 points per game and scoring at least 100 points in three of the four outings (and 97 in the other) Loyd scored her 1,500th career point on a layup with 1:14 left in the first half the Lincolnwood, Illinois, native reached the milestone in her 90th career game, making her the second-fastest to the mark in program history beyond only current Fighting Irish associate coach Beth Cunningham, who scored her 1,500th career point in her 80th career game during the season Westbeld tied her career scoring high, previously set in the Nov. 23 win over Holy Cross Turner posted her fourth 20-point game of the season Notre Dame drew its third sellout crowd of the season (9,149), and second in as many home games, as well as the 44th women s basketball sellout in school history. fighting irish women s basketball #7 Notre Dame 89, #12/10 North Carolina 79 January 15, 2015 Carmichael Arena (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Notre Dame (89) Turner Allen Cable Mabrey Loyd Reimer Johnson Huffman Westbeld Wright Team 4 Totals North Carolina (79) Mavunga Coleman Butts Rountree Gray Cherry Fuller Bryant Washington Summers Team 6 Totals Notre Dame North Carolina FG Pct: Notre Dame 50.0, North Carolina PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 33.3, North Carolina FT Pct: Notre Dame 73.3, North Carolina Turnovers: Notre Dame 16, North Carolina 11. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 10 (Turner 7), North Carolina 3. Steals: Notre Dame 7 (Loyd 3), North Carolina 10 (Mavunga, Butts, Gray, Washington 2). Attendance: 4,358. NOTES: Notre Dame improves to 5-1 against ranked opponents this season, including a 4-0 record on the road, and a 2-1 mark against top-10 teams (according to either major national poll) the Fighting Irish are 4-1 all-time against North Carolina, with this representing Notre Dame s first-ever visit to Chapel Hill Notre Dame is 23-2 (.920) all-time against schools from the state of North Carolina (8-1 in true road games) and has won its last 13 games against teams from that state the Fighting Irish have won their last 10 games they have played in the state of North Carolina, covering the past seven seasons this was the second time in two weeks the Fighting Irish (who trailed with 5:28 left in the first half) rallied from a double-digit deficit to win on Jan. 2, Notre Dame fell behind to Florida State 20-8 early in the first half, but came back to earn a victory the Fighting Irish shot at least 50 percent from the floor for the seventh time in their last eight games Notre Dame blocked a season-high 10 shots, its first double-digit block total since it had 10 rejections against No. 21/18 Oklahoma State on March 29, 2014, in the NCAA Sweet 16 (regional semifinals) at Purcell Pavilion according to STATS, Turner is just the second NCAA Division I women s basketball player since to record 29 points, 18 rebounds and seven blocked shots in a single game Oklahoma s Courtney Paris had 30 points, 20 rebounds and seven blocks on March 11, 2008, against Missouri in the first round of the Big 12 Conference Tournament at Kansas City, Missouri Turner tied or set career highs in points, rebounds and blocks Turner s 18 rebounds were the most by a Fighting Irish player in one game since March 10, 2013, when Natalie Achonwa had 20 rebounds against South Florida in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals at Hartford, Connecticut Allen had career highs in points and assists Loyd had her 60-game streak of scoring double figures come to an end, the first time she didn t score 10 points in a game since March 11, 2013, when she had eight points against Louisville in the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals at Hartford, Connecticut (Loyd s streak is the second-longest run of its kind in program history) UNC s Allisha Gray was the first Notre Dame opponent to go 10 for 10 at the free-throw line since Dec. 5, 2012, when Baylor s Odyssey Sims posted the same efficiency in a BU win at Purcell Pavilion. 32

33 Box Scores 19 #6/7 Notre Dame 88, #5/6 Tennessee 77 January 19, 2015 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Tennessee (77) Burdick Graves Harrison Reynolds Carter Moore Massengale Nared Middleton Team 4 Totals Notre Dame (88) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Cable Huffman Westbeld Team 5 Totals Tennessee Notre Dame fighting irish women s basketball FG Pct: Tennessee 43.2, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Tennessee 60.0, Notre Dame FT Pct: Tennessee 70.0, Notre Dame Turnovers: Tennessee 10, Notre Dame 13. Blocked Shots: Tennessee 2, Notre Dame 6 (Turner 5). Steals: Tennessee 8 (Carter 4), Notre Dame 7 (Allen 3). Attendance: 9,149 (sellout). NOTES: Notre Dame picked up its sixth win in seven tries against a ranked opponent this season, and its third against a top-10 opponent (according to either major national poll) the Fighting Irish earned their first win over a top-five team (according to the Associated Press poll) since March 31, 2014, when they defeated No. 5/6 Baylor, in the NCAA Elite Eight at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame is 9-0 on ESPN2 s Big Monday during the past four seasons (5-0 on road, 4-0 at home) after starting off 0-20 against Tennessee from 1983 to 2008, the Fighting Irish have won five in a row against the Lady Vols (all by double digits), with two victories coming in Knoxville, two coming at Purcell Pavilion and one coming on a neutral floor the Fighting Irish are a combined 12-4 (.750) against Tennessee (5-0) and Connecticut (7-4) in the past four-plus seasons, starting with the victory over UT in the 2011 NCAA Elite Eight at Dayton, Ohio Notre Dame s 88 points were the most it has scored in the 25-game series against Tennessee (previous high came in last year s win at UT) the Fighting Irish have won 11 of their last 12 games against Southeastern Conference opponents Notre Dame shot better than 50 percent from the field for the eighth time in its last nine games, and posted its second-highest field-goal percentage of the season (.603 vs. Chattanooga on Nov. 21 at Purcell Pavilion) Loyd s three 30-point games this season all have come against ranked opponents, and she ties the school single-season record for 30-point games (she did so last year, while Shari Matvey did it in , Katryna Gaither did so in and current associate coach Beth Cunningham pulled off the feat in ) Loyd s six career 30-point games ties the program s all-time mark, first set by Gaither from Loyd s 34 points tied for the third-most points in a game by a Notre Dame player in Purcell Pavilion history and most since Ruth Riley tied her own arena record with 36 points against Miami (Fla.) on Feb. 22, 2000 Riley also scored 36 points against Providence on Jan. 10, 1999, at Purcell Pavilion Turner logged her sixth five-block game this season (all within the past eight games) Notre Dame drew its third consecutive home sellout, fourth of the season and 45th in program history this was head coach Muffet McGraw s 900th game at Notre Dame ( ,.756 record since arriving in South Bend prior to the season). 20 #6/5 Notre Dame 89, Georgia Tech 76 January 22, 2015 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Georgia Tech (76) O Neil Rogers Whiteside Davis Peresson Tilford Vuckovic Taylor Team 4 Totals Notre Dame (89) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Team 4 Totals Georgia Tech Notre Dame FG Pct: Georgia Tech 50.0, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Georgia Tech 29.4, Notre Dame FT Pct: Georgia Tech 63.6, Notre Dame Turnovers: Georgia Tech 17, Notre Dame 14. Blocked Shots: Georgia Tech 4 (Rogers 3), Notre Dame 1. Steals: Georgia Tech 7 (Whiteside 4), Notre Dame 11 (Loyd, Cable 3). Attendance: 8,865. NOTES: Notre Dame led wire-to-wire for the second consecutive game the Fighting Irish improved to 3-0 all-time in the abbreviated series with Georgia Tech Notre Dame is 7-2 all-time (4-1 at home) against teams from the state of Georgia, and has won its last seven games against the Peach State the Fighting Irish shot better than 50 percent from the field for the ninth time in 10 games, and topped 55 percent shooting for the second consecutive game, the second time this year they have posted back-to-back 55 percent nights (three in a row from Nov. 25-Dec. 3 vs. Quinnipiac, Kansas and No. 15/10 Maryland) Notre Dame shot better than 55 percent in both halves for the first time since that Dec. 3 win over Maryland Notre Dame has won 51 of its last 54 conference regular season games overall and 21 consecutive home conference games Loyd moved into the top 10 on the Fighting Irish career scoring list with 1,574 points, passing current operations specialist/former teammate and All-America forward Natalie Achonwa (1,546 points from ), Charel Allen (1,566 points from ) and another former All-American named Natalie, Natalie Novosel (1,569 points from ) this marked the third time this season Loyd has scored at least 25 points in consecutive games this was Loyd s 13th 20-point game of the season and 28th of her career, the latter good for eighth place in program history Loyd tied her career high with seven assists, having previously dished out seven assists at UCLA on Dec. 28 Loyd s nine of nine performance at the free-throw line was the best foul shooting game of her career, one better than her eight of eight day on March 8, 2014, against No. 14/17 North Carolina State in the ACC Tournament semifinals at Greensboro, North Carolina Reimer s 19 points were two shy of her career set on Dec. 3 against No. 15/10 Maryland and represented her ninth double-figure scoring game of the season Allen delivered at least five assists for the seventh consecutive game the Fighting Irish senior class of Madison Cable, Whitney Holloway and Markisha Wright earned its 125th win at Notre Dame, the program s third consecutive group of seniors to help the Fighting Irish win at least 125 games in their four-year careers. NOTRE DAME 21 #6/5 Notre Dame 74, Clemson 36 January 24, 2015 Littlejohn Coliseum (Clemson, S.C.) Notre Dame (74) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 3 Totals Clemson (36) Atkism Lewis Lindsay Tagliapietra Dixon Davenport Cardaci Carter Johnson Mosley Perry Wright Team 1 Totals Notre Dame Clemson FG Pct: Notre Dame 45.6, Clemson PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 30.8, Clemson FT Pct: Notre Dame 72.0, Clemson Turnovers: Notre Dame 15, Clemson 19. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 4 (Reimer 2), Clemson 3. Steals: Notre Dame 4, Clemson 8 (Cardaci, Carter 2). Attendance: 1,214. NOTES: Notre Dame held Clemson to 36 points, the fewest points the Fighting Irish have allowed in a conference game since Jan. 4, 2012, when they posted the exact same winning score (74-36) in their BIG EAST opener at Seton Hall Notre Dame posted its largest margin of victory on the road since Jan. 16, 2014, when it earned a win at Pittsburgh Notre Dame is 2-0 all-time against Clemson and 3-2 all-time against teams from the state of South Carolina (the Fighting Irish are 1-2 against South Carolina) since , Notre Dame is (.836) when playing a game on one day s rest or less, including a 6-0 record this season Turner posted her fifth double-double of the season Loyd moved into eighth place on the Notre Dame career scoring list with 1,591 points, edging past Trena Keys (1,589 points from ) and Karen Robinson (1,590 points from ) Reimer collected her 10th double-digit scoring day of the season, and second in as many games Westbeld posted her fifth double-digit scoring game of the season Allen dished out at least five assists for the eighth consecutive game Mabrey handed out six assists, one off her career high set twice before (most recently on Nov. 23 in the win over Holy Cross at Purcell Pavilion) Thompson converted a free throw with 1:44 remaining, scoring her first point since Nov. 30, when she sank a basket against Kansas (at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut) Thompson s foul shot put all 11 active Notre Dame players in the scoring column (senior guard/tri-captain Whitney Holloway is sidelined with an injured right foot and sophomore forward Kristina Nelson is sitting out this season while recovering from shoulder surgery), the fifth time this year every healthy Fighting Irish player has scored in a game, and first since all four games of the Hall of Fame Challenge from Nov vs. Holy Cross, Harvard, Quinnipiac and Kansas. 33

34 NOTRE DAME Box Scores 22 #4 Notre Dame 74, Virginia Tech 50 January 29, 2015 Cassell Coliseum (Blacksburg, Va.) Notre Dame (74) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 6 Totals Virginia Tech (50) Cook Young Campbell Panousis Camp Oblitey Hill Conyers Nahodil Powell Croker Team 3 Totals Notre Dame Virginia Tech FG Pct: Notre Dame 50.0, Virginia Tech PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 45.5, Virginia Tech FT Pct: Notre Dame 61.9, Virginia Tech Turnovers: Notre Dame 13, Virginia Tech 16. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 2 (Westbeld 2), Virginia Tech 4. Steals: Notre Dame 7 (Reimer, Cable, Westbeld 2), Virginia Tech 4. Attendance: 1,835. NOTES: Notre Dame recorded its 20th win of the season, the 21st time in the past 22 seasons the Fighting Irish have reached that mark, as well as the 25th time in the 28-year tenure of head coach Muffet McGraw the Fighting Irish men s and women s basketball teams both are 20-2 this year, the first time in school history both programs have posted that record in the same season Notre Dame makes the turn in Atlantic Coast Conference play with a 7-1 record, the sixth consecutive season the Fighting Irish have reached the midpoint of the conference season with 0-1 losses in league action Notre Dame has won 53 of its last 56 regular season conference games, as well as 42 of its last 43 regular season road games Notre Dame is 11-0 this season when holding its opponent to fewer than 60 points in a game, and (.953) in such games dating back to the season the Fighting Irish move to 7-1 all-time against Virginia Tech (2-1 in Blacksburg) and have won the past three series games with the Hokies (the past two by nearly identical scores, following last year s win at Purcell Pavilion) Notre Dame is 12-8 (.600) all-time against Virginia schools, having won its last six games against the Commonwealth the Fighting Irish are 4-5 on the road all-time against Virginia schools and have won their last three Notre Dame has won the last five games it has played in the Commonwealth, adding in victories over Kansas and Duke in the 2013 NCAA Norfolk Regional semifinals and final in Norfolk, Virginia Westbeld is the second Notre Dame freshman this year to score a career-high 17 points on her birthday (Johnson posted that total for the Fighting Irish in an win over Chattanooga on Nov. 21 at Purcell Pavilion) Westbeld s 17 points matched Johnson s total against Chattanooga for the most by a Fighting Irish player off the bench this season Westbeld is the fifth different Notre Dame player to lead the team in scoring this season Allen dished out at least five assists for the ninth consecutive game and 14th time this season. 23 #4 Notre Dame 92, Wake Forest 63 February 1, 2015 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Wake Forest (63) Hamby Quinn Campbell Taylor Atkinson Jones Gordon Calicott Floyd Ball Team 2 Totals Notre Dame (92) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 2 Totals Wake Forest Notre Dame FG Pct: Wake Forest 45.3, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Wake Forest 18.2, Notre Dame FT Pct: Wake Forest 76.5, Notre Dame Turnovers: Wake Forest 30, Notre Dame 19. Blocked Shots: Wake Forest 1, Notre Dame 5 (Reimer 2). Steals: Wake Forest 10 (Hamby 3), Notre Dame 17 (Cable 6). Attendance: 8,741. NOTES: This was Notre Dame s seventh annual Pink Zone game, with the Fighting Irish wearing special white/pink uniforms and using the day to help raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research Notre Dame topped the 90-point mark for the eighth time this season, and first since a win over Boston College on Jan. 11 at Purcell Pavilion (the Fighting Irish also have scored points in five other games this year) Notre Dame is (.974) in the past 20 seasons when scoring at least 80 points in a game, including a (.981) record in the past six years and an active 73-game winning streak in such contests the Fighting Irish posted their 12th 20-point win this season, and ninth by at least 25 points Notre Dame had five double-figure scorers for the fifth time this season (5-0 record) and at least four in double digits for the 12th time this year (12-0 record) the Fighting Irish are (.804) in February games since , including an active 20-game winning streak, and they are 64-6 (.914) at home in the month of February during the past 20 seasons Notre Dame moves to 3-0 all-time against Wake Forest, including a 2-0 record at Purcell Pavilion this year s score nearly mirrored the only other time the teams played in South Bend (a Fighting Irish win on Nov. 27, 2010, in the Women s Basketball Coaches Association Classic) Notre Dame is 24-2 (.923) all-time against schools from North Carolina, including an active 14-game winning streak, and the Fighting Irish are 8-0 all-time against North Carolina teams at home Notre Dame forced 30 turnovers, its highest production on defense since March 4, 2013, when it caused 35 turnovers in a triple-overtime win over Connecticut at Purcell Pavilion the Fighting Irish wound up one shy of their season best with 17 steals, while Cable s six steals not only were a career high, but the most by a Notre Dame player in a game since Dec. 19, 2012, when Kaila Turner had seven thefts in a win over Alabama A&M at the World Vision Classic in Las Vegas Allen also tied her career high with four steals Cable s four-point play with 9:52 remaining in the game was the first by a Fighting Irish player in almost exactly five years, dating back to Jan. 30, 2010, when Ashley Barlow pulled off the feat with 8.4 seconds left in the first half of a Notre Dame win at Syracuse Notre Dame improves to 6-1 all-time in its Pink Zone games, as well as 6-2 all-time when playing on Super Bowl Sunday. fighting irish women s basketball #4 Notre Dame 75, Virginia 54 February 5, 2015 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Virginia (54) Moses Imovbioh Venson Mason Randolph Barnette Suarez Huland El Umeri Team 2 Totals Notre Dame (75) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 3 Totals Virginia Notre Dame FG Pct: Virginia 39.0, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Virginia 18.2, Notre Dame FT Pct: Virginia 75.0, Notre Dame Turnovers: Virginia 14, Notre Dame 12. Blocked Shots: Virginia 2 (Umeri 2), Notre Dame 4 (Turner 2). Steals: Virginia 7 (Randolph 3), Notre Dame 6 (Allen 2). Attendance: 8,738. NOTES: The Fighting Irish picked up their 13th 20-point win of the season Notre Dame s senior class of Cable, Holloway and Wright, earned its 129th win under the Golden Dome (now 129-9,.935), one shy of the Class of 2013 (Skylar Diggins and Kaila Turner) for the second-most wins by one senior class in program history (last year s class of Natalie Achonwa, Ariel Braker and Kayla McBride posted a record from ) the Fighting Irish improve to (.806) in the month of February since the season, including an active 21-game winning streak, and they are 65-6 (.915) in February home games during that 20-year span Notre Dame has won 55 of its last 58 games against conference opponents (regular season and postseason) and has logged 23 consecutive home wins against league opponents Notre Dame earned the 849th win in the program s 38-year history, moving to (.727) since achieving varsity status in the Fighting Irish even the all-time series with Virginia at 2-2 after the Cavaliers made their first visit to South Bend Notre Dame is 7-1 (.875) all-time at home against teams from the Commonwealth of Virginia (having won seven in a row since a 1989 loss to Old Dominion), and 13-8 (.619) overall against Virginia schools, including an active seven-game winning streak the 54 points were the fewest Notre Dame has allowed in its abbreviated series against Virginia, while the 21-point margin of victory was the largest for the Fighting Irish and second-largest in the series (UVa posted a win over Feb. 22, 1981, in Chicago) Notre Dame has held its last four opponents to 63 points or fewer, including three to fewer than 60 points the Fighting Irish are 12-0 this season and (.953) since the season when holding their opponents below 60 points in a game Turner posted her sixth double-double (fifth on the Fighting Irish freshman single-season list and tops among ACC rookies this year), as well as her sixth 20-point game of the season Turner has 54 blocked shots this season, the third-most by a Notre Dame freshman and most since Ruth Riley s 71 rejections in Loyd scored her 500th point of the year on a free throw with 11:53 left in the second half, making her the fastest Notre Dame player to 500 points in one season, doing so in 24 games, two quicker than Katryna Gaither in

35 fighting irish women s basketball NOTRE DAME Box Scores 25 #4 Notre Dame 89, Boston College 56 February 8, 2015 Conte Forum (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) Notre Dame (89) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 9 Totals Boston College (56) Coulombe Quandt Kelsick Mosetti Daley Brown Hughes Gabriel Team 5 Totals Notre Dame Boston College FG Pct: Notre Dame 49.2, Boston College PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 57.1, Boston College FT Pct: Notre Dame 63.3, Boston College Turnovers: Notre Dame 14, Boston College 26. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 3, Boston College 6 (Coulombe, Quandt 2). Steals: Notre Dame 16 (Loyd 5), Boston College 8 (Coulombe, Kelsick, Daley 2). Attendance: 1,924. NOTES: Notre Dame became the 26th NCAA Division I program to record 850 all-time wins, improving to (.727) since the Fighting Irish achieved varsity status in Notre Dame s senior class of Cable, Holloway and Wright moves to (.935) in its four-year career, matching the Class of 2013 (Skylar Diggins and Kaila Turner) for the second-most wins by one class in program history (last year s seniors - Natalie Achonwa, Ariel Braker and Kayla McBride - collected 138 wins from ) Notre Dame posted its ninth 30-point win of the season the Fighting Irish have held four of their last five opponents to fewer than 60 points, improving to 13-0 in such games this season conversely, Notre Dame is 16-0 this season when scoring at least 80 points the Fighting Irish forced at least 25 turnovers for the fifth time this season, and rolled up double-digit steals for the 11th time this year the Fighting Irish are 16-5 all-time against Boston College (6-4 in Chestnut Hill) and have won a series-best six in a row against the Eagles, five of those by at least 30 points in the past 10 series matchups, Notre Dame has held BC to 61 points or fewer nine times, winning on each occasion at the same time, the Fighting Irish have scored at least 82 points in each of the past six series games against the Eagles, coinciding with their current winning streak against Boston College Notre Dame s 20-0 first-half run was its longest string of unanswered points since a 25-0 run against Holy Cross on Nov. 23, 2014, at Purcell Pavilion Mabrey tied her career high with six three-pointers, having previously done so almost exactly one year to the day (Feb. 9 vs. Syracuse at Purcell Pavilion) Mabrey is the first Notre Dame player with five three-pointers in one half since Nov. 29, 2008, when Kellie Watson pulled off that feat in the first half against Michigan State at Purcell Pavilion Mabrey is the sixth different Fighting Irish player to score 20 points in a game this season, with all five regular Notre Dame starters (plus part-time starter Cable) having now topped that mark at least once in Mabrey also is the sixth different Notre Dame player to lead the team in scoring at least once this season the Fighting Irish are 6-0 this season when having five or more players score in double figures Loyd swiped a career-high five steals, while Turner tied her personal best with three steals the Fighting Irish saw all 10 healthy players in uniform score, the sixth time this season Notre Dame has pulled off that feat (Johnson did not dress as a precaution with some knee soreness, while Holloway continues to recover from a foot injury suffered last month and Nelson is sitting out this season while rehabilitating from preseason shoulder surgery). 26 #4 Notre Dame 63, #10/11 Duke 50 February 16, 2015 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Duke (50) Stevens Cooper Williams Johnson Greenwell Riggs Henson Mathias Team 6 Totals Notre Dame (63) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 4 Totals Duke Notre Dame FG Pct: Duke 33.9, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Duke 0.0, Notre Dame FT Pct: Duke 50.0, Notre Dame Turnovers: Duke 19, Notre Dame 14. Blocked Shots: Duke 1, Notre Dame 7 (Turner 4). Steals: Duke 6 (Cooper, Williams 2), Notre Dame 11 (Cable 4). Attendance: 8,659. NOTES: Notre Dame improves to 7-1 against ranked opponents this season, including 4-1 record against teams appearing in the top 10 of one or both major national polls Notre Dame held Duke to a season-low 50 points, the fewest the Fighting Irish have allowed to a top-10 opponent since March 27, 2012, when they defeated fifth-ranked Maryland, 80-49, in the NCAA Elite Eight (Raleigh Regional final) at RBC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina Notre Dame held an opponent with out a three-point basket for the first time since March 9, 2014, when Duke was held scoreless on five attempts from beyond the arc in a Fighting Irish win in the ACC Tournament championship game at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina Notre Dame tied its season high with nine three-pointers, having previously reached that total at No. 25 DePaul on Dec. 10 and at UCLA on Dec. 28 Notre Dame moves to 10-1 all-time against Duke and has won the past eight games in the series the 50 points were the fewest scored by either team in the series (previous low had been Duke s 53 points in last year s ACC title game) Notre Dame is 25-2 (.926) all-time against teams from the state of North Carolina, including an active 15-game winning streak, and the Fighting Irish are 9-0 all-time against North Carolina schools at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame improves to 10-0 all-time on ESPN2 s Big Monday package (5-0 home, 5-0 road) the Fighting Irish are (.808) in the month of February since , including an active 23-game winning streak in February games, and they are 66-6 (.917) at home in February during the past 20 seasons Notre Dame has won a season-high 10 consecutive games, all by double figures, including three wins over top-10 teams in that span (No. 12/10 North Carolina, No. 5/6 Tennessee, No. 10/11 Duke) Loyd chalked up her 15th 20-point game this season, tying for fifth on the Notre Dame single-season list (most since Diggins had 15 in ) Loyd also logged her 30th career 20-point game, taking sole possession of sixth place on the Fighting Irish record book the Fighting Irish senior class of Cable, Holloway and Wright improves to (.936) all-time, the second-most wins by one senior class in program history, passing the Class of 2013 (Skylar Diggins and Kaila Turner), which compiled 130 victories the only more successful class to date was recentlydeparted Class of 2014 led by Natalie Achonwa, Ariel Braker and Kayla McBride, which posted 138 wins. 27 #4 Notre Dame 71, Georgia Tech 61 February 19, 2015 McCamish Pavilion (Atlanta, Ga.) Notre Dame (71) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Team 4 Totals Georgia Tech (61) Whiteside O Neil Rogers Tilford Davis Vuckovic Jones Peresson Team 1 Totals Notre Dame Georgia Tech FG Pct: Notre Dame 44.4, Georgia Tech PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 33.3, Georgia Tech FT Pct: Notre Dame 80.0, Georgia Tech Turnovers: Notre Dame 16, Georgia Tech 13. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 7 (Turner 3), Georgia Tech 4 (O Neil, Rogers 2). Steals: Notre Dame 5 (Mabrey 2), Georgia Tech 13 (O Neil, Tilford, Davis 3). Attendance: 2,303. NOTES: Notre Dame picked up its 25th win of the season, the sixth consecutive year and seventh time in eight seasons the Fighting Irish have reached the 25-win mark with the win and Miami s loss at North Carolina State, Notre Dame clinched a top-four seed and a double-bye for the 2015 ACC Tournament Notre Dame trailed at halftime for only the fifth time this season (3-2 record; other wins at No. 15/17 Michigan State on Nov. 19 and home vs. Florida State on Jan. 2) Notre Dame has won 44 of its last 45 regular season road games the Fighting Irish have won 58 of their last 61 games against conference opponents Notre Dame is (.810) in the month of February since the season, including an active 24-game winning streak in February games the Fighting Irish are 4-0 all-time against Georgia Tech (2-0 on the road, 2-0 at home) Notre Dame is 8-2 (.800) all-time against Georgia schools, having won its last eight in a row, and the Fighting Irish are 3-1 all-time on the road against teams from the state of Georgia this marked the first time the Fighting Irish had only one player score in double figures since March 8, 2010, when Skylar Diggins had a team-high 10 points in a loss at top-ranked Connecticut in the BIG EAST Conference Tournament championship game at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut Loyd posted her fourth 30-point game of the season and seventh of her career, setting school records in both categories Turner had three blocked shots, giving her 62 on the season and making her just the fifth player in program history to record 60 blocks in a season (Ruth Riley did it four times, Devereaux Peters did so twice, while Shari Matvey and Amanda Barksdale did it once) Peters had the most recent 60-block season with 78 in , while Riley is the last Fighting Irish freshman to hit that mark with 71 in

36 NOTRE DAME Box Scores 28 #4 Notre Dame 68, #8/7 Louisville 52 February 23, 2015 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Louisville (52) Hammond Hines-Allen Moore Vails Schimmel Carter Dyer Smith Henderson Team 6 1 Totals Notre Dame (68) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Cable Huffman Westbeld Team 5 Totals Louisville Notre Dame FG Pct: Louisville 33.3, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Louisville 42.9, Notre Dame FT Pct: Louisville 53.8, Notre Dame Turnovers: Louisville 11, Notre Dame 13. Blocked Shots: Louisville 2 (Dyer 2), Notre Dame 8 (Turner 7). Steals: Louisville 8 (Schimmel 4), Notre Dame 6 (Cable, Westbeld 2). Technical Foul: Head coach Walz (UL). Attendance: 8,911. NOTES: Notre Dame improves to 8-1 against ranked opponents this season (winning its last six by double figures), including a 5-1 record against top-10 teams (all five wins by double figures) the Fighting Irish have held seven of their last eight opponents to 61 points or fewer, including four of the past five to fewer than 60 points (Notre Dame is 15-0 this season and since when holding opponents below 60 points in a game) Notre Dame s.870 free-throw percentage was its second-best mark of the season (minimum of 10 attempts), topped only by a.905 efficiency (19 of 21) on Nov. 30 in a win over Kansas at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut the Fighting Irish move to 11-0 all-time on ESPN2 s Big Monday, including a 3-0 record this season Notre Dame is (.811) in the month of February since , including an active 25-game February winning streak the Fighting Irish also are 67-6 (.918) at home in the month of February in the past 20 seasons Notre Dame rises to 11-4 all-time against Louisville and wins its eighth consecutive game against the Cardinals (all by double figures) Louisville s 52 points tied the fewest allowed by the Fighting Irish in the series, duplicating a win on March 6, 2010 (BIG EAST Tournament second round at Hartford, Connecticut) and a victory on Feb. 20, 2012, at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville Reimer s perfect shooting night was the first by a Fighting Irish player (minimum of seven attempts) since Jan. 2, 2014, when Kayla McBride went eight for eight against South Dakota State at Purcell Pavilion Reimer s shooting percentage tied for fourth-best in program history and third-best in arena history by a Notre Dame player, in addition to being the best single-game outing by an ACC player in any game this season Loyd posted her ACC-leading 17th 20-point game of the season, tying current Fighting Irish associate coach Beth Cunningham for the third-most 20-point games in one season in program history (as Beth Morgan, Cunningham had 17 such outings in ) Loyd has scored at least 20 points in eight of nine games against ranked opponents this season and is averaging 26.1 points against Top 25 teams this year Turner tied her career high with seven blocks, having previously hit that mark on the road against two other ranked teams at No. 21/22 Syracuse on Jan. 4 and at No. 12/10 North Carolina on Jan. 15 Turner s seven blocks tied for the fourth-most rejections in one game by a Notre Dame player at Purcell Pavilion, and most since March 20, 2012, when Devereaux Peters recorded seven blocks against California in an NCAA Championship second-round game Allen tied her career high with nine assists, having previously dished out nine at No. 12/10 North Carolina on Jan #4 Notre Dame 87, Pittsburgh 59 February 26, 2015 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) Pittsburgh (59) Diop Wignot Carey Bugg Kiesel Serio Potvin Welch McManus Team 2 Totals Notre Dame (87) Wright Holloway Allen Cable Loyd Turner Reimer Johnson Mabrey Huffman Westbeld Thompson Team 6 Totals Pittsburgh Notre Dame FG Pct: Pittsburgh 36.4, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Pittsburgh 12.5, Notre Dame FT Pct: Pittsburgh 81.0, Notre Dame Turnovers: Pittsburgh 14, Notre Dame 18. Blocked Shots: Pittsburgh 2, Notre Dame 5 (Turner 3). Steals: Pittsburgh 7 (Carey 3), Notre Dame 7 (Cable, Turner 2). Attendance: 8,810. NOTES: Notre Dame earned a share of the ACC regular-season title, its fourth consecutive league crown and second in as many seasons as an ACC member (following two in the BIG EAST) it s the first time in the program s 38-year history the Fighting Irish have won four consecutive conference regular season titles, and it s the 12th conference regular season championship in school annals Notre Dame also clinched the No. 1 seed for the ACC Tournament Notre Dame improves to 32-6 (.842) all-time on Senior Night, including wins in 25 of its last 27 Senior Night contests Notre Dame s senior class is the first in school history to win four conference regular-season titles the Fighting Irish tied a school record with their 17th home win of the season, matching the mark first set in (17-1) and duplicated last year (17-0) this year s 18 home games also tie the school single-season mark set in the Fighting Irish shot a season-best.627 from the floor, their highest field-goal percentage since they connected on 62.9 percent of their shots (39 of 62) in a win over UNC Wilmington on Nov. 9, 2013, at Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame shot 70.4 percent from the floor in the second half, its second-best singlehalf field-goal percentage of the season behind a.760 outing (19 of 25) in the first half against Chattanooga on Nov. 21 at Purcell Pavilion the Fighting Irish had five double-figure scorers for the seventh time this season (7-0 record) Notre Dame wraps the month of February with a perfect 7-0 record, extending its winning streak in the month to 26 in a row and improving to (.812) in February games since , including a 68-6 (.919) mark at home in that time Notre Dame held Pittsburgh to an opponent season-low 21 rebounds, the fewest since Maryland s 21 boards on April 6, 2014, in the NCAA Women s Final Four national semifinals at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee the Fighting Irish are 23-3 all-time against Pittsburgh, including an 11-0 record at home Notre Dame has won its last six games against Pittsburgh by an average of 35.8 points per game the Fighting Irish have won 18 consecutive games against teams from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (12 in a row at home) and are (.701) all-time against Keystone State schools, including a 29-5 (.853) record at home Wright s 14 points were the most she has scored in a game since Dec. 31, 2012, when she tallied 20 points in a win over Saint Francis (Pa.) at Purcell Pavilion Wright became the 10th different Notre Dame player to score in double figures at least once this season Turner had three blocks, giving her 72 rejections this season and passing Ruth Riley (71 in ) for the second-most blocks by a freshman in school history Holloway made her first career start, as she and fellow seniors Wright and Cable got the traditional Senior Night nod. fighting irish women s basketball #4 Notre Dame 67, N.C. State 60 March 1, 2015 Reynolds Coliseum (Raleigh, N.C.) Notre Dame (67) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Team 6 Totals N.C. State (60) Mathurin Schuhmacher Brown-Hoskin Spencer Wilson Williams Nelson Barrett Moser Maize Team 3 Totals Notre Dame N.C. State FG Pct: Notre Dame 54.0, N.C. State PT FG Pct: Notre Dame 37.5, N.C. State FT Pct: Notre Dame 77.8, N.C. State Turnovers: Notre Dame 21, N.C. State 13. Blocked Shots: Notre Dame 3 (Huffman 2), N.C. State 1. Steals: Notre Dame 9 (Turner, Westbeld 2), N.C. State 9 (Spencer 4). Attendance: 2,649. NOTES: Notre Dame clinched its fourth consecutive outright conference regular-season title (second in as many seasons of ACC membership), the first time in the program s 38-year history the Fighting Irish have won four league crowns in a row (let alone all four coming outright) Notre Dame is 35-1 against ACC opponents since joining the conference prior to last season (31-1 regular season, 4-0 postseason) on the way to their current run of four consecutive conference regular-season titles, the Fighting Irish have posted a combined 62-2 record in regular-season BIG EAST and ACC play, going 16-0 in (BIG EAST) and (ACC) and 15-1 in (BIG EAST) and (ACC) when factoring in conference and NCAA tournament games, Notre Dame has won 72 its last 76 games against league opponents the Fighting Irish now have won 45 of their last 46 road games Notre Dame is (.952) overall since the start of the season the Fighting Irish now have won 16 consecutive games decided by single digits and/or in overtime, dating back to the season Notre Dame has held its last 10 opponents to 63 points or fewer, after doing so 10 times in its first 20 games of the season the Fighting Irish move to 4-0 all-time against North Carolina State, including a 2-0 record at Reynolds Coliseum (which was slated to close the following day to begin a 16-month renovation process) Notre Dame is 26-2 (.929) all-time against North Carolina schools (9-1 in true road games) and has won 16 in a row against teams from the Old North State Loyd has scored 621 points this season, pushing her into ninth place on the school s single-season scoring list, passing Katryna Gaither, who scored 613 points in Cable scored in double figures for a career-best seventh time this season, while her four three-pointers (three of which came in a 79-second span early in the second half as part of 13-2 Fighting Irish run) tied her season high and were one off her career high Huffman collected a career-best two blocks Fighting Irish players wore patches on their jerseys and staff members wore black ribbons in memory of the late former Notre Dame president Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., who passed away Feb. 26 at age

37 Box Scores 31 fighting irish women s basketball #2 Notre Dame 77, Miami 61 ACC Championship - Quarterfinal March 6, 2015 Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, N.C.) 32 NOTRE DAME #2 Notre Dame 55, #16 Duke 49 ACC Championship - Semifinal March 7, 2015 Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, N.C.) 33 #2 Notre Dame 71, #7/6 Florida State 58 ACC Championship - Final March 8, 2015 Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, N.C.) Miami (61) Williams Thomas Woods Motley McGuire Greene Sterling Prather Davenport Team 3 Totals Notre Dame (77) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Team 4 Totals Miami Notre Dame FG Pct: Miami 38.7, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Miami 33.3, Notre Dame FT Pct: Miami 75.0, Notre Dame Turnovers: Miami 9, Notre Dame 10. Blocked Shots: Miami 5 (McGuire 2), Notre Dame 3 (Reimer 3). Steals: Miami 4, Notre Dame 3 (Loyd 2). Attendance: 4,019. NOTES: Notre Dame advances to the conference tournament semifinals for the sixth consecutive season (and 19th time in 27 years), as well as the second time in as many seasons it has been a member of the ACC Notre Dame is 22-7 (.759) as the higher seed in conference tournaments dating back to , its inaugural season in the BIG EAST Notre Dame avenges one of its two losses this season by nearly the same score that Miami defeated the Fighting Irish in the regular season (78-63 on Jan. 8 in Coral Gables) Notre Dame improves to 16-4 all-time against Miami, including a 2-0 record in the postseason (the Fighting Irish defeated the Hurricanes, in the 2000 BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals in Storrs, Connecticut) Notre Dame is 33-6 (.846) all-time against Florida schools, including a 20-3 (.870) record away from home (road/neutral sites combined) the Fighting Irish also have 13 of their last 14 games against teams from the Sunshine State Notre Dame is 15-1 (.938) all-time when playing in the state of North Carolina, including a 6-0 record at neutral sites (4-0 at the Greensboro Coliseum) the Fighting Irish have held their last 11 opponents to 63 points or fewer including regular season and postseason tournament results (conference and NCAA), Notre Dame has won 73 of its last 77 games against conference opponents the Fighting Irish had five double-figure scorers for the eighth time this season (8-0 record) Loyd moved into seventh place on the Fighting Irish career scoring list with 1,774 points, passing Alicia Ratay (1,763 points from ) Turner posted her team-leading seventh double-double of the season (first since Feb. 5 against Virginia), fifth-most by a Fighting Irish rookie in program history and most since Jacqueline Batteast s 11 double-doubles in Cable set a new career high by going eight for eight from the free-throw line, while scoring in double digits for the career-best eighth time this season Reimer has scored in double figures in her last four games, while her three blocks were one off her season and career high. Duke (49) Stevens Henson Williams Johnson Greenwell Riggs Cooper Mathias Team 4 Totals Notre Dame (55) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Cable Westbeld Team 5 Totals Duke Notre Dame FG Pct: Duke 32.2, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Duke 23.1, Notre Dame FT Pct: Duke 57.1, Notre Dame Turnovers: Duke 12, Notre Dame 16. Blocked Shots: Duke 3, Notre Dame 4 (Turner 3). Steals: Duke 4 (Greenwell 2), Notre Dame 5 (Westbeld 3). Attendance: 7,108. NOTES: Notre Dame advances to its conference tournament championship game for the fifth consecutive year and 14th time in 27 seasons (all under current head coach Muffet McGraw) the Fighting Irish also reach the conference tournament title game for eighth time in nine all-time appearances as a No. 1 seed, having previously won five championships (most recently the 2014 ACC crown) and finished second twice Notre Dame earns its 30th win of the season, the fifth consecutive year and seventh time in program history the Fighting Irish have reached that mark Notre Dame improves to 9-1 this season against ranked opponents the Fighting Irish have won 17 consecutive games decided by single digits or in overtime, dating back to the 2012 BIG EAST Championship final (a Connecticut win on March 6, 2012, at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut) coincidentally, that 2012 contest was the last time Notre Dame scored fewer than the 55 points it registered against Duke when factoring in regular-season and postseason tournament results (league and NCAA), Notre Dame has won 74 of its last 78 games against conference opponents since joining the ACC, the Fighting Irish are 37-1 (31-1 regular season, 6-0 postseason) against fellow ACC members Notre Dame is 23-7 in conference tournament games as the higher seed dating back to the season the Fighting Irish have held their last 12 opponents to 63 points or fewer, including eight to less than 60 points (Notre Dame is 17-0 this season and since when it holds opponents under the 60-point mark) in their last 11 conference tournament games, the Fighting Irish have held eight opponents to fewer than 60 points, the lone exceptions coming in back-toback games in the 2012 BIG EAST final (63-54 loss at UConn) and 2013 BIG EAST quarterfinal (75-66 win over South Florida at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut), as well as this year s ACC quarterfinal (77-61 win over Miami in Greensboro) Duke s 15 first-half points were the second-fewest the Fighting Irish have allowed in the opening 20 minutes this season (Harvard scored 13 on Nov. 24 at Purcell Pavilion) Notre Dame had held Duke to 25 consecutive misses from the three-point line in its last two-plus matchups with the Blue Devils (nearly 70 minutes of game action) before Duke s Rebecca Greenwell sank a triple with 10:05 left in the second half (one of three for the Blue Devils on 13 attempts) Notre Dame moves to 11-1 all-time against Duke and has won the past nine games in the series the Fighting Irish are 27-2 alltime against North Carolina schools, including an active 17-game winning streak Notre Dame is 16-1 all-time when playing in the state of North Carolina, including a 7-0 record at neutral sites (5-0 at the Greensboro Coliseum) since , the Fighting Irish are when playing on one s day rest or less, including a 7-0 record this season Loyd posted her 18th 20-point game of the season, tying for second on the school s single-season list with Katryna Gaither ( ) Loyd scored 20 points against a ranked opponent for the ninth time in 10 games this season Loyd moved to sixth place on the Notre Dame single-season scoring list with 658 points, edging past Skylar Diggins (657 in ). Florida State (58) Slaughter Bulgak Romero Brown Conwright Jones Bingley Thomas Richardson Team 2 Totals Notre Dame (71) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 3 Totals Florida State Notre Dame FG Pct: Florida State 36.8, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Florida State 30.0, Notre Dame FT Pct: Florida State 71.4, Notre Dame Turnovers: Florida State 16, Notre Dame 16. Blocked Shots: Florida State 7 (Slaughter 3), Notre Dame 4 (Turner, Reimer 2). Steals: Florida State 11 (Conwright 4), Notre Dame 5 (Loyd 2). Attendance: 6,874. NOTES: Notre Dame earns its third consecutive conference tournament championship ( BIG EAST; ACC) and the eighth in program history this marks the second time the Fighting Irish have won three consecutive conference tournament titles, following their triple crowns in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference/Horizon League from Loyd becomes the second player in program history to be a two-time conference tournament MVP, joining Krissi Davis, who was the MCC Tournament MVP in 1989 and 1991 Loyd is the seventh two-time ACC Championship MVP in league history (first since Duke s Jasmine Thomas in 2010 and 2011) Loyd was joined on the All-ACC Tournament First Team by Turner, while Cable and Reimer copped second-team accolades (the first career conference all-tournament team honors for the latter trio) Notre Dame improves to 10-1 against ranked opponents this season, including a 6-1 record against top-10 teams this year s senior class of Cable, Holloway and Wright tied the school record for wins by a four-year class (now 138-9,.939), a mark originally set by last year s seniors Notre Dame improves to 4-0 all-time against Florida State, including a 2-0 record in the ACC Championship (the Fighting Irish earned an win in last year s quarterfinals) Notre Dame is 34-6 (.850) all-time against schools from the state of Florida, including a 21-3 (.875) record away from home (road/neutral sites combined) the Fighting Irish also have won 14 of their last 15 games overall and nine of 10 away from home against Sunshine State teams Notre Dame is 17-1 (.944) alltime when playing in the state of North Carolina, including an 8-0 record at neutral sites (6-0 at the Greensboro Coliseum) the Fighting Irish have held their last 13 opponents to 63 points or fewer, including nine to less than 60 points (they are 18-0 this season and since the season when holding opponents below the 60-point mark) in its last 12 conference tournament games, Notre Dame has held nine opponents to fewer than 60 points Florida State was the only NCAA Division I basketball program in the nation (men s or women s) that had not been outrebounded in a game all season, ranking second in the country with a rebounding margin all that changed when Notre Dame earned a advantage on the glass Loyd has scored 676 points this season, moving to fourth on the Notre Dame single-season scoring list past Kayla McBride (669 in ) and Ruth Riley (672 in ) Turner has 77 blocked shots this season, one shy of moving into the top five on the school s single-season chart (Amanda Barksdale had 78 blocks in and Devereaux Peters did likewise in ). 37

38 NOTRE DAME Box Scores 34 #2 Notre Dame 77, Montana 43 NCAA Oklahoma City Region - First Round March 20, 2015 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) 35 fighting irish women s basketball #2 Notre Dame 79, DePaul 67 NCAA Oklahoma City Region - Second Round March 22, 2015 Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame, Ind.) 36 #2 Notre Dame 81, #14/17 Stanford 60 NCAA Oklahoma City Regional Semifinal March 27, 2015 Chesapeake Energy Arena (Oklahoma City, Okla.) Montana (43) Valley Selvig Rickman Feller Rubel Vining Staudacher Sims Doran Isaak Gilham Team 4 Totals Notre Dame (77) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Thompson Team 2 Totals Montana Notre Dame FG Pct: Montana 30.6, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Montana 9.5, Notre Dame FT Pct: Montana 60.0, Notre Dame Turnovers: Montana 17, Notre Dame 14. Blocked Shots: Montana 3, Notre Dame 5 (Reimer 3). Steals: Montana 7, Notre Dame 10 (Westbeld 4). Attendance: 6,198. NOTES: Notre Dame wins its first-round game in the NCAA Championship for the 18th time in 20 seasons the Fighting Irish are 21-3 all-time in the NCAA Championship as a No. 1 seed and 13-2 when playing at home in the tournament the Notre Dame senior class of Cable, Holloway and Wright earned its 139th career win (now 139-9,.939), the most by any four-year class in program history Notre Dame s.623 field-goal percentage was its second-best ever in an NCAA tournament game and best since March 17, 2000 (.636 vs. San Diego in NCAA Mideast Region first-round game at Purcell Pavilion) it also was the highest field-goal percentage allowed all season by Montana, which came into the game ranked fourth in the nation in defensive field-goal percentage (.340) Notre Dame s.652 second-half field-goal percentage was its best since connecting at a.704 clip in the second half against Pittsburgh on Feb. 26, 2015, at Purcell Pavilion this marked the first time the Fighting Irish shot better than 60 percent in both halves (60.0 and 65.2 percent) since Jan. 16, 2014, when they shot 61.1 and 60.0 percent in a road win at Pittsburgh the Fighting Irish are 24-2 all-time in the NCAA Championship when holding their opponents to 60 points or fewer, including a current 10-game winning streak dating back to the 2010 tournament Montana s 43 points tied the third-fewest allowed by Notre Dame this season the Fighting Irish have held their last 14 opponents to 63 points or fewer Notre Dame is 19-0 this season when holding teams to fewer than 60 points, and (.954) in such games dating back to the Fighting Irish even the abbreviated series with Montana at 1-1 Notre Dame picks up its first win in three all-time games against current Big Sky Conference members (also lost to Idaho, in overtime in 1986 National Women s Invitation Tournament semifinals in Amarillo, Texas) Loyd moved into third place on the Fighting Irish single-season scoring list with 694 points, topping her own total of 687 points last year Turner moved into a tie for fifth place on the Notre Dame single-season blocks list (78), matching the production of Amanda Barksdale ( ) and Devereaux Peters ( ), while remaining second-most all-time among Notre Dame freshmen Westbeld not only posted her second double-digit rebounding game of the season, but grabbed a career-high four steals Huffman tied her season high with three assists Notre Dame set a school record with its 18th home win of the season, one more than its totals in and DePaul (67) Podkowa Hrynko Jenkins January McGee Millender Prochaska Schulte Grays Harvey-Carr Team 2 Totals Notre Dame (79) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Team 5 Totals DePaul Notre Dame FG Pct: DePaul 35.7, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: DePaul 29.4, Notre Dame FT Pct: DePaul 77.8, Notre Dame Turnovers: DePaul 12, Notre Dame 18. Blocked Shots: DePaul 2 (Podkowa 2), Notre Dame 6 (Turner 3). Steals: DePaul 6 (Hrynko, January 2), Notre Dame 8 (Loyd 3). Attendance: 5,658. NOTES: Notre Dame advances to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the sixth consecutive season, the seventh time in eight years and the 13th time in 19 seasons the Fighting Irish are one of five schools in the country to make the Sweet 16 each of the past six years Notre Dame improves to (.706) all-time in NCAA Championship play, including a 13-5 record in second-round games (6-0 at home) this was the first time the Fighting Irish had played a regular-season rematch within the first two rounds of the NCAA Championship the Fighting Irish jump to all-time against DePaul (12-6 at home) and have won the last seven in the series, the longest by either school in a rivalry that is the second-longest (in terms of games) in Notre Dame history this was the first time Notre Dame and DePaul played in the NCAA tournament and second time in the postseason (DePaul won in the 1989 National Women s Invitation Tournament in Amarillo, Texas) the Fighting Irish finish with a school-record 19 wins at home this season (18 at Purcell Pavilion, one off-site in Fort Wayne) Notre Dame had two players record double-doubles in the same game for the first time since the Fighting Irish last played DePaul (Dec. 10, a overtime win in Chicago), when three players posted double-doubles this was just the third time in 68 career NCAA Championship games that Notre Dame had two players with double-doubles in the same tournament game, and the first since March 23, 2008, when Ashley Barlow (20 points/12 rebounds) and Charel Allen (14 points/11 rebounds) did so in a first-round win over SMU in West Lafayette, Indiana Notre Dame s 51 rebounds tied for fourth-most by a Fighting Irish team in a single NCAA tournament game and most since March 17, 2001 (62 vs. Alcorn State in first-round win at Purcell Pavilion) Turner recorded her team-high eighth double-double of the season, tying Ruth Riley ( ) for fourth on the Notre Dame freshman single-season list Turner has 81 blocks this season, good for fifth on the Fighting Irish single-season chart and second on the school s freshman list Turner is just the third player in school history to record 80 blocks in one season (Riley - three times, plus Shari Matvey s 94 as a freshman in ) Reimer collected her second double-double of the season, both coming against DePaul Mabrey s five three-pointers were the fourth-most by a Notre Dame player in a single NCAA tournament game, and most since March 26, 2011, when Brittany Mallory made six treys in a Sweet 16 win over Oklahoma in Dayton, Ohio DePaul s 10 three-pointers were the most ever for a Notre Dame opponent in the NCAA tournament (previous high was nine on three occasions, the last by Oklahoma in that 2011 Sweet 16 game) Loyd has 704 points this year, becoming just the second Notre Dame player ever to score 700 points in a single season (Katryna Gaither in ). Stanford (60) McCall Samuelson, B Thompson McPhee Orrange Greenfield Johnson, K Roberson Camp Payne Rooks Picknell Team 8 Totals Notre Dame (81) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Holloway Johnson Cable Huffman Westbeld Wright Team 3 Totals Stanford Notre Dame FG Pct: Stanford 35.4, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Stanford 33.3, Notre Dame FT Pct: Stanford 69.2, Notre Dame Turnovers: Stanford 14, Notre Dame 9. Blocked Shots: Stanford 4 (McCall 3), Notre Dame 4 (Turner 2). Steals: Stanford 6 (Orrange 2), Notre Dame 9 (Loyd, Cable 3). Attendance: 3,878. NOTES: The Fighting Irish advance to the NCAA Elite Eight (regional final) for the fifth consecutive season and the seventh time in program history Notre Dame is 7-6 all-time in Sweet 16 games, and has won its last five by an average of 27.4 points per game Notre Dame earned its 11th win in 12 games against ranked opponents this season, with this being the largest margin of victory for the Fighting Irish over a Top 25 team to date (previous was a win over No. 15/10 Maryland, the top seed in the Spokane Region of this year s NCAA Championship, back on Dec. 3 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Fort Wayne, Indiana) the Fighting Irish post their 20th consecutive win, tying the fifth-longest winning streak in program history it s also the fourth consecutive season Notre Dame has put together a winning streak of 20 games or more the Fighting Irish are 22-0 all-time in NCAA Championship games when scoring at least 80 points conversely, Notre Dame is 25-2 (.926) all-time in the NCAA tournament when holding its opponents to 60 points or fewer, including an active 11-game winning streak in such contests the Fighting Irish earn their first win in three series games against Stanford, with the two women s basketball powers meeting for the first time since Nov. 24, 1991 (an win for the Cardinal at Purcell Pavilion) Notre Dame has won eight of its last nine games against teams from the state of California the Fighting Irish are 6-1 all-time against California schools in the NCAA Championship Notre Dame has won 26 of its last 33 games against current Pac-12 Conference schools, including eight in a row the Fighting Irish are 7-2 all-time against current Pac-12 teams in the NCAA Championship and have won their last five in a row in the tournament against Pac-12 members Notre Dame shot a season-best 13 of 13 from the free-throw line, the second-best performance without a miss at the charity stripe in school history, topped only by an 18 for 18 effort at Valparaiso on Nov. 30, 2004 Allen scored a career-high 28 points, including 24 in the first half alone Loyd countered with 17 of her 21 points in the second half Notre Dame had two 20-point scorers in the same game for the first time since Allen s previous career scoring high on Jan. 15, when Allen s 24 points and Turner s career high-tying 29 points helped the visiting Fighting Irish past No. 12/10 North Carolina,

39 Box Scores 37 fighting irish women s basketball #2 Notre Dame 77, #5/6 Baylor 68 NCAA Oklahoma City Regional Final March 29, 2015 Chesapeake Energy Arena (Oklahoma City, Okla.) NOTRE DAME Baylor (68) Davis Agbuke Johnson Prince Wright Cohen Wallace Cave Team 4 Totals Notre Dame (77) Turner Reimer Allen Mabrey Loyd Cable Huffman Westbeld Team 6 Totals Baylor Notre Dame FG Pct: Baylor 42.0, Notre Dame PT FG Pct: Baylor 33.3, Notre Dame FT Pct: Baylor 77.8, Notre Dame Turnovers: Baylor 11, Notre Dame 11. Blocked Shots: Baylor 1, Notre Dame 7 (Turner, Reimer, Cable 2). Steals: Baylor 8 (Davis, Agbuke, Prince 2), Notre Dame 6 (Allen 4). Flagrant Foul: Agbuke (BU). Attendance: 3,329. NOTES: Notre Dame advances to the NCAA Women s Final Four for the fifth consecutive season and seventh time overall, becoming the fourth program in NCAA Division I history to make five consecutive Final Four appearances the others are Connecticut ( and 2008-present), LSU ( ) and Stanford ( ) Notre Dame is the fifth school to earn seven NCAA Women s Final Four berths, joining Tennessee (18), Connecticut (16), Stanford (12) and Louisiana Tech (10) Notre Dame is 7-0 all-time in NCAA Elite Eight games, the best winning percentage in regional finals of any program in NCAA Championship history the Fighting Irish are 12-1 this season against ranked opponents, including a 7-1 record against top-10 teams Notre Dame has posted its fourth consecutive 35-win season prior to , the Fighting Irish had not won more than 34 games in a single season, but in the past four years, Notre Dame is averaging 35.5 wins per season, including a school-record 37 victories in the Fighting Irish stretch their current winning streak to 21 games, tying the fourth-longest in school history ( ) Notre Dame has won its last 18 games decided by single digits and/or in overtime (6-0 this season) the Fighting Irish are 24-3 (.889) all-time as a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Championship, and 36-5 (.878) all-time as a higher seed in the NCAA tournament Notre Dame has scored at least 70 points in 28 of its last 33 NCAA Championship games, going 25-3 (.893) in those contests Notre Dame earned its 50th all-time NCAA tournament victory (50-20,.714 in 22 appearances) the Fighting Irish are 2-4 all-time against Baylor, having won the past two against the Bears, both in the NCAA Elite Eight (2014 at Notre Dame, 2015 in Oklahoma City) the Fighting Irish are (.476) all-time against teams from the state of Texas, having won their last three Notre Dame is (.733) all-time against current Big 12 members, including a 9-3 record in the NCAA Championship Allen is the second Fighting Irish sophomore in as many years (and third all-time) to be named an NCAA regional most outstanding player, following in the footsteps of Loyd (2014) and Skylar Diggins (2011) Loyd earned NCAA regional all-tournament Team honors for the third consecutive season, joining former teammates Diggins ( ), Natalie Achonwa ( ) and Kayla McBride ( ) as the only three-time regional all-tournament team picks in program history Loyd moved into sixth place on the Notre Dame career scoring list with 1,875 points, passing Jacqueline Batteast (1,874 from ) Turner had two blocks on Sunday, giving her 85 blocked shots this season and tying Ruth Riley ( ) for fourth on the Fighting Irish single-season blocks list Turner also recorded her team-leading ninth double-double of the season, tying Mary Beth Schueth ( ) for third all-time among Fighting Irish freshmen Notre Dame tied its season-low free-throw percentage, originally set on Dec. 13 against Michigan at Purcell Pavilion. 39

40 Muffet McGraw Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Women s Basketball Coach 28th season at ND ( ,.760) 33rd season overall ( ,.751) If we searched for an entire year, I don t think we would find anyone better suited for our program. With those words, former Notre Dame director of athletics Gene Corrigan announced the hiring of Muffet McGraw as the third head coach of the Fighting Irish women s basketball program on May 18, Corrigan may not have realized it at the time, but he also ushered in an era of unparalleled success in women s basketball at Notre Dame, brought to life on the shoulders of a 5-foot-6 dynamo who accepts nothing less than the very best from herself, her players and her program. Ask anyone familiar with women s basketball about Mc- Graw and her Notre Dame program and inevitably, you ll hear the same two words consistency and excellence. And it s no wonder, when you consider what McGraw and the Fighting Irish have achieved in the past 28 seasons: The 2001 NCAA national championship, defeating Purdue in the title game, McGraw is one of seven active Division I coaches to guide her team to a national title. Four trips to the NCAA Division I national championship game, including three of the past four NCAA title contests (2011, 2012 and 2014). McGraw is one of just three active Division I coaches (and five all-time) with at least four appearances in the NCAA national championship game. Seven trips to the NCAA Women s Final Four (1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015). McGraw is one of just three active Division I coaches (and five all-time) to lead her team to seven Women s Final Four appearances. 13 NCAA Sweet 16 trips, all in the past 19 seasons ( ). The Fighting Irish are one of five teams in the nation to make that claim (and five to do so in the past six years). Three-time consensus National Coach of the Year, sweeping the four major coaching honors (Associated Press, WBCA, Naismith Award and USBWA) in 2001, 2013 and McGraw is the first NCAA Division I coach to sweep the Big Four awards three times in her career. Six-time conference Coach of the Year, most recently collecting her first ACC Coach of the Year trophy in McGraw has earned her six coaching honors in five different conferences during her career (the past five awards while at Notre Dame), having also garnered accolades in the East Coast ( at Lehigh), North Star (1988), Midwestern Collegiate/Horizon League (1991), BIG EAST (2001, 2013) and Atlantic Coast (2014) conferences. Ranks 10th all-time among NCAA Division I coaches with 786 career wins (reaching the 700-win milestone on Feb. 5, 2013, at Villanova in her 957th game, making her the eighth-fastest to 700 wins in Division I history), and was 16th all-time among Division I coaches with a.744 career winning percentage entering the season. Ranks eighth among NCAA Division I coaches with win seasons, including 25 of her 28 seasons at Notre Dame with 20-or-more victories, as well as 21 in the past 22 years ( ). The Fighting Irish also have posted win seasons, seven 30-win campaigns and four 35-win seasons in the past 18 years ( ) under McGraw s tutelage. Made 22 NCAA tournament appearances, including a current string of 20 consecutive NCAA tournament berths (the fifth-longest active run of consecutive appearances and seventh-longest streak at any time in NCAA tournament history). During this current streak ( ), Notre Dame has won at least one NCAA postseason game 18 times. Won 10 conference regular-season titles, including the past four in a row outright in both the BIG EAST (2012, 2013) and ACC (2014, 2015). The Fighting Irish also ran the table twice in that span, going 16-0 in both the BIG EAST ( ) and ACC ( ), the latter being the first 16-0 record by an ACC school in 11 seasons. What s more, under McGraw s guidance, Notre Dame has placed among the top four in the final conference standings 25 times in her 28 seasons. Earned eight conference tournament championships, including each of the past three seasons as members of the BIG EAST (2013) and ACC (2014 & 2015). Collected 124 wins over ranked opponents, including 110 in the past 17 seasons ( through ). In addition, 49 of those wins have come against top-10 opponents, including 17 against top-five teams and four against No. 1-ranked squads. Made 294 appearances in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, including an active school-record streak of 155 consecutive weeks in the AP poll. McGraw is seventh among active Division I coaches and 15th all-time in AP poll appearances (as of the final poll taken March 16). Notre Dame also has spent 183 weeks ranked among the top 10 teams in the nation, all in the past 19 seasons ( ). Guided Notre Dame to the No. 1 ranking in the WBCA/USA Today coaches poll on Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, 2014, the first time the Fighting Irish were in the top spot since the final poll of Notre Dame s 2001 NCAA national championship season. Notre Dame also became the first ACC team to earn the No. 1 ranking since March 12, 2007 (Duke). 19 consecutive top-20 recruiting classes, dating back to the incoming class of 1997 (and including next year s incoming class of 2015, ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation). Notre Dame is one of just three programs in the nation that owns an active streak of that length. Ranks second on the all-time wins list (regardless of sport) in the 127-year history of Fighting Irish athletics, trailing only the late Michael DeCicco ( combined record with men s/women s fencing from ). Far and away the winningest basketball coach (men s or women s) in school history, with noted men s skipper Digger Phelps second on that list (393 wins). A perfect 100-percent NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) score in each of the past seven years ( ). In that time, Notre Dame is one of four programs in the country to record a perfect GSR and go on to play for the national title in the same season (something the Fighting Irish did in , and ). Add it all up and you have the framework for a Hall of Fame career. And, on June 11, 2011, that s exactly what McGraw became, as she officially was the first Notre Dame representative to be inducted into the Women s Basketball Hall of Fame, an accomplishment immortalized with a banner hanging in Purcell Pavilion. Still, with all of those accomplishments in hand, McGraw has shown no signs of slowing down any time soon. In July 2012, the veteran head coach signed a landmark 10-year contract extension (believed to be among the longest contract agreements in NCAA women s basketball history) that will keep her patrolling the Fighting Irish sidelines through the campaign. For more than 25 years, Muffet has led our women s basketball program and represented this University with distinction, said Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Notre Dame s president. Her teams have excelled on the court and in the classroom, and I am absolutely delighted that she will continue to lead the Irish for many more years. We are thrilled to be able to enter into a decade-long agreement with Muffet, who is not only the face of Notre Dame women s basketball, but increasingly, the face of women s basketball, given all that she s accomplished, said University vice president and director of athletics Jack Swarbrick. Women s Basketball Hall of Fame Consensus National Coach of the Year , 2013, 2014 Naismith National Coach of the Year Finalist , 1998, 2001, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014 Conference Coach of the Year , 1988, 1991, 2001, 2013, 2014 NCAA National Champion NCAA National Finalist , 2012, 2014 NCAA Final Four , 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 NCAA Tournament , 1994, NIT , 1991, 1995 NOTE: McGraw s complete bio, including year-by-year records, can be found on pages of this year s Notre Dame women s basketball media guide or online at UND.com under the roster tab on the women s basketball page.