2021–22 Southland Conference women's basketball season

2021–22 Southland Conference women's basketball season
2021–22 Southland Conference women's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	ESPN+
Regular season
Southland Conference tournament
Southland Conference women's basketball seasons
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Houston Baptist	12	–	2	.857	16	–	11	.593
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	11	–	3	.786	19	–	10	.655
Southeastern Louisiana	10	–	4	.714	16	–	11	.593
McNeese State	8	–	6	.571	13	–	15	.464
Incarnate Word †	5	–	9	.357	13	–	17	.433
Northwestern State	5	–	9	.357	12	–	14	.462
New Orleans	3	–	11	.214	5	–	18	.217
Nicholls	2	–	12	.143	4	–	22	.154

† 2022 Southland tournament winner

The 2021–22 Southland Conference women's basketball season is scheduled to begin with practices in October 2021 followed by the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 2021. The conference is scheduled to begin in December 2021. This was the 35th season under the Southland Conference name.

The Southland Conference tournament is scheduled for March 9–13, 2022 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.

Pre-season

Preseason polls

Southland Conference Coaches' Poll

Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Coaches)
Place	Team	Points	First place votes
1.	Southeastern Louisiana	168	13
2.	Houston Baptist	148	1
3.	Incarnate Word	147	—
4.	Nicholls	136	1
5.	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	133	―
6.	McNeese State	110	―
7.	New Orleans	90	―
8.	Northwestern State	89	―

Source:^[1]

Southland Conference Preseason All-Conference

Preseason All-Southland First Team

Key
Symbol	Meaning
†	2020-21 All-Conference Team Member automatically earns a spot on the first team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht.	Hometown (Last School)
Timia Jefferson †	Houston Baptist	Jr.	G	5'9	Mansfield, TX (Timberview HS)
Hailey Giaratano †	Southeastern Louisiana	So.	G	5'10	Ponchatoula, LA (Ponchatoula HS)
Morgan Carrier †	Southeastern Louisiana	Sr.	G/F	5'9	New Iberia, LA (New Iberia HS)
Divine Tanks †	McNeese State	Jr.	F	6'1	Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS)
Chelsea Cain †	Nicholls	Jr.	F	6'0	Prairieville, LA, (Dutchtown HS)

Source:^[2]

Preseason All-Southland Second Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht.	Hometown (Last School)
Kennedy Wilson	Houston Baptist	Jr.	G	5'6	Mansfield, TX (Timberview HS)
Jaaucklyn Moore	Incarnate Word	So.	G	5'8	Round Rock, TX (Round Rock HS)
Chyna Allen	Nicholls	Sr.	G	5'7	Gulfport, MS (Jones College)
Caitlyn Williams	Southeastern Louisiana	Sr.	F	6'0	Brusly, LA (Brusly HS)
Alecia Westbrook	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Jr.	F/C	6'1	Kansas City, MO (Park Hill South HS)

Source:^[2]

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Wooden	Naismith	Liberman	Drysdale	Miller	McClain	Leslie	Wade

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

Wooden	Naismith	Liberman	Drysdale	Miller	McClain	Leslie	Wade

Regular season

Records against other conferences

2021–22 records against non-conference foes as of (January 9, 2022):

Regular season

Power 7 Conferences	Record
American	0–5
ACC	0–0
Big East	0–1
Big Ten	0–0
Big 12	0–6
Pac-12	0–2
SEC	0–4
Power 7 Conferences Total	0–18

Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences	Record
America East	1–0
A-10	0–0
ASUN	0–0
Big Sky	0–2
Big South	0–0
Big West	1–0
CAA	0–0
C-USA	0–5
Horizon	0–0
Ivy League	0–0
MAAC	0–0
MAC	0–0
MEAC	0–0
MVC	0–0
Mountain West	0–2
NEC	0–0
OVC	0–0
Patriot League	0–0
SoCon	0–0
Summit League	1–1
SWAC	4–3
Sun Belt	3–7
WAC	1–12
WCC	1–0
Other Division I Total	12–32
Division II Total	2–0
Division III Total	7–0
NCAA Division I Total	12–50

NAIA Conferences	Record
AMC	0–0
GCAC	1–0
GPAC	0–0
NSAA	0–0
RRAC	4–0
SAC	3–0
SSAC	1–0
NAIA Total	9–0

NCCAA Conferences	Record
Division I - Central	1–0
NCCAA Total	1–0

Other teams	Record
Non-NCAA, non-NAIA and non-NCCAA teams	1–0

Post Season

Power 7 Conferences	Record
American	0–0
ACC	0–0
Big East	0–0
Big Ten	0–0
Big 12	0–0
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 7 Conferences Total	0–0

Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences	Record
America East	0–0
A-10	0–0
ASUN	0–0
Big Sky	0–0
Big South	0–0
Big West	0–0
CAA	0–0
C-USA	0–0
Horizon	0–0
Ivy League	0–0
MAAC	0–0
MAC	0–0
MEAC	0–0
MVC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
NEC	0–0
OVC	0–0
Patriot League	0–0
SoCon	0–0
Summit League	0–0
SWAC	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
WAC	0–0
WCC	0–0
Other Division I Total	0–0
NCAA Division I Total	0–0

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
Nov 9	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	No. 23 Texas A&M	Reed Arena ● College Station, TX	South Texas Showdown	L 54–87	0–1
Nov 9	New Orleans	No. 25 Texas	Frank Erwin Center ● Austin, TX	―	L 36–131	0–2
Nov 15	New Orleans	No. 6 Baylor	Ferrell Center ● Waco, TX	―	L 39–78	0–3
Dec 18	New Orleans	No. 22 LSU	Pete Maravich Assembly Center ● Baton Rouge, LA	Canceled due to COVID-19^[3]
Dec 29	Houston Baptist	No. 10 Baylor	Ferrell Center ● Waco, TX	Canceled due to COVID-19^[4]

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Southland Conference offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.^[5]

Week	Player of the Week	School	Ref.
Nov. 15	Jordan Todd	Northwestern State	^[6]
Nov. 22	Timia Jefferson	Houston Baptist	^[7]
Nov. 29	Alecia Westbrook	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	^[8]
Dec. 6	Jiselle Woodson	Northwestern State	^[9]
Dec. 13	Candice Parramore	Northwestern State	^[10]
Dec. 20	Monette Bolden	Northwestern State	^[11]
Dec. 27	Bryanna Washington	Nicholls	^[12]
Jan. 3	DeArica Pryor	New Orleans	^[13]
Jan. 10	Alecia Westbrook (2)	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	^[14]
Jan. 17	Chelsea Cain	Nicholls	^[15]
Jan. 24	Alecia Westbrook (3)	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	^[16]
Jan. 31	Caitlyn Williams	Southeastern	^[17]
Feb. 7	Caitlyn Williams (2)	Southeastern	^[18]
Feb. 14	Jordan Todd (2)	Northwestern State	^[19]
TBD	―	―
TBD	―	―
TBD	―	―
TBD	―	―

Totals per School

^[5]

School	Total
Northwestern State	5
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	3
Nicholls	2
Southeastern	2
Houston Baptist	1
New Orleans	1

References

^ "Lady Lions Picked for Top Spot in Southland Women's Basketball Preseason Poll". southland.org. October 19, 2021. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "2021-22 Women's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Teams Announced". southland.org. October 19, 2021. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
^ "UNO Cancels Saturday's Women's Basketball Game At LSU". lsusports.net. December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
^ "WBB: HBU at Baylor Canceled". lsusports.net. December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Southland Conference Women's Basketball Players of the Week".
^ "NSU's Jordan Todd Captures Seasons First Women's Basketball Weekly Award". southland.org. November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
^ "HBU's Timia Jefferson Tabbed Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
^ "Alecia Westbrook Tabbed Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^ "Lady Demons' Woodson Named Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
^ "Candice Parramore Tabbed Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
^ "NSU's Bolden Named Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. December 20, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
^ "Bryanna Washington Tabbed Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
^ "Privateers' Pryor Garners Women's Basketball Weekly Honor". southland.org. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "Islanders' Westbrook Named Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ "Colonels' Chelsea Cain Tabbed Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
^ "Islanders' Westbrook Grabs Third Weekly Honor of the Season". southland.org. January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ "SLU's Williams Tabbed Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. January 31, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
^ "Lady Lions' Williams Repeats as Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
^ "Lady Demons' Todd Earns Second Women's Basketball Player of the Week Award". southland.org. February 14, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

[1] "Lady Lions Picked for Top Spot in Southland Women's Basketball Preseason Poll". southland.org. October 19, 2021. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.

[All-Teams-2] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Teams Announced". southland.org. October 19, 2021. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.

[3] "UNO Cancels Saturday's Women's Basketball Game At LSU". lsusports.net. December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.

[4] "WBB: HBU at Baylor Canceled". lsusports.net. December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

[POW-5] "Southland Conference Women's Basketball Players of the Week".

[6] "NSU's Jordan Todd Captures Seasons First Women's Basketball Weekly Award". southland.org. November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.

[7] "HBU's Timia Jefferson Tabbed Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.

[8] "Alecia Westbrook Tabbed Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

[9] "Lady Demons' Woodson Named Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.

[10] "Candice Parramore Tabbed Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.

[11] "NSU's Bolden Named Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. December 20, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.

[12] "Bryanna Washington Tabbed Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.

[13] "Privateers' Pryor Garners Women's Basketball Weekly Honor". southland.org. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.

[14] "Islanders' Westbrook Named Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.

[15] "Colonels' Chelsea Cain Tabbed Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.

[16] "Islanders' Westbrook Grabs Third Weekly Honor of the Season". southland.org. January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

[17] "SLU's Williams Tabbed Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. January 31, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

[18] "Lady Lions' Williams Repeats as Women's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

[19] "Lady Demons' Todd Earns Second Women's Basketball Player of the Week Award". southland.org. February 14, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

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