June 7, 1999

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Kelley Siemon (Edina, Minn.), a two-year starter on the Notre Dame women’s basketball team, averaged 6.6 points and 4.6 rebounds in helping the BIG EAST/Nike Women’s Basketball All-Stars to a 4-1 record in its five-game exhibition tour of Belgium and Germany.

Siemon scored a personal tour-high of 14 points in the team’s opening game, a 100-70 win over Aalst (Division), and grabbed six rebounds in the contest. In the squad’s second game, a 64-58 win over Belgian Jr. National Team, Siemon scored seven points and hauled in eight rebounds, her highest rebounding total during the tour.

The squad was directed by Boston College head coach Cathy Inglese and featured one representative from each BIG EAST school. The team, comprised of three juniors, five sophomores and five freshmen, played the top club teams in Belgium and Germany.

SIEMON’S TOTALS GAME-BY-GAME

vs. Aalst (Division I)              W, 100-70   14 points, 6 reboundsvs. Belgian Jr. National Team       W,  64-58   7 points, 8 reboundsvs. Bensburg                        W, 69-43    4 points, 4 reboundsvs. Bonn (1st Division)             L, 85-95    4 points, 2 reboundsvs. Marlburg BBC (1st Division)     W, 74-39    4 points, 3 rebounds