DENVER — There’s probably never been a duo more eager to face Baylor superstar Brittney Griner than Notre Dame post players Devereaux Peters and Natalie Achonwa.

The Fighting Irish (35-3) and Lady Bears (39-0) meet Tuesday night in the national championship, a rematch Peters and Achonwa have been dreaming of for months after their first meeting back in November was such a mismatch.

The teams squared off in the preseason WNIT final, with the Lady Bears winning in Waco 94-81 behind Griner’s 32 points on 14-of-18 shooting, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots.

Peters, plagued by foul trouble, and Achonwa, hobbled by a balky right knee in her first game back from a torn meniscus, combined to make just 3 of 15 shots for 6 points.

Griner, the AP’s Player of the Year, has Baylor on the cusp of history: no school in the NCAA has ever gone 40-0. The 6-foot-8 junior center who plays above the rim has changed the women’s game much like Lew Alcindor altered men’s college hoops a half-century ago.

Irish coach Muffet McGraw takes the challenge in stride.

“We’re kind of perimeter-oriented,” she said. “We like our guards to score a lot. I don’t think it changes a lot for us. We don’t jam the ball inside as much as some other teams do. So, I think we’ll be able to run the stuff we have and maybe have to make that extra pass, which we’ve been pretty good at all year long.

“So, I think that’s going to be the theme for us, is just getting her engaged and then trying to make a few extra passes.”

Still, the Irish know Griner’s going to get her share of blocks and baskets.

“She has a 7-foot-4 wingspan,” Peters said. “It’s inevitable.”