Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

University of St. Thomas junior center Rachel Booth (Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle) had three double-doubles and helped the fifth-seeded Tommies become the lowest seed ever to win an MIAC men's or women's basketball tournament as they topped the Nos. 4-2-1 seeds on the road and claimed the school's first women's basketball playoff crown. Booth averaged 20 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.7 blocks and 2.0 assists while playing 32 minutes a game as the Toms won at Macalester, at Gustavus and in overtime at St. Benedict. Booth leads MIAC players in blocks and rebounds, ranks third in scoring and fifth in field-goal percentage. The Tommies, who have won 11 of their last 13 games, secured the school's 18th NCAA playoff trip but just its second in nine seasons. St. Thomas is the first MIAC team in any sport to win three playoff road games in one week. In the first nine years the MIAC held a six-team playoff for men and women (2001-2009), the No. 5 seeds were a combined 2-18.