Austin Peay’s women’s basketball team is building a dynasty in the Ohio Valley Conference. After winning their third consecutive OVC Tournament championship, the Governors received the No 14 seed and will face No. 3 North Carolina.

The Governors (27-3, 16-0) will take the nation’s second-longest winning streak, 22 games, into the tournament against the No. 3 seeded Tar Heels (27-5), who earned an at-large bid after losing the Atlantic Coast Conference title game to Duke.

Austin Peay rolled through the OVC Tournament like they did during the regular season where they set an OVC record for conference wins (16).

In the championship game, the Governors downed No. 2 seed Southeast Missouri State University 85-61, March 8 at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tenn.

The Governors made 55 percent of their field goals in the first half of the championship game, helping them jump ahead by seven at the half. Austin Peay scored 56 points in the second half to pull away to an insurmountable lead.

OVC Player of the Year senior guard Brooke Armistead led the Governors attack with 27 points to become the tournaments most valuable player for the second time.

Armistead also set an all-time tournament scoring record, finishing her career with 252 points in four OVC Tournament appearances.

SEMO reached the championship game by defeating Tennessee Tech (12-17, 6-10) 78-65.

Senior forward Lori Chase scored 20 points and hauled in six boards. Junior guard Kenja White had 18 points and junior guard Yashika Sidbury added 10 for the Otahkians.

Chase and White took home All-Tournament Team honors as well as Tennessee Tech freshman forward Emily Christian.