Notre Dame puts its stamp on thrilling women’s college basketball season

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Arike Ogunbowale put an exclamation point on a thrilling women’s college basketball season.

Her off-balance three-pointer in the title game capped a record comeback by Notre Dame and an scintillating weekend for the sport. The Final Four got started with two stirring overtime games — the first time that has happened. The weekend ended with a historic championship game that left the sellout crowd amazed.

“Phenomenal for women’s basketball. Three exciting games. I hope the ratings reflect it,” Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw said after the 61-58 win over Mississippi State on Sunday night. “The crowd was tremendous tonight. Everybody came back.