poll), followed by a trip to No. 22 Syracuse (which lost only 67‑63 to top‑ranked South Carolina Nov. 28).
Four days later Notre Dame travels to Miami, which is 8‑1 at home, and then there are consecutive con‑
tests versus top‑10 foes, with North Carolina (Jan. 15) on the road and traditional power Tennessee (Jan. 19)
at home. Going unscathed in January would be a remarkable achievement.
3. Turnover Travails. Muffet McGraw's threshold for turnovers in a game while running the motion
Princeton offense is 15. The Irish averaged 15.0 turnovers per game during their 12‑1 start — but the
figure was 18.4 in their last five contests prior to conference play in January, with a season‑high 23 in the
victory at UCLA.
Each of the top six players had a minimum of 20 turnovers. Overall, the Irish ranked tied for 81st nation‑
ally in turnovers committed, well below their standards.
— Lou Somogyi
Sophomore point guard Lindsay Allen scored a career-high 22 points at UCLA Dec. 28 and had con-
verted 61.8 percent of her field goal attempts through 13 games.
PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND
