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
Ciera ToomeyF6.3	20	5	2-3	0-1	1-2	4	2	1	2	1	1	3	2	7.2
Nyla HarrisF8.5	22	17	6-9	0-1	5-6	12	0	1	3	0	8	4	2	20.7
Elina AarnisaloG5.8	28	7	3-7	1-4	0-3	8	1	1	0	1	1	7	2	4.5
Lanie GrantG6.1	25	15	5-13	4-10	1-1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6.2
Indya NivarG7.0	25	11	5-9	0-2	1-2	3	5	4	4	2	0	3	3	10.9
Bench
Blanca ThomasC4.6	9	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	-1.3
Liza AstakhovaG	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taissa QueirozG5.2	15	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	1.5
Nyla BrooksG6.3	23	14	5-14	2-9	2-3	5	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	7.1
Taliyah HendersonG5.2	10	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1.1
Jordan ZubichG	4	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2.1
Sydney BarkerG	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.7
Laila HullG5.8	17	9	3-9	3-9	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.2