Notre Dame won its first women’s basketball national championship in 17 years on Sunday after the Fighting Irish beat Mississippi State 61–58 in Columbus, Ohio.
The Fighting Irish, who were down for most of the game, mounted an insane comeback in the fourth quarter which ended with this a amazing buzzer-beater shot by Arike Ogunbowale with .
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This is Ogunbowale’s second buzzer beating shot in less than a week and on Friday she wanted to let everyone know that she did it because she was inspired by Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his Mamba Mentality.
“I know I just had to shoot it at the last minute. I mean, I didn’t want to give them a chance to get the ball,” she said. “I went into Mamba Mentality. Kobe’s here, so that’s what I had to channel.”
After today’s win, Arike once again gave Kobe another shout out after the game.
