# 2021–22 Southland Conference women's basketball season

The 2021–22 Southland Conference women's basketball season is scheduled to begin with practices in October 2021 followed by the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 2021. The conference is scheduled to begin in December 2021. This was the 35th season under the Southland Conference name.
The Southland Conference tournament is scheduled for March 9–13, 2022 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.

## Pre-season
### Preseason polls
#### Southland Conference Coaches' Poll

Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Coaches) :
| Place | Team | Points | First place votes |
| 1. | Southeastern Louisiana | 168 | 13 |
| 2. | Houston Baptist | 148 | 1 |
| 3. | Incarnate Word | 147 | — |
| 4. | Nicholls | 136 | 1 |
| 5. | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 133 | ― |
| 6. | McNeese State | 110 | ― |
| 7. | New Orleans | 90 | ― |
| 8. | Northwestern State | 89 | ― |
Source:

### Southland Conference Preseason All-Conference
#### Preseason All-Southland First Team

Key :
| Symbol | Meaning |
| † | 2020-21 All-Conference Team Member automatically earns a spot on the first team |
| Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Ht. | Hometown (Last School) |
| Timia Jefferson † | Houston Baptist | Jr. | G | 5'9 | Mansfield, TX (Timberview HS) |
| Hailey Giaratano † | Southeastern Louisiana | So. | G | 5'10 | Ponchatoula, LA (Ponchatoula HS) |
| Morgan Carrier † | Southeastern Louisiana | Sr. | G/F | 5'9 | New Iberia, LA (New Iberia HS) |
| Divine Tanks † | McNeese State | Jr. | F | 6'1 | Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS) |
| Chelsea Cain † | Nicholls | Jr. | F | 6'0 | Prairieville, LA, (Dutchtown HS) |
Source:

#### Preseason All-Southland Second Team

| Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Ht. | Hometown (Last School) |
| Kennedy Wilson | Houston Baptist | Jr. | G | 5'6 | Mansfield, TX (Timberview HS) |
| Jaaucklyn Moore | Incarnate Word | So. | G | 5'8 | Round Rock, TX (Round Rock HS) |
| Chyna Allen | Nicholls | Sr. | G | 5'7 | Gulfport, MS (Jones College) |
| Caitlyn Williams | Southeastern Louisiana | Sr. | F | 6'0 | Brusly, LA (Brusly HS) |
| Alecia Westbrook | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | Jr. | F/C | 6'1 | Kansas City, MO (Park Hill South HS) |
Source:

### Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.
| Wooden | Naismith | Liberman | Drysdale | Miller | McClain | Leslie | Wade |

### Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.
| Wooden | Naismith | Liberman | Drysdale | Miller | McClain | Leslie | Wade |

## Regular season
### Records against other conferences

2021–22 records against non-conference foes as of (January 9, 2022):
| Power 7 Conferences | Record |
| American | 0–5 |
| ACC | 0–0 |
| Big East | 0–1 |
| Big Ten | 0–0 |
| Big 12 | 0–6 |
| Pac-12 | 0–2 |
| SEC | 0–4 |
| Power 7 Conferences Total | 0–18 |
| Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences | Record |
| America East | 1–0 |
| A-10 | 0–0 |
| ASUN | 0–0 |
| Big Sky | 0–2 |
| Big South | 0–0 |
| Big West | 1–0 |
| CAA | 0–0 |
| C-USA | 0–5 |
| Horizon | 0–0 |
| Ivy League | 0–0 |
| MAAC | 0–0 |
| MAC | 0–0 |
| MEAC | 0–0 |
| MVC | 0–0 |
| Mountain West | 0–2 |
| NEC | 0–0 |
| OVC | 0–0 |
| Patriot League | 0–0 |
| SoCon | 0–0 |
| Summit League | 1–1 |
| SWAC | 4–3 |
| Sun Belt | 3–7 |
| WAC | 1–12 |
| WCC | 1–0 |
| Other Division I Total | 12–32 |
| Division II Total | 2–0 |
| Division III Total | 7–0 |
| NCAA Division I Total | 12–50 |
| NAIA Conferences | Record |
| AMC | 0–0 |
| GCAC | 1–0 |
| GPAC | 0–0 |
| NSAA | 0–0 |
| RRAC | 4–0 |
| SAC | 3–0 |
| SSAC | 1–0 |
| NAIA Total | 9–0 |
| NCCAA Conferences | Record |
| Division I - Central | 1–0 |
| NCCAA Total | 1–0 |
| Other teams | Record |
| Non-NCAA, non-NAIA and non-NCCAA teams | 1–0 |
| Power 7 Conferences | Record |
| American | 0–0 |
| ACC | 0–0 |
| Big East | 0–0 |
| Big Ten | 0–0 |
| Big 12 | 0–0 |
| Pac-12 | 0–0 |
| SEC | 0–0 |
| Power 7 Conferences Total | 0–0 |
| Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences | Record |
| America East | 0–0 |
| A-10 | 0–0 |
| ASUN | 0–0 |
| Big Sky | 0–0 |
| Big South | 0–0 |
| Big West | 0–0 |
| CAA | 0–0 |
| C-USA | 0–0 |
| Horizon | 0–0 |
| Ivy League | 0–0 |
| MAAC | 0–0 |
| MAC | 0–0 |
| MEAC | 0–0 |
| MVC | 0–0 |
| Mountain West | 0–0 |
| NEC | 0–0 |
| OVC | 0–0 |
| Patriot League | 0–0 |
| SoCon | 0–0 |
| Summit League | 0–0 |
| SWAC | 0–0 |
| Sun Belt | 0–0 |
| WAC | 0–0 |
| WCC | 0–0 |
| Other Division I Total | 0–0 |
| NCAA Division I Total | 0–0 |

### Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):
| Date | Visitor | Home | Site | Significance | Score | Conference record |
| Nov 9 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | No. 23 Texas A&M | Reed Arena ● College Station, TX | South Texas Showdown | L 54–87 | 0–1 |
| Nov 9 | New Orleans | No. 25 Texas | Frank Erwin Center ● Austin, TX | ― | L 36–131 | 0–2 |
| Nov 15 | New Orleans | No. 6 Baylor | Ferrell Center ● Waco, TX | ― | L 39–78 | 0–3 |
| Dec 18 | New Orleans | No. 22 LSU | Pete Maravich Assembly Center ● Baton Rouge, LA | Canceled due to COVID-19 | Canceled due to COVID-19 | Canceled due to COVID-19 |
| Dec 29 | Houston Baptist | No. 10 Baylor | Ferrell Center ● Waco, TX | Canceled due to COVID-19 | Canceled due to COVID-19 | Canceled due to COVID-19 |
Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking
† denotes game was played on neutral site

## Awards and honors
### Players of the Week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Southland Conference offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.
| Week | Player of the Week | School |
| Nov. 15 | Jordan Todd | Northwestern State |
| Nov. 22 | Timia Jefferson | Houston Baptist |
| Nov. 29 | Alecia Westbrook | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |
| Dec. 6 | Jiselle Woodson | Northwestern State |
| Dec. 13 | Candice Parramore | Northwestern State |
| Dec. 20 | Monette Bolden | Northwestern State |
| Dec. 27 | Bryanna Washington | Nicholls |
| Jan. 3 | DeArica Pryor | New Orleans |
| Jan. 10 | Alecia Westbrook (2) | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |
| Jan. 17 | Chelsea Cain | Nicholls |
| Jan. 24 | Alecia Westbrook (3) | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |
| Jan. 31 | Caitlyn Williams | Southeastern |
| Feb. 7 | Caitlyn Williams (2) | Southeastern |
| Feb. 14 | Jordan Todd (2) | Northwestern State |
| TBD | ― | ― |
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#### Totals per School

| School | Total |
| Northwestern State | 5 |
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 3 |
| Nicholls | 2 |
| Southeastern | 2 |
| Houston Baptist | 1 |
| New Orleans | 1 |