Western Illinois Leathernecks vs North Carolina Tar Heels, NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Regional 1 in Fort Worth 1st Round

Women's College BasketballNCAA Women's Basketball Championship · Regional 1 in Fort Worth - 1st Round

#13W Illinois

26-6

51-82

Final

#4North Carolina

27-7

Carmichael Arena

Lead tracker

WIU leadsBiggest lead WIU 1, UNC 33

UNC leads

Team	1	2	3	4	T
WIU	10	14	9	18	51
UNC	18	20	20	24	82

Who won: North Carolina 82-51

The North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Western Illinois Leathernecks 82-51 in NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Regional 1 in Fort Worth 1st Round on Friday, March 20, 2026 at Carmichael Arena. The North Carolina outscored the W Illinois 20-9 in the 3rd quarter. Nyla Harris led the North Carolina in points (17). Mia Nicastro led the W Illinois in points (21).

WIU

UNC

Player of the game

Nyla Harris

UNC · 17 PTS, 12 REB, 3 STL

8.5

Players	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	GmSc
Mallory ShetleyF4.8	29	7	2-9	0-0	3-6	3	0	2	1	0	2	1	3	-0.2
Mia NicastroF6.9	36	21	6-15	0-2	9-10	9	1	6	2	1	0	9	4	11
Kaylen ReedG5.0	32	6	3-7	0-0	0-0	7	1	4	0	0	1	6	2	0.7
Addi BrownfieldG3.9	27	3	1-11	0-5	1-2	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	5	-4
Allie MeadowsG5.0	33	3	1-6	1-5	0-0	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	0.7
Bench
Sidney SkrobotF	4	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
Katelyn EggenaF	6	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Kennedy HerrigG	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shelby BowmanG5.3	8	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Madison DavisG5.7	23	2	0-2	0-1	2-2	4	2	0	1	0	2	2	2	4.2
Ainsley HolthausG	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0