The ball may not have been in her hand at the final buzzer this time, but make no mistake: The second national semifinal of this Final Four belonged to Arike Ogunbowale — again. The senior guard has had quite a time since last April, when she hit back-to-back buzzer beaters to bring Notre Dame its second national title. “Arike in the second half did what Arike does,” Coach Muffet McGraw said. Bears Coach Kim Mulkey, back for a rematch of the 2012 national title game in which she defeated McGraw to win Baylor’s second national title, sat one row behind Connecticut’s bench to take in the second game — a bolt of blond hair and a hot-pink suit in a swarm of Baylor green. She still has to make those shots, and she did.”The Huskies led the Fighting Irish by nine, their biggest lead all game, before Ogunbowale scored 11 of her 14 fourth-quarter points.

Source: Washington Post April 06, 2019 03:29 UTC