NATCHITOCHES—After unveiling the non-conference schedule this past Tuesday, the Northwestern State women's basketball team released the Southland Conference portion of the schedule, completing the 2026-27 slate.

The SLC women's basketball teams learned their conference schedules Thursday morning, as every team plays both home and away against the 11 other Southland institutions.

Once again, NSU begins conference play in early December, as it opens with a trip to reigning conference tournament champion Stephen F. Austin on Dec. 2.

After two non-conference games following the SFA contest, NSU wraps up 2026 with three of four on the road in SLC play, marking four of the first five conference games being on the road for a difficult start to league play.

SLU (Dec. 17), Lamar (Dec. 21) and Nicholls (Dec. 31) are the final three road contests of 2026, while the only home game is a visit from reigning SLC regular season champion McNeese on Dec. 19.

Overall, NSU has six of the first eight conference games away from Natchitoches, as the Demons host LSU-New Orleans on Jan. 2 before traveling to UTRGV on Jan. 7 and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Jan. 9.

Finally, NSU has extended time in front of the home fans with a string of five of six at Prather Coliseum, starting with Houston Christian on Jan. 14.

Also at home during the stretch are games against UIW (Jan. 16), Nicholls (Jan. 23), Lamar (Jan. 23) and SFA (Jan. 30).

The only road game during that stretch is the return trip to LSU-NO on Jan. 21.

The final road stretch of the season is a string of four games away from home in a five-game stretch, starting with a trip to East Texas A&M on Feb. 6.

It also includes road games against McNeese (Feb. 11), UIW (Feb. 18) and the final road contest of the season at Houston Christian (Feb. 20).

The one game at home during that stretch is a visit from East Texas A&M on Feb. 13.

NSU has a chance to build up major confidence going into the Southland Tournament, as it wraps up the regular season with three consecutive games at Prather Coliseum.

The Demons wrap up February with contests against UTRGV (Feb. 25) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Feb. 27) before wrapping up the regular season on March 1 against Southeastern.

The tournament heads back to Lake Charles on the campus of McNeese, going from March 8-11.

Ticket information for all games will be released at a later date.