No. 4North Carolina Tar Heels

Regional 1 in Fort Worth · 2nd Round

YES!

North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Maryland Terrapins

Ranked #5 · 24-9 66 – 74

Ranked #4 · 28-7

Final · Sun, Mar 22

Game Details

Carmichael Arena (Chapel Hill) · 2,470 fans · ESPN View tournament bracket →

Highlights

North Carolina advances to 2nd straight women's Sweet 16 with 74-66 win over Maryland

Elina Aarnisalo had 21 points, Lanie Grant scored 20 and North Carolina used a strong fourth quarter to beat Maryland 74-66 on Sunday and reach the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament for...

Recap via ESPN

0:16 Elina Aarnisalo opens scoring for UNC

0:16 Addi Mack drains a 3-pointer for Maryland

0:16 Grant connects with Harris for layup for UNC

0:16 Nyla Harris extends lead with and-1 for UNC

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MD	17	16	17	16	66
UNC	22	20	8	24	74

Game Flow

MD UNC

Q1Q2Q3Q4

7-0Biggest Run9-0

6Largest Lead11

6 lead changes · tied 4 times

Win Probability · North Carolina Tar Heels

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Game Leaders

Maryland Terrapins

Oluchi Okananwa · 21Points
Oluchi Okananwa · 1Assists
Mir McLean · 14Rebounds

North Carolina Tar Heels

Elina Aarnisalo · 21Points
Lanie Grant · 3Assists
Nyla Harris · 8Rebounds

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team	GB
UCLA	-
Michigan	3
Iowa	3
Ohio State	5
Minnesota	5
Maryland	7
Michigan State	7
Washington	8
Illinois	9
USC	9
Oregon	10
Nebraska	11
Indiana	12
Wisconsin	13
Purdue	13
Penn State	14
Northwestern	16
Rutgers	17

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

Maryland TerrapinsNorth Carolina Tar Heels

Shooting

23-71, 32% Field Goals 28-57, 49%

3-23, 13% 3-Pointers 4-11, 36%

17-31, 55% Free Throws 14-20, 70%

Possessions

41 Rebounds 40

21 Offensive Rebounds 9

3 Assists 10

12 Steals 3

2 Blocks 3

9 Turnovers 16

18 Fouls 21

Scoring

34 Points in Paint 44

11 Fast Break Points 9

6 Largest Lead 11

Box Score

Maryland Terrapins ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
A. MackG	13	3	0	28	5-13	3-5	0-0	0	1	0	1	2	2
O. OkananwaG	21	6	1	29	9-18	0-1	3-11	6	2	0	6	0	3
Y. GarzonG	6	3	1	36	2-11	0-6	2-4	2	1	0	1	2	4
M. McLeanG	12	14	0	32	4-8	0-0	4-6	1	4	0	10	4	3
S. PoffenbargerG	2	10	0	38	1-12	0-10	0-0	0	4	1	0	10	3
Bench
I. Ozzy-MomoduC	0	0	0	3	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	1
R. WelsonG	2	1	0	5	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
K. WalkerG	10	0	1	29	1-5	0-0	8-10	0	0	0	0	0	2
N. FriteaF	DNP: Did not play
M. BoikoF	DNP: Did not play
B. WilliamsF	DNP: Did not play
L. BartelmeG	DNP: Did not play
A. McKennieG	DNP: Did not play
B. McDanielG	DNP: Did not play
K. SmikleG	DNP: Did not play
Team	66	41	3		23-71	3-23	17-31	9	12	2	21	20	18

North Carolina Tar Heels ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
C. ToomeyF	2	2	0	12	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	1
N. HarrisF	14	8	1	31	6-8	0-0	2-3	3	0	0	3	5	3
E. AarnisaloG	21	6	2	39	8-14	1-3	4-4	5	1	0	1	5	4
L. GrantG	20	4	3	37	8-17	1-3	3-4	2	2	0	2	2	3
I. NivarG	11	6	1	24	3-9	0-0	5-9	1	0	0	1	5	5
Bench
T. QueirozG	0	0	0	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1
N. BrooksG	6	8	1	29	2-5	2-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	8	2
T. HendersonG	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1
L. HullG	0	2	2	17	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	3	0	2	1
B. ThomasC	DNP: Did not play
L. AstakhovaG	DNP: Did not play
J. ZubichG	DNP: Did not play
S. BarkerG	DNP: Did not play
R. KellyG	DNP: Did not play
Team	74	40	10		28-57	4-11	14-20	16	3	3	9	31	21

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