2019 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

2019 (2019) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
Teams	32
Finals site	Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark; Billings, Montana
Champions	Montana Western Bulldogs (1st title, 1st title game,; 2nd Fab Four)
Runner-up	Oklahoma City Stars (13th title game,; 15th Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Freed–Hardeman Lions ; (8th Fab Four); Our Lady of the Lake Saints ; (1st Fab Four);
Coach of the year	Lindsay Wooley (Montana Western)
Player of the year	Bri King (Montana Western)
Charles Stevenson; Hustle Award	Britt Cooper (Montana Western)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Bri King (Montana Western)
Top scorer	Brianna King (Montana Western); (126 points)
NAIA Division I ; women's tournaments
«2018	2021»

The 2019 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2018–19 basketball season.

With the cancellation of the 2020 tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the NAIA's coincident consolidation of its two divisions, this was the final completed edition of a separate Division I NAIA women's basketball tournament.

Montana Western defeated Oklahoma City in the championship game, 75–59, to claim the Bulldogs' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark in Billings, Montana.^[1]

Qualification

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams. No teams were seeded.

The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format.

Bracket

First round		Second round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		National championship

Bethel (TN)	49

Lindsey Wilson	60
		Lindsey Wilson	43

		Freed–Hardeman	61
Dillard	53

Freed–Hardeman	63
				Freed–Hardeman	82

				Lewis–Clark State	60
LSU Alexandria	70

Westmont	63
		LSU Alexandria	66

		Lewis–Clark State	69
Lewis–Clark State	64

William Penn	58
						Freed–Hardeman	71

						Montana Western	78
The Master's	54

USAO	40
		The Master's	65

		MidAmerica Nazarene	45
MidAmerica Nazarene	72

Xavier Louisiana	65
				The Master's	55

				Montana Western	60
Georgetown (KY)	69

Montana Western	89
		Montana Western	70

		Lyon (AR)	58
Lyon (AR)	77

Vanguard	73
								Montana Western	75

								Oklahoma City	59
Loyola New Orleans	84

Our Lady of the Lake	89
		Our Lady of the Lake	96

		Wayland Baptist	93
Wayland Baptist	83

William Jessup	38
				Our Lady of the Lake	94

				Campbellsville	88
Talladega	65

Menlo	49
		Talladega	56

		Campbellsville	74
Providence (MT)	84

Campbellsville	89
						Our Lady of the Lake	70

						Oklahoma City	85
Clarke (IA)	62

Columbia (MO)	59
		Clarke (IA)	71

		Shawnee State	68
Shawnee State	65

Rocky Mountain	57
				Clarke (IA)	72

				Oklahoma City	76
Carroll (MT)	58

Pikeville	45
		Carroll (MT)	59

		Oklahoma City	60
Arizona Christian	71

Oklahoma City	75

References

^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

[1] "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

[1]

2019 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

Contents

Qualification

Bracket

See also

References