BRIDGEPORT — The final day of the Mountain East Conference women’s basketball season has concluded, settling the seeds and pairings for next week’s MEC Basketball Tournament, presented by The Health Plan, at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling.

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The top 10 teams in the MEC women’s basketball standings qualify for the five-day tournament, and the top six seeds receive a bye. Competition begins Wednesday, March 5, at noon when No. 7 seed West Virginia State plays No. 10 Point Park, the latter of which is an MEC newcomer this season.

Fairmont State, which is 24-4 overall and finished 17-3 in MEC play, is the league’s regular season conference champion. The Falcons enter postseason play with a six-game winning streak.

West Virginia Wesleyan is the No. 2 seed by virtue of a tiebreaker, while Wheeling — winners of four in a row — will be the No. 3 seed. Frostburg State is the No. 4 seed and boasts Division II leading scorer Emilee Weakley (28.0 points per game), the MEC’s reigning Player of the Year. The Bobcats will face No. 5 Concord on Thursday, with the Mountain Lions moving up two seed lines on the final day after defeating Glenville State, 99-75.

Glenville State is the No. 6 seed, followed by No. 7 West Virginia State, No. 8 Charleston, No. 9 West Liberty, and No. 10 Point Park. WVSU and UC finished tied in the standings, but the Yellow Jackets held the tiebreaker edge.

The seeds and schedule for the first two days of the MEC Women’s Basketball Tournament are below: