SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Let the madness begin. The 2025 Summit League Women’s Basketball Championship tips off Wednesday inside the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls. The hardware will be handed out at the end of the five-day event Sunday with the championship game set to air live on CBS Sports Network at 3 p.m. CT.
 
For the fifth straight season the South Dakota State Jackrabbits took the No. 1 seed. The Jacks ran the table during the regular season for the fourth time in program history and just the sixth time in the league record books.
 
With the top seed, SDSU garnered a first-round bye and will face the winner of the No. 8 Omaha (13-16, 5-11 SL) and No. 9 Denver (9-20, 2-14) matchup in Thursday’s second quarterfinal, which will start 25 minutes after the opening quarterfinal concludes. The Mavericks and Pioneers open the tournament Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. CT.
 
The first-round game, all four quarterfinals and the two semifinals will be televised on Midco Sports and be streamed on the Summit League Network powered by the Midco Sports Plus app.
 
Sunday’s championship game set for 3 p.m. CT and will be televised live on CBS Sports Network.
 
For complete information on this year's tournament, visit The Summit League's Women’s Basketball Championship website.
 
Championship Schedule
First Round | Wednesday, March 5
F: No. 9 vs. No. 8 Omaha | 4:30 p.m. CT
 
Quarterfinals | Thursday, March 6
Q1: No. 7 South Dakota vs. No. 2 Oral Roberts | 12 p.m. CT
Q2: F winner vs. No. 1 South Dakota State | 25 min. after Q1
 
Quarterfinals | Friday, March 7
Q3: No. 5 North Dakota vs. No. 4 St. Thomas | 12 p.m. CT
Q4: No. 6 Kansas City vs. No. 3 North Dakota State | 25 min. after Q3
 
Semifinals | Saturday, March 8
S1: Q2 winner vs. Q3 winner | 12 p.m. CT
S2: Q1 winner vs. Q4 winner | 25 min. after S1
 
Championship | Sunday, March 9
C: S1 winner vs. S2 winner (CBS) | 3 p.m. CT
 
The first-round game, all four quarterfinals and the two semifinals will be televised on Midco Sports and be streamed on the Summit League Network powered by the Midco Sports Plus app.
 
Sunday’s championship game set for 3 p.m. CT and will be televised live on CBS Sports Network.
 
2025 Basketball Championships
The 2025 #SummitWBB Championship is being held at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center once again. All nine members will be part of the field for the event that will be held March 5-9 in Sioux Falls. The opening round will feature matchups between the No. 8 Omaha and No. 9 Denver and will start on Wednesday with both title games set for Sunday on CBS Sports Network. Tickets can be purchased now at Ticketmaster.
 
AROUND THE LEAGUE

• For the third straight year, South Dakota State ran the table in the regular season to earn the No. 1 seed at the Summit League Women’s Basketball Championship for the fifth straight season.
• The Jackrabbits, who have now reeled off 63 consecutive victories in regular season play dating back to the 2021-22 season, have won the past two tournament titles and 11 overall since 2008-09.
• SDSU saw five players earn All-Summit League honors, including Head Coach Aaron Johnston taking home his ninth Coach of the Year award and fifth straight. The Jackrabbits’ leading scorers, Brooklyn Meyer (18.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg) and Paige Meyer (13.1 ppg, 5.8 rpg) were both named to the first team for the second straight year and were also selected to the All-Defensive team.
• Oral Roberts, who owns the second most postseason titles among current members with five, finished second in the regular season with a 13-3 record, marking the ORU’s best finish since the 2011-12 campaign.
• Jalei Oglesby (18.8 ppg, 53.7 FG%) and Taleyah Jones (21.2 ppg, 45.8 FG%), two of some of the highest-scoring players in the league, highlighted ORU’s award honorees. The duo earned a pair of first team selections while Oglesby picked up back-to-back Sixth Woman of the Year accolades.
• North Dakota State earned the No. 3 seed and has finished among the top three in each of the past three seasons. The Bison saw four capture All-Summit League accolades with Avery Koenen highlighting the honorees with a spot on the first team.
• Koenen (17.0 ppg, 8.1 rpg) ranked second among Summit players in rebounding and had eight 20-plus point scoring efforts, including a career-high 30 against Omaha in the regular season finale.
• St. Thomas heads into the tournament as the No. 4 seed, the highest seed since joining the league four seasons ago. The Tommies had four claim All-Summit League honors, three of which were on the honorable mention squad.
• The Tommie trio was made up of Jade Hill (14.1 ppg), Jo Langbehn (14.1 ppg) and Amber Scalia (15.8 ppg) as St. Thomas was the only league team to boast three players scoring 14 points or better per contest.
• No. 5 seeded North Dakota put three on the All-Summit League award roster, including two individual honors in underclassmen Jocelyn Schiller (Freshman of the Year) and Fatima Ibrahim (Defensive Player of the Year). The individual honors are the first of any kind for UND since the Fighting Hawks joined the league prior to the 2017-18.
• Schiller led all rookies in Summit scoring, averaging 16.3 ppg as she reached double figures in all 16 of her starts.
• Ibrahim was the Summit’s top shot blocker, swatting away a total of 40 shots (2.5/g), which more than doubled the next closest player on the list (South Dakota State’s Mesa Byom had 18). She also averaged 7.0 rpg.
• Sixth-seeded Kansas City picked up two All-Summit League awards from Alayna Contreras (second team) and Ana Oliveira Dias (newcomer team). Highlighting the duo was second team honoree, Contreras (20.9 ppg, 2.3 apg). She was one of three to average 20-plus points in league play as she led the Roos in scoring.
• The Coyotes, who own four postseason titles including three straight from 2020-22, earned the No. 7 seed and are led by Player of the Year Grace Larkins. Larkins is putting together a historic final collegiate season and averaged a double-double in 16 Summit League starts. She registered 25.7 ppg and 10.1 rpg to top the league charts in those statistics, while also ranking second in assists (5.6/g) and sharing the lead in total steals with 33.
• Omaha, as the No. 8 seed, will open up the championship Wednesday. They head into the championship with a program record six All-Summit League honors with Ja Harvey highlighting the honorees with a Newcomer of the Year title. Harvey averaged 16.9 ppg in her first season with the Mavericks and reached double figures nine times in 13 Summit appearances.
• Omaha senior Grace Cave (18.3 ppg, 3.5 apg) moved up from the honorable mention list to the second team after leading the Mavericks in scoring and putting together five games with five or more assists.
• Denver will open the championship with Omaha as the No. 9 seed. The Pioneers saw two on the All-Summit League award list with Jordan Jones highlighting the honorees. Jones (19.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg) found herself on the second team squad for the second consecutive season after reaching double figures in 15 of 16 starts. Her 19.7 ppg ranks fourth among the league and 21st nationally.