(AP Photo/Ron Schwane). Mississippi State's Victoria Vivians (35) and Notre Dame's Kathryn Westbeld (33) reach for a rebound during the first half in the final of the women's NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 1, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. Mississippi State's Teaira McCowan and Notre Dame's Arike Ogunbowale (24) reach for the ball during the first half in the final of the women's NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 1, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw and her husband, Matt McGraw, arrive for the team's championship game against Mississippi State in the Final Four of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 1, 2018, in Columb...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Arike Ogunbowale hit a 3-pointer from the corner with a tenth of a second on the clock to lift Notre Dame to its second women's basketball title, a 61-58 victory over Mississippi State in the NCAA championship game on Sunday night. Her 3-pointer in the final second -- and it will go down as the greatest last-second shot in championship game history even if there was still one-tenth of a second left on the clock -- lifted Notre Dame to a 61-58 win against Mississippi State and the biggest comeback in championship game history. The Fighting Irish defeated the Bulldogs 61-58 to win their first championship in 17 years with a buzzer-beating three-pointer from junior guard Arike Ogunbowale. Notre Dame defeated 36-0 UConn in virtually identical fashion this Friday on junior guard Arike Ogunbowale’s jumper with one second left in overtime for a two-point triumph. play 0:56 Ogunbowale: Game winner 'just felt right' Arike Ogunbowale explains she practices game-winning situations all the time, which helped her make two big shots to lead Notre Dame to a national championship. "She always practices that shot in warm-ups, and it irritates me because she misses it a lot," Mabrey said. 10 Notre Dame sophomore guard Jackie Young emerged from the shadows this Friday by converting 10 field goals (in 15 attempts) and 10 free throws (in 11 attempts) in the overtime victory versus No. The Bulldogs are looking for their first national championship in school history, while the Irish are trying to win their second - 17 years to the day after Muffet McGraw's team won the program's only title. Each of the last four teams to defeat Connecticut in the national semifinal — Stanford in 2008, Notre Dame in 2011 and 2012, and Mississippi State last year — did not have enough remaining in the emotional fuel tank to win the championship game as well. Tied as the clock ran down, The Associated Press reports:

"Mississippi State star Teaira McCowan missed a layup with 27.8 seconds left, and both teams turned the ball over in a wild sequence. "We knew they were going to come into their post player because Teaira had just fouled out," Mississippi State guard Blair Schaefer said. Andy Lyons/Getty Images

Ogunbowale fell five points shy of becoming the fifth player to score 150 points in one NCAA tournament, but never has naming the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player been more of a foregone conclusion.
Notre Dame wins the 2018 NCAA Tournament over Mississippi State 61–58, with the deciding points coming on a dramatic 3-point shot by Arike Ogunbowale just before the final buzzer.