UConn Beats Notre Dame for Program’s 10th Title
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Lance King/Getty Images(TAMPA, Fla.) — The UConn women beat Notre Dame 63-53 on Tuesday to win their third consecutive national championship. With the program’s 10th title overall, coach Geno Auriemma matched UCLA’s men’s coach John Wooden for most titles in college basketball history.
Connecticut was the nation’s best defensive team all season and the Huskies, not at their best offensively Tuesday, relied on that defense all night to beat Notre Dame. The Irish shot 33 percent from the floor, their second worst percentage of the season. Connecticut also forced 17 Notre Dame turnovers, 13 in the first half when the Huskies built an eight-point lead at the break.
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 15 points in the game and it was when she scored them that mattered most. She had two individual 7-0 runs, one in the first half and once in the second, each time when Notre Dame seemed ready to start a comeback.
The Connecticut-Notre Dame matchup was just the second time in the history of the tournament that the same teams played in the final in consecutive years. UConn beat Tennessee in 2003 and 2004.
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