![]() Ruth Riley (San Antonio) was active in the league during the ’09 season, helping the Silver Stars return to the playoffs for the third consecutive season. Charel Allen was the most recent Irish player to be chosen, going to the Sacramento Monarchs in the third round (43rd overall pick) of the 2008 WNBA Draft. ![]() The Irish have become a regular fixture in the WNBA Draft in recent years, as seven Notre Dame players have been selected in the past nine seasons.The Irish also have drawn 5,000-or-more fans to 133 of their last 135 home games, including seven Purcell Pavilion sellouts (most recently on Dec. ![]() Last year, the program finished ninth in the country for the second year in a row with an average of 7,168 fans for its 13 home games (the second-highest single-season attendance average in school history). Notre Dame has ranked among the top 20 in the nation in attendance each of the past nine seasons.Notre Dame is among the nation’s winningest programs during the past 14 seasons (1996-97 to present), ranking seventh with 329 victories.The Irish also are the only school from the top 25 of the final 2008-09 NCAA attendance rankings to see an increase in attendance this year. Notre Dame is averaging 8,522 fans per game this year, unofficially ranking fifth in the nation and showing a 18.9-percent increase from last year (7,168).The Irish also have caused at least 20 takeaways in 13 of 16 games to date, with no fewer than 29 opponent turnovers in six of nine home games this year. Notre Dame is forcing 25.6 turnovers per game this season, including 28.7 at home.Conversely, Notre Dame has only one player ranking among the top 100 in any NCAA statistical category - senior guard/tri-captain Ashley Barlow stands 91st in the land in steals (2.4 per game).In Monday’s NCAA statistical rankings, Notre Dame appears among the top 15 in six categories - steals (2nd at 14.7 spg.), assists (3rd at 18.6 apg.), turnover margin (5th at +8.13), scoring offense (7th at 80.1 ppg.), scoring margin (11th at +20.9 ppg.) and assist/turnover ratio (15th at 1.06).In the past nine games alone, Notre Dame has had a different player lead it in scoring seven times. Seven different players have led the Irish in scoring this season.The Irish won the 2009 Paradise Jam Island Division title (their first regular-season tourney crown since the 2005 Duel in the Desert in Las Vegas), with freshman guard Skylar Diggins capturing MVP honors and senior guard/tri-captain Melissa Lechlitner making the all-tournament team.Notre Dame has defeated four ranked opponents (Michigan State, San Diego State, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt) this season, including three away from home.At 15-0, the Irish posted the second-best start in program history, topped only by a 23-0 debut in 2000-01 (the season in which Notre Dame won its first NCAA title).Notre Dame’s 15-game winning streak earlier this season tied for the third-longest in school history, and longest since a school-record 23-game run from Nov.The Irish have appeared in the top five of the AP poll all 11 weeks this season (through Monday), marking the second-longest string of consecutive AP Top 5 rankings in program history behind only the final 17 weeks in 2000-01.3 in last week’s ESPN/ USA Today poll (new poll released Tuesday). 4 in the new Associated Press poll and was No. Junior forward Devereaux Peters scored a season-high 12 points and matched her season best with eight rebounds for the Irish. Notre Dame actually played the powerful Huskies to a standstill over the final 25 minutes, but an early 36-10 deficit proved too much to overcome. The Irish (15-1, 2-1) saw their season-opening 15-game winning streak snapped Saturday with a 70-46 loss at top-ranked Connecticut. ![]() The game will be televised live to a national cable audience by CBS College Sports, marking Notre Dame’s third appearance on that network in the past three weeks. (ET) matchup with the Cardinals at Freedom Hall. 4/3 Notre Dame will get a chance to see how it handles adversity, as the Irish look to rebound from their first loss when they travel to Louisville Tuesday for a 7 p.m. 4/3 Notre Dame Looks To Bounce Back Tuesday At Louisvilleįor the first time this season, No. All seven games in the series with Louisville have been decided by 15 points or fewer, with all four BIG EAST matchups featuring margins of 10 points or fewer.TWITTER: Notre Dame takes on a third participant from last year’s Final Four, having split prior games with Oklahoma and Connecticut. TV: CBS College Sports (live) (Dave Ryan, p-b-p / Debbie Antonelli, color) Louisville Cardinals (10-7 / 2-2 BIG EAST)ĪT: Louisville, Ky. #4/3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (15-1 / 2-1 BIG EAST) vs.
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