# 2025 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2025 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2024–25 season of the Southland Conference. The tournament is to be held March 10–13, 2025, at The Legacy Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic invitation to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

## Seeds

Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Eight teams in the conference qualify for the tournament. The top two seeds received double byes into the semifinals in the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds receive single byes to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers used are 1) Head-to-head results, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team(s) and working down and 3) NCAA NET rankings available on day following the conclusion of regular-season play.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
| 1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 19–1 | | |
| 2 | Lamar | 17–3 | | |
| 3 | Stephen F. Austin | 16–4 | | |
| 4 | Incarnate Word | 12–8 | 2–0 vs. Northwestern State | |
| 5 | Northwestern State | 12–8 | 0–2 vs. Incarnate Word | |
| 6 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 11–9 | | |
| 7 | Nicholls | 9–11 | | |
| 8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 7–13 | | |
| DNQ | New Orleans | 5–15 | 1–1 vs. McNeese | 1–1 vs. UT Rio Grande Valley |
| DNQ | McNeese | 5–15 | 1–1 vs. New Orleans | 0–2 vs. UT Rio Grande Valley |
| DNQ | East Texas A&M | 4–16 | | |
| DNQ | Houston Christian | 3–17 | | |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Score | Television |
| First round – Monday, March 10, 2025 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am | No. 5 Northwestern State vs. No. 8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 66–63 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 2 | 1:30 pm | No. 6 UT Rio Grande Valley vs. No. 7 Nicholls | 53–55 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 11, 2025 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:00 am | No. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 5 Northwestern State | 69–54 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 4 | 1:30 pm | No. 3 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 7 Nicholls | 77–65 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Wednesday, March 12, 2025 ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 10:30 am | No. 1 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 4 Incarnate Word | 57–37 | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 6 | 1:30 pm | No. 2 Lamar vs. No. 3 Stephen F. Austin | 53–61 | ESPN+ |
| Championship – Thursday, March 13, 2025 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 4:00 pm | No. 1 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 3 Stephen F. Austin | 57–65 | ESPNU |
| *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Monday, March 10 ESPN+ | First round Monday, March 10 ESPN+ | First round Monday, March 10 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 11 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 11 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 11 ESPN+ | Semifinals Wednesday, March 12 ESPN+ | Semifinals Wednesday, March 12 ESPN+ | Semifinals Wednesday, March 12 ESPN+ | Championship Thursday, March 13 ESPNU | Championship Thursday, March 13 ESPNU | Championship Thursday, March 13 ESPNU |
| | | | | | | 1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 57 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Incarnate Word | 69 | 4 | Incarnate Word | 37 | | | |
| 5 | Northwestern State | 66 | 5 | Northwestern State | 54 | | | | 1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 57 |
| 8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 63 | | | | | | | 3 | Stephen F. Austin | 65 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Lamar | 53 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Stephen F. Austin | 77 | 3 | Stephen F. Austin | 61 | | | |
| 6 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 53 | 7 | Nicholls | 65 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Nicholls | 55 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes number of overtime periods

### First round

* ESPN+
* March 10 11:00 am
No. 5 Northwestern State 66, No. 8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 63 :
| Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 5–13, 18–15, 22–24 |||
| Pts: S. Ayres – 21 Rebs: S. Ayres – 9 Asts: M. Blake – 2 | Pts: P. Allen – 19 Rebs: P. Allen – 6 Asts: T. Criswell – 4 |
| Game one |||
* The Legacy Center – Lake Charles, LA Attendance:   Referees: John Fletcher, LaShonda Kidd and Jaclyn Watson
* ESPN+
* March 10 1:30 pm
No. 6 UT Rio Grande Valley 53, No. 7 Nicholls 55 :
| Scoring by quarter: 9–10, 16–9, 11–19, 17–17 |||
| Pts: K. Hackerott – 15 Rebs: C. O'Keefe – 11 Asts: Tied – 2 | Pts: D. Brister – 17 Rebs: E. Garnett – 12 Asts: J. Jalomo – 2 |
| Game two |||
* The Legacy Center – Lake Charles, LA Attendance: 637 Referees: Ed Collopy, Metta Christensen and Tiffany Bridges

### Quarterfinals

* ESPN+
* March 11 11:00 am
* The Legacy Center – Lake Charles, LA
* ESPN+
* March 11 1:30 pm
* The Legacy Center – Lake Charles, LA

### Semifinals

* ESPNU
* March 12 10:30 am
* The Legacy Center – Lake Charles, LA
* ESPN+
* March 12 1:30 pm
* The Legacy Center – Lake Charles, LA

### Championship

* ESPNU
* March 13 4:00 pm
* The Legacy Center – Lake Charles, LA

## Awards and honors

2025 Southland Conference Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team :
* (MVP)