Without the services of All-American Gabby Williams for the entire second half and Katie Lou Samuelson for all but a second in the fourth quarter, it looked as if UConn's 68-game home winning streak was toast.
However, the Huskies rallied from an 11-point deficit in the final 9 1/2 minutes to pull out an 80-71 victory over a very good Notre Dame team.
"That fourth quarter really came down to collectively that you could see a change," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said after he won his 998th career game. "It was partly Kia (Nurse), partly Crystal, Pheesa (Napheesa Collier) looks the same all the time, Z (Stevens) had a different look on her.