2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game

2018 NCAA Tournament Championship Game

National championship game
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Mississippi State Bulldogs (34–3) (37–1) 61 58 Head coach: Muffet McGraw Head coach: Vic Schaefer
AP: 5 Coaches: 6 AP: 4 Coaches: 4
1 2 3 4 Total Notre Dame Fighting Irish 14 3 24 20 61 Mississippi State Bulldogs 17 13 11 17 58
Date	April 1, 2018
Venue	Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
MVP	Arike Ogunbowale (Notre Dame)
Referees	Dee Kantner, Brenda Pantoja, and Joseph Vaszily
Attendance	19,599
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Adam Amin (play-by-play) Kara Lawson (analyst) Rebecca Lobo (analyst) Holly Rowe (sideline)
Nielsen Ratings	0.76 (3.54 million)[1]
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The 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The game was played on April 1, 2018, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs to win their second national championship.

The game was won on a made basket by Arike Ogunbowale with 0.1 seconds left on the clock—she made a similar shot with 1.0 second in the semifinal to defeat Connecticut, earning Notre Dame a berth in the championship.