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Watch: Notre Dame’s Ogunbowale hits 3-pointer to win women’s NCAA championship

Marina Mabrey and Kathryn Westbeld celebrate the game winning basket by their teammate Arike Ogunbowale with 0.1 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to defeat the Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs in the championship game of the 2018 NCAA Women's Final Four at Nationwide Arena on April 1, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio.

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Marina Mabrey and Kathryn Westbeld celebrate the game winning basket by their teammate Arike Ogunbowale with 0.1 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to defeat the Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs in the championship game of the 2018 NCAA Women's Final Four at Nationwide Arena on April 1, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio.
By Juliakate E Culpepper
April 2, 2018

With one second left in Sunday’s National Championship game against Mississippi State, Notre Dame’s

Arike Ogunbowale made a 3-pointer to win the game for the Fighting Irish, 61-58.

Ogunbowale, who also hit the game-winner against Connecticut in the semifinal round, finished Sunday’s game with 18 points, three rebound and one assist.

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