No. 16North Carolina Tar Heels

Ally ACC Tournament · Quarterfinal

YES!

North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Virginia Tech Hokies

23-9 68 – 85

Ranked #16 · 26-6

Final · Fri, Mar 6

Game Details

Gas South Arena (Duluth) · 6,572 fans · ACC Network

Highlights

Grant, Harris help No. 16 North Carolina women beat Virginia Tech in ACC quarterfinals

Lanie Grant scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting, Nyla Harris had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and third-seeded and No. 16 North Carolina beat No. 6 seed Virginia Tech 85-68 in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament on Friday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:12 Lanie Grant sinks it from downtown

0:23 Indya Nivar hits the shot vs. Virginia Tech Hokies

0:21 Lanie Grant drops in the smooth bucket

0:19 Nyla Harris drills shot vs. Virginia Tech Hokies

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
VT	16	11	24	17	68
UNC	11	29	24	21	85

Game Flow

VT UNC

Q1Q2Q3Q4

8-0Biggest Run10-0

6Largest Lead20

6 lead changes · tied 1 time

Win Probability · North Carolina Tar Heels

tip-offnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Virginia Tech Hokies

Carleigh Wenzel · 26Points
Mackenzie Nelson · 6Assists
Carys Baker · 8Rebounds

North Carolina Tar Heels

Lanie Grant · 21Points
Elina Aarnisalo · 6Assists
Nyla Harris · 10Rebounds

2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

Team	GB
Duke	-
Louisville	1
North Carolina	2
NC State	3
Syracuse	4
Virginia Tech	4
Notre Dame	4
Virginia	5
Clemson	5
California	7
Stanford	8
Miami	8
Georgia Tech	8
Florida State	11
Wake Forest	12
SMU	14
Pittsburgh	15
Boston College	15

Team Stats

Virginia Tech HokiesNorth Carolina Tar Heels

Shooting

23-66, 35% Field Goals 32-62, 52%

2-18, 11% 3-Pointers 7-17, 41%

20-25, 80% Free Throws 14-22, 64%

Possessions

35 Rebounds 39

10 Offensive Rebounds 8

11 Assists 14

3 Steals 3

1 Blocks 3

10 Turnovers 14

18 Fouls 22

Scoring

30 Points in Paint 48

6 Fast Break Points 4

6 Largest Lead 20

Box Score

Virginia Tech Hokies ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
C. BakerF	3	8	0	33	1-8	0-4	1-2	1	0	0	2	6	2
K. FreelonF	7	6	1	22	2-5	0-0	3-4	2	1	0	3	3	3
L. WellsG	5	5	0	13	2-6	1-4	0-0	1	0	0	2	3	1
M. NelsonG	9	3	6	30	4-9	1-4	0-0	3	0	0	0	3	3
C. WenzelG	26	2	3	38	6-17	0-6	14-15	2	1	0	0	2	2
Bench
A. TrentF	6	1	0	16	3-3	0-0	0-2	0	0	1	0	1	2
K. PetersenF	2	3	1	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	2	1	2
S. SuffrenG	4	4	0	26	1-8	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	4	2
M. DaleyG	6	3	0	14	3-9	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	2	1
A. JenkinsF	DNP: Did not play
K. SearsG	DNP: Did not play
S. BreceljG	DNP: Did not play
S. SwansonG	DNP: Did not play
Team	68	35	11		23-66	2-18	20-25	10	3	1	10	25	18

North Carolina Tar Heels ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
C. ToomeyF	6	2	1	12	3-5	0-1	0-2	1	1	0	1	1	0
N. HarrisF	19	10	1	24	8-11	0-1	3-5	3	0	1	4	6	4
E. AarnisaloG	18	5	6	34	7-14	2-3	2-3	1	0	1	0	5	1
L. GrantG	21	2	3	37	8-12	4-7	1-2	3	0	0	0	2	4
I. NivarG	7	3	1	29	3-7	0-0	1-1	4	2	0	0	3	2
Bench
T. QueirozG	2	3	1	11	1-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	1	2
N. BrooksG	10	6	0	25	2-7	1-3	5-5	1	0	0	0	6	1
T. HendersonG	0	0	0	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	3
J. ZubichG	1	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	1
S. BarkerG	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
L. HullG	1	4	1	19	0-2	0-2	1-2	0	0	1	0	4	4
B. ThomasC	DNP: Did not play
L. AstakhovaG	DNP: Did not play
R. KellyG	DNP: Did not play
Team	85	39	14		32-62	7-17	14-22	14	3	3	8	31	22

Roster

Loading roster…

Schedule Add to calendar

Upcoming

vs Oklahoma Sooners · TBD vs Winthrop Eagles