ND Women's BB '19 -'20 Season

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Cos long J inside the arcNG

Cos fouls Jones, made the pair,

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Gilbert drive pops in a floater from the far side

Cos looking lost in the high post ... who do I throw it to


Gilbert fouled, made the pair.

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FG%	56%	33%
FGs	29-52	15-45
3FG%	40%	22%
3FGs	6-15	2-9
FT%	83%	100%
FTs	10-12	11-11
TOs	10	11
PtsOffTO	18	9
TotReb	34	21
DefReb	22	13
Off Reb	12	8
2ndChPts	12	7
BenchPts	12	0
PtsPaint	30	20
FstBkPt	2	2
Blocks	7	3
Steals	6	4
Assts	21	9
Times Tied:	0
Lead Chg:	0
LeadTime	29:44	0:00
 

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#	Player	PTS	FG	3FG	FT	REB	A	PF	TO	MIN
2	COLE	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	10
13*	SNIEZEK	3	1-5	0-1	1-1	2	3	2	3	27
24*	WALKER	3	1-10	1-4	0-0	2	0	0	0	24
30*	VAUGHN	6	3-8	0-0	0-0	5	4	2	1	24
33*	BRUNELE	13	5-9	1-3	2-2	6	1	1	4	30
10*	GILBERT	18	5-10	0-1	8-8	0	1	1	3	29
22	COSGROV	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	6
TM	TEAM		-	-	-	4		0	0	
TOTALS	     43	15-45	2-9	11-11	21	9	8	11	
GAME PCT	   33.3	22.2	100.0		
THIS HALF	     14	4-14	0-2	6-6	9	3	5	4	
HALF PCT	    28.6	0.0	100.0


ND Team Highs
PTS 10 GILBERT 18
REB 33 BRUNELLE 6
AST 30 VAUGHN 4
 

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ND 3 passes than a TO, SAm.

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ND couple of nice passes, Mik fouled, made 1
 

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Vaughn limping.

Gilbert to Mik back to Kat, Jumper nothing but net ... missed the rim hit the net
 

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Marta FB layup

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Sam TREY GOOD!

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Cos trey NG off the iron

Benz in.



Sam 3 NG!

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JANUARY 30, 2020
IRISH DROP 86-54 DECISION TO #5 LOUISVILLE
BRUNELLE & GILBERT COMBINE FOR 35 POINTS



NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Notre Dame women’s basketball team (7-14, 2-7) ran into a hot-shooting No. 5 Louisville Cardinals (21-1, 10-0) squad inside Purcell Pavilion on Thursday night. The visitors shot 54.0 percent from the field compared to the Fighting Irish’s 29.5 percent to earn an 86-54 victory.

Sophomore Katlyn Gilbert and freshman Sam Brunelle combined for 35 points tonight. Gilbert led the team in scoring for the seventh time this season with 18 points on 5-for-14 shooting, including an 8-for-8 night from the free-throw line. Brunelle followed right behind with 17 points on 6-of-15 shooting, and nearly earned a double-double with nine rebounds.

How It Happened

Louisville opened the game on a 9-0 run before Notre Dame found a little rhythm after a Coach McGraw timeout. The Irish shortened the deficit to 14-8 forcing Coach Walz to call a timeout of his own. With the Cardinals regrouped, the visitors ended the quarter on a 13-3 scoring spree, shooting 10-of-16 in the period to go up 27-11.

Brunelle gave the Irish a little bit of a spark in the opening minutes of the second quarter, firing off seven consecutive points to cut it to ten at 33-23. However, Louisville stymied the rally by ending the period on a 17-4 scoring run to go up 50-29 at the half, shooting over 60 percent again in the quarter. Brunelle led at the half with nine points and five boards, while Gilbert and Vaughn followed with eight and six points, respectively.

The third quarter was highlighted by Gilbert who tacked on 10 points to her total in the period, thus recording her team-leading 18th game in double-figures. Brunelle then tacked on the other four Irish points in the third.

In the fourth, Brunelle added her second three-pointer of the game, marking her seventh straight game in which she’s converted multiple treys. Speaking of three’s, walk-on Nicole Benz added one to her resume in the final minute.

Notes

  • Today marked the 23rd meeting between Notre Dame and Louisville. The Irish are now 16-7 all-time with a 6-3 mark at home.
  • Brunelle continued her hot trend from beyond the arc, knocking down multiple three-pointers for the seventh straight game.
  • Brunelle recorded her fourth straight double-digit scoring effort, and 16th on the year, with 17 points today. Brunelle has totaled 79 points in said four-game span.
  • Gilbert tallied her team best 18th double-digit scoring effort with 18 points. Gilbert tallied 10 of those points in the third quarter alone.JANUARY 30, 2020


    Up Next

    The Irish hit the road to Atlanta for a Sunday showdown with Georgia Tech on ACC Network. Tip is set for 2 p.m. ET.
    –ND–​
 

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I hope this season isn't indicative of things to come. I expected a drop off from last year, but this hasn't been pretty.
 

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I hope this season isn't indicative of things to come. I expected a drop off from last year, but this hasn't been pretty.

Yes, the most concerning thing to me is the lack of ability to play defense.
 

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NOTRE DAME AT GEORGIA TECH
When: Sunday, Feb. 2 | 2:00 p.m. ET
Where: Atlanta, Ga. (McCamish Pavilion)
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Notre Dame Notes | Georgia Tech Notes

ATLANTA – Karen & Kevin Keyes Family Notre Dame women’s basketball head coach Muffet McGraw has told her squad compete for 40 minutes. The Fighting Irish (7-14, 2-7) will look to take up that mantra on Sunday, Feb. 2, inside McCamish Pavilion, when they clash with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (14-7, 5-5).

Tip is slated for 2 p.m. ET, airing live on the ACC Network. Pam Ward and Kelly Gramlich will be on the call. Fans can also catch the game on Pulse FM radio.

HISTORY WITH GEORGIA TECH

Notre Dame leads the all-time series against Georgia Tech, 12-0, with a 5-0 mark in Atlanta. The series began in 1996 but didn’t resume on a regular basis till 2014. Last year in McCamish, the Irish won 76-55.

ACC FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR CANDIDATES

Notre Dame can certainly make its point in having an ACC Rookie of the Year candidate. Anaya Peoples was arguably the early favorite. At the time of her injury she led all ACC freshmen in rebounds (8.1), shooting percentage (.457) and steals (1.9), and ranked second in points (12.6).

Now, look no further than Sam Brunelle. The Virginia native leads all ACC freshmen in scoring, averaging 14.2 ppg, which ranks 12th in the league overall. In fact, the Irish would have boasted the top three scoring spots for freshmen with Gilbert right behind with her 14.0 ppg. The next highest is Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley at 11.4 ppg. Important to note that Gilbert can qualify for all ACC Rookie awards as well (athletic status = freshman).

Brunelle also leads all ACC freshmen in the Points+Assists+Rebounds/Game category at 21.7.
Nationally, among freshmen at power-five schools, Brunelle’s scoring average ranks 2nd, while Gilbert ranks 3rd.


In addition, Brunelle is 1-of-8 freshmen to average over 14.0 points and 6.0 rebounds.

Next, there are only two freshmen pairs in all of Division-I women’s hoops to both average 14.0 ppg or higher: Notre Dame’s Brunelle and Gilbert and Fresno State’s Haley & Hanna Cavinder.

All-in-all, Brianna Turner, who remains the program’s lone ACC Rookie of the Year, averaged 13.8 ppg when she won it back in 2015.

ND FRESHMEN STACKING UP HISTORICALLY

Brunelle and Gilbert (by eligibility) are on pace to etch their names in the Notre Dame freshmen record books, as both could end up in the top-10 scoring-average list. Brunelle and Gilbert average 14.2 & 14.0 ppg, respectively. Peoples finished with 12.6 ppg, which would currently place her just outside the top-10.

AS A FRESHMAN

Player / Average / Season

1. Beth Morgan / 17.9 / 1993-94

2. Shari Matvey / 17.6 / 1979-80

3. Alicia Ratay / 14.0 / 1999-00

4. Skylar Diggins / 13.8 / 2009-10

5. Brianna Turner / 13.78 / 2014-15

HEATING UP FROM THREE

After winning the three-point shooting contest at the McDonald’s All-America game, Sam Brunelle was expected to help the Irish from three-point range this season. The freshman struggled early on, going 13-of-68 (.191) from beyond the arc over the first 14 games. However, she’s flipped the script as of late. Brunelle has hit multiple treys in 7 straight games, converting 20-of-55 (.364) from three.

Since Jan. 5, Brunelle is averaging 2.9 made three’s/game, which ranks 2nd in the ACC in that timespan – the only player better being NC State’s Aislinn Konig at 3.5.

LIFE WITHOUT PEOPLES

Brunelle has certainly stepped up since the news that fellow freshman Anaya Peoples was lost for the season following the NC State game. Since, Brunelle is leading the Irish in scoring at 19.8 ppg in that span, earning double-digit points in each game. She is shooting 41.4 percent from the floor and 36.1 percent from three.

Brunelle tallied 16 points at Duke (1/16), then followed that with a game-high 25 points in the win over Miami. Brunelle went off in the second half vs. the Hurricanes, scoring 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the field. Brunelle then notched her second straight 20+ effort with 21 in her homecoming game at Virginia.

MIGHTY MIK IN ACC PLAY

Vaughn suffered an ACL sprain in her right knee in the season opener and missed the next 11 games. The junior returned to the team for the start of ACC play, where she has provided a nice boost for the Irish.

No one in the league has been more efficient from the field than Vaughn, who is shooting 60.6 percent from the field in ACC play.

Since returning, Vaughn has recorded four double-digit scoring games, recording at least 16 points and eight rebounds each time. In those instances, Vaughn also recorded two double-doubles. For example, when Vaughn poured in a career high 18 points at Duke (1/16), recording her second double-double with a career-high tying 11 boards.

In ACC play only, Vaughn ranks: 15th in rebounds (6.8), 10th in blocks (1.4) and 2nd in offensive rebounds (3.3).

Lastly, Vaughn dished out a career best five assists vs No. 5 Louisville, marking her first 5+5+5 Stat Stuffer game, earning eight points and five boards as well.

BUILDING BLOCK FOR THE FUTURE

The future is certainly bright for the Irish with a young nucleus in place. With Gilbert’s redshirt last year, coupled with Prohaska’s redshirt this season, the duo will join Brunelle and Peoples as sophomores for the 2020-21 season. Add that to the fact that five freshmen, who were the No. 3 ranked recruiting class in the country, will be injected into the program. Thus, the Irish will have a very young core of nine players to build from for the next couple of years.

FRESHMEN DUO SENSATION

Notre Dame women’s basketball has never seen the offensive output from two freshmen like this before, let alone three – Brunelle and Gilbert are averaging 14.2 ppg & 14.0 ppg, respectively, while Peoples finished at 12.6 ppg. There have only been only two other freshmen pairs in program history to finish the season with double-digit scoring averages:

— Arike Ogunbowale (11.4) and Marina Mabrey (10.7) in the 2015-16 season.
— Mary Beth Schueth (13.0) and Carrie Bates (12.4) were the first in the 1981-82 season.

Currently, Notre Dame and Fresno State are the only two Division I programs with two true freshmen averaging over 14.0 points. Fresno State is represented by Hanna Cavinder and Haley Cavinder.

TRENDING: KATLYN GILBERT

We’ve already mentioned Brunelle’s recent surge, but over the last two games Gilbert has picked up production as well. Over the past week, Gilbert has averaged 17.0 ppg and has been a perfect 12-for-12 from the line. As a result, she now ranks 3rd in ACC play only in free throw percentage with her 88.0 percent.

IF ONLY THEY KEPT THE STAT

If charges taken was an official NCAA kept stat, Marta Sniezek could very well be atop the list in the nation.

The defensive catalyst of the team, Sniezek has taken 23 charges this season, which breaks the record set by Kristina Nelson during the 2017-18 championship season. Unfortunately, her impressive streak of taking a charge in 13 consecutive contests came to an end against No. 5 Louisville on Jan. 30.

On a completely different defensive note – Sniezek is averaging 2.1 steals/game, which ranks 3rd in the ACC. The Virginia native captured a career high six steals at Syracuse on Jan. 5.

STEALS AND DIMES COMBINED

Sniezek is just 1-of-2 players in the country to average 5.5 assists/game or greater and 2.0 steals/game or greater. The other player being Texas Southern’s Ciani Cryor.

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Walker made an incredible back to the basket two handed shot for the basket. Sam had a great pass into Vaughn but Mik missed everything. Only Vaughn miss so far.
 

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End of 1 12-12

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TEAM	1	T
UND	12	12
GaT	12	12


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STAT ND GT	
FG%	38%	33%
FGs	6-16	6-18
3FG%	0%	0%
3FGs	0-1	0-1
FT%	0%	0%
FTs	0-0	0-1
TOs	3	3
PtsOffTO	0	2
TotReb	10	13
DefReb	8	8
Off Reb	2	5
2ndChPts	2	2
BenchPts	0	4
PtsPaint	12	6
FstBkPt	0	0
Blocks	1	1
Steals	2	2
Assts	2	3
Times Tied:	6
Time Tied:	5:55
Lead Chg:	1
LeadTime	2:49	1:17
 

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#	Player	PTS	FG	3FG	FT	REB	A	PF	TO	MIN
10*	GILBERT	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	1	10
13*	SNIEZEK	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	2	10
24*	WALKER	4	2-5	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	10
30*	VAUGHN	8	4-6	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	9
33*	BRUNELLE	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	10
2	COLE	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1
22	COSGROVE	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
TM	TEAM		-	-	-	3		0	0	
TOTALS	12	6-16	0-1	0-0	10	2	2	3	
GAME PCT	37.5	0.0	0


Georgia Tech Stats
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#	Player	PTS	FG	3FG	FT	REB	A	PF	TO	MIN
13	CUBAJ	2	1-2	0-0	0-1	0	1	1	0	8
20*	HERMOSA	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	5
31	LAHTINEN	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	7
33*	PAN	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	7
41*	FLETCHER	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	10
00	JEFFERSON	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	3
2*	CARSON	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	3
4*	DIOUF	2	1-5	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	1	7
12	MONTGOMERY	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
TM	TEAM		-	-	-	1		0	0	
TOTALS	12	6-18	0-1	0-1	13	3	1	3	
GAME PCT	33.3	0.0	0.0
 

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ND TO GT 18-16

ND shooting 41%, GT 35%
Neither team has made a 3

Difference is GT has made 2 FTs. ND hasn't been to the line.

GT +5 Rebs with bigger lineup
 

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Halftime ND 23 GT 24

Halftime ND 23 GT 24

FGs Tied at 11
3s Tied at zero
GT 2-3 FTs to ND's 1-2
Rebs FT 22-18
ORebs GT 9-2
2nd Chance GT 6-2
Paint ND 20-12
FastBrk ND 5-2


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TEAM	1	2	T
UND	12	11	23
GaT	12	12	24

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STAT ND GT		
FG%	42%	31%
FGs	11-26	11-35
3FG%	0%	0%
3FGs	0-3	0-7
FT%	50%	67%
FTs	1-2	2-3
TOs	10	8
PtsOffTO	5	8
TotReb	18	22
DefReb	16	13
Off Reb	2	9
2ndChPts	2	6
BenchPts	0	8
PtsPaint	20	12
FstBkPt	5	2
Blocks	1	2
Steals	5	3
Assts	4	5
Times Tied: 10
Time Tied:	8:58
Lead Chg:	5
LeadTime	4:37	6:25
 

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#	Player	PTS	FG	3FG	FT	REB	A	PF	TO	MIN
10*	GILBERT	5	2-6	0-0	1-2	2	3	0	4	17
13*	SNIEZEK	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	5	18
22	COSGROV	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	3
24*	WALKER	6	3-8	0-2	0-0	2	1	1	0	20
33*	BRUNELLE	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	1	20
2	COLE	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	2	0	6
30*	VAUGHN	10	5-8	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	0	16
TM	TEAM		-	-	-	5		0	0	
TOTALS	        23	11-26	0-3	1-2	18	4	5	10	
GAME PCT	        42.3	0.0	50.0		
THIS QTR	11	5-10	0-2	1-2	8	2	3	7	
QTR PCT	                50.0	0.0	50.0

UND Offense
LAST FG 01:30 LAYUP #10 GILBERT (22-22)
LAST LD 23-22 @ 2nd-01:19
LRG LEAD 2 @ 2nd-09:16 (6-4)
LRG RUN 4-0

UND Team Highs
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PTS	30 VAUGHN	10
REB	30 VAUGHN	6
AST	10 GILBERT	3



Georgia Tech Stats
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#	Player	PTS	FG	3FG	FT	REB	A	PF	TO	MIN
00	JEFFERSON	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	5
3	BATES	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1
12	MONTGO	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	3
20*	HERMOSA	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	9
41*	FLETCHER	4	2-5	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	1	18
2*	CARSON	4	1-4	0-2	2-2	3	0	1	1	10
4*	DIOUF	2	1-5	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	1	7
13	CUBAJ	4	2-5	0-0	0-1	2	2	1	0	15
31	LAHTINEN	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	3	0	1	2	16
33*	PAN	2	1-6	0-2	0-0	2	1	2	2	15
TM	TEAM		-	-	-	1		0	0	
TOTALS	        24	11-35	0-7	2-3	22	5	5	8	
GAME PCT	        31.4	0.0	66.7		
THIS QTR	12	5-17	0-6	2-2	9	2	4	5	
QTR PCT	                29.4	0.0	100.0

GaT Offense
LAST FG 00:01 JUMPER #12 MONTGOMERY (23-24)
LAST LD 24-23 @ 2nd-00:01
LRG LEAD 4 @ 2nd-05:20 (20-16)
LRG RUN 4-0

GaT Team Highs
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PTS	13 CUBAJ	4
REB	41 FLETCHER	4
AST	13 CUBAJ	2
 

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Vaughn 10 pts 6 Rebs

Shooting
Marta 1-1
Mik 7-10
Des 3-8
Kat 2-7
Sam 1-4
Cos 0-0
Cole 0-0
 
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