1991 WAC women's basketball tournament
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| 1991 WAC women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Teams | 4 |
| Site | Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY |
| Champions | Utah (1st title) |
| MVP | Mikki Kane (Utah) |
The 1991 Western Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 8–9 at the Arena-Auditorium at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming. It was the first ever WAC women's basketball tournament.[1] Utah beat Creighton 86–69 to win the automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Format
[edit]The tournament field comprised four teams. The most attended of the four games was the Creighton semi-final game, with 662, while the final had 278 attend and the Utah semi-final have 621. Kieishsha Garnes scored 44 points (on 17-of-28 shooting) for San Diego State against Creighton, a tournament record that still stands as of 2020.
Bracket
[edit]| Semifinals Friday, March 8 | Championship Saturday, March 9 | ||||||||
| 1 | Creighton | 78 | |||||||
| 4 | San Diego State | 75 | |||||||
| 1ME | Creighton | 69 | |||||||
| 1MW | Utah | 86 | |||||||
| 2 | Utah | 74 | |||||||
| 3 | Wyoming | 62 | |||||||
All-Tournament Team
[edit]- Melanee Brooks-McQueen, Utah
- Kieishsha Garnes, San Diego State
- Kathy Halligan, Creighton
- Mikki Kane, Utah (MVP)
- Shannon Struby, Creighton
References
[edit]- ^ "WAC Tournament Records" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.