Coker Claims Top Seed as 2025 SAC Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket Released
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – For the first time in program history, the Coker Cobras won the SAC Regular Season Title and will enter the SAC Tournament as the No. 1 seed as the regular season wrapped up today. The Cobras clinched the title last Saturday and had never finished above 7th in the conference standings prior to this season.
The No. 1 and 2 seeds will play on Tuesday and earn a day of rest should they advance. The semifinals will take place Thursday, meaning the No. 3 and 4 seeds play Wednesday and would play three straight days to try to win a championship.
Carson-Newman will be the No. 2 seed thanks to the win today, as the Eagles took down top-seeded Coker 75-54 to lock up the second seed.
Anderson will be the No. 3 seed after closing out the regular season with an 88-67 win at Tusculum. The Trojans may be the hottest team in the league as they will enter on a 9-game winning streak and went 17-7 in SAC play. Two-time National Player of the Week Diamond McDowell went off for 22 points and 26 rebounds in today's win.
Wingate is the 4-seed with a 70-57 loss to Mars Hill today. The Bulldogs matched Anderson's 17-7 league mark but drop the tiebreaker with AU. The teams went 1-1 head-to-head this year and are both 1-1 against top seed Coker but Anderson is 1-1 against second-seed Carson-Newman while Wingate fell in both to the Eagles.
Catawba is the tournament's No. 5 seed after finishing the season 15-9 in league play. Catawba was the SAC regular season champion last year and will be seeking their first tournament crown since 2004.
Mars Hill will be the No. 6 seed and went 14-10 during the regular season. The sixth-place finish is the Lions best since finishing fourth in 2015-16.
Thanks to a dominant 72-38 win over Limestone today, Lincoln Memorial clinched the No. 7 seed while the Saints drop to the No. 8 seed. LMU finished with a 12-12 conference record while Limestone went 11-13.
All tournament games will be broadcast on FloSports. The SAC Women's Basketball Championship schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, March 4 (Rock Hill Sports & Event Center, Rock Hill, S.C.)
Game 1: #1 Coker vs. #8 Limestone, 5:00 p.m.
Game 2: #2 Carson-Newman vs. #7 Lincoln Memorial, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 5 (Rock Hill Sports & Event Center, Rock Hill, S.C.)
Game 3: #4 Wingate vs. #5 Catawba, 5:00 p.m.
Game 4: #3 Anderson vs. #6 Mars Hill, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 6 (Rock Hill Sports & Event Center, Rock Hill, S.C.)
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 5:00 p.m.
Game 6 Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 7 (Rock Hill Sports & Event Center, Rock Hill, S.C.)
Game 7: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 7:00 p.m.
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