St. John's University Athletics
St. John's University
11-2, 1-1
NOTRE DAME*
9-3, 0-1
St. John's Topples 12th Ranked Notre Dame 66-63
1/4/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 4, 2006
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QUEENS, N.Y. (AP) - Angela Clark scored 18 points and St. John's held on to beat No. 12 Notre Dame 66-63 Wednesday night, the Red Storm's first victory over the Fighting Irish.
Tara Walker added 14 points and Monique McLean had 13 for the Red Storm (11-2, 1-1 Big East), who lost their first 15 meetings with Notre Dame (9-3, 0-1).
Melissa D'Amico had 14 points for the Fighting Irish, who were coming off a 62-51 loss to No. 1 Tennessee last week. Crystal Erwin had 11 points and 12 rebounds for Notre Dame, which finished with a 41-21 advantage on the boards.
Walker had two 3s in the first 56 seconds of the second half to give St. John's the lead for good at 38-37. The Red Storm extended the lead to 54-44 on a jumper by Danielle Chambers with 9:14 to play.
But D'Amico and Lindsay Schrader each had six points in a 19-10 run that brought Notre Dame within 64-63 on a jumper by D'Amico with 9 seconds to play.
Greeba Barlow of St. John's hit a jumper with 2.8 seconds to go and Notre Dame was unable to get off a final shot for a chance to tie.
