2019 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2019 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament was held between March 7 and 10 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.^[1] Mercer defeated Furman 66–63 to earn their second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament.^[2]

2019 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	8
Site	U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Mercer (2nd title)
Winning coach	Susie Gardner (2nd title)
MVP	KeKe Calloway (Mercer)
Attendance	8,275
Television	ESPN+
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2018–19 Southern Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Mercer †	14	–	0		1.000			25	–	8		.758
Furman	9	–	5		.643			19	–	14		.576
Chattanooga	8	–	6		.571			14	–	17		.452
East Tennessee State	8	–	6		.571			10	–	21		.323
Wofford	7	–	7		.500			16	–	15		.516
UNC Greensboro	5	–	9		.357			11	–	19		.367
Samford	5	–	9		.357			10	–	20		.333
Western Carolina	0	–	14		.000			4	–	26		.133
† 2019 SoCon Tournament winner As of December 12, 2023

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Overall
#1	Mercer	14–0	24–7
#2	Furman	9–5	19–12
#3	Chattanooga	8–6	14–17
#4	East Tennessee State	8–6	10–21
#5	Wofford	7–7	16–15
#6	UNCG	5–9	11–19
#7	Samford	5–9	10–20
#8	Western Carolina	0–14	4–26

Schedule

All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship was televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7
1	1	11 AM	#1 Mercer vs. #8 Western Carolina	ESPN+	4,126
	2	1:15 PM	#4 ETSU vs. #5 Wofford
2	3	3:30 PM	#2 Furman vs. #7 Samford
	4	5:45 PM	#3 Chattanooga vs. #6 UNCG
Semifinals – Friday, March 8
3	5	3:30 PM	#1 Mercer vs. #5 Wofford	ESPN+	2,869
	6	1:15 PM	#2 Furman vs. #3 Chattanooga
Championship Game – Sunday, March 10
4	7	Noon	#1 Mercer vs. #2 Furman	ESPN+	1,280
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 7, 2019 ESPN+					Semifinals Friday, March 8, 2019 ESPN+					Championship game Sunday, March 10, 2019 ESPN+
	1	Mercer	55
	8	Western Carolina	32
						1	Mercer	69
						5	Wofford	51
	4	ETSU	66
	5	Wofford	75
											1	Mercer	66
											2	Furman	63
	2	Furman	67
	7	Samford	52
						2	Furman	73
						3	Chattanooga	66
	3	Chattanooga	72
	6	UNCG	62

All-Tournament teams

First team

• Tierra Hodges, Furman
• Taylor Petty, Furman
• KeKe Calloway, Mercer
• Amanda Thompson, Mercer
• Shannon Titus, Mercer
• Jasmine Joyner, Chattanooga

Second team

• Lakelyn Bouldin, Chattanooga
• Da'Ja Green, Wofford
• Le’Jzae Davidson, Furman
• Celena Taborn, Furman
• Rachel Selph, Mercer

Most Outstanding Player

• KeKe Calloway, Mercer

Source:^[3]

See also

• 2019 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

References

1. "2019 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Bracket Set". Southern Conference. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
2. "Calloway, Titus give Mercer women SoCon title over Furman". idahostatesman. Retrieved March 10, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "Mercer Downs Furman for Second Straight Title". soconsports.com. March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2019.