Jan. 2, 2008
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Charel Allen scored 18 points and Ashley Barlow sparked a pair of first-half spurts, helping No. 14 Notre Dame beat Richmond 84-59 Wednesday night.
Barlow scored five points during a 7-0 run that gave the Irish a 21-13 lead with 9:43 remaining, and five more during a 14-8 run over the final 4:11 of the first half gave Notre Dame a 40-30 lead at the break.
The Spiders (7-7) could get no closer than 12 after the Irish took a 46-30 lead with 18:10 remaining.
Barlow finished with 16 for Notre Dame (12-1), which won its 10th straight game. The Irish forced 28 turnovers, scored 35 points off them, and made a season-high 27 free throws.
Devereaux Peters and Erica Williamson added 12 each for the Irish.
Johanna McKnight and Christina Campion each had 15 for Richmond.
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POST GAME NOTES: Notre Dame improves to 3-0 all-time against Richmond, chalking up its largest margin of victory in the abbreviated series … the Irish also earn their 11th consecutive win against the current Atlantic 10 Conference alignment … with its current 10-game winning streak, Notre Dame now has strung together the 10th double-digit win streak in school history and first since a similar 10-game run from Jan. 16-Feb. 15, 2005 … the Irish also won their fifth consecutive road game, which ironically also occurred during the aforementioned 2005 winning streak (Jan. 19-Feb. 15) … Notre Dame’s 12-1 start ties for the second-best 13-game debut in school history, equalling the 2004-05 club and trailing only the 2000-01 squad (13-0) … the Irish now have held 11 of 13 opponents to fewer than 60 points … Wednesday’s game marked just the third time all season Notre Dame did not have a positive assist-to-turnover ratio (nine assists and 13 turnovers) … Notre Dame forced at least 20 opponent turnovers for the 11th time this season, coming up with at least 25 takeaways for the sixth time (third in four games) … the 18 steals were the second-most for the Irish this season, behind the 21-steal effort vs. Boston College on Nov. 24 … Notre Dame went 27-of-36 at the foul line, its highest totals from the stripe since Feb. 17, 2007 at Providence (28-of-36) … the Irish had 21 offensive rebounds at Richmond, tying their second-best mark of the year (vs. Canisius on Nov. 27) and trailing only their 22 offensive boards vs. Boston College on Nov. 24 … Notre Dame fielded at least three double-digit scorers for the 12th time in 13 games this season, with eight of those game featuring at least four in double figures (as was the case at Richmond) … senior guard Charel Allen moved into 15th place on the Notre Dame career scoring list with 1,229 points, passing Letitia Bowen (1,219 from 1991-95); next up in Mary Beth Schueth with 1,233 points from 1981-85 … sophomore guard Ashley Barlow tied her career high with six steals, matching her total from a Nov. 19, 2006 win over Western Michigan at the Joyce Center … junior guard Lindsay Schrader notched her third double-digit rebounding night of the season and sixth of her career … senior guard Tulyah Gaines tied her career high with five steals, a mark she originally set on Dec. 16, 2006 against IUPUI at the Joyce Center … freshman forward Devereaux Peters scored in double figures for the seventh time in eight games and also tallied a season-high three steals for the fifth time this year (most recently at Bowling Green on Dec. 5) … sophomore center Erica Williamson scored in double figures for the second consecutive game and eighth time in her career … freshman guard Brittany Mallory was a late scratch from the Richmond game after experiencing flu-like symptoms.