Duke Blue Devils vs North Carolina Tar Heels

NCAA Women's Championship - Regional 2 in Birmingham - Sweet 16

North Carolina Tar HeelsNorth CarolinaUNC

29-8

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
North Carolina UNC	13	7	12	6	38
Duke DUKE	9	19	9	10	47

Duke Blue DevilsDukeDUKE

29-7

Oluchi Okananwa and Duke beat North Carolina 47-38 and advance to program's 12th women's Elite Eight

— Oluchi Okananwa had her third double-double of the season and Duke beat Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina 47-38 in a grind-it-out defensive battle on Friday, sending the Blue Devils to the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament.

Mar 28, 2025, 07:29 pm - AP

--UNC

100%

--DUKE

According to ESPN Analytics

Delaney Thomas missed Layup.
Maria Gakdeng missed Layup.
Reniya Kelly missed Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Indya Nivar missed Jumper.
Maria Gakdeng made Layup.
Ashlon Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Taina Mair missed Three Point Jumper.
Lexi Donarski made Layup. Assisted by Alyssa Ustby.
Delaney Thomas missed Jumper.
Alyssa Ustby made Free Throw.
Alyssa Ustby missed Free Throw.
Alyssa Ustby made Jumper.
Oluchi Okananwa missed Layup.
Reigan Richardson missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Wood missed Jumper.
Reniya Kelly missed Three Point Jumper.
Lexi Donarski made Jumper.
Reigan Richardson missed Layup.
Alyssa Ustby made Layup.
Jordan Wood missed Free Throw.
Jordan Wood made Free Throw.
Lexi Donarski missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Wood made Jumper. Assisted by Ashlon Jackson.
Alyssa Ustby missed Free Throw.
Alyssa Ustby missed Free Throw.
Toby Fournier missed Free Throw.
Toby Fournier missed Free Throw.
Reniya Kelly missed Jumper.
Toby Fournier missed Jumper.
Oluchi Okananwa made Layup.
Indya Nivar missed Jumper.
Delaney Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Reigan Richardson.
Alyssa Ustby made Free Throw.
Alyssa Ustby made Free Throw.
Vanessa de Jesus made Layup.
Vanessa de Jesus missed Three Point Jumper.
Alyssa Ustby missed Layup.
Ashlon Jackson missed Layup.
Reniya Kelly missed Jumper.
Jadyn Donovan missed Jumper.
Lexi Donarski missed Layup.
Ciera Toomey missed Jumper.
Reigan Richardson missed Three Point Jumper.
Reniya Kelly missed Jumper.
Vanessa de Jesus made Jumper. Assisted by Jadyn Donovan.
Lanie Grant missed Jumper.
Delaney Thomas made Layup.
Oluchi Okananwa made Layup. Assisted by Reigan Richardson.
Vanessa de Jesus made Layup.
Ashlon Jackson made Layup.
Indya Nivar missed Three Point Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson missed Jumper.
Indya Nivar missed Layup.
Vanessa de Jesus made Layup.
Lexi Donarski missed Three Point Jumper.
Indya Nivar made Layup.
Lexi Donarski made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Reniya Kelly.
Oluchi Okananwa made Three Point Jumper.
Reniya Kelly missed Jumper.
Toby Fournier missed Free Throw.
Toby Fournier made Free Throw.
Indya Nivar missed Layup.
Oluchi Okananwa made Three Point Jumper.
Reniya Kelly missed Layup.
Reigan Richardson missed Layup.
Indya Nivar made Layup.
Delaney Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Ashlon Jackson.
Alyssa Ustby missed Layup.
Reigan Richardson missed Three Point Jumper.
Indya Nivar made Jumper.
Jadyn Donovan missed Jumper.
Vanessa de Jesus missed Jumper.
Maria Gakdeng missed Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Oluchi Okananwa missed Three Point Jumper.
Indya Nivar missed Layup.
Reniya Kelly made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alyssa Ustby.
Oluchi Okananwa missed Three Point Jumper.
Alyssa Ustby missed Layup.
Reniya Kelly missed Jumper.
Reigan Richardson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Oluchi Okananwa.
Indya Nivar missed Jumper.
Alyssa Ustby missed Layup.
Indya Nivar made Layup.
Toby Fournier missed Free Throw.
Toby Fournier made Free Throw.
Reigan Richardson missed Free Throw.
Reigan Richardson missed Free Throw.
Indya Nivar missed Free Throw.
Indya Nivar missed Free Throw.
Reniya Kelly made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lexi Donarski.
Indya Nivar missed Layup.
Reigan Richardson missed Three Point Jumper.
Lanie Grant made Layup.
Toby Fournier missed Layup.
Reigan Richardson missed Jumper.
Reniya Kelly missed Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson made Three Point Jumper.
Alyssa Ustby missed Jumper.
Reigan Richardson missed Three Point Jumper.
Reigan Richardson missed Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson missed Jumper.
Reniya Kelly missed Layup.
Oluchi Okananwa missed Layup.
Oluchi Okananwa made Layup.
Lexi Donarski missed Jumper.
Oluchi Okananwa missed Three Point Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson made Free Throw.
Ashlon Jackson made Free Throw.
Reniya Kelly missed Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson missed Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson missed Jumper.
Lanie Grant missed Three Point Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vanessa de Jesus.
Lanie Grant made Free Throw.
Lanie Grant made Free Throw.
Toby Fournier made Free Throw.
Toby Fournier missed Free Throw.
Alyssa Ustby missed Three Point Jumper.
Delaney Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Ashlon Jackson.
Lanie Grant missed Three Point Jumper.
Vanessa de Jesus missed Three Point Jumper.
Blanca Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Grace Townsend.
Ashlon Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Trayanna Crisp missed Three Point Jumper.
Alyssa Ustby missed Layup.
Blanca Thomas missed Layup.
Oluchi Okananwa missed Three Point Jumper.
Reigan Richardson missed Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Ashlon Jackson missed Jumper.
Alyssa Ustby made Layup. Assisted by Lanie Grant.

Shot Made

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Data is currently unavailable.

NCAA Division I

Atlantic Coast Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Duke	16-2	-	27-9
Louisville	15-3	1	29-8
North Carolina	14-4	2	28-8
NC State	13-5	3	21-11
Syracuse	12-6	4	24-9
Virginia Tech	12-6	4	23-10
Notre Dame	12-6	4	25-11
Virginia	11-7	5	22-12
Clemson	11-7	5	21-12
California	9-9	7	21-15
Stanford	8-10	8	21-14
Miami	8-10	8	18-15
Georgia Tech	8-10	8	14-19
Florida State	5-13	11	10-21
Wake Forest	4-14	12	14-18
SMU	2-16	14	9-21
Pittsburgh	1-17	15	8-23
Boston College	1-17	15	5-26

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Oluchi Okananwa and Duke beat North Carolina 47-38 and advance to program's 12th women's Elite Eight

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