2019 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2019
Conference:	Southern Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	8
Arena:	U.S. Cellular Center
City:	Asheville, North Carolina
Champions:	Mercer
Titlecount:	2nd
Coach:	Susie Gardner
Coachcount:	2nd
Mvp:	KeKe Calloway
Mvpteam:	Mercer
Attendance:	8,275
Television:	ESPN+

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]

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		9–5	19–12
3	Chattanooga	8–6	14–17
4		8–6	10–21
5		7–7	16–15
6		5–9	11–19
7		5–9	10–20
8		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.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Bracket Set . March 8, 2019 . Southern Conference.
2. Web site: Calloway, Titus give Mercer women SoCon title over Furman. idahostatesman. en. 2019-03-10.
3. Web site: Mercer Downs Furman for Second Straight Title . March 10, 2019 . soconsports.com . March 10, 2019.