notre dame beat mississippi state 61-58 on sunday night to win the ncaa women's championship in columbus, ohio. junior guard arike ogunbowale hit a three-pointer with 0.1 seconds left to give the fighting irish their second women's basketball title.
ogunbowale scored 16 of her 18 points in the second half and was named most outstanding player. notre dame (35-3) overcame a 15-point lead to emerge victorious in a thrilling comeback. the win came exactly 17 years ago from their first title.
notre dame coach muffet mcgraw said, "it's easter sunday and all the catholics were praying for us." ogunbowale said of her courageous shot, "it just felt right. i practice late-game all the time. i just ran to jackie and said, throw it me, throw it to me." jessica shepard, who led the irish with 19 points, said, "this team is relentlessly driven. we've been down multiple times this year, but nobody stops us."
villanova beat michigan 79-62 on monday night to win the ncaa men's championship in san antonio, texas. this is their second title in three years. the wildcats (36-4) won all six games by double digits, becoming the fourth team in ncaa history to achieve such a feat.
sophomore guard donte divincenzo had 31 points, five rebounds, three assists and two blocks and was named most outstanding player. the redhead kid with the nickname big ragu came off the bench and had folks chanting his name from the cheap seats: "di-vin-cen-zo, di-vin-cen-zo."
villanova coach jay wright said, "i thought we played our best game in the championship game." divincenzo, when asked if he enjoys threes or rejections more, said, "blocked shots, definitely. i pride myself on defense and just bringing energy to the team."
i am
- mark j. tuggle
- harlem, usa
- same-gender-loving contemporary descendant of enslaved africans. community activist, feminist, health educator, independent filmmaker, mentor, playwright, poet & spiritual being. featured at, in & on africana.com, afrikan poetry theatre, angel herald, bejata dot com, bet tonight with tavis smiley, blacklight online, black noir, brooklyn moon cafe, gmhc's barbershop, klmo-fm, lgbt community services center, longmoor productions, nuyorican poets cafe, our corner, poz, pulse, rolling out new york, rush arts gallery, saint veronica's church, schomburg center for research in black culture, sexplorations, the citizen, the new york times, the soundz bar, the trenton times, the village voice, upn news, uzuri, venus, vibe, wbai-fm, wnyc-fm & wqht-fm. volunteered with adodi, bailey house, inc., black men's xchange-new york, colorofchange.org, drug policy alliance, east harlem tutorial program, imagenation film & music festival, presente.org, save darfur coalition, the enough project, the osborne association, the sledge group & your black world. worked on films with maurice jamal & heather murphy. writing student of phil bertelsen & ed bullins. mjt975@msn.com.
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