June 6, 2000

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Notre Dame senior guard Niele Ivey (St. Louis, Mo.) averaged 11.8 points and 3.7 rebounds in leading the BIG EAST Women’s Basketball All-Stars to a 5-1 mark on its six-game competitive tour of Vancouver and Victoria, B.C.

The All-Stars, under the direction of West Virginia University head coach Alexis Basil, posted four wins over Simon Fraser University and two wins over the University of Victoria 86-69 and 78-55. Ivey had 11 points and six rebounds in the first meeting with Victoria on June 2, and then contributed a team-high 16 points and two rebounds in the final game of the tour on June 3.

Ivey scored in double figures in four of the six contests and registered a personal tour-high 17 points in the squad’s first meeting with Simon Fraser. She also had a personal best six rebounds in the third matchup between against Simon Fraser.