SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference has announced the pairings for the 2014 Women’s Basketball Tournament, slated to begin Friday (March 7) in Asheville, N.C., at Kimmell Arena on the campus of UNC-Asheville. 

The tournament will begin when eighth-seeded Georgia Southern faces No. 9 Wofford at 11:00 a.m. as part of the league’s annual Education Day program.  That game will be followed by the seventh-seeded Western Carolina Catamounts taking on No. 10 UNCG. 

Chattanooga captured the No. 1 overall seed and earned a bye to Saturday’s quarterfinals.  The Mocs will face the Georgia Southern-Wofford winner at noon.  The second quarterfinal is between the No. 4 seeded Appalachian State Mountaineers and No. 5 Elon. 

Furman (2) earned the final bye into the quarterfinals.  The Paladins will play Saturday at 4:30 p.m. against either Western Carolina or UNCG.  Third-seeded Davidson will face No. 6 Samford in the last quarterfinal matchup at 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s first semifinal is set for noon at the U.S. Cellular Center, with the second matchup scheduled to tip at approximately 2:30 p.m.

Sunday’s semifinals will be shown on CSS and made available through ESPN3.  Monday’s championship game will tip off at 5:00 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN3 and CSS.

2014 Southern Conference Tournament Schedule
Friday, March 7
Game 1 - (8) Georgia Southern vs. (9) Wofford, 11 a.m.
Game 2 - (7) Western Carolina vs. (10) UNCG, 1:15 p.m.

Saturday, March 8
Game 3 - (1) Chattanooga vs. Game 1 winner, 12 p.m.
Game 4 - (4) Appalachian State vs. (5) Elon, 2:15 p.m.
Game 5 - (2) Furman vs. Game 2 winner, 4:30 p.m.
Game 6 - (3) Davidson vs. (6) Samford, 6:45 p.m.

Sunday, March 9
Game 7 - Semifinal 1 – 12 p.m.
Game 8 - Semifinal 2 – 2:30 p.m.

Monday, March 10
Game 9 - Championship Game – 5 p.m.