After a trip to St. Louis last Saturday for a neutral site game, the Notre Dame womens basketball team plays its first true road game Wednesday night at Northwestern. The game will be the second straight season the Fighting Irish have played in the Chicagoland area. They won at DePaul last December. Where: Evanston, Ill Welsh-Ryan Arena When: Wednesday, Nov. 16 9:00 PM EST Network: Big Ten Network Sloane Martin and Christy Winters Scott Radio: ND Radio Network, 99.9 FM WQLQ in South Bend Sean Stires PBP Let's take a look at tonight's matchup: NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH (2-0, 0-0 ACC) Head Coach: Niele Ivey (36-19 3rd season at Notre Dame) The Fighting Irish beat Abdel Nader Jersey California 90-79 in the Citi Shamrock Cla sic Saturday afternoon in St. Louis, MO. It was a homecoming for St. Louis native Niele Ivey. The Irish head coach had hundreds of fans connected to her high school alama mater Cor Jesu on hand to see the win. The game itself was plagued by fouls. The Irish and Golden Bears combined for 59 fouls, with Dara Mabrey and Lauren Ebo each fouling out for Notre Dame. Mabrey still led the Irish with 16 points. She hit a pair of 3-pointers to tie her sister, ND alum Marina Mabrey, with 274 career 3-pointers made. Steve Nash Jersey Oregon transfer Kylee Watson turned in a 15-point, seven-rebound performance in the paint for the Irish, who dominated 42-26 on the boards. All-American candidate Olivia Miles fought through foul trouble to finish with her second double double in as many games this season with 13 points and 10 a sists. Projected Irish Starting Lineup (2021-2022 stats) G Olivia Miles- 5-10, Soph. - 13.7 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 7.3 APG G Sonia Citron - 6-1, Soph - 11.8 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 2.2 APG G Dara Mabrey - 5-7, 5th 10.3 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 2.3 APG F Maddy Westbeld - 6-3, Jr. - 11 Chris Paul Jersey .8 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 29 Blk F Kylee Watson - 6-4, Jr - 3.8 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 18 Blk (at Oregon) Northwestern Wildcats (1-1, 0-0 Big Ten) Head Coach: Joe McKeown (241-198 15th year at NW 751-373 Overall) Northwestern is led by 15th year head coach Joe McKeown, who is the winningest coach in program history. His 242 wins are more than double the 117 wins Northwestern had from 1995-2008. He currently ranked 4th among active Big Ten coaches in wins. McKeown led the Wildcats to his second NCAA Tournament berth at the school in 2021. They would have gone in 2020 as well if not for the pandemic. The Wildcats return 10 of their top 12 scorers from last season, including 2022 All-Big Ten honorable mention selection Courtney Shaw and two-time All-Big Ten honoree Sydney Wood. Each are playing in their fifth year of eligibility. The Wildcats had only one player average double figures in scoring last season. She is departed. Shaw is the teams top returning scorer (averages below). Northwestern opened its season with a 100-72 lo s at No. 20 Oregon and then beat Penn 63-55 on Sunday. Projected Starting Lineup (2021-2022 Stats) Scroll to ContinueF Courtney Shaw- Stats 8.1PPG, 10.0 RPG, 30 BLK G Kaylah Rainey - Stats 2.0 PPG, .6 RPG G Sydney Wood - Stats 3.8 PPG, 5.3 RPG F Caileigh Walsh Stats 7.4 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 40 BLK G Jillian Brown - Stats 8.0, 3.8 RPG, 1.9 AST WHAT TO LOOK FOR Notre Dames two new front court transfers, Kylee Jalen Lecque Jersey Watson and Lauren Ebo, have both factored into Notre Dames early season succe s. Watson is coming off a 15-point game in Notre Dames win over Cal and is averaging 12.0 points and 4.0 rebounds through two games, while Ebo is averaging 9.0 points and 4.0 rebounds herself. The duo has helped Notre Dame out rebound its two opponents by 7.0 total boards. Meanwhile, sophomore point guard Olivia Miles is already averaging 8.0 a sists through two games and is one of five Irish players averaging double digit points. Shaw is Northwesterns top rebounder. She averaged 10.0 per game last year and is so far averaging 6.0 per game, but the Wildcats were out rebounded by 10 boards in their 100-57 lo s to Oregon.Irish Breakdown Content Become a premium Irish Breakdown member, which grants you acce Aron Baynes Jersey s to all of our premium content and our premium me sage board! Click on the link below for more.Be sure to stay locked into Irish Breakdown all the time! Follow me on Twitter: