Mississippi State College for Women) won the 1971 national championship in women's basketball, defeating West Chester State, 57–55. In the 1972 AIAW National Basketball Championship, MSCW finished fourth, losing in the semifinals to the legendary Immaculata team.
In 1971, Mississippi State College for Women won the intercollegiate women's basketball national championship (the third ever held). In March 2019, the women's basketball team won the USCAA National Championship after defeating the University of Maine at Fort Kent.
== Notable alumni ==
Notable MUW alumni include:
Tina Renee Johns Benkiser, chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, 2003–2009
Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush, secretary of the Democratic National Committee (1944–1989) and the youngest person and first woman to be elected as an officer of either the Democratic or Republican party
Kay Beevers Cobb, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice, retired
Bertha V. Fontaine, home economist
Chris Fryar, musician and drummer of Zac Brown Band
Susan Golden, National …
