Has an NCAA Women's Basketball game ever ended 48-40?
It has. 48-40 has been a NCAA Women's Basketball final 19 times in 129,040 games. The first was UMBC Retrievers beat Monmouth Hawks on March 9, 2003; the latest was Iona Gaels beat Rider Broncs on January 22, 2026.
That makes 48-40 the 1310th most common final score out of 3,854 that have ever occurred in NCAA Women's Basketball. One point away, 49-40 has happened 22 times and 48-41 has happened 21 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.