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Elizabeth Greason | Monday, April 1, 2019
CHICAGO — It’s a remark the Irish coaching staff has dropped a number of times to compliment Jessica Shepard: “We don’t win the national championship without Jess.” And now they can amend that statement slightly: We don’t get past Texas A&M this year without Jess — and Arike. The first half of the game was all
Daniel O'Boyle | Monday, April 2, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio — From junior forward Jessica Shepard’s layup to make the game 12-6 and her score to make it 24-16, 10 minutes and 36 seconds of basketball were played. Junior guard Marina Mabrey made a layup. Mabrey missed a layup. Junior guard Arike Ogunbowale missed a jumper. Mabrey missed a jumper. Ogunbowale missed another
Daniel O'Boyle | Sunday, March 25, 2018
SPOKANE, Wash. — One minute and 45 seconds into Notre Dame’s Sweet 16 clash with Texas A&M, junior guard Marina Mabrey attempted what would have been a spectacular play. She faked a pass to her fellow junior guard Arike Ogunbowale. The Aggies defenders bit on it. Then, without a glance towards the basket, she shot
Daniel O'Boyle | Saturday, March 24, 2018
SPOKANE, Wash. — A victory after trailing by 13 points in the second quarter to a fourth-seeded Texas A&M team that features the best freshman in the nation, all with only seven available scholarship players, one of whom hasn’t practiced all week, is a pretty improbable comeback. Right? “We’ve been down in other games,” Irish
Observer Sports Staff | Saturday, March 24, 2018
Check out our content ahead of Notre Dame’s upcoming regional NCAA tournament action: Irish expect difficult matchups in Carter, Hillsman on Saturday Irish look toward Sweet 16 matchup with Texas A&M Greason: This season is McGraw’s most impressive coaching job Staff Predictions: NCAA tournament 2018
Daniel O'Boyle | Saturday, March 24, 2018
You’ve probably heard about the four ACL tears. As long as the Irish keep winning, the incredible story of a shorthanded Notre Dame team that succeeds against the odds bears repeating. But Texas A&M has had injury issues of its own which have left the Aggies (26-9, 11-5 SEC) without the kind of depth head
Elizabeth Greason | Saturday, March 24, 2018
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was previously published March 23. After a 23-point comeback and a 13-game winning streak between Notre Dame’s 84-70 win over the Volunteers and its loss to Louisville in the final round of the ACC championship, Irish head coach Muffet McGraw’s prediction for the season during halftime of January’s
Observer Sports Staff | Thursday, January 4, 2018
Irish head coach Brian Kelly announced in a tweet Thursday that Notre Dame defensive coordinator Mike Elko would be leaving the position to take the same post at Texas A&M. Elko was one of the seven new coaches the program brought in during the 2016-17 offseason, after Notre Dame’s 4-8 season and played an integral
Marek Mazurek | Thursday, November 30, 2017
Over the weekend, millions of Americans saved money through Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. Two notable Americans who didn’t get a good deal though were Ray Anderson and Scott Woodward. Anderson is the athletic director at Arizona State and Woodward holds the same position at Texas A&M, and both programs recently fired their head
Brenna Moxley | Monday, November 20, 2017
Notre Dame advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 after Friday’s victory over No. 2 seeded Texas A&M before dropping its Sweet 16 matchup against unseeded Baylor. The score remained 2-2 at the end of regulation, but the Irish (10-7-5, 5-3-2 ACC) outscored the Aggies (18-2-2, 9-1-0 SEC) 4-1 in penalty kicks. The Irish squad ended the