The 2025 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2024–25 season of the Southland Conference. The tournament was held March 10–13, 2025, at The Legacy Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The tournament winner, Stephen F. Austin received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Seeds Teams were 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 were 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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21 Southeastern Louisiana 19–1 2 Lamar 17–3 3 Stephen F. Austin 16–4 4 Incarnate Word 12–8 2–0 vs. Northwestern State5 Northwestern State 12–8 0–2 vs. Incarnate Word6 UT Rio Grande Valley 11–9 7 Nicholls 9–118 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 7–13 DNQ New Orleans 5–15 1–1 vs. McNeese 1–1 vs. UT Rio Grande ValleyDNQ McNeese 5–15 1–1 vs. New Orleans 0–2 vs. UT Rio Grande ValleyDNQ East Texas A&M 4–16 DNQ Houston Christian 3–17
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Monday, March 10, 20251111:00 amNo. 5 Northwestern State vs. No. 8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi66–63ESPN+63721:30 pmNo. 6 UT Rio Grande Valley vs. No. 7 Nicholls53–55Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 11, 20252311:00 amNo. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 5 Northwestern State 69–54ESPN+83241:30 pmNo. 3 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 7 Nicholls 77–65Semifinals – Wednesday, March 12, 20253510:30 amNo. 1 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 4 Incarnate Word57–37ESPN+1,00061:30 pmNo. 2 Lamar vs. No. 3 Stephen F. Austin53–61Championship – Thursday, March 13, 2025474:00 pmNo. 1 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 3 Stephen F. Austin57–65ESPNU 1,311*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes number of overtime periods
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
Awards and honors 2025 Southland Conference Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team Trinity Moore, Stephen F. Austin (MVP) Ashlyn Traylor-Walker, Stephen F. Austin Alexius Horne, Southeastern Louisiana Jalencia Pierre, Southeastern Louisiana Akasha Davis, Lamar
See also 2025 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
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