ND Women's BB '14

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ND 64 VT 39

 

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Nice drive by Allen.

ND by 27

 

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Hokie 3

 

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Allen fouled on a drive. First trip to the line tonight.

Makes them both, 8 pts, 26 ND lead.

 

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Johnson smooth 15' jumper.

 

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Westbeld in the paint for a career high 17 pts.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

 

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3:59 Media TO

ND 72 VT 42

 

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Westbeld missed layup.

Shooting 8-12 tonight.

 

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Hokie 3

 

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Wright for 2

 

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Thompson rebound.

 

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Final ND 74 -VT 50

Final ND 74 -VT 50

20-2

Notre Dame TEAM STATS Virginia Tech
74 Points 50
28-56 (50.0%) Field Goals 19-53 (35.8%)
5-11 (45.5%) 3-Point FGs 6-16 (37.5%)
13-21 (61.9%) Free Throws 6-7 (85.7%)
39 (9-30) Rebounds (Off-Def) 26 (4-22)
7 Steals 4
2 Blocks 4
14 Assists 11
13 Turnovers 16
8/4 Fouls (Total/This Half) 18/9
1.08 Ast/TO 0.69
40 Points in the Paint 20
6 Fastbreak Points 3
16 2nd Chance Points 0
20 Points Off Turnovers 6
28 Points Off The Bench 17
1 Ties 0
1 Took The Lead 1
30-2nd-04:30 Largest Lead 2-1st-18:06
02:11-2nd Half Last Field Goal 00:03-2nd Half
Led for 37:06 Game tied for 02:23 Led for 00:31

 

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Ind Stats

Ind Stats

ND

IN THE GAME	FG	3FG	FT	Reb	Ast	PF	TP
14	Mychal Johnson	2-4	0-1	2-4	1	0	0	6
24	Hanna Huffman	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0
33	Kath Westbeld	8-14	0-0	1-2	3	1	1	17
34	Markisha Wright	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2
35	Diam Thompson	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0
ON THE BENCH	FG	3FG	FT	Reb	Ast	PF	TP
11	Brianna Turner	3-4	0-0	1-5	8	0	4	7
12	Taya Reimer	3-6	0-0	3-3	10	2	1	9
15	Lindsay Allen	3-6	0-0	2-2	3	5	1	8
22	Madison Cable	1-5	1-2	0-0	1	2	0	3
23	Mich Mabrey	2-6	2-6	0-0	1	1	0	6
32	Jewell Loyd	5-9	2-2	4-5	4	1	1	16

VT

IN THE GAME	FG	3FG	FT	Reb	Ast	PF	TP
4	Hannah Young	4-9	2-6	3-4	2	3	1	13
5	Van Panousis	3-6	2-3	0-0	1	1	1	8
24	Taij Campbell	2-9	0-0	0-0	5	0	4	4
25	Samantha Hill	3-9	1-4	2-2	3	0	2	9
45	Khad Croker	3-5	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	6
ON THE BENCH	FG	3FG	FT	Reb	Ast	PF	TP
2	Sidney Cook	1-6	0-1	0-0	5	1	4	2
22	Lindsey Oblitey	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
23	Rachel Camp	2-3	1-2	1-1	2	3	5	6
33	Kelsey Conyers	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	2
35	Tara Nahodil	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0
40	Dom Powell	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0

 

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Kat Westbeld with a career high 17 pts on her 19th Birthday was high scorer.

Reimer missed a double double by a pt.

Turner was 1-5 from the line. She is great in the paint but ...

 

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Game reminded me of many games watched and played in before: when you roll over the opponent so easily in the first half, sometimes the sharpness slips. When that drop in intensity occurs you play hob getting it back. I played {city league ball in Cleveland} with a small college All-American who never lost intensity. He told me that in his experience it took a team as much as 30 minutes to turn it back on.

The girls looked like that in the second half to me. Muffet felt it too, and took a lot of the half-awake gals out, making sure that Cable {who never relaxes} was on the floor. Some of that subbing was the score of course, but Muffet was looking for some energy --- she also got some from Mychal Johnson, who may ultimately be a good player {perhaps as a two-point-guard situation next year --- I like teams who play two excellent ball handlers}.

The girls are really good. Wish that they had one climax rebounder. "Come back to us, Natalie! ... or Ruth Riley."

 

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Game reminded me of many games watched and played in before: when you roll over the opponent so easily in the first half, sometimes the sharpness slips. When that drop in intensity occurs you play hob getting it back. I played {city league ball in Cleveland} with a small college All-American who never lost intensity. He told me that in his experience it took a team as much as 30 minutes to turn it back on.

The girls looked like that in the second half to me. Muffet felt it too, and took a lot of the half-awake gals out, making sure that Cable {who never relaxes} was on the floor. Some of that subbing was the score of course, but Muffet was looking for some energy --- she also got some from Mychal Johnson, who may ultimately be a good player {perhaps as a two-point-guard situation next year --- I like teams who play two excellent ball handlers}.

The girls are really good. Wish that they had one climax rebounder. "Come back to us, Natalie! ... or Ruth Riley."

The starters had 26 rebs, the bench 7.

I suspect Westbeld will become one of the rebounders in her class along with Turner who had 8 in 18 minutes on the floor.

The starters played 106 of the 200 minutes.

 

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Westbeld raised her FG% to .500

 

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#4 Notre Dame Puts Away Virginia Tech, 74-50 - UND.COM - University of Notre Dame Official Athletic Site

Notre Dame: The Irish have been ranked in the top 10 of The Associated Press poll for 78 straight weeks and have appeared in the AP poll 148 consecutive weeks. ... Notre Dame was second in the nation in field-goal percentage (50.1) and fourth in scoring offense (85.3 ppg) coming into the game. ... Notre Dame has won 33 of its past 34 road games. ... The Fighting Irish's 43 points were the most Virginia Tech has allowed in a first half this season.

 

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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/

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.

Lindsay Allen dished out at least five assists for the ninth consecutive game and 14th time this season.

 

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ND v VT Game Highlights

ND v VT Game Highlights

http://watchnd.tv/#!/videos/8xYW8yczqYoWCDL6KOSFXCGiQ_q7D6PV

 

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Notre Dame Women's Basketball Duo Sweeps ACC Player and Freshman of the Week Awards - UND.COM - University of Notre Dame Official Athletic Site

Loyd earns third Player of the Week honor this year; Turner ties school record sixth Freshman of the Week citation of the season.

Jan. 26, 2015

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - During the first 10 weeks of the 2014-15 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, University of Notre Dame junior guard Jewell Loyd (Lincolnwood, Ill./Niles West) and freshman forward Brianna Turner (Pearland, Texas/Manvel) took turns earning weekly accolades from the conference, with one garnering either ACC Player or Freshman of the Week honors in seven of those 10 weeks.

On Monday, Loyd and Turner synchronized their awards, with Loyd receiving her third ACC Player of the Week honor of the season (fourth of her career), and Turner tying the Notre Dame record with her sixth ACC Freshman of the Week citation this season. Both honors were chosen by the conference's Blue Ribbon Panel that is comprised of the ACC's 15 head coaches, local and national media members and the women's basketball media relations directors for each school.

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Loyd is the sixth Notre Dame player to be named a three-time conference player-of-the-week honoree in one season, and the first since Skylar Diggins collected three awards during the 2012-13 season while the Fighting Irish were members of the BIG EAST. The only Notre Dame player with more conference player-of-the-week certificates in one season than Loyd, Diggins (also 2011-12) and fellow three-time recipients Katryna Gaither (1996-97), Niele Ivey (1998-99) and Ruth Riley (1998-99 and 2000-01) is Jacqueline Batteast, who was a four-time BIG EAST Player of the Week in 2004-05.

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Meanwhile, Turner has collected more than half of the conference's 11 Freshman of the Week awards this season, with no other player earning that distinction more than once (and no school doing so more than twice) in the 2014-15 campaign. She is the 12th ACC rookie to earn six Freshman of the Week honors in one season, and the first since North Carolina's Xylina McDaniel took six awards in 2012-13.

In addition, Turner is the third Notre Dame player in program history to earn a school-record six conference freshman-of-the-week accolades in one season, and the first since Batteast copped six BIG EAST weekly rookie awards in 2001-02 -- Ratay also collected six BIG EAST freshman accolades in 1999-2000.

Loyd is one of the leading candidates for every major national player of the year honor, including the Wade Trophy, Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy, and a unanimous choice as the espnW Midseason Player of the Year that also was announced Monday.

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ESPN's WBB Midseason Awards

ESPN's WBB Midseason Awards

Slideshow: espnW's Midseason Women's College Basketball Awards


Midseason POY Jewel Loyd, ND

Slideshow: espnW's Midseason Women's College Basketball Awards

One of Jewell Loyd's hobbies is playing tennis. You can imagine her scurrying around at the Australian Open right now, taking away her opponents' sure winners while racking up plenty of her own. Luckily for hoops fans, though, Loyd's sports focus isn't on hitting a ball over a net, but shooting one through a net. This season the 5-foot-10 junior guard is averaging 21.6 points for Notre Dame and is also critical to the Irish defense. UConn's Breanna Stewart was the preseason favorite for player of the year, and she's also played very well. It's just that so far, Loyd -- our unanimous pick at this point -- really has grabbed the spotlight. -- Mechelle Voepel

MIDSEASON FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: A'JA WILSON, SOUTH CAROLINA
• Also nominated: Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State; Brianna Turner, Notre Dame

MIDSEASON COACH OF THE YEAR: CHARLI TURNER THORNE, ARIZONA STATE
• Also nominated: Courtney Banghart, Princeton; Scott Rueck, Oregon State; Marlene Stollings, Minnesota; Jeff Walz, Louisville

MIDSEASON MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: MORGAN BAILEY, BYU
• Also nominated: Ruth Hamblin, Oregon State; Moriah Jefferson, UConn

MIDSEASON COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR: MORGAN TUCK, UCONN
• Also nominated: Rebecca Greenwell, Duke; Gena Johnson, Pacific

MIDSEASON BIGGEST SURPRISE: MINNESOTA'S SUCCESS WITHOUT RACHEL BANHAM
• Also nominated: Stanford upsetting UConn, Arizona State's strong start

MIDSEASON BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: MICHIGAN STATE (10-10, 2-7)
• Also nominated: Duke

MIDSEASON WNBA NO. 1 DRAFT PICK: ISABELLE HARRISON, TENNESSEE
• Also nominated: Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, UConn; Elizabeth Williams, Duke

MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICANS: NINA DAVIS, BAYLOR
MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICANS: JEWELL LOYD, NOTRE DAME

Loyd is one of the top scorers in the country and probably the nation's most dynamic offensive player. But what also makes her espnW's unanimous midseason player of the year and an All-American is that Loyd does her best work against the best teams. Her 21.6 points per game average is great. Her nearly 31 PPG average against Connecticut, Maryland and Tennessee is incredible. The "Jewelly-Oop" has become the signature shot in the women's game the past two seasons and demonstrates Loyd's athleticism, grace and poise all in one shot that few other college players can pull off. -- Charlie Creme

MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICANS: TIFFANY MITCHELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICANS: BREANNA STEWART, UCONN
MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICANS: AMANDA ZAHUI B., MINNESOTA
Other All-American nominees: Kelsey Plum, Washington; Aerial Powers, Michigan State; Elizabeth Williams, Duke

 

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SUNDAY at Noon in the snow.

SUNDAY at Noon in the snow.

#4/4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (20-2 / 7-1 ACC) vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (10-12 / 1-7 ACC)
DATE: Feb. 1, 2015
TIME: 1:00 p.m. ET
AT: Notre Dame, Ind. - Purcell Pavilion (9,149)
SERIES: ND leads 2-0
1ST MTG: ND 92-69 (11/27/10)
LAST MTG: ND 86-61 (2/20/14)
TV: ACC-Regional Sports Networks/ESPN3-WatchESPN (live) (Tom Werme, p-b-p / Debbie Antonelli, color)
RADIO: Pulse FM (96.9/92.1)/WatchND (live) (Bob Nagle, p-b-p)
LIVE STATS: UND.com

 

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The Fighting Irish rank fourth in the nation (as of Saturday), averaging 8,859 fans per game at home this season, and have drawn at least 5,000 fans to 220 of their last 222 home games (with an active streak of 63 consecutive contests with 8,000 fans), logging 45 Purcell Pavilion sellouts, including 39 since the start of the 2009-10 campaign and four this season.

This is the Pink Zone game to fight cancer but it's gonna be a challenge to turn out 8,000 fans with a Winter Storm Warning in Northern Indiana

Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 4 am EST /3 am cst/ Monday. Hazardous Weather.

Heavy snow, 10 to 15 inches storm total. The period of heaviest snow expected during the daytime hours on Sunday.
Blowing and drifting snow, especially Sunday afternoon into Sunday night. Impacts:.
Periods of heavy snow with blowing and drifting snow making travel difficult or impossible. Some Unplowed roads will become impassible.
Blowing and drifting snow Sunday afternoon into Sunday night.
Visibilities will be reduced to near zero at times in heavy snow and blowing snow. Timing.
Snow will continue through Sunday and then end from west to east late Sunday night. The period of heaviest Snow is expected during the daytime hours on Sunday. Confidence.
Confidence is high that heavy snow will occur. However there is medium confidence with respect to amounts and the exact location of the heaviest snow.

 

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Loyd is 8th on the ND All-Time Scorer List.

She trails Alicia Ratay by 156 points at 7th place and 27 67 points to catch Jacqueline Batteast at 1874 points.

 

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Wake 9 ND 6

 

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Alllen with the aggressive offensive rebound and putback!

 

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15:58 Media TO

ND trails by 1, 10-9

Allen with 6 pts

 

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Loyd from the top of the arc, ND by 4.

 

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ND getting outrebounded 10-8.

WF 5 PFs ND 1