OVC Championship - Quarterfinal

Western Illinois LeathernecksW IllinoisWIU

16-15, 8-12 OVC

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
W Illinois WIU	20	14	21	23	78
E Illinois EIU	20	19	13	23	75

Eastern Illinois PanthersE IllinoisEIU

18-12, 15-5 OVC

Eastern Illinois Panthers vs Western Illinois Leathernecks

Game Information

Evansville, IN

Referee:Angel Kent

Referee:Timothy Hackett

Referee:Traci Drake

NCAA Division I

Ohio Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Western Illinois	16-4	-	26-6
Lindenwood	16-4	-	25-8
Southern Indiana	14-6	2	21-11
Morehead State	13-7	3	18-15
Little Rock	11-9	5	15-16
UT Martin	9-11	7	13-17
Tennessee Tech	8-12	5	15-14
SIU Edwardsville	8-12	8	16-16
Southeast Missouri State	8-12	8	14-18
Tennessee State	4-16	12	5-24
Eastern Illinois	3-17	13	4-27

Women's College Basketball News

UConn's Strong, USC's Watkins headline preseason AP All-America women's team

UConn's Sarah Strong and USC's JuJu Watkins, who have won The Associated Press Player of the Year award the past two years, headline the preseason AP All-America women's college basketball team released Thursday.

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Ex-Iowa State star Crooks left for Oklahoma State after 'honest conversations'

Former Iowa State women's star Audi Crooks, who was second nationally in scoring last season, said she left the Cyclones for Oklahoma State after "honest conversations" with her former team.

How top 2027 women's basketball commits fit at their schools

Here's how these women's college basketball recruits will impact their respective programs in 2027-28.

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