Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The Southland Conference's Women’s Basketball Tournament began in 1983, with the winner of the tournament receiving the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship. There was no tournament from 1984-1987, but in 1988 the season-ending tradition returned for good, with a format much as in the men's tournament, with opening rounds at the home court of the higher seed, and a designated location thereafter.

Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Southland Conference
Number of teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Leonard E. Merrell Center
Current location	Katy, Texas
Played	1983, 1988-present
Current champion	Abilene Christian
Most championships	Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks (15)
TV partner(s)	ESPN+ / CBSSN
Official website	Southland.org Women's Basketball

Starting in 2007, both the men's and women's tournaments were played at the same neutral site, for all rounds.[1]

Tournament results

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	MVP	Venue
1983	Louisiana-Monroe	94–81	McNeese State	Eun Jung Lee, Louisiana-Monroe	Monroe, Louisiana
1984	No Tournament
1985	No Tournament
1986	No Tournament
1987	No Tournament
1988	Stephen F. Austin	92–85	Louisiana-Monroe	Mozell Brooks, Stephen F. Austin	Nacogdoches, Texas
1989	Stephen F. Austin	82–73	Northwestern State	Portia Hill, Stephen F. Austin	Nacogdoches, Texas
1990	Stephen F. Austin	93–83	Northwestern State	Pam Hudson, Northwestern State	Nacogdoches, Texas
1991	Stephen F. Austin	70–58	Louisiana-Monroe	Stacey Jackson, Stephen F. Austin	Nacogdoches, Texas
1992	Stephen F. Austin	77–58	Northwestern State	Lori Davis, Stephen F. Austin	Nacogdoches, Texas
1993	Stephen F. Austin	77–75	Northwestern State	Deneen Parker, Stephen F. Austin	campus sites, final played in Nacogdoches, TX
1994	Stephen F. Austin	73–65	Louisiana-Monroe	Trenia Tillis, Stephen F. Austin	Nacogdoches, TX
1995	Stephen F. Austin	68–60	Northwestern State	Latonia Bonnett, Stephen F. Austin	campus sites, final played in Shreveport, Louisiana
1996	Stephen F. Austin	76–58	Texas State	Latonia Bonnett, Stephen F. Austin	Shreveport, LA
1997	Texas State	77–65	Stephen F. Austin	Jerri Cooper, Texas State	Shreveport, LA
1998	Stephen F. Austin	84–52	Louisiana-Monroe	Katrina Price, Stephen F. Austin	Shreveport, LA
1999	Stephen F. Austin	90–77	Northwestern State	Anitra Davis, Stephen F. Austin	Shreveport, LA
2000	Stephen F. Austin	79–68	Northwestern State	Shawnta Johnson, Stephen F. Austin	campus sites, final played in Shreveport, LA
2001	Stephen F. Austin	82–73	Northwestern State	Latisha Prater, Stephen F. Austin	campus sites, final played in Bossier City, Louisiana
2002	Stephen F. Austin	76–52	Northwestern State	Amy Collins, Stephen F. Austin	campus sites, final played in Nacogdoches, TX
2003	Texas State	68–56	Texas–San Antonio	Tori Talbert, Texas State	campus sites, final played in San Antonio, Texas
2004	Northwestern State	78–71	Texas–Arlington	Tori Talbert, Texas State	campus sites, final played in Natchitoches, Louisiana
2005	Texas–Arlington	69–54	Louisiana-Monroe	Terra Wallace, Texas-Arlington	campus sites, final played in Monroe, Louisiana
2006	Stephen F. Austin	56–48	Texas–San Antonio	LaToya Mills, Stephen F. Austin	campus sites, final played in Nacogdoches, Texas
2007	Texas-Arlington	68–47	Stephen F. Austin	Terra Wallace, Texas-Arlington	Campbell Center, Houston, TX
2008	Texas–San Antonio	65–56	Lamar	Monica Gibbs, Texas–San Antonio	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2009	Texas–San Antonio	74–63	Texas–Arlington	Onika Anderson, Texas–San Antonio	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2010	Lamar	86–59	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Darika Hill, Lamar	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2011	McNeese State	71–50	Central Arkansas	Ashlyn Baggett, McNeese	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2012	McNeese State	60–56	Stephen F. Austin	Caitlyn Baggett, McNeese	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2013	Oral Roberts	72–66	Sam Houston State	Kevi Luper, Oral Roberts	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2014	Northwestern State	62–44	Stephen F. Austin	Trudy Armstead, Northwestern State	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2015	Northwestern State	58–50	Houston Baptist	Beatrice Attura, Northwestern State	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2016	Central Arkansas	69–62	Sam Houston State	Angela Beadle, Sam Houston State	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2017	Central Arkansas	60–30	Stephen F. Austin	Maggie Proffitt, Central Arkansas	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2018	Nicholls State	69–65	Stephen F. Austin	Cassidy Barrios, Nicholls	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2019	Abilene Christian	69–68	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Breanna Wright, Abilene Christian	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2020	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic				Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX

Performance By School

Member	Winners	Winning Years
Stephen F. Austin	15	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006
Northwestern State	3	2004, 2014, 2015
Central Arkansas	2	2016, 2017
McNeese State	2	2011, 2012
Texas State	2	1997, 2003
Texas–Arlington	2	2005, 2007
Texas–San Antonio	2	2008, 2009
Abilene Christian	1	2019
Lamar	1	2010
Louisiana-Monroe	1	1983
Nicholls State	1	2018
Oral Roberts	1	2013
TOTAL	33

• Teams in bold represent current conference member.

See also

• Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "O'REILLY AUTO PARTS SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SET FOR HOUSTON". Lamar Athletics. November 2, 2006. Retrieved October 19, 2014.