BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- The 2026 Mid-South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament begins on Friday at Bowling Green Arena.

All tournament games will be free to watch on the Mid-South Conference Network hosted by the Urban Edge Network.

Tickets are available for purchase at the door or in advance through the MSC's Ticketing Center. The MSC Women's Basketball Tournament is a cashless event.

Three quarterfinal matches are slated for Friday's opening day. The semifinals are scheduled for Sunday, with the finals set for Monday.

The tournament winner earns the conference's automatic bid into the NAIA National Championship later this month.

Bethel (Tenn.) and Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) finished the regular season as co-champions with identical 9-3 conference records. Bethel earned the top seed based on its record against No. 3-seed Lindsey Wilson, compared to Freed-Hardeman's record against the Blue Raiders.

Top-seeded Bethel earns a bye into Sunday's semifinals. The Wildcats (24-4, 9-3 in the MSC) await the winner of fourth-seeded Campbellsville (Ky.) and fifth-seeded Georgetown (Ky.).

Campbellsville (22-6, 7-5) and Georgetown (21-7, 6-6) open the tournament at 2:30 p.m. CT on Friday. The two teams split during the regular season, with Campbellsville winning 78-67 at home on Feb. 5, and Georgetown winning 68-67 in the regular-season finale on Feb. 21.

No. 2-seed Freed-Hardeman faces seventh-seeded Cumberland (Tenn.) at 5 p.m. CT. The Lions (24-3, 9-3) won both meetings with the Phoenix (15-13, 1-11) -- 65-57 on Feb. 2 in Lebanon and 79-48 on Feb. 19 in Henderson.

Third-seeded Lindsey Wilson and sixth-seeded Cumberlands (Ky.) meet in the nightcap at 7:30 p.m. CT. The Blue Raiders (21-7, 7-5) and the Patriots (18-10, 3-9) split in two regular-season games. Lindsey Wilson won 79-73 at home on Feb. 5 and Cumberlands won 63-54 at home on Feb. 21.

The Freed-Hardeman-Cumberland winner faces the Lindsey Wilson-Cumberlands winner in the second semifinal on Sunday.

The semifinals are set for noon and 2:30 p.m. CT, with the finals scheduled for 5 p.m. CT on Monday.