ND Women's BB '17 -'18 Season

BGIF · Dec 6, 2017

ND outrebounded the BIG's #1 rebounding team 44-34

Taya Reimer's had a tough night returning to ND. She had 4 points, 3 rebs, well below her averages.

Arike led ND with 23 pts, 8 rebs
Jess 19, 2
Jackie 13, 7
Lili 12, 9, 3 assists
Koko 9, 5, 2, and 4 TOs
Kat 6, 4, 4, 0 TOs
Mabrey 4, 6, 3, 3
Danielle 4, 0, 0
Cole 0, 1, 0

BGIF · Dec 9, 2017

Game 10: #3/2 Notre Dame (8-1) at Penn (2-3)
When: Saturday, Dec. 9 | 1:00 pm ET
Where: Philadelphia | The Palestra (8,722)
Watch: Ivy League Network
Listen: PULSE FM 96.9 / 92.1 | Bob Nagle (PxP)

BGIF · Dec 9, 2017

Sagarin's RECENT Model has ND a 36 point favorite ...

Benji permitting.

BGIF · Dec 11, 2017

ND #2 AP Week 6

ND #2 AP Week 6

Rankings - Associated Press
Last Updated - December 11, 2017
Associated Press

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RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	UConn	        8-0	800	1
2	Notre Dame	9-1	749	3
3	Louisville     11-0	736	4
4	South Carolina	9-1	685	5
5	Mississippi St	9-0	664	6
6	Baylor	        8-1	625	8
7	Tennessee       10-0	620	11
8	Texas	        7-1	593	2
9	Oregon	        8-1	519	9
10	West Virginia   9-0	504	10
11	UCLA	        7-2	459	7
12	Florida State  10-0	443	13
13	Ohio State	9-2	439	12
14	Duke	        8-2	390	14
15	Maryland        9-2	354	15
16	Missouri	     9-1	293	17
17	Oregon St      6-2	226	19
18	Stanford	    5-4	221	18
19	Texas A&M    8-2	180	21
20	Villanova	    9-0	177	22
21	Green Bay	    8-1	147	23
22	South Florid   7-2	141	16
23	Michigan	    8-2	116	24
24	California	    7-2	98	25
25	Iowa	           10-1	55	NR

Others receiving votes: OK St 54; New Mexico 39; Syracuse 22; OU 12; ASU 10; Marquette 8; So. Cal. 8; UK7; South Dakota St 3; Rutgers 1; FGC 1; Ball St 1.

Old Man Mike · Dec 12, 2017

Enjoy it while I can. If Muffet gets us to the final four with this severely numbers-truncated squad (and only two people who look even vaguely like guards), she is runaway coach-of-the-year.

BGIF · Dec 17, 2017

Halftime ND 41 DePaul 40 ESPN Streaming

Halftime ND 41 DePaul 40 ESPN Streaming

Matchup DePaul ND
FG Made-Att 16-37 18-42
Field Goal % 43.2 42.9
3PT Made-Att 7-21 1-5
Three Point % 33.3 20.0
FT Made-Att 1-1 4-4
Free Throw % 100.0 100.0
Total Rebounds 20 24
Offensive Rebs 5 9
Defensive Rebs 15 15
Team Rebounds 0 0
Assists 8 12
Steals 3 4
Blocks 2 4
Turnovers 10 7
Team Turns 0 0
Total Turns 10 7
Personal Fouls 7 2
Technical Fouls 0 0
Flagrant Fouls 0 0

BGIF · Dec 17, 2017

Notre Dame

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STARTERS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
J. Shepard F	13-17	0-0	0-0	4	1	5	0	1	0	2	0	26
K. Westbeld F	2-3	0-0	2-2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	6
M. Mabrey G	2-7	1-3	2-2	1	4	5	2	0	1	2	1	7
A. Ogunbo G	1-9	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	2
J. Young G	0-4	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	4	1	1	1	1	0
     BENCH	    FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
D. Patterson F	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
K. Nelson F	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
L. Thompson G	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0
K. Cole G	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM	       18-42	1-5	4-4	9	15	24	12	4	4	7	2	41
 	         42.9%	20.0%	100.0%

DePaul

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STARTERS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
M. Grays F	2-6	0-2	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	4
A. Millender G	3-4	2-3	0-0	0	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	8
L. Prochaska G	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
K. Campbell G	1-6	0-3	0-0	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	1	2
A. Coleman G	2-6	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5
   BENCH	    FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
C. Stonewall F	3-5	2-2	0-0	1	4	5	3	1	1	0	1	8
D. Cage G	2-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	5
D. Bekelja G	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	5
T. Allen G	1-3	0-2	1-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
V. Sherrod G	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R. Dahlman G	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM	       16-37	7-21	1-1	5	15	20	8	3	2	10	7	40
 	              43.2%	33.3%	100.0%

BGIF · Dec 17, 2017

ND only has 4 players that scored

Jess 26 pts on 13-17

Arike 2 pts on 1-9, all from inside the arc.

Jackie 0 pts on 0-4

Mabs 7 pts on 2-7, 1-3 from arc

Kat 6 pts on 2-3

Jess and Mabs 5 rebs, Jess has 4 Oboards.

BGIF · Dec 17, 2017

Arike and Jess baskets, ND by 5

BGIF · Dec 17, 2017

Coleman 3 pt play, 45 ALL!

BGIF · Dec 17, 2017

End of 3 ND 60-58

End of 3 ND 60-58

Matchup DePaul ND
FG Made-Att 23-60 25-55
Field Goal % 38.3 45.5
3PT Made-Att 10-29 3-8
Three Point % 34.5 37.5
FT Made-Att 2-2 7-10
Free Throw % 100.0 70.0
Total Rebounds 30 37
Offensive Rebs 9 11
Defensive Rebs 21 26
Team Rebounds 0 0
Assists 12 16
Steals 8 5
Blocks 2 9
Turnovers 12 15
Team Turnovers 0 0
Total Turnovers 12 15
Personal Fouls 13 4
Technical Fouls 0 0
Flagrant Fouls 0 0

Old Man Mike · Dec 17, 2017

Watched the second half of this game. Mixed emotions.

+: Nice win over a very good team.

Jessica was/is a bully girl. DePaul had no one at all to deal with her. Very smart player too. If we had a typical ND team of previous decade, she'd be AA easily.

Marina was the only person who looked like a Muffet McGraw cool-as-ice team integrator. NO ONE else can floor manage this team. NO ONE else is paid attention to by Arike.

Kat's doing all she can, bless her. She's obviously limited in mobility beyond her not exceptional footspeed anyway.

Arike came through with solid O-play in the second half. Good on.

-: People who can play defense on this team are to be counted on one finger now that Jackie is hurt.

How the He!l DID she get hurt? She's playing with a mask and it's OBVIOUSLY really bothering her. Muffet can't afford NOT to play her as we are a six player team as is.

Lili has little idea how to play help defense and Arike never has. Both Kat and Jessica are really slow afoot, and Jessica looks like that aspect wasn't coached where she played. Some of the most nerve cringing matador defense and absent-minded off-the-ball daydreaming that I've seen at ND went on. Muffet had to call TO twice down the stretch because of bonehead DPlay.

Lili, stunningly, is not a very good POINT guard. I think that Muffet should just give up on that and let her play wing with Marina playing out of position at point.

This team is more and more fragile. We are going to get beat by 20+ one of these games. All it will take is Marina getting in foul trouble, Arike seeing herself as Supergirl to the rescue, and the opponent having someone to control Jessica. Bigs to control Jessica exist out there. Arike is easily revertible to Gunner Girl. Only Marina refusing to get into foul trouble (or sick) can save us.

But we won. Muffet grimaced at the end, shook the opponents' hands, and stormed straight into the locker room.

I felt the same way. (Praying for Jackie to shake her injury and fear; Kat to get to where she can run many minutes; Lili to remember who she was two years ago; Mychal to get back after holidays and she and Brianna to make it by tournament time --- that's all I want from basketball Santa.)

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

No. 2 Irish Top DePaul, 91-82 :: Notre Dame Women's Basketball :: UND.COM :: The Official Site of ND Athletics

No. 2 Irish Top DePaul, 91-82
Junior Jessica Shepard sets Purcell Pavilion women's scoring record with 39 points

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

Shepard Named ACC Player of the Week :: Notre Dame Women's Basketball :: UND.COM :: The Official Site of ND Athletics

Shepard Named ACC Player of the Week
Earns first weekly ACC honor

Dec. 18, 2017

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – It certainly came as no surprise when the Atlantic Coast Conference came knocking on Monday afternoon, announcing Notre Dame junior forward Jessica Shepard as its women’s basketball player of the week. The honor marks Shepard’s first ACC accolade.

Shepard produced the most dominant performance of her career, pouring in a career high 39 points to go with her 11 rebounds, marking her fourth double-double of the year. Shepard knocked in a then season-high 26 points by the half on 13 made field goals, before setting a new Purcell Pavilion women’s scoring record, besting Ruth Riley’s 36 points set twice versus Miami (Feb. 22, 2000) and versus Providence (Jan. 10, 1999).

The junior’s 39 points also stood as the fourth-most points all-time, trailing only Jewell Loyd’s 41 at DePaul on Dec. 10, 2014, Ruth Riley’s 41 at Providence on Jan. 30, 1999 and Katryna Gaither’s 40 versus Ohio on Nov. 29, 1997.

Furthermore, Shepard was highly efficient from the field, converting 17-of-22 attempts, as her 17 made field goals tied for the second most in program history, while claiming the top spot on the Purcell Pavilion list.

Lastly, Shepard’s 39 points stands as the highest individual scoring performance among ACC players during regulation thus far this season.

Shepard and the rest of the Irish return to action on Wednesday, Dec. 20, when they host Marquette inside Purcell Pavilion at 3 p.m. ET.

--ND--

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

No. 2 Irish Look to Head into Holidays on High Note :: Notre Dame Women's Basketball :: UND.COM :: The Official Site of ND Athletics

Game 12: #2/2 Notre Dame (10-1) vs (RV/-) Marquette (6-4)
When: Wednesday, Dec. 20 | 3:00 pm ET
Where: Notre Dame, Ind. | Purcell Pavilion (9,149)
Watch: ACCN Extra
Listen: PULSE FM 96.9 / 92.1 | Bob Nagle (PxP)

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

https://www.ndinsider.com/basketball/womens/surging-notre-dame-f-jessica-shepard-questionable-against-marquette/article_8801cb2c-e50f-11e7-9d13-e3bcec5e9777.html

By Anthony Anderson Tribune Correspondent Dec 19, 2017

The latest concern: Jessica Shepard’s ankle.

The junior forward, coming off a record-setting 39-point performance in Sunday’s victory over DePaul, will be “a game-time decision” for Wednesday's 3 p.m. home contest against Marquette, according to McGraw.

Shepard did not practice Monday and was not expected to do so Tuesday as she continued to undergo treatment for a turned ankle that she apparently suffered late in the 91-82 win over the Blue Demons.

“She didn’t mention it until after the game (and) she didn’t really remember doing anything,” McGraw said of Shepard. “It was just really sore afterwards.”

Young wore a makeshift protective mask in Sunday’s game. Averaging 14.5 points going in, the sophomore was held to four on 1-of-6 from the field and 2-of-4 at the line, but added seven rebounds, four blocked shots and four assists.

A custom-made mask for Young is expected to arrive in time for Wednesday’s game.

“I know it’s going to be a lot better than the one I played in Sunday,” Young said. “It was definitely hard. It was hard to see, hard to breathe, but it protected my nose, so that’s what we wanted.”

Young is expected to have to wear a mask for about six weeks.

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

AP Top 25

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RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Connecticut (32)	8-0	800
2	Notre Dame	10-1	748
3	Louisville	13-0	740
4	South Carolina	10-1	686
5	Mississippi State	11-0	672
6	Baylor	9-1	627
7	Tennessee	11-0	620
8	Texas	9-1	595
9	West Virginia	10-0	505
10	Oregon	9-2	487
11	UCLA	8-2	467
12	Ohio State	11-2	442
13	Florida State	10-1	408
14	Duke	8-2	401
15	Maryland	10-2	365
16	Missouri	10-1	313
17	Oregon State	8-2	248
18	Stanford	6-4	218
19	Texas A&M	9-2	193
20	Villanova	9-0	189
21	Green Bay	9-1	142
22	South Florida	9-2	122
23	Michigan	10-2	114
24	California	8-2	100
25	Iowa	11-1	71

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 57, Syracuse 22, Oklahoma 18, Arizona State 10, Marquette 6, Rutgers 5, New Mexico 3, USC 2, Kentucky 2, Depaul 1, Ball State 1

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

USA Today Coaches Poll

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RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Connecticut (32)	8-0	800
2	Notre Dame	10-1	745
3	Mississippi State	11-0	725
4	Louisville	13-0	719
5	South Carolina	10-1	677
6	Baylor	10-1	632
7	Tennessee	11-0	595
8	Texas	9-1	571
9	West Virginia	11-0	505
10	Oregon	9-2	493
11	Ohio State	11-2	448
12	UCLA	8-2	443
13	Florida State	10-1	434
14	Maryland	10-2	382
15	Duke	8-2	374
16	Missouri	11-1	301
17	Oregon State	8-2	277
18	Villanova	9-0	222
19	South Florida	9-2	179
20	Texas A&M	9-2	160
21	Michigan	10-2	157
22	Syracuse	11-0	149
23	Green Bay	9-1	110
24	Stanford	6-5	109
25	Iowa	11-1	88

Others receiving votes: California 21, Oklahoma State 21, Depaul 18, New Mexico 12, Georgia Tech 11, Virginia Tech 6, Rutgers 4, Kentucky 3, Georgia 2, USC 2, Oklahoma 2, Miami 1, Ole Miss 1, Arizona State 1

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

Shepard started for ND but Marquette's 6-0 run had Muffet call a T.O.

Marq 8-4 7:02 - 1st

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

Matchup MARQ ND

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FG Made-Att	4-7	2-7
Field Goal %	57.1	28.6
3PT Made-Att	0-3	0-3
Three Point %	0.0	0.0
FT Made-Att	0-0	0-0
Free Throw %	0.0	0.0
Total Rebounds	5	3

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

Marquette goes back door - undefended.

M by 7

Jess cuts lead to 5

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

A Mabrey trey cuts M lead to 2

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

M trey followed by Kat drive for 2.

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

Lili pass to Jess inside for 2.

ND down 5

Jess launched a 3 and missed everything ... way off line.

Koko in for Jess.

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

M trey, lead to 8

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

Matchup MQ ND

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FG Made-Att	10-19	7-22
Field Goal %	52.6	31.8
3PT Made-Att	2-8	1-10
Three Point %	25.0	10.0
FT Made-Att	1-1	0-0
Free Throw %	100.0	0.0
Total Rebounds	14	10

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

End of 1, Marquette 23 ND 15

End of 1, Marquette 23 ND 15

Matchup MQ ND

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FG Made-Att	10-21	7-23
Field Goal %	47.6	30.4
3PT Made-Att	2-10	1-10
Three Point %	20.0	10.0
FT Made-Att	1-1	0-0
Free Throw %	100.0	0.0
Total Rebounds	16	11
Offensive Rebs	3	3
Defensive Res	13	8
Team Rebounds	0	0
Assists	3	5
Steals	0	3
Blocks	0	0
Turnovers	4	2
Team Turnovers	0	0
Total Turnovers	4	2
Personal Fouls	2	2
Technical Fouls	0	0
Flagrant Fouls	0	0

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

Marquette looks like a McGraw team of old. Crisp passing, lots of ball movement.

ND has trouble making any shot.

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

Marquette

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STARTERS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
E. Davenport F	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
D. King G	3-4	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	6
N. Hiedeman G	3-7	2-4	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	8
A. Blockton G	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	1	2
A. Wilborn G	3-4	0-1	1-1	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	7
BENCH	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
S. Lott G	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
L. Kleunen NA	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM	        10-22	2-10	1-1	3	14	17	3	0	0	4	3	23
 	        47.6%	20.0%	100.0%

Notre Dame

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STARTERS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
J. Shepard F	3-4	0-1	0-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	6
K. Westbeld F	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
M. Mabrey G	2-5	1-4	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5
A. Ogunbowale G	1-5	0-3	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
J. Young G	0-4	0-1	0-0	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	1	0
BENCH	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
D. Patterson F	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
K. Nelson F	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
L. Thompson G	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
TEAM	   7-23	1-10	0-2	3	9	12	5	3	0	2	2	15
 	       30.4%	10.0%	0.0%

BGIF · Dec 20, 2017

ND with Jess and Danielle rebs and putbacks followed by Lili 3 cuts lead to 2.

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