2019 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2019 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament, a part of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, took place March 14–17, 2019 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament, Abilene Christian received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament.^[1] Breanna Wright was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.^[2]

2019 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	8
Site	Merrell Center Katy, Texas
Champions	Abilene Christian (1st title)
Winning coach	Julie Goodenough (1st title)
MVP	Breanna Wright (Abilene Christian)
Television	ESPN+/CBSSN
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2018–19 Southland Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Lamar	17	–	1		.944			24	–	7		.774
Stephen F. Austin	16	–	2		.889			25	–	7		.781
Nicholls	14	–	4		.778			20	–	12		.625
Abilene Christian †	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
Sam Houston State	11	–	7		.611			16	–	13		.552
Texas A&M–CC	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
New Orleans	8	–	10		.444			12	–	16		.429
Central Arkansas	6	–	12		.333			12	–	18		.400
Northwestern State	6	–	12		.333			11	–	18		.379
McNeese State	5	–	13		.278			7	–	22		.241
Incarnate Word	5	–	13		.278			5	–	24		.172
Houston Baptist	4	–	14		.222			9	–	19		.321
Southeastern Louisiana	4	–	14		.222			9	–	20		.310
† 2019 Southland tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds and regular season standings

Only the Top 8 teams advanced to the Southland Conference tournament. This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions.

2018 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record (end of regular season)	Tiebreaker
1.	‡*Lamar	17–1	24–5
2.	*Stephen F. Austin	16–2	25–5
3.	#Nicholls	14–4	20–10
4.	#Abilene Christian	13–5	20–9
5.	Sam Houston State	11–7	16–12
6.	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	8–10	14–15	1–1 vs UNO; 1–1 vs common opponent UIW; 1–0 vs SFA
7.	New Orleans	8–10	12–15	1–1 vs TAMUCC; 1–1 vs UIW; 0–1 vs SFA
8.	Central Arkansas	6–12	11–17
	‡ – Southland Conference regular season champions. * – Receive a first-round and second-round bye in the conference tournament. # – Receive a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Source:^[3]

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
First round – Thursday, March 14
1	1	11:00 am	#5 Sam Houston State vs. #8 Central Arkansas	71–76	ESPN+
	2	1:30 pm	#6 TAMU–CC vs. #7 New Orleans	69–47
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15
2	3	11:00 am	#4 Abilene Christian vs. #8 Central Arkansas	82–54	ESPN+
	4	1:30 pm	#3 Nicholls vs. #6 TAMU–CC	56–69
Semifinals – Saturday, March 16
3	5	1:00 pm	#1 Lamar vs. #4 Abilene Christian	79–88	ESPN+
	6	3:30 pm	#2 Stephen F. Austin vs. #6 TAMU–CC	56–58
Championship – Sunday, March 17
4	7	1:00 pm	#4 Abilene Christian vs. #6 TAMU–CC	69–68	CBSSN
*Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 14 ESPN+					Quarterfinals Friday, March 15 ESPN+					Semifinals Saturday, March 16 ESPN+					Championship Game Sunday, March 17 CBSSN
											1	Lamar	79
											4	Abilene Christian	88
						4	Abilene Christian	82
	5	Sam Houston State	71			8	Central Arkansas	54
	8	Central Arkansas	76													4	Abilene Christian	69
																6	Texas A&M CC	68
											2	Stephen F. Austin	56
											6	Texas A&M CC	58
						3	Nicholls	56
	7	New Orleans	47			6	Texas A&M CC	69
	6	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	69

Awards and honors

Source:^[2][4]
Tournament MVP: Breanna Wright (Abilene Christian)
All-Tournament Team:

• Breanna Wright (Abilene Christian)
• Sara Williamson (Abilene Christian)
• Alexes Bryant (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)
• Dalesia Booth (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)
• Moe Kinard (Lamar)

See also

• 2019 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
• Southland Conference women's basketball tournament