1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game

The 1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the final game of the 1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. It determined the champion of the 1986–87 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was contested by the Tennessee Lady Volunteers and the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters. The game was played on March 29, 1987, at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. After leading 33–24 at halftime, No. 7 Tennessee pulled away to defeat No. 3 Louisiana Tech 67–44 to capture the program's first NCAA national championship.^[1] Tonya Edwards was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.