Tuesday,
February, 19, 2008
TUSCULUM WOMEN’S
BASKETBALL CRACKS D-II TOP 25 POLL
“Pioneers Ranked
No. 22 in the Nation”
LILBURN, Ga. --- For the first time in school history, the Tusculum
College women’s basketball team is listed in the USA Today/ESPN Division
II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll as the Pioneers are ranked No. 22 in the country.
Tusculum received 93 points and is the highest ranked team from the NCAA II
South Atlantic Region.
TC (21-3, 11-1 in South Atlantic Conference) is riding a six-game winning
streak and has won 18 of its last 19 contests. The Pioneers will defend their
national ranking for the first time on Wednesday when they host two-time
defending SAC Tournament Champion Newberry at 6 p.m. Tusculum defeated
Newberry last month 68-60 in an overtime thriller last month.
Delta State holds the top spot in the poll, receiving 622 total points,
including 24 first place votes. Seattle Pacific is second with 599
points, followed by North Dakota (565), South Dakota (554 – 1st
place vote) and Concordia-St. Paul (520). Drury and Holy Family are tied
for sixth, followed by Fort Lewis, Indiana (Pa.) and West Georgia.
Alaska-Anchorage comes in at No. 11, followed by Arkansas Tech, Stonehill, Valdosta State, Anderson (S.C.), West Texas
A&M, Washburn, Emporia State, Hillsdale, Franklin Pierce, Cal State-Chico,
Tusculum, Francis Marion, Cal State-San Bernardino and Fairmont State to round
out the Top 25.
A win on Wednesday would clinch at least a share of Tusculum’s first-ever South
Atlantic Conference regular season championship.
- TC -
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USA
Today/ESPN Division II Women’s Basketball
Top 25 |
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|
Rk. |
Team
(1st Place Votes) |
Prv. |
|
1 |
Delta
State (24) |
1 |
|
2 |
Seattle
Pacific |
2 |
|
3 |
North
Dakota |
3 |
|
4 |
South
Dakota (1) |
4 |
|
5 |
Concordia-St.
Paul |
5 |
|
6 |
Drury |
6 |
|
|
Holy
Family |
7 |
|
8 |
Fort
Lewis |
8 |
|
9 |
Indiana
(Pa.) |
9 |
|
10 |
West
Georgia |
10 |
|
11 |
Alaska
Anchorage |
11 |
|
12 |
Arkansas
Tech |
12 |
|
13 |
Stonehill |
15 |
|
14 |
Valdosta
State |
14 |
|
15 |
Anderson
(S.C.) |
16 |
|
16 |
West
Texas A&M |
17 |
|
17 |
Washburn |
18 |
|
18 |
Emporia
State |
20 |
|
19 |
Hillsdale |
22 |
|
20 |
Franklin
Pierce |
21 |
|
21 |
Cal
State-Chico |
13 |
|
22 |
TUSCULUM |
NR |
|
23 |
Francis
Marion |
25 |
|
24 |
Cal
State-San Bernardino |
NR |
|
25 |
Fairmont
State |
19 |
|
|
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