SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Drury Lady Panthers stayed at number seven in this week's WBCA / NCAA-II coaches' poll. It is the second consecutive week Drury has been ranked seventh, their third straight week in the top 10, and the 68
th week in a row the Lady Panthers have been in the top 25. Their 68 consecutive weeks in the poll is the longest active streak in NCAA-II women's basketball.
Drury is 9-1, 3-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, and last week picked up road wins at Harding, 65-57, and Quincy, 90-67.
Ashland (10-0) remains the nation's number one ranked team in Division II. Alaska-Anchorage is ranked second and West Texas A&M moved up to third in this week's poll.
One other GLVC team is in the top 25. Southern Indiana (8-0) is ranked 17
th.
Drury returns to action this weekend with two games in Hawaii. On Saturday, the Lady Panthers play a 9-0 Montana State-Billings team that received votes for the top 25 in this week's poll. Sunday, Drury takes on Notre Dame (Ohio) who will enter the game with an 8-3 record.
Complete NCAA-II Top 25 Poll – Dec. 12, 2017
| RANK |
SCHOOL |
RECORD |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
| 1 |
Ashland (24) |
10-0 |
600 |
1 |
| 2 |
Alaska Anchorage |
9-0 |
575 |
2 |
| 3 |
West Texas A&M |
9-0 |
543 |
4 |
| 4 |
Lubbock Christian |
10-1 |
476 |
6 |
| 5 |
Indiana (PA) |
9-0 |
470 |
5 |
| 6 |
Carson-Newman |
11-0 |
459 |
8 |
| 7 |
Drury |
9-1 |
427 |
7 |
| 8 |
Bentley |
9-1 |
422 |
3 |
| 9 |
Virginia Union |
7-1 |
386 |
9 |
| 10 |
Central Missouri |
6-1 |
353 |
10 |
| 11 |
California (PA) |
8-1 |
348 |
11 |
| 12 |
Northern State |
8-1 |
307 |
14 |
| 13 |
Edinboro |
8-0 |
280 |
16 |
| 14 |
Wingate |
7-1 |
267 |
15 |
| 15 |
Michigan Tech |
10-1 |
256 |
18 |
| 16 |
Fort Lewis |
8-1 |
206 |
20 |
| 17 |
Southern Indiana |
8-0 |
184 |
22 |
| 18 |
Augustana (SD) |
9-0 |
168 |
23 |
| 19 |
Seattle Pacific |
7-1 |
160 |
21 |
| T-20 |
Azusa Pacific |
11-2 |
136 |
13 |
| T-20 |
Southwestern Oklahoma State |
8-1 |
136 |
19 |
| 22 |
Cedarville |
7-1 |
126 |
24 |
| 23 |
Central Oklahoma |
9-1 |
120 |
25 |
| 24 |
University of the Sciences |
7-1 |
106 |
17 |
| 25 |
Rollins |
7-2 |
77 |
12 |
Dropped out: None.
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