1978 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship

1978 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship

Tournament information
Administrator	Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Host(s)	Francis Marion College
Venue(s)	Florence, South Carolina
Participants	16
Final positions
Champions	High Point (1st title)
Runner-up	South Carolina State
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16

The 1978 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship was the fourth annual tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its small college members in the United States.

The tournament was held at Francis Marion College in Florence, South Carolina.

High Point defeated South Carolina State in the championship game, 92–88, to capture the Panthers' first AIAW small college national title.

Sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination tournament that additionally included a third-place final for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games.

Tournament bracket

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					National championship
		SE Louisiana	111
		Francis Marion	90
							SE Louisiana	98
							South Carolina State	100
		South Carolina State	88
		Eastern Washington	53
												South Carolina State	88
												Biola	78
		Pepperdine	65
		Fordham	63
							Pepperdine	60
							Biola	96
		Biola	87
		Shorter	81
																	South Carolina State	88
																	High Point	92
		Berry (GA)	70
		Seton Hall	69
							Berry (GA)	97
							Midland Lutheran	87
		Midland Lutheran	87
		Dayton	86
												Berry (GA)	77
												High Point	105
		High Point	104													Third place final
		Eastern New Mexico	85
							High Point	66									Biola	79
							William Penn	65									Berry (GA)	99
		William Penn	86
		Arkansas–Monticello	52

See also

• 1978 AIAW National Large College Basketball Championship