After Mid-American Conference Tournament disappointments in the last two seasons, the women's basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament as MAC Champions.
CMU, in the program's 50th anniversary season, earned a MAC Tournament Championship for the first time since 2013. With the 96-91 win, the Chippewas earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The championship game was a rematch with Buffalo, who beat CMU in the 2016 final. Last season, No. 1-seeded CMU was upset in the first round by Western Michigan.
Junior forward Reyna Frost was named MAC Tournament Most Valuable Player. Frost, senior forward Tinara Moore and redshirt freshman Micaela Kelly were named to the All-Tournament Team.