KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The semifinal round of the 2026 MIAA Women’s Basketball Championship is set with No. 1 seed Central Missouri, No. 3 seed Washburn, No. 4 seed Missouri Southern and No. 7 seed Missouri Southern still in the fight for the league’s tournament title and the automatic qualifier into the NCAA postseason.
 
Only four teams remain in the Association’s 10-team postseason women’s basketball championship, hosted March 4-8 in Kansas City’s historic Municipal Auditorium.
 
The top-seeded Jennies were the first to secure a spot in the MIAA semifinals with a 79-50 win over No. 9 seed Emporia State on Thursday, March 5. After surviving the championship’s opening round on Wednesday, March 4, No. 7 seed Missouri Western earned its second win of the tournament with a 77-68 upset victory over the No. 2 seed Fort Hays State to be the second team locked in for the semifinal round.
 
The MIAA quarterfinals resumed on Friday, March 6, with No. 4 seed Missouri Southern defeating No. 5 seed Northwest Missouri 67-58, and No. 3 seed Washburn defeating No. 6 seed Pittsburg State 60-49.
 
Central Missouri and Missouri Southern will be the first semifinal showdown at 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 7. The Jennies met the Lions once in the 2025-26 regular season, which resulted in a 73-64 win for the Jens at home.
 
Washburn and Missouri Western are scheduled for a 2:15 p.m. tip-off on Saturday.  The Ichabods and Griffons battled each other twice in the regular season and split, with Western winning the first meeting 75-67 and Washburn taking the second game 71-55.
 
MIAA fans can purchase tickets at the Municipal Auditorium box office on game day, or online at theMIAA.com/madness. Fans not making the trip to Kansas City can watch the action live, exclusively on The MIAA Network.
 
To view the official schedule, final results, and more information on the 2026 MIAA Women’s Basketball Championship, visit theMIAA.com/basketball.