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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale strike a shot of her life — again.
Ogunbowale floated in a 3-pointer from a dilemma with 0.1 seconds left, lifting Notre Dame to a second women’s basketball pretension with a stirring 61-58 quip feat over Mississippi State in a NCAA championship diversion on Sunday night.
It was a second true diversion that a youth ensure strike a shot in a final second to lift a Irish. Her jumper with one second remaining in overtime knocked off formerly dominant UConn in a semifinals Friday.
With this diversion tied, Ogunbowale took a inbounds pass from Jackie Young, dribbled twice toward a dilemma and, closely guarded, lofted home an off-balance 3 from in front of a Notre Dame bench, scarcely a same angle as her shot that kick a Huskies.
“It usually felt right,” pronounced Ogunbowale, who scored 16 of her 18 points in a second half. “I use late-game all a time. we usually ran to Jackie and said, ‘Throw it to me, chuck it to me.'”
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Ogunbowale warranted many superb actor honors for a contest and also perceived a congratulatory chatter from Kobe Bryant, who took in a semifinal win over UConn.
All a Irish players could applaud after pulling off a biggest quip in pretension diversion history. They rallied from a 15-point necessity in a third entertain and were down 5 in a final 1:58. Marina Mabrey strike a 3-pointer from a wing and Young had a shot in a line to tie it.
The pretension came 17 years to a day after Notre Dame (35-3) won a usually other championship in 2001 on Easter.
“It’s Easter Sunday, and all a Catholics were praying for us,” pronounced manager Muffet McGraw, who was wearing floral boots in respect of a holiday.
When a final buzzer sounded, a furious jubilee started with a Irish true who were partial of a sellout crowd. McGraw’s group had depressed brief 4 times in 7 years in a pretension game, losing in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. Many of a Notre Dame alums who were on teams that had depressed usually brief of winning a pretension were there to suffer it, including Natalie Achonwa, Natalie Novosel and Becca Bruszewki
This chronicle of McGraw’s patrol refused to lose, and a run was even some-more extraordinary since a Irish mislaid 4 players over a deteriorate to ACL injuries.
Tied as a time ran down, Mississippi State star Teaira McCowan missed a layup with 27.8 seconds left, and both teams incited a round over in a furious sequence. McCowan fouled out of a diversion interlude an Irish quick mangle after uninterrupted turnovers and that set adult a final 3 seconds.
After Ogunbowale’s purchase shot, a officials huddled and put one-tenth of a second on a clock. A integrate of Mississippi State players had already headed for a locker room, while Notre Dame players celebrated.
The justice was cleared, and Mississippi State tossed a fatuous inbounds pass into a line as a buzzer sounded.
“It hurts right now,” Bulldogs manager Vic Schaefer said. “They played their hearts out.”
It was a second year in a quarrel that Mississippi State (37-2) fell brief in a pretension game. It mislaid to South Carolina final year after finale UConn’s record 111-game winning streak.
For a fourth true NCAA game, a Irish found themselves trailing during a half. They were down 40-25 early in a third entertain before finally removing on lane offensively. The Irish sealed a duration with a 16-1 run to tie a diversion during 41 streamer to a final quarter.
The Irish were buoyed by serious tainted difficulty by Mississippi State that saw all 5 of a starters with 3 fouls in a third quarter.
It didn’t demeanour good for a Irish in a initial half. After removing out to a 12-6 lead with 3:41 left in a opening quarter, Mississippi State outscored Notre Dame 24-5 a residue of a half. The Irish went usually over 8 mins though a point, blank 7 shots and committing 5 turnovers during a game-changing run.
At a same time, a 6-foot-7 McCowan and Victoria Vivians were powering a Bulldogs. McCowan got a detonate going with 5 true points and Vivians capped it with a final 6 points to give a Bulldogs a 30-17 lead during a half.
Vivians finished with 21 points and McCowan 18 to go along with 17 rebounds to lead a Bulldogs.
The Irish had usually 3 points in a second quarter, environment an NCAA Tournament record for a fewest points in a period. That was 5 reduction than a prior symbol for futility set by Syracuse in 2016 opposite UConn.
It didn’t matter in a finish as Notre Dame found a approach to rally, usually as they had finished all season.
“This group is relentlessly driven,” pronounced Jessica Shepard, who scored 19 points to lead a Irish. “We’ve been down mixed times this year, though nobody stops us.”
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