Catawba Claims Regular Season Title, Seeds Set for 2024 SAC Women's Basketball Championship

ROCK HILL, S.C. (thesac.com) – Nationally-ranked No. 14 Catawba captured the 2024 SAC Women's Basketball Regular Season Title to earn the No. 1 seed in the upcoming SAC Women's Basketball Championship. The Catawba Indians finished the regular season with a 17-3 record in conference play.

Lenoir-Rhyne earned the No. 2 seed, finishing the regular season with a 16-4 SAC record. Carson-Newman earned the No. 3 seed, Wingate claimed the No. 4 seed and Lincoln Memorial received the No. 5 seed, each finishing the regular season with a 14-6 record. The Eagles won the tiebreaker over Wingate for the No. 3 seed based on their 1-0 head-to-head record. They also won the tiebreaker over Lincoln Memorial, despite being 1-1 head-to-head and both 0-1 versus Catawba, as Carson-Newman is 1-1 vs Lenoir-Rhyne and Lincoln Memorial is 0-1. Wingate won the tiebreaker for the No. 4 seed over Lincoln Memorial, despite being 1-1 head-to-head, as the Bulldogs are 1-1 vs Catawba and Lenoir-Rhyne and the Railsplitters are 0-1 vs both Catawba and Lenoir-Rhyne.

Anderson took the No. 6 seed, recording a 13-7 regular season record. Rounding out the field with the No. 7 and No. 8 seeds are Coker (11-9) and UVA Wise (8-12).

The 2024 SAC Women's Basketball Championship will be played at the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center in Rock Hill, S.C. from March 5-8. The SAC Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament. The SAC Women's Basketball Championship schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, March 5 (Rock Hill Sports & Event Center, Rock Hill, S.C.)

Game 1: #1 Catawba vs. #8 UVA Wise, 12:00 p.m.

Game 2: #2 Lenoir-Rhyne vs. #7 Coker, 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 6 (Rock Hill Sports & Event Center, Rock Hill, S.C.)

Game 3: #4 Wingate vs. #5 Lincoln Memorial, 12:00 p.m.

Game 4: #3 Carson-Newman vs. #6 Anderson, 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 7 (Rock Hill Sports & Event Center, Rock Hill, S.C.)

Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3, 12:00 p.m.

Game 6 Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4, 2:30 p.m.

Friday, March 8 (Rock Hill Sports & Event Center, Rock Hill, S.C.)

Game 7: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 4:00 p.m.

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