Evangel University of the Assemblies of God

The 1995-96 Evangel women's basketball team established the mark all other teams would be measured in the NAIA era advancing to the national semifinals and becoming the first 30-win season in school history. Evangel finished 33-5 on the year winning the Heart Conference Tournament Championship.

Co-Head Coaches Lynn Bowen and Leon Neal guided Evangel to a perfect 16-0 mark in Heart Conference play to claim the program's first regular-season title. Four of the five losses that season came against NCAA Division II teams, while the lone NAIA loss came to eventual national champion Western Oregon, 65-59, in the national semifinal game.