2019 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held between March 7 and 10 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.[1] Mercer defeated Furman 66–63 to earn their second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament.[2]
2019 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2018–19 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, North Carolina |
Champions | Mercer (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Susie Gardner (2nd title) |
MVP | KeKe Calloway (Mercer) |
Attendance | 8,275 |
Television | ESPN+ |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer † | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 4 | – | 26 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2019 SoCon Tournament winner As of August 14, 2020; |
Seeds
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed | School | Conf | Overall |
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#1 | Mercer | 14–0 | 24–7 |
#2 | Furman | 9–5 | 19–12 |
#3 | 8–6 | 14–17 | |
#4 | East Tennessee State | 8–6 | 10–21 |
#5 | Wofford | 7–7 | 16–15 |
#6 | UNCG | 5–9 | 11–19 |
#7 | Samford | 5–9 | 10–20 |
#8 | Western Carolina | 0–14 | 4–26 |
Schedule
All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship was televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.
Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
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Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7 | ||||||
Semifinals – Friday, March 8 | ||||||
Championship Game – Sunday, March 10 | ||||||
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
- All times are Eastern.
Quarterfinals Thursday, March 7, 2019 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 8, 2019 ESPN+ | Championship Game Sunday, March 10, 2019 ESPN+ | ||||||||||||
1 | Mercer | 55 | ||||||||||||
8 | Western Carolina | 32 | ||||||||||||
1 | Mercer | 69 | ||||||||||||
5 | Wofford | 51 | ||||||||||||
4 | ETSU | 66 | ||||||||||||
5 | Wofford | 75 | ||||||||||||
1 | Mercer | 66 | ||||||||||||
2 | Furman | 63 | ||||||||||||
2 | Furman | 67 | ||||||||||||
7 | Samford | 52 | ||||||||||||
2 | Furman | 73 | ||||||||||||
3 | Chattanooga | 66 | ||||||||||||
3 | Chattanooga | 72 | ||||||||||||
6 | UNCG | 62 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament teams
First team
- Tierra Hodges, Furman
- Taylor Petty, Furman
- KeKe Calloway, Mercer
- Amanda Thompson, Mercer
- Shannon Titus, Mercer
- Jasmine Joyner, Chattanooga
Second team
- Lakelyn Bouldin, Chattanooga
- Da'Ja Green, Wofford
- Le’Jzae Davidson, Furman
- Celena Taborn, Furman
- Rachel Selph, Mercer
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References
- "2019 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Bracket Set". Southern Conference. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- "Calloway, Titus give Mercer women SoCon title over Furman". idahostatesman. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- "Mercer Downs Furman for Second Straight Title". soconsports.com. March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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