In a wild game featuring nine ties and 26 lead changes, the defending national champs wiped out a late nine-point deficit to hand archrival Connecticut an 81-76 defeat in Friday’s Final Four semifinal.
In a wild game featuring nine ties and 26 lead changes, the defending national champions wiped out a nine-point deficit in the final eight minutes to hand archrival Connecticut an 81-76 defeat in Friday’s Final Four semifinal.
Brianna Turner recorded her fifth block of the night in the final minute at the rim against Huskies first-team All-American Napheesa Collier. That moved Turner past women’s basketball Hall of Famer Ruth Riley atop the career list for blocked shots at Notre Dame.—Brianna Turner, who sat out last year's Final Four with a torn ACL pic.twitter.com/4YovqHyH7p
Meeting the Huskies for the 50th time overall and the eighth time at the Final Four — seven of those in this decade — the Irish were able to reverse a 1-8 stretch against their biggest rival. Even last year, Notre Dame blew a 10-point lead against UConn before prevailing 91-89 on Ogunbowale’s clutch shot with one second left in overtime.
"We set a high bar for what we expect from these young women and we did not meet those expectations," McGraw wrote. "As an educator, it is my job to use this as a teachable moment and help them see that it’s not always about whether you win or lose, but it IS ALWAYS about how you play the game. We will continue to strive to be a team that you can be proud of."
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