RSC Women's Basketball Championship: Feb. 20-28, 2023

2/19/2023 12:00:00 AM

2022-23 RSC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Feb. 20-28 at Campus Sites -- All Times Eastern
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Feb. 20 -- First Round
No. 4 IU East def. No. 5 Ohio Christian, 110-103 -- Box Score
No. 4 Point Park (Pa.) def. No. 5 St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.), 84-61 -- Box Score

Feb. 22 -- Quarterfinals
No. 1 Rio Grande (Ohio) def. No. 4 IU East, 99-66 -- Box Score
No. 2 Oakland City (Ind.) def. No. 3 WVU Tech, 101-72 -- Box Score
No. 1 Midway (Ky.) def. No. 4 Point Park (Pa.), 76-66 -- Box Score
No. 2 Alice Lloyd (Ky.) def. No. 3 IU Southeast, 74-73 -- Box Score

Feb. 25 -- Semifinals
No. 1 Rio Grande def. No. 2 Oakland City (Ind.), 87-77 -- Box Score
No. 1 Midway (Ky.) def. No. 2 Alice Lloyd (Ky.), 76-60 -- Box Score

Feb. 28 -- Finals
No. 1 Rio Grande (Ohio) def. No. 1 Midway (Ky.), 93-72 -- Box Score

Rio Grande advances to NAIA National Championship as RSC Championship winner and RSC regular-season champion; Midway advances to NAIA nationals as RSC Championship runner-up.

CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- The 2022-23 River States Conference Women's Basketball Championship bracket is finalized after the completion of the RSC regular season on Saturday, Feb. 18. The 10-team championship begins Feb. 20 at campus sites for the first round.

No. 13-ranked University of Rio Grande (Ohio) secured the RSC regular-season title and the overall championship No. 1 seed by finishing off the regular season with a record of 25-3, 16-1 RSC on Saturday. The RedStorm have clinched an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship, and it will begin the playoffs by hosting a quarterfinals game on Feb. 22. Rio Grande won the RSC East Division.

Midway (Ky.) University earned the RSC West Division title with Saturday's win for a record of 21-7 overall, 16-2 RSC. The Eagles are the other No. 1 seed in the RSC bracket, are "receiving votes" in the NAIA Top 25 and will also host a quarterfinal game to begin on Feb. 22.

The RSC Championship starts off Feb. 20 with the fourth- and fifth-place team from each division playing first-round games in crossover fashion. Point Park (Pa.) University is the No. 4 seed from the RSC East and will host St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.) College, the No. 5 seed from the RSC West. IU East is the No. 4 seed from the RSC West and will host No. 5 seed Ohio Christian from the RSC East.

The Point Park-St. Mary-of-the-Woods winner will advance to play at No. 1 Midway in the quarterfinals. Likewise, the IU East-Ohio Christian winner will move on to play at No. 1 Rio Grande.

Other quarterfinal matchups Feb. 22 are RSC East No. 2 seed Alice Lloyd (Ky.) College hosting RSC West No. 3 seed IU Southeast and RSC West No. 2 seed Oakland City (Ind.) University welcoming RSC East No. 3 seed WVU Tech.

The semifinals are Feb. 25, and the championship final is Feb. 28. The higher seed hosts each game. As the No. 1 overall seed, Rio Grande has home court advantage throughout the conference tournament.

All games of the RSC Women's Basketball Championship will be live streamed on the RSC Game Central. Subscribe at portal.stretchinternet.com/RSC/. Live Stats will be provided on the NAIA PrestoStats page.