1985–86 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team

1985–86 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball
1985–86 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball
NCAA East Regional Champion; SBC Tournament Champion; Sun Belt Conference Champion; Communiplex Classic Champion; Bud Light Shootout Champion
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 5
Record	32–4 (6–0 SBC)
Head coach	Paul Sanderford (4th season);
Home arena	E. A. Diddle Arena
	Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 WKU †	6	–	0	1.000	32	–	4	.889
Old Dominion	5	–	1	.833	15	–	13	.536
UNC Charlotte	3	–	3	.500	15	–	13	.536
UAB	3	–	3	.500	13	–	16	.448
South Alabama	2	–	4	.333	18	–	11	.621
VCU	2	–	4	.333	14	–	14	.500
South Florida	0	–	6	.000	5	–	22	.185

† 1986 Sun Belt tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985–86 WKU Lady Toppers basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Toppers were led by head coach Paul Sanderford and Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year Lillie Mason.^[1] They won the SBC season and tournament championships and received a bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they advanced to the Final Four.^[2] This team set a school record for wins and had three players named to All-American teams, Mason, Clemette Haskins, and Kami Thomas. Thomas and Haskins joined Mason on the All-Conference team; Mason was the SBC Tournament Most Outstanding Player (MOP) and Haskins made the All-Tournament team. Haskins was selected to the NCAA Final Four team and Mason was NCAA East Region MOP with Thomas joining her on the All-Region team.^[3]

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
11/22/1985*	No. 6	at No. 20* Texas Tech	W 88–71	1–0	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, TX
11/25/1985*	No. 6	South Alabama Bowling Green Bank Invitational	W 86–55	2–0	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
11/26/1985*	No. 6	No. 23* Oklahoma Bowling Green Bank Invitational	L 81–89	2–1	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
12/2/1985*	No. 9	No. 15 Iowa	W 77–67	3–1	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
12/6/1985*	No. 8	at Southern Illinois	W 92–60	4–1	Banterra Center Carbondale, IL
12/9/1985*	No. 9	Middle Tennessee	W 103–78	5–1	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
12/14/1985*	No. 9	at Morehead State	W 85–66	6–1	Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, KY
12/21/1985*	No. 9	at Evansville	W 96–66	7–1	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, IN
12/28/1985*	No. 9	vs. Xavier Communiplex Classic	W 122–43	8–1	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH
12/29/1985*	No. 9	at Cincinnati Communiplex Classic	W 87–43	9–1	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH
1/3/1986*	No. 9	vs. Kansas State Bud Light Shootout	W 95–69	10–1	Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, NV
1/4/1986*	No. 9	vs. California Bud Light Shootout	W 81–59	11–1	Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, NV
1/7/1986*	No. 7	West Virginia	W 95–49	12–1	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/10/1986*	No. 7	Dayton	W 104–75	13–1	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/12/1986	No. 6	South Florida	W 94–48	14–1 (1–0)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/14/1986	No. 6	Memphis State	W 95–71	15–1	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/16/1986*	No. 6	at Louisville	W 98–55	16–1	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
1/22/1986	No. 6	UNC Charlotte	W 85–51	17–1 (2–0)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/27/1986*	No. 6	Alabama–Huntsville	W 108–55	18–1	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/30/1986*	No. 6	Tennessee Tech	W 83–79	19–1	Eblen Center Cookeville, TN
2/4/1986*	No. 5	Murray State	W 93–69	20–1	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
2/7/1986*	No. 5	Cheyney State	W 101–52	21–1	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
2/10/1986*	No. 4	at No. 2 Georgia	L 61–93	21–2	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
2/15/1986	No. 4	at UAB	W 83–63	22–2 (3–0)	BJCC Coliseum Birmingham, AL
2/17/1986	No. 6	at South Alabama	W 72–66	23–2 (4–0)	Jag Gym Mobile, AL
2/23/1986	No. 5	Old Dominion	W 74–64	24–2 (5–0)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
2/24/1986	No. 5	VCU	W 101–51	25–2 (6–0)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
2/28/1986*	No. 5	at Alaska Anchorage Northern Lights Invitational	W 98–78	26–2	Anchorage, AK
3/1/1986*	No. 5	vs. No. 16* Louisiana–Monroe Northern Lights Invitational	L 84–88	26–3	Anchorage, AK
3/2/1986*	No. 5	vs. SMU Northern Lights Invitational	W 76–66	27–3	Anchorage, AK
Sun Belt tournament
3/7/1986	(1) No. 5	(4) UAB Semifinals	W 80–53	28–3	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
3/8/1986	(1) No. 5	(2) Old Dominion Championship	W 69–61	29–3	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
NCAA tournament
3/16/1986*	(E4) No. 5	(E5) No. 24* Saint Joseph's (PA) East Region Second Round	W 74–65	30–3	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
3/20/1986*	(E4) No. 5	vs. (E8) No. 17 James Madison Sweet Sixteen	W 72–51	31–3	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
3/22/1986*	(E4) No. 5	vs. (E2) No. 10 Rutgers Elite Eight	W 89–74	32–3	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
3/28/1986*	(E4) No. 5	vs. (MW1) No. 1 Texas Final Four	L 65–90	32–4	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. USA Today rankings. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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[1] 2019-20 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Basketball Record Book, retrieved May 21, 2020

[2] Sanderford elected to Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame, By the Daily News May 6, 2015, retrieved May 21, 2020

[3] 2019-20 Lady Topper Basketball Media Guide, retrieved May 21, 2020

[4] Western Kentucky Sports Women's Basketball Archive, retrieved May 21, 2020

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