North Carolina Women’s Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 2, 2025 · CSM Staff
 
North Carolina Tar Heels
 
ACC (27-7, 13-5)
 
 
Big Wins: 1/9 Duke (53-46), 2/16 NC State (66-65)
Bad Losses: 12/15 Georgia Tech (76-82), 3/2 Virginia (75-78)
Coach: Courtney Banghart
 
Probable Starters:
Maria Gakdeng, Senior, Forward, 11.3 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.2 bpg
Reniya Kelly, Sophomore, Guard, 9.9 ppg, 2.1 apg
Indya Nivar, Junior, Guard, 8.4 ppg, 2.1 apg, 4.4 rpg, 2.0 spg
Alyssa Ustby, Senior, Guard, 10.6 ppg, 2.9 apg, 9.5 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Lexi Donarski, Senior, Guard, 10.6 ppg, 1.4 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Ciera Toomey, Freshman, Forward, 3.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Lanie Grant, Freshman, Guard, 7.4 ppg, 1.1 apg
Trayanna Crisp, Junior, Guard, 6.2 ppg, 1.3 apg
Grace Townsend, Senior, Guard, 4.6 ppg, 2.5 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 71.7 (79th in nation, 11th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 57.9 (46, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.4 (92, 11)
Field-Goal Defense: 36.7 (21, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.7 (59, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.3 (68, 8)
Free-Throw Percentage: 66.9 (295, 18)
Rebound Margin: 2.9 (110, 8)
Assists Per Game: 14.6 (101, 12)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.1 (35, 4)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2024 NCAA Round of 64 win over Michigan State
2024 NCAA Round of 32 loss to South Carolina
2023 NCAA Round of 64 win over St. John’s
2023 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Ohio State
2022 NCAA Round of 64 win over Stephen F. Austin
2022 NCAA Round of 32 win over Arizona
2022 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to South Carolina
2021 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Alabama
2019 NCAA First Round loss to California
2015 NCAA Round of 64 win over Liberty
2015 NCAA Round of 32 win over Ohio State
2015 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to South Carolina
2014 NCAA Round of 64 win over Tennessee-Martin
2014 NCAA Round of 32 win over Michigan State
2014 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over South Carolina
2014 NCAA Regional Final loss to Stanford
2013 NCAA Round of 64 win over Albany
2013 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Delaware
2011 NCAA Round of 64 win over Fresno State
2011 NCAA Round of 32 win over Kentucky
2011 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Stanford
2010 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Gonzaga
2009 NCAA Round of 64 win over Central Florida
2009 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Purdue
2008 NCAA Round of 64 win over Bucknell
2008 NCAA Round of 32 win over Georgia
2008 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Louisville
2008 NCAA Regional Final loss to LSU
2007 NCAA Round of 64 win over Prairie View
2007 NCAA Round of 32 win over Notre Dame
2007 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over George Washington
2007 NCAA Regional Final win over Purdue
2007 NCAA National Semifinal loss to Tennessee
 
*all team stats through 3/6