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ND SPORTS tently mainly because of Peters' range, speed and defensive presence, which allowed them to manufacture offense off of their defense. "I don't know how we replace some- body that can block shots and was capable of getting 15 rebounds," Mc- Graw said of Peters. "The scoring part, I think we can manage … we have a lot of talent offensively. But it's the defense, the rebounding, the playing the front of the press … "We have to work on our help de- Player Skylar Diggins Kayla McBride Natalie Achonwa Kaila Turner Markisha Wright Ariel Braker Whitney Holloway Madison Cable Hannah Huffman Jewell Loyd Michaela Mabrey 5-11 6-3 5-8 6-2 6-1 5-4 So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. 5-11 5-9 5-10 5-10 they host Baylor, the overwhelming pick to capture a second straight na- tional title while returning all five starters from a unit that defeated Notre Dame 80-61 in the title game. "We're going to take some lumps 2012-13 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER Ht. Yr. 2011-12 Stats 5-9 early," McGraw conceded. "I think we'll be a little similar to two years ago when we came out and lost a couple games in November and then had to right the ship. When you have freshmen who are going to be play- ing a lot of time, which we will have, we are going to be up and down." The team took so much So. So. 16.8 ppg., 5.7 apg., 3.3 rpg. 11.6 ppg,, 4.6 rpg. 7.6 ppg., 4.4 rpg. 3.4 ppg., 1.2 rpg. 3.3 ppg., 2.1 rpg. 2.2 ppg., 2.3 rpg. 1.0 ppg., 0.9 rpg. Fr. — Fr. — Fr. — Did not play (injured) fense, our rotation, and we're going to need to take a lot of charges. We'll al- most need to lead the nation in charges taken because we're not blocking any shots. That's our plan going in, and we'll see how long that lasts." ule opens by playing veteran Ohio State Nov. 9 on the USS Yorktown in Charleston Harbor based in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Two weeks later, the Irish travel to UCLA, and on Dec. 5 An arduous non-conference sched- GROWTH SPURTS have in the past." In what could be Notre Dame's final the seniors to calm things down," McGraw said. "This year, I expect we'll have to call more time- outs. We'll be talking to them a lot more than we ownership of itself the past two seasons with its veteran cast, McGraw's patience was seldom tested. "There were always season in the Big East, Connecticut might be the top challenger to upset Baylor for the No. 1 spot, and Diggins' Senior Night will be March 4 against the Huskies in the regular-season fi- nale. "As soon as we get consistency, that's when we'll be able to make our run," McGraw said. "I hope it's by the Big East season, but we certainly expect it to be by March." Diggins will see to it. ✦