SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Drury Lady Panthers are ranked eighth in this week's WBCA / NCAA-II national poll. It marks the second straight poll Drury has been at number eight, and the 70
th consecutive week the Lady Panthers have been ranked in the top 25, the longest such streak in Division II women's basketball.
Drury is 11-1 and 3-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
Ashland (13-0) remained number one in the poll. West Texas A&M (12-0) is ranked second, and Indiana (Pa.) (12-0) is ranked third.
Southern Indiana is the only other team in the GLVC ranked in the top 25. The Screaming Eagles are ranked 20
th and visit the O'Reilly Family Event Center on Saturday for a 1 p.m. game against the Lady Panthers. Southern Indiana enters the week 10-1 and 2-0 in the GLVC.
For Drury tickets, call the O'Reilly Family Event Center box office: (417) 873-6389.
Complete NCAA-II Top 25 Poll – Jan. 3, 2018
| RANK |
SCHOOL |
POINTS |
RECORD |
PEVIOUS |
| 1 |
Ashland (24) |
600 |
13-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
West Texas A&M |
569 |
12-0 |
2 |
| 3 |
Indiana (PA) |
534 |
12-0 |
3 |
| 4 |
Carson-Newman |
507 |
14-0 |
5 |
| 5 |
Lubbock Christian |
501 |
12-1 |
4 |
| 6 |
Alaska Anchorage |
467 |
11-1 |
6 |
| 7 |
Bentley |
445 |
12-1 |
7 |
| 8 |
Drury |
433 |
11-1 |
8 |
| 9 |
Virginia Union |
421 |
11-1 |
9 |
| 10 |
California (PA) |
395 |
11-1 |
10 |
| 11 |
Central Missouri |
329 |
9-1 |
11 |
| 12 |
Augustana (SD) |
307 |
12-0 |
14 |
| 13 |
Michigan Tech |
282 |
11-1 |
13 |
| 14 |
Fort Lewis |
270 |
13-1 |
15 |
| 15 |
Edinboro |
259 |
9-1 |
12 |
| 16 |
Central Oklahoma |
243 |
12-1 |
16 |
| 17 |
Southwestern Oklahoma State |
191 |
9-1 |
18 |
| 18 |
Azusa Pacific |
185 |
14-2 |
17 |
| 19 |
Northern State |
167 |
11-2 |
19 |
| 20 |
Southern Indiana |
134 |
10-1 |
20 |
| 21 |
North Alabama |
132 |
11-0 |
21 |
| 22 |
Wingate |
93 |
10-2 |
22 |
| 23 |
Glenville State |
83 |
10-1 |
23 |
| 24 |
Union (TN) |
65 |
10-1 |
24 |
| 25 |
Findlay |
36 |
11-1 |
NR |
Dropped Out: Seattle Pacific (9-2).
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