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Post-Game Notes: Notre Dame vs. Louisville

Postgame Notes
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 6 Louisville
Game 12 – Quarterfinals, March 6, 2011
XL Center – Hartford, Conn.
 
 
  • Notre Dame senior Devereaux Peters scored a game-high 19 points, along with nine rebounds. She also tied a career-high with six blocks.
  • Notre Dame improved to 24-0 when leading at the half.
  • With the win the Irish improve to 25-6 and have secured a 25-win campaign for the second straight year. It also is the third time in the last four years ND has done it.
  • Louisville junior Monique Reid entered the game ranked fourth in the league in scoring at 16.1 ppg and was held to just six points.
 
  • DE PAUL-NOTRE DAME SEMIFINAL PREVIEW
DPU leads the all-time series 19-15, including a win in the70-69 thriller in the regular-season finale on Feb. 28 in Chicago
    • In 12 of the last 15 matchups, the winning team has scored 75 points or more
    • The last time the teams met in the BIG EAST Championship was in 2007; DePaul won 76-71 in a first round matchup
 
TOURNAMENT STORYLINES
  • Six of the first 12 games of the tournament have been decided by six points or less.
 
  • FANTASTIC FINISHES - With 1:00 left in regulation…
            USF-Pitt                         Pitt led 59-58
            Villanova-Providence      tied 46-46
            Syracuse-Georgetown    GU led 57-56
            Marquette-Pittsburgh      MU led 63-61
            WVU-St. John’s              STJ led 55-51
 
  • The Friday overtime game between PC-Villanova was the 18th in tournament history.
 
  • Georgetown beat Syracuse 61-60 on Saturday. It was the team’s first win in tournament play since 2001.
 
      1 Connecticut
      8 Notre Dame
      12 DePaul
      16 Marquette
      17 Georgetown
      21 Rutgers
      25 West Virginia
      26 Louisville
      32 St. John’s
      48 Syracuse