1978 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship

none August 2023 1978 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship AIAW logo.jpg Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Francis Marion College Florence, South Carolina 16 High Point (1st title) South Carolina State 16 1977 1979 The 1978 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship was the fourth annual tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its small college members in the United States.PRE-NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RECORDS http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2020/AIAW.pdf NCAA NCAA.org 22 January 2022 The tournament was held at Francis Marion College in Florence, South Carolina. High Point defeated South Carolina State in the championship game, 92–88, to capture the Panthers' first AIAW small college national title. Sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination tournament that additionally included a third-place final for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games. Tournament bracket First round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship Third place final SE Louisiana 111 Francis Marion 90 South Carolina State 88 Eastern Washington 53 Pepperdine 65 Fordham 63 Biola 87 Shorter 81 Berry (GA) 70 Seton Hall 69 Midland Lutheran 87 Dayton 86 High Point 104 Eastern New Mexico 85 William Penn 86 Arkansas–Monticello 52 SE Louisiana 98 South Carolina State 100 Pepperdine 60 Biola 96 Berry (GA) 97 Midland Lutheran 87 High Point 66 William Penn 65 South Carolina State 88 Biola 78 Berry (GA) 77 High Point 105 South Carolina State 88 High Point 92 Biola 79 Berry (GA) 99 See also 1978 AIAW National Large College Basketball Championship References Category:AIAW women's basketball tournament AIAW Small College AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship Category:1978 in sports in South Carolina Category:Women's sports in South Carolina