UCLA Routs South Carolina 79-51 to Win Its First NCAA Women's Basketball Title
On April 5, 2026, at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, the UCLA women's basketball team defeated South Carolina 79-51 in the NCAA Division I championship game to win the first national title in program history.
All four Final Four teams this year were No. 1 seeds, only the fifth such occurrence in the women's tournament's history. In the April 3 semifinals, UCLA beat Texas 51-44, while South Carolina handed Connecticut its first loss of the season to set up the title matchup.
UCLA controlled the final throughout and won by 28 points. Based in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, UCLA is one of the flagship campuses of the University of California system; its women's program had never won a national championship before this victory rewrote its history.
Source: NCAA
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Photo: 图：2026年3月，UCLA女篮在十大联盟锦标赛赛场围拢听令，中锋 Lauren Betts（51号）在列（本赛季资料照片）。Group29 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: In March 2026, the UCLA women's basketball team huddles at the Big Ten tournament, with center Lauren Betts (No. 51) among them (file photo from this season). Photo by Group29, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
