Sunshine State Conference women's basketball tournament

The Sunshine State Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division II Sunshine State Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1982. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

Sunshine State Conference women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceSunshine State Conference
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1982–present
Current championEckerd (3rd)
Most championshipsFlorida Southern (12)
Official websiteSSC women's basketball

The tournament champion receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.

Florida Southern have the most titles, with twelve.

Results

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Year Champions Score Runner-up Venue MVP
1982 Central Florida 56–39 Florida Southern Orlando, FL Teresa Tinsley, Central Florida
1983 Central Florida (2) 61–56 Florida Southern Lakeland, FL Karen Harvey, Central Florida
1984 Central Florida (3) 61–56 Florida Southern Dorine VanTongeren, Central Florida
1985 Florida Southern 94–81 Tampa Tampa, FL Cathy Fox, Tampa
1986 Florida Southern (2) 86–60 Tampa Kelly Carson, Florida Southern
1987 Florida Southern (3) 94–89 Rollins Lakeland, FL Kim Disbro, Florida Southern
1988 Rollins 77–73 Florida Southern Eileen Tobin, Rollins
1989 Florida Southern (4) 82–75 Rollins Tampa, FL Nanci Parks, Florida Southern
1990 Rollins (2) 72–63 Florida Tech Winter Park, FL Kendra Lasher, Rollins
1991 Barry 87–75 Rollins Maria Teal, Barry
1992 Florida Tech 71–66 Florida Southern Margaret Farley, Florida Tech
1993 Florida Tech (2) 87–75 Florida Southern Tampa, FL Paulette King, Florida Tech
1994 Florida Southern (5) 59–53 North Florida Cindy Shannon, Florida Southern
1995 Florida Southern (6) 78–67 Tampa Lakeland, FL Crystal Ashley, Tampa
Kelly Charron, Florida Southern
1996 Florida Southern (7) 76–64 Florida Tech Tarra Blackwell, Florida Southern
1997 Florida Tech (3) 70–59 Barry Sanja Radenkovic, Florida Tech
1998 Florida Southern (8) 94–77 Rollins Tarra Blackwell, Florida Southern
1999 Rollins (3) 89–80 Florida Southern Nicole Sullivan, Rollins
2000 Tampa 79–76 Rollins Africa Gaston, Tampa
2001 Rollins (4) 93–76 Florida Tech Jill Razor, Rollins
2002 Florida Tech (4) 59–56 Rollins Melbourne, FL Kenya Storr, Rollins
2003 Florida Southern (9) 71–62 (OT) Rollins Lakeland, FL Lucresia West, Florida Southern
2004 Rollins (5) 78–63 Florida Tech Winter Park, FL Mary Lou Johnston, Rollins
2005 Rollins (6) 65–56 Florida Tech Miami Shores, FL Joslyn Giles, Rollins
2006 Tampa (2) 56–47 Rollins Saint Leo, FL Tay Mathis, Tampa
2007 Tampa (3) 68–66 (OT) Rollins Boca Raton, FL Alexa Kane, Tampa
2008 Nova Southeastern 53–47 Tampa Tampa, FL Stephanie Sarosi, Nova Southeastern
2009 Tampa (4) 55–29 Barry Davie, FL Gianna Messina, Tampa
2010 Lynn 54–52 Barry Chelsea Patterson, Lynn
2011 Florida Southern (10) 79–66 Florida Tech Melbourne, FL Emma Cannon, Florida Southern
2012 Rollins (7) 71–68 Florida Southern Lakeland, FL Ashley Jones, Rollins
2013 Rollins (8) 74–59 Saint Leo Kissimmee, FL Tera McDaniel, Rollins
2014 Nova Southeastern (2) 64–55 Tampa Taylor Buie, Nova Southeastern
2015 Nova Southeastern (3) 61–51 Barry Danielle Robinson, Nova Southeastern
2016 Tampa (5) 68–57 Florida Tech Daytona Beach, FL Juliana Cavallaro, Tampa
2017 Eckerd 77–56 Florida Tech Ada Yalcin, Eckerd
2018 Florida Southern (11) 87–68 Florida Tech Lakeland, FL Camille Giardina, Florida Southern
2019 Florida Southern (12) 61–60 Eckerd
2020 Eckerd (2) 79–67 Tampa Tampa, FL Mikayla Kuehne, Eckerd
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Tampa (6) 74–67 (OT) Florida Southern Tampa, FL LaShayla Wright-Ponder, Tampa
2023 Tampa (7) 63–43 Lynn Tampa, FL Sarah Jones, Tampa
2024 Eckerd (3) 65–57 Tampa Tampa, FL Lauryn Vieira, Eckerd

Championship records

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School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Florida Southern 12–9 21 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2011, 2018, 2019
Rollins 8–9 17 1988, 1990, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013
Tampa 7–7 14 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2016, 2022, 2023
Florida Tech 4–9 13 1992, 1993, 1997, 2002
Eckerd 3–1 4 2017, 2020, 2024
Central Florida 3–0 3 1982, 1983, 1984
Nova Southeastern 3–0 3 2008, 2014, 2015
Barry 1–4 5 1991
Lynn 1–1 2 2010
North Florida 0–1 1
Saint Leo 0–1 1
  • Embry–Riddle and Palm Beach Atlantic have not yet reached the championship game of the Sunshine State Conference tournament.
  • Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the Sunshine State Conference

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sunshine State Conference women's basketball tournament History" (PDF). Tournament records. Sunshine State Conference. 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.