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Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Former Irish basketball star Jackie Young will take home a gold medal from the Olympic Games after she and the rest of Team USA’s women’s 3×3 basketball squad defeated the Russian Olympic Committee 18-15 on Wednesday. This will be the first gold medal for the 23-year-old Princeton, Indiana, native. She will add this to her
Nate Moller | Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Notre Dame will be well represented in Tokyo, Japan, this summer with 20 athletes competing in the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Basketball Notre Dame women’s basketball has been very strong over the last decade, and three former players were selected to their national teams this year. Skylar Diggins-Smith (USA) Diggins-Smith currently plays for
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, April 5, 2019
Check out all the content from the Irish Insider for the 2019 women’s Final Four: Irish set to face rival Huskies in rematch of last year’s overtime semifinal game Notre Dame roster boasts top WNBA prospects in 5 record-setting starters Geyer: Keep focus on players, not coaches’ rivalry Notre Dame will face Connecticut in the
Ellen Geyer | Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Overcoming a slow start, Notre Dame bested the UPenn 75-55 last night, a victory that was prefaced by the unfurling of the 2018 National Championship banner. Yet despite the margin of victory, the game showed that the Irish (2-0) still have plenty of work to do. “From the start of the game though, we just
Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, July 18, 2018
After winning the 2018 national championship, the women’s basketball team added more silverware to their record season on Wednesday night, as Arike Ogunbowale won the 2018 ESPY for Best Play. The then-junior guard’s game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer against No. 1-seeded Mississippi State for the national title game was chosen by the fans who voted
Observer Sports Staff | Thursday, June 21, 2018
The 2018 NCAA women’s basketball national champions will have three more chances to take home a trophy this year after its nominations for the 2018 ESPY Awards. ESPN released its list of nominees Wednesday, with the Irish receiving nominations in three categories. Irish senior guard Arike Ogunbowale’s 3-point buzzer beater to defeat Mississippi State for the national championship
Observer Staff Report | Monday, April 16, 2018
Junior Arike Ogunbowale, a guard on Notre Dame’s women’s basketball team, will compete on the 26th season of ABC’s dance competition show “Dancing with the Stars,” ABC announced Friday. Ogunbowale, who received national attention after securing the women’s basketball program’s first national championship since 2001 with two game-winning buzzer-beaters in the women’s NCAA basketball tournament, will
Daniel O'Boyle | Monday, April 2, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio — From junior forward Jessica Shepard’s layup to make the game 12-6 and her score to make it 24-16, 10 minutes and 36 seconds of basketball were played. Junior guard Marina Mabrey made a layup. Mabrey missed a layup. Junior guard Arike Ogunbowale missed a jumper. Mabrey missed a jumper. Ogunbowale missed another
Daniel O'Boyle | Monday, April 2, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio — As Arike Ogunbowale climbed the ladder to cut down the net at Nationwide Arena, she stopped and looked around confused for a few seconds, miming a pair of scissors to show that she couldn’t find them. They were right at the top of the ladder, the same spot every other player on the
Daniel O'Boyle | Saturday, March 31, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In groups of two or three, almost every player in Notre Dame’s locker room was huddled around a phone playing the same song, a tribute to the team by Indiana rapper Tevin Studdard. “Some guy tweeted it at us,” graduate student forward Kristina Nelson said. “That was lit. He literally put the